Turok hits UK stores this Friday and Touchstone is hoping the next-gen re-imagining of the series is a big hit with gamers. Videogamer caught up with Joel Manners, Game Director at Propaganda Games to talk the new Turok, online features and the Unreal Engine 3.
VideoGamer.com: Online play is key to a successful FPS these days. How have you found working with Xbox LIVE and PSN? Are both games shipping with the same features, including co-op?
JM: There is a strong multiplayer aspect to the game with 16 players supported. We have Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture The Flag, Assault Capture The Flag, War Games and Co-Op modes. Not only do you play your human opponents but the dinos will be there too adding to the mix. These features are for both PS3 and X360 versions.
After releasing remasters of all three original Turok games, starting with the first two games in 2021 and then Turok 3 in 2023, Nightdive Studios has quietly updated the first Turok game with a native PS5 update.
Beyond the bug fixes and general cleaning-up that comes with most patches these days, the big thing about the PS5 version for the original Turok is that if you have a TV that can support it, you’ll be able to play Turok at 120FPS now.
Nightdive Studios hosting big Nintendo Switch eShop sale with lowest prices ever for Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster, Turok, and more.
The Turok series has been languishing without a new title for more than a decade. It's about time we got a reboot.
I'm all for it, I loved the originals... I just don't think, just like w the original Prey, that the main character can survive in this current political climate. Native characters seem untouchable at the moment. I think it can be shown the right respect, but there's always someone getting upset about something these days, they would find a way to cancel it.
I can't think of a game that's been cancelled because of the race of the main character.
Honestly, I would prefer if they just ported/remastered Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion to modern platforms. So we could have access to the "original 3 games". Because I don't see how to really reboot Turok. It's a product of its time being a mixture of platforming/fps and puzzle.
And I really don't see all those elements being preserved on a Reboot.
I would prefer Dino Crisis remake from Capcom. Still, a remade Turok would get my attention.
Forgets about the 2008 reboot*
I'd rather have a sequel to Turok 3, tbh.
We unfortunately do not have enough quality dino games. Theres Horizon but they're robots, and Monster Hunter that I can only think of. I'd like to see Turok make a comeback some day.
