Turok

turok

Reviewed by junky12345 on August 01, 2008  |  report this review

Killing the dinos is a blast; pull the right trigger when you're in range, and one of a handful of slick animations will unfold, most beginning with your knife to their head or throat, and all ending with a nice spurt of dinosaur blood. Despite the limited animations, this mechanic--probably because it's so quick and satisfying--never grows old. And not all raptor encounters end with a dino corpse sitting at your feet; you'll often have to fend off their attacks by jamming on the trigger buttons. Whether you're on the giving or receiving end, you'll never have a problem attacking or defending because Propaganda was kind enough to keep the context-sensitive stuff to the two triggers--sometimes you'll have to press both simultaneously. The mechanic would've grown frustrating fast if players had to react to a random on-screen cue every time a dino decided he wanted to take a bite out of you.

While your over-sized Rambo blade is the best defense against the prehistoric populace, you'll be breaking out the heavier hardware for your human adversaries. Don't misunderstand; it's just as satisfying to stealthily come behind an unfriendly and pry their skull open with the serrated blade, but it's usually easier to take them out from afar. Turok's arsenal has the familiar favorites--shotguns, sniper rifles, flame- throwers, grenades--, but all weapons possess a secondary mode, offering players an alternate means of creatively taking down foes. The gatling gun, for example, can be set to fire on its own as a stationary turret, and the flamethrower has the corridor-clearing ability to hurl plasma grenades. The weapon selection is further supported by Turok's old stand-by: the bow and arrow; the high-tech--this ain't just a string tied to both ends of a stick--weapon fires regular and explosive arrows and, with the right torque applied, can skewer baddies, pinning them to trees and walls. You're not going use the bow as much as the other weapons, but it's still nice to always have it at your disposal; both the bow and knife are always equipped in addition to two firearms.

Fighting worm beast

Hint by jethroe2 on March 26, 2008  |  report this hint

While fighting this ugly puke of the underground, look not only to the flame thrower, but also your environment to kill this scum.