Turok (2008) Review - Gggmanlives 

Hey Sonny Jims, If you want to try a real Turok game on PC, try these: Turok 1 Remaster: www.gog.com/game/turok?pp=e64af58a2898c12b5e81cb6c70bb00d5e9cb3891 Turok 2 Remaster: www.gog.com/game/turok_2_seeds_of_evil?pp=e64af58a2898c12b5e81cb6c70bb00d5e9cb3891

When you mentioned Turok being like doom guy it made me realize that Turok needs the Doom Eternal treatment! Some day a proper reboot will come out.

"Imagine the recent DOOM reboot, but fighting dinosaurs and aliens..." ID Software: "Write that down! WRITE THAT DOWN!!!"

"Let's reboot this classic FPS as a CoD clone''. Man, these years where dark.....

I personally was very fond of this game and have alot of good memories playing this as a kid. :( Stabbing raptor skulls was the most satisfying thing ever!

Your name is John. John Johnson, Space Marine. You do shoot.

I remember getting a N64 console as a teen and playing the Turok game for the first time and being amazed by the graphics and sounds as I played the game. This was the first time I ever saw amazing water and solar glare effects in a game, plus the fish in the water looked so real. Later I obtained Turok 2 and again I was blown away by the very smart A.I. of the enemies and the graphics/sound was definitely taken to the next level along with the environments, weapons and story.

This was the first game I got on my PS3 when my sister bought for me when I got it back in 2008. I know it's not amazing but it's actually really cool and had some awesome concepts and animations (I always loved watching the dudes get eaten by the Raptors when you put the flare/thing on them). I wish they continued this game because I would DIE to see something like this done well on modern systems.

I love this game. The story was great and the knife combat was fucking badass. Then again, I never played the other Turok games. Perhaps if this wasn't called Turok it would have been received better. I consider this game a hidden gem.

Man, Unreal 3 brings back memories!..............not all good though

No matter which game you show! All your reviews are amazing!

This video has inspired me to finally check my car's oil level. Thanks!

I personally enjoyed this game. I'll admit it certainly isn't for everyone and has some faults. It does have a COD with dinosaurs feel. If it didn't have good voice acting, stealth mechanic (with glory kills), and dinosaurs. I'd probably hate it. That being said I am sad it's kinda kept Turok in the dark for so long and no ones picked up the franchise to make another.

Knifing raptors in this game is the most satisfying thing ever

goddamn this game is 10 years old I remember looking through gameinformer magazines and gushing over screenshots

Played the Xbox 360 version at launch, and for some reason the console ports have no aim assist in them. I know that's a laughable comment for PC players, but it rendered the game a massive pain in the arse to play on a joypad.

Wow this looks Cerebral BORE-ING. Not my proudest joke.

5:30 "All those were guns beefy and strong, just how I like my women." I see you're a man of taste.

In the words of GameTrailers: “We didn’t need the series to get a glossy makeover with Gears of War rejects, we just wanted Turok”

I enjoyed this game because that novelty on "Jurrasic time" with dinos & etc, also the esthetic kinda remind me of Dino Crisis (but not by much). Years later I played Turok remastered OG series & I totally understood why fans hated this game.

I remember playing a demo of this back in 2008 on a disc from xbox magazine. I remember the game looking absolutely gorgeous on a CRT monitor, now I'm like "What the hell was I so excited about". How the times have changed.

The multiplayer for this was one of the first I ever experienced. Was fun asf back in the day

I used to love this game when I was little, and just a year ago I played it again. I guess I still love it for nostalgic reasons and can't accept it as a bad game. It's generic, very, but it is kind of entertaining sometimes. The build-up before meeting the dinos, the tall grass, the feeling that you are a badass former spec ops goon and god damn DINOSAURS - all that still warms my heart. I'm not saying it's better than any other game, I just like it is all.

I really loved the dino takedowns with the knife in this game. I remember playing it a lot back then!

That is one thing i really appreciate this current generation for...games became artistically colourful again. I definetly dont miss the bland greys and browns of the previous generation

Killing the T-Rex with a live grenade rammed in its eye blowing its head off is easily the most satisfying moment in this game especially after how hard the boss fight was, i wish there were more segments in the story line to kill enemies stealthy with your knife, just recently finished the game again on PC in 4K, i liked the multiplayer part to, every one would always use the knife, but the multiplayer part is sadly dead, i wish the game was available to play on steam and its multiplayer servers,

serious sam in vietnam

My name is Turok, JOHN TUROK. _SPACE MARINE._

tfw no THICC alien gf

Wish my life was as consistent as your video output right now. Seriously good work bro, love all the new vids.

11:23 Humongous what?!

FOV 55?! That has to be a crime.

1:47 AM, exam day, and a notification right as you were about to turn in for the night? This oughta be real good.

Prey was a better Turok game than Turok.

I use to like this game but after playing remastered versions of Turok 1 & 2. Turok (2008) just looks shit in comparison. The remastered versions of Turok 1 & 2, are way more fun to play. They're definitely worth your time and money.

When I was 8 I got this game and I absolutely loved it. Will always hold this in high regard, no matter the legitimate quality of the game.

Gggman, best reviewer on RU-vid.

I need more games with dinos. :c

I remember when X-play gave this game an award for "Game Deserves An Uwe Boll Movie". I'm not joking. It does feel like the sort of thing Uwe Boll would make, if he still made movies. (Thank god, he's retired.)

The Cerebral Bore is definitely one of my favorite video game weapons of all time. It always reminded me of the Phantasm film's which I also love.

If there's one thing I hated about the early HD era is how gray everything is. Even something like Turok, that takes place in a jungle, environments just have this Gears of War gray to it. It's so boring. I used to think it was just the Unreal engine, that's what it was good at so that's what developers created but then something like Guilty Gear Xrd comes along and proves that Unreal can do some super awesome stuff graphically. I grabbed it on the PS4 and was amazed but even the PS3 version of that game is beautiful. I guess color is for pussies or something because these dude-bro games never seem to use it aside from ketchup crimson for the blood effects.

I remember being blown away by the graphics when I was a kid because I was used to PS2 games. Looking at this now brings things into perspective.

*About to head to bed* *Decides to check RU-vid first* *Sees Gggmanlives uploaded Turok review* Well.. Christmas came early!

Turok will never get better than Seeds of Evil.

Turok on the gamecube was my childhood, they should make a new one.

Man I miss the original Turok. So many memories. Shit was hard if I remember right

DEAD TO RIGHTS: RETRIBUTION please review it.

I remember playing this game as a kid on the N64, remembering that square arena place with the Dinos behind fences. Then picking up the reboot in 2008 and loving it, looking back now I didn’t realize the flaws it had. Might go back into this series for a trip down memory lane

Is it weird I've been waiting for this review all night?

Not going to lie, in 2008 I did not have money to buy games as much as I wanted, my best mate at the time clearly knew this and his game purchases were heavily influenced by me, and the games I would go on about. This game holds dear memories for me and him, sticking enemies to walls with the bow and knife fighting on the multiplayer. Loved it.

i mean this is good and all, and a nice retrospective review by all means, but where is our kane and lynch 2 review you promised us, mate?

Turok 64 was hands down one of the best fps game , take the music which makes you feel pumped when playing it , they were all distinct to each level, the same can be said when switching to the weapons, majority of them had a distinct sound effect.

It’s funny Disney of all family-friendly companies published an M rated game

we need turok 2008 on gog or steam this game was amazing i wana play it again

This game just basically turn it into a generic military shooter with dinosaurs.

Man, have you had a good week or something, ´cause this is by far your wittiest review to date?! Good on ya!

Man, my first entry into this series that I know love so much was Turok Evolution. I know the game has tons of issues, but my nostalgia tends to blind me. Please review the last entries. You reviewed some of the N64 games before. We all are waiting for Turok 3 and Rage Wars ;-)

Turok 3's protagonists were Joseph and Danielle Fireseed, Joshua's younger brother and older sister. Yes, Joshua was in the game, but only as a part of the story (and as a playable character, but only through cheats)

Damn I thought those graphics were incredible back in 2008!

I actually loved this game as a kid and replayed it recently and still enjoyed it. I think it is better without relating it back to the other games in the series. The knife being the best weapon in the game is something that the devs were going for - and actually pulled off which is hard to do in an FPS. In pvp you would hardly see other people walking around shooting, and if you did they would get their throat cut pretty quick. The constant dinosaurs added another exciting dimension to the game imo and I loved the setting - trapped in the jungle with a group of people surviving against all odds. I think it was good as Turok had generally been ridden to death and was heading toward being outdated after Turok 2. This is different to the general theme game companies go for - same thing over and over until it fails to sell. Where they said - let’s try something different. It definitely had its shortcomings but I would actually recommend it. Focusing on stealth gameplay as opposed to shooting to accentuate the knife.

I made it to the final Trex boss and died repeatedly. Never was able to beat it.

I remember playing the Turoks on PS2, so when I saw that there was one coming out for PS3 I really wanted to play it. I literally bought the game before I even had a PS3. Didn't like it that much but didn't hate it. It was just 0K. But for a while it was the only game I had. I still remember the final bossfight with the T rex. Glad videos like these exist, can't believe it's been like 14 years since this came out.

A chaingun isn't the same as a minigun bruv, a chaingun is just a gun that uses a chain like an autocannon.

I have some of the fondest childhood memories with Turok Evolution. It was the most challenging game I’ve ever played yet so fun at the same time.

So... In 1997 Turok started out as a console game, which later had PC ports. But in 2008 they had to "dumb down” Turok to have it work on consoles. Nah man, that's not fair enough. It's lazy developers.

Great review! Once again, you pretty much nailed how I felt playing this game back in the day. I never played the first or second games until the remasters came out on GOG. I bought them both, played and enjoyed the first (which was surprisingly awesome), but never even installed Seeds Of Evil for some reason. I think now would be a good time for me to rectify that. Happy New Year!

The reboot no one really cares about

You're reviews are the best seriously I look forward to them

JUST LIKE HIS WOMEN

I've been wanting you to do a review of this game glad you finally did it

1:40 i grew up on the n64 version and everytime he was revived he'd yell "I am turok!" or something like that didnt he?

Another great review, I love it when you review games from this era that were on the PS3/Xbox 360

I remember picking this up as a young teen. Coming from the Nintendo 64 version, 1, 2 & 3 being some of the greatest experiences I had played. Needless to say when I got up the the first T-Rex in this game I'd had enough and switched it off. It's an experience I'd rather forget, it doesn't deserve the Turok name or brand.

That era of FPS games were so rough for me. They were all generic corridor shooters with weapon limits (like Duke Nukem Forever). So many FPS games flopped, but it was necessary because we're getting good FPS games now which learned from the mistakes of that era.

the must have fix it, but I remember in the demo the stealth was crappy

Loved the combat knife special kills

The damn Trex fight at the end was unbeatable

Yeah, UE3... tons of bloom and potato-faced steroids victims. Not gonna miss that time. And yeah, Turok's chaingun is complete opposite of E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy chaingun.

I really enjoyed the multiplayer mode of this game, the PVP with Dinosaur A.I thrown in the mix and the 4 player missions were really fun

Turok 2 N64 = childhood❤️ Turok PS 3 = 💩

oh my lord, when he's duel wielding the shotguns I thought he was aiming and therefore zoomed in but then he turned around was still "zoomed" , that actually made me feel a little sick

Ggman loves his guns beefy and strong.

Good to see people still talking about good o’l Turok. On my recommend, well done RU-vid .

The antagonist in this game resembles Grayson Hunt from Bulletstorm

I didn’t even know there were 2 n64 only releases of turok!! I might have to give them a go as I loved 1 and 2

Gears of War ruined the gaming landscape for a good while. Characters all had to be big meaty space marines who could barely grunt out a complete sentence, everything was in shades of gray and brown, and it seemed like anything lighthearted or colorful was avoided at all costs. For all the problems the industry has right now, at least we're finally getting away from all that edgy bullshit.

Another great review. I never get enough of Gggmanlives.

Call me a nitpicker, but one thing that bothers me just looking at this footage is how slow Turok moves compared to the other games in the series. I’ve never played a Turok game before, but the previous games all looked like they had a pretty sweet movement speed. Here, it honestly looks like Turok is moving at the speed of Ethan Thomas from Condemned: Criminal Origins. Compare this to other reboots of older FPS games like DOOM and Shadow Warrior, which, even though they came out later, had a brisk movement speed. Here, it just looks like you’re moving through molasses.

I remember always loving this game growing up.

I've recently gotten into playing your reviews in the background while watching raw vegan paleo icecream recipes on mute. suffice to say it is something else.

You know, honestly thank you for making a review on this, you’re a true hero. Cause not only did you actually play the game, but you actually played the previous titles which gives a good comparison to those ones to this one now. But all in all you have fulfilled my curiosity of this game, thank you!

Turok in Russian means "turkish (man)"

Sad how turok went down but if they all come and get together it can make the biggest comeback

Sadly they never made more games after this its not a bad game just not as good as past games in the series.

These regular reviews are pretty awesome

“Strong beefy women” form an orderly queue, please

Man I love this game so much happy to see another video on it again

The only problem i have with this review is when you try to blame most of this games faults on the fact it was in console. Not saying that games dont suffer from getting console ports, but your willfulling ignoring the fact that tons of great shooter games and just great games have been developed with consoles in mind. Cod mw1, the darkness 2, max payne 3, the battlefeild bad company games, allot of the earlier turok ganes, doom 64. As well as tons of games that were designed with pc in mind first but still had great console ports like, deus ex human revolution, half life 2, doom 2016, the metro games, i could go on but i think i made my point. Im sick of this whole attitude of "this game sucked it must have been because it was designed with consoles in mind" when it simply just comes down to lack of creativity or bad level design. And thats the case for this game, its simply just poorly designed, as all the games i listed above are great no matter what platform you play them on (yes you can make the arguement that most of then play better on pc, but you cant make the arguement that they are bad on their console counterparts or that being on consoles hurt the experience in any way). Ultimately wether or not a game is good. comes down to the design of the game and NOT what platform it was primarily made for

I would love a true reboot, with maybe a similar concept. I remember playing this game, it was annoying to play but I still played it since I really loved dinosaurs.

I wouldn't even both with the PC version of Turok Evolution. I managed to get it to work somehow and it is one of the worst ports I've ever experienced. Horrible controls, lame graphics, low FOV, etc. Just play some console version emulated or on the real thing if you can get it.