Jan 2, 2008
In the late 90s Turok helped mould the first-person shooter scene for console gamers, but later installments saw a downturn in the dinosaur hunters fortunes as he swapped genre-defining action for barrel-scraping tedium.
The latest installment, simply titled Turok, seeks to return the series to its roots and to wisely distance itself from 2003s clunky Turok: Evolution. Three years in the making, it updates the comic book heros mythology by casting him as a Mohawk-sporting black
Apparently Turok's favorite drink is a bright green mix of vodka, apple schnapps, maybe some Pucker and a bit of soda water to top it off. At least that's what we were told was in the Turok Special at the unveiling of the Turok multiplayer. We're still not totally convinced that our favorite blade wielding Native American dinosaur hunter is into drinking effervescent shooters, but whatever. Dinosaurs are green too, so we drank 'em.
Despite our hindered reflexes, we thought things would be ok.
If you count yourself as a fan of the original, beloved N64 Turok games, there's something you should know: the new Turok throws all the mythology from the earlier games and comics out the window. Instead of an American Indian who lives in a timewarp and fights dinosaurs with ultra-futuristic weaponry, you'll play as special-forces commando Joseph Turok in an adventure set 200 years in the future.
While on the trail of his former mentor - who's gone rogue - Turok and pals track him to a savage
After the final indignity of 2002s Turok: Evolution, we thought wed seen the last of Turok the dinosaur hunter, but true heroes never die. Thanks to publisher Buena Vista - the Brave is back!
Yet far from the stereotypical American Indian we know and (used to) love, this makeover sees Joseph Turok reinvented as a former Black Ops commando working with Special Forces to liquidate a war criminal on a genetically-altered
Thursday 11 May 2006
We've seen nothing of bloody dino-shooting game Turok since 2002's Turok Evolution - until today.
The T-rex-bothering series was recently picked up by Buena Vista Games and the company's Propaganda studio is currently developing both Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of an entirely new 'Rok. Even though it's over a year away from release, we've just been given behind-closed-doors access to the 360 version of the game at Buena Vista's E3 stand.
Players take on the role of the
