I not long ago decided to download and play the Turok demo released on Xbox Live today, and I want a refund for those ten awful, awful minutes please. While BlindsideDork would have you believe the demo has something in it called "fun," I am here to tell you that he is either a liar or a man with no concept of fun. Also, I saw him kill a baby and he looked at me when he did it.
Rather than give a detailed walkthrough, I will just list off all the shitty points I can think of ...
* Getting knocked over by raptors every thirty seconds gets very old very quickly.
* So do the shitty QTE-attempts with the same fucking raptors.
* Look sensitivity is something I have never had to adjust in any FPS I've played, until now.
* The guns feel horrible. In a game like CoD, they feel good to use, effective and powerful. In Turok, there is no sense of impact. Guns sound, feel and look like shite.
* For a game that really needs to look breathtaking, Turok's graphics are fucking horrid. When you get out of the shitty looking cave and find a dinosaur-filled jungle, you are meant to get a sense of awe, not a sense of "this would look amazing if Infinity Ward did it."
* The dialog and acting is fucking terrible. After only eight seconds of listening to Slade's voice, I wanted to strangle him to death. Also, it's clear they just graduated from the Gears of War school of gruff macho man cliche's.
* STEALTH! It is shit.
* It's fucking Turok and I was an idiot to think it might be awesome.
To be fair, there were some good points as well, which were:
* The dilophosaurus is actually a dilophosaurus, not that Spielberg shit.
* I stopped playing, which filled me with a sense of relief.
So in closing, Turok is going to fucking suck, and people who cannot make good games should just fucking stop making them at all.
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Played this at PAX and the demo froze on me. That was funny. Dood guy blamed it on the xbox, which could be true. But c'mon!
note to jim, if the raptors keep knocking you down, youre getting too close! haha
It's fucking Turok and I was an idiot to think it might be awesome.
Same thing I was thinking. HOW DO THEY MAKE KILLING DINOSAURS LAME?
I hope some day Turok returns to his fog filled glory.
Turok 2 still holds a wee speck in my heart though.
Fuck yeah the image is too wide for the page. It's still awesome.
* STEALTH! It is shit.
I laughed a lot at this! It's just so tough to do stealth right in an FPS and I can only think of a few games off the top of my head that have managed it (Deus Ex and Thief). People still think that if they throw it in the mix, half-assed or not, it's a cool feature! Will they ever learn?
No.
That and he is english.
What a complete lack of respect for teh dinos, shame on you jim, you sound like a foul mouthed movie critic.
2 foot draw distance
And can we trust the word of a man who is obsessed with Dynasty Warriors? Can we?!
You've mentioned this twice. I really have no opinion of Slash.
Theres your answer right there
@ Lord
I still have the T-rex from Dino Riders in a box at my parents house. It was the greatest concept ever.
Turok most likely does not though.
They actually expect us to reserve the game to get it.
You've already saved me $120. Thank you.
Exactly, games like these are better 3-4 years down the road as "what the hell, alright" purchases.
It's on the marketplace for practically every country EXCEPT the USA. You can only get it in the US by pre-ordering it for $5.
I agree, when I can get it for $10-$15. Then mabey I'll consider it.
I'd rather play this than any Dynasty Warriors game anyday. ;)
If it's got monkeys, I'll give it a whirl. Course, that's how I got the clap...