Customer Reviews
Generic Textures/Gameplay only cool thing is the dinos 
2008-05-04
Yes, this game does feature a pretty forgettable story and standard FPS gameplay but it does feature dinosaurs as well. So that's 2 strikes and a single or more depending on your level of fascination with dinos. But really is there more than about 5-7 games across genres newly released at any one time that do have non standard stories or gameplay? Doom 3 doesn't feel too much different than this in terms of story(without the horror) but the graphics were next gen for it during it's time although it got old real quick.
99% of games are never worth retail these days and I pity those console suckers who pay the hefty $60 per game and around $350 for the "mid-range" console. Of course I envy them mightily for GTA4!
This game is not worth more than about $25 or half it's PC msrp. The jungle textures are pretty lame on average but I thought the dinos and people were pretty respectable. I never had any crashes and it loaded up at a decent rate. I use the auto save at checkpoints, which seemed every 2 minutes for me, so the manual save was never used. So if you like dinos and a standard story and FPS gameplay it may be something to check out when the price comes down.
AMD 64 X2 3800
3GB RAM
8800 GT 512mb
WinXP
Don't Buy this Game! 
2008-04-29
The $50 I shelled out for this game was a total waste of money. The graphics are mediocre (I'm running an Nvidia 8800 GTS, so it's not my card). Gameplay is lame, and there are bugs. The main one is the in-game Save key(F5) doesn't work. I tried re-mapping the key, but it didn't help. Gameplay is choppy. I ran CRYSIS and BIOSHOCK with no problems. Pass this one by.
The New Turok is a really great game! 
2008-07-18
I really enjoyed playing this game on PC format. Keep in mind you need an above average computer to be able to handle this one. The visual display is beautiful, the surrounding environment are stunning and enemies are a challenge for every level you bypass through.
On another note. Don't be giving negative comments if you haven't even played this game, let alone own it. It is not the games fault that you're too cheap to upgrade your hardware! So chill out.
Ok game lame duck multi 
2008-07-13
This game can be fun in the single player mode. Really disappointed by the multi first it's a frickin ghost town, second the way the the multi is set up there is no browser the game decides who and where u play with it's kinda retarded. Hope this helped you fellow gamer this is 1 to avoid till it hits the less than $10 rack
BOUND FOR EXTINCTION 2008-05-28
What is truly amazing with this game is how trivial it looks and how fast it generates a feeling of "been there - done that". Yes, even if someone is new to the TUROK series - and I am not: I came with high expectations.
Graphically the game is beautiful yet not very original - and I for one did not appreciate the ever present darkness...The designers probably aimed for atmospheric terror but they obviously overshot their mark. Apples and oranges, but Hitchcock always had his terrors well lit - and that made them unforgettable. There are quite a few cheap shots in this area.
The dinosaurs are, well, ...JurassicPark-realistic (honestly, seen any real-life dinosaur lately?), whereas their growls and high-pitched pack-hunting sounds will keep raising the hairs in the back of your head no matter how many times encountered.
The occasional sidekick's AI is neither brilliant nor disastrous. At least it is not a burden (remember DAIKATANA anyone?). I liked the weapons, both the realistic and the futuristic ones. The gameplay is pretty straightforward but I would have liked more freedom in remapping the control keys (certain choices are not possible).
What I particularly did NOT like was the insertion of a (video) TP perspective whenever climbing stairs, opening doors or killing with the Kabar knife. I came across this peculiar approach in another game as well, TURNING POINT, in which it also outright ruined any immersion attempt.
If I could I would rate it at 2&1/2 stars but decided to be generous (the little boy in me is still fascinated by dinosaurs) and rounded it up. The game makes par but is probably currently overpriced.
My advice: wait for its fossil to hit the sale bins.
Don't do it! 2008-05-18
This game sucks! If u like playing the same parts over and over again, then by all means buy this game. There are multiple times when u die and the game gets hung up somehow and ur in limbo and have to restart from an earlier point. There is no quick saves, even though the game has a button for it. The ending is practically impossible so if u like to finish games like I do, you will be spending almost as much time as it took u to play the entire game at the end just to finish it! Go buy Call of Duty 4 and be happy!
TUROK-O-BOMB-A: Leading FPS candidate for 2008? 
2008-05-06
Is Turok the leading FPS candidate this year? Is Turok a BOMB (slang...to fail miserably) NO to each, but there is some fun to be had here. I like FPS's and Dinosaurs so I had to try this out. Here are my first impressions after playing about 6 hours:
Quite high minimum system requirements
Comes on 2 DVD's, 18 Gigs hard drive space (biggest yet I've played), Win XP or Vista, 2.4 GHz Pentium or AMD Athlon 3400 equiv., 1 GB RAM, 128mb Direct X 9.0c, 3D video card (nVidia 6600 or better or ATI Radeon x1300 or better, excluding X1550), onboard integrated chipsets are not supported. 16 bit Direct X 9.0c sound card, 8xDVDROM drive. Does not use Direct X-10
Borrows significantly from better FPS's such as Far Cry, Half-Life 2, F.E.A.R.
Enemies with armored black suits and red eyes. Companion sniper (like Alex in Half-Life 2) picking off enemy soldiers and dinosaurs. Jungles, buildings, citadel settings, etc. Helicopter unloading soldiers from ropes.
What I liked
-Dinosaur modeling and movement is quite nice. Fast little & big buggers. Most have mean, "dinosaurish" sounds.
-Variety of weaponry with fairly good sounds and handling. Can use double weapons (eg. shotgun in each hand). Most weapons have dual use or alternate fire (eg. shotgun with shotgun or flare blast . Modern weapons and sci-fi types.
-Flare blast near/at enemy soldiers can lure dinos to them.
-Stealth killing enemies with the big Bowie Knife.
-Perforator bow with regular and tek (grenade) arrows. Silent, deadly.
-Nicely done "cloudy" cut scenes showing how Turok initially learned his combat skills.
-Good Native American accent (in English not Kiowa) & voice-acting for Turok .Big muscles, mean-looking too. One tough dude with Mohawk haircut.
-Large and varied environments, however, the graphics are only medium quality throughout. Sound and ambience is pretty good.
Didn't like
-High-priced software
-very long load-times even on my high-end computer
-unbalanced "checkpoint" save system. Some are too easy and short & others are too long & difficult requiring repeating the stage over and over
-Video clip repetition in showing the same dino kill per specie s when Turok uses the "left-mouse button display" for the one stab knife kill. Doesn't feel like you are part of the action when this happens. Neat the first few times but not so great thereafter.
-Belligerent and "smart-mouthed" companion mercenary (Slade) who would rather "trash talk" to you than do his fair share of dinosaur/ enemy killing. The sniper companion does a better job than Slade at helping out.
-Some stages do not have any dinosaurs and just battling enemy soldiers is quite average.
-Rag-doll effects aren't too great.
Summary
I'm having good fun with this title and will complete it. It isn't the best nor the worst FPS and I'd score it in the 70's on a 1-100 scale so far. With 18 GIGs it's likely to be a longer FPS than others. The DINOSAURS are what makes this game somewhat more unique than other shooters
