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So, Turok's a piece of fucking shit
Jim Sterling | 1:25 PM on 01.15.2008 64 comments


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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BS3 Owner's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 13:40
BS3 Owner
If BSD calls killing babies fun... Then Turok is Win!
dronkmunk's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 13:43
dronkmunk
What were you even thinking?
DrWiley's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 13:45
DrWiley
Turok 2 was fun....

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!
Kryptinite's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 13:47
Kryptinite
Dammit, now I have to download it
wardrox's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 13:50
wardrox
Well, saves me having to download it.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 13:51
MrSadistic
I keep telling people... a game with a Native American main character will always suck balls.
big filth's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 13:57
big filth
After reading this, Ive come to realize I know nothing about FPS's. I got the demo about a month ago and thought it was ok. I wasnt blown away by it but I didnt think it was total shit. As far as the guns go, the shotgun with the flare shooter seemed pretty powerful to me, I enjoyed blasting the dinos with it. The graphics were ok, but I thought they might be a little better in the final release.

note to jim, if the raptors keep knocking you down, youre getting too close! haha
Y0j1mb0's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 13:59
Y0j1mb0
I might have to re-evalute BlindsideDorks' future game recommendations.
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 14:01
Rockvillian
I trust your opinion Sterling, more and more each day.

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?
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 14:03
Eschatos
Sooooo, better or worse than Mass Effect?
Cowzilla3's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 14:06
Cowzilla3
Sterling I saw Blindside kill that baby too. I thought we weren't suppose to speak about it.

I hope some day Turok returns to his fog filled glory.
relik's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 14:08
relik
Yup, bag of shite!

Turok 2 still holds a wee speck in my heart though.
RICHARD BLOCKER's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 14:09
RICHARD BLOCKER
Serious lag issues when those raptors knocked you over, eh Jim?
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 14:21
Hamza CTZ Aziz
I liked it you hateful wanker.
demonelite's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 14:24
demonelite
I will have to see if it is worse then The Club demo.
foxhound009's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 14:30
foxhound009
omfg.. sterling.. you had to download the god damn demo to tell that this game is a piece of shit??? just look at gt vid's 1 minute or less is enough to see that it just a dumb ass shooter... without anything in it.. and yeah club looks pretty much the same.... ...
LordRegulus's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 14:33
LordRegulus
You couldn't have been expecting much. This game just borrowed the "crash landing on a hostile alien planet" schtick from the original Unreal and totally ignored everything that a Turok game is supposed to be. Which, if I have to remind you, looks like this:



Fuck yeah the image is too wide for the page. It's still awesome.
glipe's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 14:46
glipe
@MrSadistic: Prey's not a bad game.

* 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.
weedgan's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 14:48
weedgan
This is the same guy who called slash a "shit" guitarist in the last podcast.

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.
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 14:51
AgentMOO
I could have seen this coming, all's shit that ends shit.

2 foot draw distance
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 14:57
BlindsideDork
You don't have to do stealth...Turok isn't known for it's stealth.

And can we trust the word of a man who is obsessed with Dynasty Warriors? Can we?!
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 15:05
Jim Sterling
weedgan:

You've mentioned this twice. I really have no opinion of Slash.
weedgan's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 15:14
weedgan
YOU EITHER DO OR DON'T JIM, NO IN BETWEEN'S.
weedgan's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 15:16
weedgan
I think he's good, not the greatest, but look...he drinks.
DrWiley's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 15:19
DrWiley
@LordRegulus: Dino Riders! HOLY SHIT - This is Awesome.
Puppy Licks's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 15:26
Puppy Licks
I just want to stab a dinosaur in the face.
ScottyG's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 15:28
ScottyG
So what you're saying Jim is that the best feature of the Turok demo is under the purple blade on your dashboard where you can delete it? :)
Justin Villasenor's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 15:35
Justin Villasenor
I definitely have to try it now.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 15:38
king3vbo
It's fucking Turok and I was an idiot to think it might be awesome.

Theres your answer right there
Silverback 55's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 15:38
Silverback 55
Jim, I'm one of the few that agree with you regarding Mass Effect being shit. But I refuse to believe that shooting dinosaurs in the face can be anything but fun.

@ Lord

I still have the T-rex from Dino Riders in a box at my parents house. It was the greatest concept ever.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 15:46
GuitarAtomik
Dino Riders fucking ruled.

Turok most likely does not though.
VWGTI's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 15:48
VWGTI
Yes, the demo is garbage. This game is not good in any way.
JDUB X's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 15:49
JDUB X
I guess America is lucky that the Demo is not free here.

They actually expect us to reserve the game to get it.
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 15:51
Neonie
Jim it is becuase of you that I will never play Mass Effect. And now it is becuase of you I won't even think twice about Turshit.

You've already saved me $120. Thank you.
Clockwork's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 15:51
Clockwork
Where is it??? IT'S NOT ON THE MARKETPLACE!!! AHGHAHGHGHGGG!!!
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 15:56
Niero
I felt the same way about Area 51. Amazing character design, shit implementation.
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 16:05
EternalDeathSlayer
Well, look who made the game: Somebody I've never heard of trying to cash in on a dead franchise.
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 16:09
Brian Szabelski
Turok hasn't been good since it was on the Nintendo 64.
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 16:10
Rockvillian
@Neonie

Exactly, games like these are better 3-4 years down the road as "what the hell, alright" purchases.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 17:00
GuitarAtomik
@Clockwork

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.
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 17:14
Neonie
@Rockvillan

I agree, when I can get it for $10-$15. Then mabey I'll consider it.
xper's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 17:15
xper
for once jim, you're actually right. this was horrible. but it was fun to pull off those knife kills on the dinos, for a very short while.
MasterMS's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 17:24
MasterMS
But if people didn't make bad game how would we know which games were good?
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 17:28
EternalDeathSlayer
@ MasterMS: We'd be smiling, not frowning and putting revolvers to our heads. That's how.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 18:05
Samit Sarkar
I wasn’t looking forward to this anyway, but now I can completely take it off my radar. Thanks, Jim!
Velt's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 22:39
Velt
Well Jim, at least with this one you will have another post in your hate-blog...
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 22:42
AngelsDontBurn
It's really not THAT bad. It's no Bioshock or COD4, but that's expected.

I'd rather play this than any Dynasty Warriors game anyday. ;)
Ravana's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/15/2008 23:03
Ravana
Well, the last Turok I played was fun only because launching arrows at whoever had to be the monkey was entertaining. That and the cerebral bore.

If it's got monkeys, I'll give it a whirl. Course, that's how I got the clap...
atheistium's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2008 05:29
atheistium
I was disappointed as well actually. Why the guy was telling me shit over and over again I don't know. I won't be buying this game :/
Nick Chester's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/16/2008 07:58
Nick Chester
AngelsDontBurn has a point -- this is way better than that Dynasty Warriors crap you stroke yourself over, Jim.
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