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14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 If Turok: Evolution is your 1st FPS, you might just love it.Sep 05, 2002
By Lloyd A. Woodall
I've never gotten deeply into the First Person Shooter genre. Why did I buy this game, then? I looked at the Turok website and liked what I saw, so I took a gamble. For my money, that gamble paid off.
Turok: Evolution places you in a fantasy world--make note of that, especially those who whine about hurting poor defenseless dinosaurs. When you see four tons of Anklosaurus equipped with rocket launchers (we're remembering we're in a FANTASY WORLD, aren't we?) bearing down on you, your qualms about firing a few rounds into a dinosaur fade rather rapidly. As for the other dinos--if they don't attack me, I don't attack them. (You don't have to either.)
The game gives you two levels to get a feel for the FPS controls and the flying controls (slightly different, but easy enough to become familiar with), then you're into the thick of the action. As I've mentioned, I don't have much FPS experience, and Chapter 3, part 2, took over ten hours to beat. Sometimes I made stupid mistakes, sometimes the dinosoids (humanoid dinos w/armor and weapons) did me in. Through persistence and by learning from my mistakes, I made it. What's so great about Turok: Evolution--it's a challenging game, and it's fun to boot.
There are things to consider if you're a hardcore gamer--Acclaim did not provide a multiplayer mode that allows one person to fight the computer ("bots"); On some levels, some of your weapons are restricted, which adds to the challenges; If you replay a level you've completed, the AutoSave function is turned off (essentially making it impossible to replay a level to find something you might have missed (and need to use later) unless you restart from the beginning of the game). If you can get over those issues, you may enjoy this game a lot. I did.
Parents take note: There is a setting to turn off the violence (which is copious), but if your child is playing, he controls the controller and could easily turn the violence right back on.
If you're buying this for a child under 17, watch as they play to see if it's right for your child. I won't be letting any of my nephews (12 and younger) watch or play it.
Turok: Evolution is great fun, challenging, and very bloody. It's rated M for Mature.
14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
i would give it 30 stars if i couldAug 30, 2002
By Max Taylor
got the game 3 days before the release and man is it fun, you have so many weapons (in th ebeginning you only have a few but you pick more up as you progress through the levels) the multiplayers is amazing ( there are so many options of what to do, there are like 15 multiplayer modes, all which are completally different), and the graphics are amazing. THe computer is so smart, and the ai is incredible. Also, the missions are really fun, challenging ( its pretty easy in the beggining) and are relatively long but not Halo long ( Halo missions take like an hour each).Also each weapon has a special mode ( or two extra modes) some of the weapons include battle axe, bow and arrow, shotgun, pistol, sniper rifle, rocket launcher, grenades, proximity mines, photon cannon, gravity disrupter, and many more. If you are a parent and are looking at this game for your child, dont be allarmed by the heavy gore in this game because you can toggle on or off the gore in this game ( so you can make the enemies not bleed when you shoot them). THis is a great game and you have to buy it, in my opinion it is as good if not much better than Halo.
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
It Blew My Mind at E3!Jul 11, 2002
By Rab Nesbitt
Early in the year, I was skeptical about Turok based upon some very early Quicktime movies I'd seen at IGN.com. However, when I saw the game at E3, I was completely floored. While the beautiful textures and top-notch audio were to be expected, the A.I. is better than anything I've seen before. It was already breathtaking, and just think how much better it will be in September at launch! I must confess, this game looked significantly better than Metroid Prime. This is the one FPS to own this fall -- and yes, Metroid is a FPS, not an adventure game :) I've pre-ordered my copy of Turok, and I suggest you do likewise!
18 of 24 found the following review helpful:
The Dinosaur Hunter is Back!Apr 19, 2002
By Franch
For those who don't know what Turok is, here is a short describtion: One of the best first person shooters on any console. It is about a hunter who uses tons of weapons to kill dinosaurs, simple. Now the Gamecube version will hit on september and it looks awesome. I saw on a video that you could use a flying device and many massive weapons. It also includes a very fun and addictive mulitplayer in which you can choose more than 8 characters. The graphics look fantastic, as well as the world and nature effects (sounds that make you feel you are actually in a jungel). This is going to be A DEFINITE HIT AND A MUST HAVE!!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
A good gameJan 11, 2007
By Robert Hall
I this game is full of action. I recomend this game if you are good at shooting games. Also you can kill the animals in this one. The graphics are pretty good but it takes a while to load but it is fun to play.
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