The older games were much better for there time.But Turok is still a fun game worth renting,perhaps worth buying.
If you have ever played an FPS in your life you are going to know how this game works right away.BUT,this game adds a knife into the generic mix.It works with the dinos very very well.But the battle animations get real old after a while.Cutting a dinos throat the same time over and over again is just lame and lazy on the developers part.
The single player is good.Its pretty decent in length.And there are some challenging bosses.But I will never understand how shooting a t-rex so many times in the head with a rocket and it still living makes sense.Thats a huge bother.And the game never really gives you an indication on how much health it has left,or any of the bosses for that matter!
Like most games these days Turok runs on the Unreal Engine.And it looks good enough.It looks a little unfinished in some spots.But overall its a solid looking game.The game is far from well textured though,and it can get really dark in some places.And you will never get anything like a flashlight or night vision to help you.
There is quite a bit to keep you coming back to Turok.Good achievements,decent story mode and quite a meaty online mode.It has some pretty basic stuff.But the Co-op is a fine addition to the already VERY basic team deathmatch mode and free for all.Dinos do roam some of the maps online and its kinda cool to see another guy cutting ones throat while taking care of another guy.In its prime the online can be very action packed.I don't know if this has been patched or not but I have problems searching for Live matches.It takes almost ten minutes to find one.And I'm not the only one with this problem.After you finally get in the match the rest of the time the 360 is on it will be very easy to get in a match,but waiting ten minutes is a long stretch.
All in all Turok is a pretty basic FPS,but its still fun.And the different additions like dinos and the interesting knife mechanics make it sort of unique.Its not worth 60$.This game can get very tiresome.I rented it.And I think I made the right choice in doing so.