Rob Pitt writes: Turok: Dinosaur Hunter has returned! I know a lot of people claim Mario and Link are the Nintendo mascots, but back on the N64 I would personally have placed Turok himself within the list of the infamous faces you can relate to a product.
Four main games and a spin-off were released on Nintendo consoles, Turok, Turok 2, Turok 3, Turok: Evolution, and Turok: Rage Wars (which was my favourite) before it was pretty much rebooted into the 2008 edition on the Xbox 360 and PS3.
However, the original Turok: Dinosaur Hunter is an iconic game which almost every N64 owner I knew owned a copy of.
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.
From the Nintendo 64 to the PC remaster, the legacy of Turok is intertwined with the history of ports.
This game came out at the perfect time for me as a kid because was still big into dinosaurs so I played Turok religiously at times. It was also the first 3D FPS I ever played.
Easily the best shooters to be had on console before Halo came.
I know Goldeneye is the one always brought up, but this just played well by comparison.
Dinosaur-themed games like Dino Crisis and Turok were everywhere in the late 90s and early 2000s. What happened to this once popular sub-genre?
How is it different than any other genre? They milk it for everything it’s worth and oversaturate the market, kill the interest and move on to the next. Then they bring it back after a hiatus.
Turok movies would be awesome.
God the graphics are awful but it’s they nailed the movement and crosshairs. Fun to play. Can’t wait for Turok 2.
"Seriously, I’ve not felt like I had this much control over my aiming within a console game (outside of VR) since I played the Call of Duty games on the Wii and Wii U with the Wiimotes."
Jesus christ.
Turok is awesome though, big fan.
Just flashed back to sketching the Turok logo on a sheet of white printer paper with a pencil as a kid. =0