Turok remaster review – retro dinosaur hunter | Metro

One of the earliest console first person shooters is remastered for the PC, but does the old N64 classic still stand up today?

[Geobros]

Turok was one of my favourite N64 game. I don't agree with the score here. The game could stand today next to other FPS games.

[Darkwatchman]

*cough* nostalgia goggles *cough* take them off.

This is not one of those endlessly enduring classic games like Super Mario 64 or The original 2D Mario games or even the sonic the hedgehog games on genesis or half life. Turok is very easily dated. Hell, I played it as far back as 2008 and it already felt archaic and dated 7 years ago, so I can't imagine how much worse it would stuck up now, seven years later.

Some games are timeless, but not all games remain good forever. Certain things improve and move forward in the industry and certain elements of design were only acceptable because it was new and we had nothing to compare it to. A game like Duke Nukem 3D, despite feeling a little dated, is still a solid shooter in this day and age. A game like Turok and Goldeneye....they just don't hold up anymore. Let it go, man. Some games I used to love as a kid are nowhere near as good now because sometimes standards and expectations change. Get over it.

[3-4-5]

You need to look at things for how and what they are.

For a N64 game, for the time it was made, it is good?

And the answer is yes.

The N64 version though, is still superior because of the Fog.

The Fog gave the game a creepy kind of atmosphere because you never knew when a dinosaur was going to pop out of it. It reduced the reaction time and made the battles more tense.

Getting rid of the fog was the worst mistake they could have made for this update they made.

* As a N64 game though, I could play it on my N64 right now and still have a good time playing it.

I enjoy games for what they are and not for what some hipster things they should be.