I like how the Turok setting is completely asinine by design. I LOVE the Lost World type setting, and I’m sure that’s because I watched the Peter Jackson version of King Kong (favorite part is the one where they get swarmed by giant bugs) and the dumb Land of the Lost movie with Will Ferrell (that film is so bad it’s good😂). The idea of a place where there’s a mashup of different civilizations and organisms that do not mesh is really cool. It’s too bad that the studio went under and the prequel Turok Evolution was half baked. Let’s hope that Nightdive Studios can remaster it like they’ve done with the other three where they fix up various issues with the originals, while remaining mostly faithful. The 2008 reboot can be forgotten. You’d think that we’d get a reboot that uses the best aspects from across the series to create the perfect Turok game since Boomer Shooters are popular again. If done right a Turok game that learns from past mistakes and uses some modernizations/fixes that were learned from newer games could revitalize the franchise.
I'm fully convinced that this is one of the most untapped series I've ever played. I'm saying that and getting a little ahead of myself. The videos will extrapolate this out way more.
Those videos will be interesting to see. For me one of the most interesting things about Turok is how rapidly the series changes. The first is a Boomer Shooter with basically no narrative, outside of what’s described in the manual. The sequel has more of a story, but at its heart the thing is still a Boomer Shooter that fixes a lot of the original’s flaws and builds on what works. The third is much more linear with an even greater emphasis on story thanks to Half-Life (even though it looks really jank my today’s standards it’s still really impressive what they were able to do with the N64. It makes me think of what Rare had planned for Dinosaur Planet. Too bad that Nintendo “suggested” they change their original IP into a Star Fox game because Sabre vaguely resembles Fox. It’s also too bad that the Microsoft buyout basically killed the Rare that used to exist). The prequel Turok Evolution tried to add in flying sections and more scripted encounters that didn’t entirely work out since the game was so rushed. Then the 2008 reboot tried to copy a bunch of other shooters and didn’t understand what made those games work. I’m VERY glad that I played it on a Steam Deck (it would definitely be better on an actual PC. Thankfully, I have a good laptop) and not the N64’s controller. I have no idea why they thought that design was good. I’m sure it works really well for some games, but a shooter with a lot of precise platforming simply does not mesh. Do you think you’ll cover any of Sony’s shooters like Killzone and Resistance? Both of those games look really fun. Thankfully Sony is slowly starting to learn that putting their games on PC makes them a crazy amount of money. They also put the PsP Resistance on PS Plus recently.
While I have 0 nostalgia for N64 games nor like it's 3D rendering look, Turok seems fun to try someday, it looks like an interesting and somewhat unique game. And how handhelds have turned around, as I'd probably play it on my Steam Deck, where I'm more tolerant rougher parts of a game. This while finding near 0 enjoyment in Mario 64, aside from the OST, though the same applied to Odyssey and even Spyro for me. The GameBoy soundtrack sounds like something which might be material for my general playlist, but otherwise I'm not that interested in the 8-bit difficulty. It's greyscale also happens to be what my PC's monitor struggles with the most, scrolling parts flickered majorly on my end. Thankfully I'm not photosensitive, heck, I play my music with ProjectM visualisations.
Flickering is the bane of my existence in some of those older games. I can't help but always see it and I've spent WAY too much time and money over the years getting the right equipment to play those older games as correctly as possible. It's an obsession at this point lol. Considering Mario 64, Odyssey, and Spyro didn't scratch an itch for you, then it might be worth playing Turok more like a straight shot shooter and ignoring the Chronoscepter collection unless you find yourself really enjoying it. I think the general gun play and movement makes it a fun way to kill a few hours at the very least. I've seen the remaster on Steam go on sale quite a bit.
This game looks cheesy as hell and I love it. Also, I may be in the minority but I love these old school graphics. The polygons being so low makes me happy. ❤️
You're not alone!! I'm so happy that just uprezzed the game and left the model and polygonal structure in tact. I just played Cavern of Dreams and want tp start Corn Kidz 64 soon. They have a similar style to the N64 loom and its so charming to me And yes...turok is definitely cheesy and it's why I also love it 😀
Same guy who did the music for the Game Boy "Lucky Luke" game! I inmediately noticed the similarities. If you're into this, check out Lucky Luke. Game's great, too.
I remember a hard playthrough of Turok I on PC where I was so low on ammo at some point it turned into a stealth mission to get past enemies to find ammo. Fun times! My favorite cheat code was LLTHCLRSFTHRNBW to unlock rainbow textures. Heck yeh 🌈
That sounds like such a fun memory! Thinking back I really should've shown off the cheats a bit more. The creativity of cheat codes during this era were really something impressive that I miss so much. Also, not sure if you know but the rainbow textures cheat, LLTHCLRSFTHRNBW, stands for aLL THe CoLoRS oF THe RaiNBoW
@@Zerbraxi Yeah I knew even back then, that's why I had no problem remembering the cheat code instantly. Hey maybe show off some of the cheats from both games in the Turok2 video at the end or something 😀
The only thing I remember about the first one, that I never beat any of the level without cheats. 😅 But I agree about the level-design, I think the series as a whole would had more staying power had they leaned more in the Metrovenia- or even Immersive-sim genre. Especially the second game seemed to move into this direction.
There's a lot to say about Seeds of Evil, but in general I think you're right. I think the gunplay is important but only if they grow and develop the other core systems long with it, or even more.
I wasn't allowed to play M rated games but I got turok as a part of an eBay lot and thought I could sneak it past dad. I got like 5 levels in before be caught me and made me smash my own cartridge with a hammer. So dramatic!
I could've, and do show footage I captured from it. However, with games that have multiple versions I often try to highlight either the best way to play it, or what is most accessible. Since both are fundamentally the same in terms of content, I went for the remastered since that's the easiest way to play it today separate from emulation.
The original N64 version did have a map. It also acted as a crosshairs for your aim
Tyty
A new Zerbraxi video? What a great way to start the morning :)
If you think THAT'S good, just wait until you see what else I'm capable of. :)
27:04 freaking killed me, I did not expect that 😂
I can finally cross off "make someone laugh" from my bucket list :)
Great video on a game I don’t see covered much… always appreciate the effort and quality of your content man
Thank you so much for watching. There's still a lot to this series to eventually cover :)
Dude, the Gameboy tracks are 🔥
Right!? So good
The Lore of the World makes it even better
Agreed
Fluid motion combat needs to make a return, Twisted Metal Black and 2012 feel soooo good and watching the strafing in turok just makes me salivate
There are definitely some titles around that are trying to recapture that. 2 I would like to play at some point are Post Void and Selaco
Underrated as hell, great video man.
Thank you so much :)
good ol' turok, as foggy as I remember you. Never ever heard about the Gameboy game but wow that soundtrack is so good!
It really is!!
I like how the Turok setting is completely asinine by design. I LOVE the Lost World type setting, and I’m sure that’s because I watched the Peter Jackson version of King Kong (favorite part is the one where they get swarmed by giant bugs) and the dumb Land of the Lost movie with Will Ferrell (that film is so bad it’s good😂). The idea of a place where there’s a mashup of different civilizations and organisms that do not mesh is really cool. It’s too bad that the studio went under and the prequel Turok Evolution was half baked. Let’s hope that Nightdive Studios can remaster it like they’ve done with the other three where they fix up various issues with the originals, while remaining mostly faithful. The 2008 reboot can be forgotten.
You’d think that we’d get a reboot that uses the best aspects from across the series to create the perfect Turok game since Boomer Shooters are popular again. If done right a Turok game that learns from past mistakes and uses some modernizations/fixes that were learned from newer games could revitalize the franchise.
I'm fully convinced that this is one of the most untapped series I've ever played.
I'm saying that and getting a little ahead of myself. The videos will extrapolate this out way more.
Those videos will be interesting to see. For me one of the most interesting things about Turok is how rapidly the series changes. The first is a Boomer Shooter with basically no narrative, outside of what’s described in the manual. The sequel has more of a story, but at its heart the thing is still a Boomer Shooter that fixes a lot of the original’s flaws and builds on what works. The third is much more linear with an even greater emphasis on story thanks to Half-Life (even though it looks really jank my today’s standards it’s still really impressive what they were able to do with the N64. It makes me think of what Rare had planned for Dinosaur Planet. Too bad that Nintendo “suggested” they change their original IP into a Star Fox game because Sabre vaguely resembles Fox. It’s also too bad that the Microsoft buyout basically killed the Rare that used to exist). The prequel Turok Evolution tried to add in flying sections and more scripted encounters that didn’t entirely work out since the game was so rushed. Then the 2008 reboot tried to copy a bunch of other shooters and didn’t understand what made those games work.
I’m VERY glad that I played it on a Steam Deck (it would definitely be better on an actual PC. Thankfully, I have a good laptop) and not the N64’s controller. I have no idea why they thought that design was good. I’m sure it works really well for some games, but a shooter with a lot of precise platforming simply does not mesh.
Do you think you’ll cover any of Sony’s shooters like Killzone and Resistance? Both of those games look really fun. Thankfully Sony is slowly starting to learn that putting their games on PC makes them a crazy amount of money. They also put the PsP Resistance on PS Plus recently.
While I have 0 nostalgia for N64 games nor like it's 3D rendering look, Turok seems fun to try someday, it looks like an interesting and somewhat unique game.
And how handhelds have turned around, as I'd probably play it on my Steam Deck, where I'm more tolerant rougher parts of a game.
This while finding near 0 enjoyment in Mario 64, aside from the OST, though the same applied to Odyssey and even Spyro for me.
The GameBoy soundtrack sounds like something which might be material for my general playlist, but otherwise I'm not that interested in the 8-bit difficulty.
It's greyscale also happens to be what my PC's monitor struggles with the most, scrolling parts flickered majorly on my end.
Thankfully I'm not photosensitive, heck, I play my music with ProjectM visualisations.
Flickering is the bane of my existence in some of those older games. I can't help but always see it and I've spent WAY too much time and money over the years getting the right equipment to play those older games as correctly as possible. It's an obsession at this point lol.
Considering Mario 64, Odyssey, and Spyro didn't scratch an itch for you, then it might be worth playing Turok more like a straight shot shooter and ignoring the Chronoscepter collection unless you find yourself really enjoying it. I think the general gun play and movement makes it a fun way to kill a few hours at the very least. I've seen the remaster on Steam go on sale quite a bit.
Love this game. Great video covering it. 👍
Thank you!
Btw congrats on the red blood, big boi
You have no idea what green blood does to a guy.
Epic video! :D
Thank you so much!
This game looks cheesy as hell and I love it. Also, I may be in the minority but I love these old school graphics. The polygons being so low makes me happy. ❤️
You're not alone!! I'm so happy that just uprezzed the game and left the model and polygonal structure in tact.
I just played Cavern of Dreams and want tp start Corn Kidz 64 soon. They have a similar style to the N64 loom and its so charming to me
And yes...turok is definitely cheesy and it's why I also love it 😀
Same guy who did the music for the Game Boy "Lucky Luke" game! I inmediately noticed the similarities. If you're into this, check out Lucky Luke. Game's great, too.
I didn't know that! I definitely will. Thank you
Really cool video, never played Turok, but now I really want to .
This is the best type of comment I can ever get!
Alas, the promised day hath arrived.
I'm a man of my word lol
Great video. Watched cus im a huge Turok fan. Subscribed and gonna check out your other non Turok content 😊
Thank you very much. I'm glad you liked it.
Just remember not all of my takes are good lol!
Zerbraxi your mum called.She said turn off the red blood or you're grounded.
Edit: sorry america. Mom
Jokes on you! I'm already grounded for stealing her credit card to buy Fortnite skins.
@@Zerbraxi oh thats what she meant by SUPER grounded. I think someones in trouble
I AM TUROK
I AM NOT!
@@Zerbraxi I AM GLAD
A summary of every Turok: Dinosaur Hunter's levels:
Level 1: Nice.
Level 2: Nice too.
Level 3: Cool!
Level 4: Oh damn! I get lost!
Level 5: Alright! That's it! I abhor labyrinths! 😠
Level 6: Abyss. Abyss everywhere. 💀
Level 7: Let's get serious. 😈
Level 8: Hardcore mode: on. 😎
Lol!! This is pretty accurate
I remember a hard playthrough of Turok I on PC where I was so low on ammo at some point it turned into a stealth mission to get past enemies to find ammo. Fun times!
My favorite cheat code was LLTHCLRSFTHRNBW to unlock rainbow textures. Heck yeh 🌈
That sounds like such a fun memory!
Thinking back I really should've shown off the cheats a bit more. The creativity of cheat codes during this era were really something impressive that I miss so much.
Also, not sure if you know but the rainbow textures cheat, LLTHCLRSFTHRNBW, stands for aLL THe CoLoRS oF THe RaiNBoW
@@Zerbraxi Yeah I knew even back then, that's why I had no problem remembering the cheat code instantly.
Hey maybe show off some of the cheats from both games in the Turok2 video at the end or something 😀
Daaang what the heck you got a black cartridge for Turok 2? Lol I got mine in gray as a kid
Sometimes I'm lucky.
The only thing I remember about the first one, that I never beat any of the level without cheats. 😅
But I agree about the level-design, I think the series as a whole would had more staying power had they leaned more in the Metrovenia- or even Immersive-sim genre. Especially the second game seemed to move into this direction.
There's a lot to say about Seeds of Evil, but in general I think you're right. I think the gunplay is important but only if they grow and develop the other core systems long with it, or even more.
You could get a map on the original I believe. Maybe through a cheat
I know the PC version had a map but couldn't confirm the N64 and I didn't remember one
@ I know for a fact that there was a cheat code that put enemies on the map. I just can’t remember if the map itself was also a cheat
No switch? 😮 I'm too poor to buy the next gens
@@Anthonysuicide1 to play Turok? They have a version of the remasters on Switch as well 😀
I wasn't allowed to play M rated games but I got turok as a part of an eBay lot and thought I could sneak it past dad. I got like 5 levels in before be caught me and made me smash my own cartridge with a hammer. So dramatic!
Jeez dad! It's not that serious my guy!
BWIN
She went out for milk and cigarettes
Could you not use the original N64 game?
I could've, and do show footage I captured from it. However, with games that have multiple versions I often try to highlight either the best way to play it, or what is most accessible. Since both are fundamentally the same in terms of content, I went for the remastered since that's the easiest way to play it today separate from emulation.