I will never forget when I was in 4th grade in early 1997. My bus driver was so hyped for Turok, and he loved it. I asked him if he was going to grab Doom 64 as well, but he said no as he didn't want his children shooting humans. At the time I didn't realize it, but look back now I chuckle. Doom 64 has no humans while Turok does.
it's actually still pretty impressive today. most games I play just have static logos flash up for a couple seconds than fade away. I honestly can't think of the last time I saw a fully animated 3D logo like that.
You forgot to mention that Turok was also the first FPS to move the gun to the lower right of the screen (while the actual reticule in the middle). A seemingly small change that wound up opening the field of view and looking more realistic. Practically every FPS now does this, but Turok started the trend.
One thing to note re: Quake (see 17:00) is that its animation wasn't made with a skeletal system... well, I'm sure it was ANIMATED with one in the 3D creation software they used at the time, but in the engine, it was stored and played back as a series of deformations on the entire model. I forgot the actual term for it. But since the game was originally designed to run on a software renderer, it allowed them to not worry about the cost of skinning vertices to bones and calculating the resulting positions, which was huge back then... just store the state of vertices of every frame of animation instead. But that comes with very interesting and funky looking artifacts if you interpolate the existing frames (like source ports do) since each vert will just linearly warp to its next frame :)
@Kay in a vague sense, you could think of the animation system back then as being made entirely out of blendshapes, yeah. (though blendshapes are additive by nature. Vert animation in quake wasn't)
Yep I was about the same age (am 36 now) and had never seen or played anything like it. I originally rented it from Blockbuster as I would usually do with new games, but I loved it so much I ended up buying it that same week from Gamestop, which was then a store called Funcoland. Recently I rebought it on Switch and had a blast playing. It works so well portably too. 15yo me would be amazed at what we have now gaming-wise.
Shout out to 82. This game was/is fantastic. I still remember the issue of Nintendo power? I think, with this game covered. The screen shot of the big green guy shot with the shotgun made me want this game bad. So many hours poured into this gem.
I love DF Retro! Tho maybe you're referencing "DF Retro Play/DF Retro Extra" regarding podcast-like discussions? Maybe I am mistaken but it seemed like clear, concise scripting for every standard edition since "Quake for Saturn" video. Unless this was written during the MAJOR DF Retro lull where we got almost nothing but DF Retro Plays. Only suggesting if you haven't seen the earlier scripted DF Retros before this, I could not recommend them enough!
I got Turok INSTEAD of Mario 64 on the release day of the N64 which incidentially was my 15th birthday, everone else had Mario 64, so we could just swap games for a week or 2.
Perfect Dark was hands down the best and most complete FPS game even by today's standards. A full story single player campaign with difficulty scaling that actually affects the gameplay. Voice acting. Full support for split screen co op. The rarely seen counter operative anti co op mode. And one of most customizable multiplayer modes with AI bots too. Turok 2 was honestly the best. Best weapon in an FPS, Cerebral Bore.
@@Gruntvcbut the story was ridiculous- was this the one with the big head 👽 in the end? 007 was a masterpiece just like turok. Perfect dark never felt right to me a n I only finished it once.
Rupert TheRabbit hah, digital foundary made it look like it was like a snes game but when you actually play Ark on switch, it’s just the resolution looks terrible. Other than that, the game isn’t bad for a shitty engine it was built on lol
@@Bongo2k I despise Unreal Engine for the same reason as I despise Unity; it's too available and allows a lot of indie-trash-copy-paste titles. Plus just about every UE3 game ran and looked exactly the same. Like shit. But when it comes to Ark, it's most definitely not the engine's fault.
The music, platforming, and exploration elements remind me of Metroid Prime a lot. Makes sense, since a lot of the same people were involved in both...
main issue with second game is that levels where too maze like and the framerate was worse, the graphics and animation where good though. its nice theres a remaster of turok 2 that also improves it
I think that Turok 2 would be better if the levels were just from point A to point B, instead of from A to B, and also there's like several other things out of the way that you have to do or it's time to play the whole level again!
John - from the bottom of my heart, thank you for the content you and your team provide. This is seriously my favorite channel on RUclips. On a side note, your appearance on the Genesis episode of Cane & Rinse was absolute magic. THANK YOU. PS: an episode looking back at Mean Machines magazine with Rich would be amazing 😊
Those games were made by people just out of University, with no previous experience on developing a 3D game..... let that sink in.....its amazing how they got it so right on their first try
I LOVE THIS VIDEO. Turok Dinosaur Hunter on N64 was my first 3D game and man I fell in love back in that summer of 97. I was 10 years old and all I knew before that was NES, Genesis and other 2D consoles. The jump into 3D was indescribable at the time. Being able to dive headfirst into a deep pool of water, and emerge inside a hollowed out tree trunk with weeds and brush creating a canopy above for me to feel immersed under was just such an amazing feeling. This game will always have a special place in my heart and thank you so much for covering this one, John.
The first Turok was very unique, at the time felt like the smoothest FPS I’ve ever played. Nothing like pulling some pud while listening to this music simply amazing
no Ps1 mention any where in videı. also saturn was better n64 and ps1 in many ways. ps1 lybrary huge of course but dreamtcast was better shared tites. titles like star wars turok was need on saturn. ı never heard any playstation player complain about missing turok game. most of saturn games was on Pc and n64 turok and star wars on pc too so can be in saturn maybe some of these games. with these way ı will be happy back then. bacosue ı fucking not care finaly fantasy or any ps esclsuive or feature.
I'm loving the DFR logo. WOOOW! This game sure is incredible. Thanks, John, for that insightful look into a game I didn't appreciate; und auf Wiedersehen, Alex.
It's quite shocking just how good a lot of the animations were on the N64, even compared to today some of the death animations are really fluid and detailed. I played Goldeneye not long ago and was amazed at the variety.
I feel like you put to voice most of my feelings about Turok. Glad you have such an appreciation for it as well! Far from perfect game, but far better than most give it credit for.
Been craving some new DF Retro these last few weeks and you completely delivered, as usual. I love this show so much, it's simply one of the best researched and presented series on RUclips.
Another amazing DF Retro video, these DF Retro videos should be in gaming history museums. I would love to see Turok 2 and 3 because it feels a little bit uncompleted without the sequels.
Turok N64 was one of my favorite games to play after coming home from school. I'd close the blinds, turn on the stereo system with two 12' speakers and fired it up. The intro where Acclaim logo is being fired on with Tek arrows is super awesome with surround sound. Lol
Thank you guys for breaking down and giving this game the credit it deserves and a huge thanks to Nightdive for remastering and re releasing them in high definition
Great episode! That Club Turok scene had me cracking up. The game looks like it has held up pretty well. I never put much time into it back in the day but I've been meaning to. This episode may motivate me to finally run through the whole thing.
It's crazy to think how consoles used to be able to compete & even sometimes surpass PC games of the era (at least in some areas). Quake was a huge game at the time, and to have a game released the following year on a console do so many technical things better than it, is truly remarkable.
It's nice to see an in depth look at a game I didn't play but heard about. Back then, as it is now, you play the games you can find time for or afford, playing every game you heard was good was not possible, you had to choose, but as much as I love when DF retro analyse games I played it's really nice to see what those I missed were about, makes me want to play them for the first time, which is quite the experience for a retro game, old gameplay and design for a new experience.
I'm glad a significant portion of this video covered the music and sound quality. I remember being blown away when I heard the gun shots and screams on the N64 back in 1997.
DF Retro S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl. (I know it's not that old, but it's interesting) Edit: Forgot to add "Please" Also now I've watched it, great video! I didn't realise how crazy the tech was in Turok. (Wasn't allowed to play it). I lost it at the "Club Turok". Really makes the animations shine.
Actually I would love an episode on that game simply because of the engine. Supposedly its a real enigma of an engine. It would be great to have a bit of a look under its hood.
Turok style controls where an absolute must back then. In Goldeneye/Perfect Dark this was the 1.2 style control scheme. Frankly, they're ALMOST modern and work great. I had to unlearn and relearn a couple habits as console FPSes evolved though. For one, I was so used to games like Descent and Star Fox that it took me some time to unlearn "flight stick" style up/down reversal. I actively practiced it over and over until I got used to non-pilot controls. Secondly, for the longest time I played Halo with "southpaw" controls. I give credit to Bungie for realizing that a lot of gamers were coming off Turok controls where you aimed with the left stick and granted a scheme just for that. Once again, in time I eventually bit the bullet and trained myself to reverse things and move with left while aiming with right. Keep in mind this whole time, I had almost given up on PC FPSes because I frankly sucked at them. I was using pure keyboard controls mind you, and hadn't quite learned the wonders of WASD + Mouse. So, I gained my skills on controllers. Imagine my utter shock when I finally decided to embrace PC shooters again and found that I was aiming shockingly well. I felt like I'd been wearing weighted clothing for years, in secret training.
I enjoy the 32/64 bit DF Retro episodes the most. Im not sure why, maybe because the huge limitations of these old machines and how developers had to work around in very smart and creative ways. Keep up the good work!
Great look at this often forgotten game and clearly showing that there's more to it than just fog memes. I'm definitely going to get the remake now. Guest appearance from Alex also highly appreciated. Keep up the great work John!
One of my favorites DF retro episodes so far. Hoping for a Turok 2 release on Switch and hopefully a DF Retro on T2 after that. Edit: Loved the Club Turok segment lol
John you are a true gem. Right up there with Roo from 16 bit gems, i used to love his work. That's ancient history now, but you filled that void for me. Thanks for all the great content. You too Alex!
I’m a huge fan of DF retro. Keep up the great work John and the rest of the DF family. I can honestly say DF retro has me playing retro games now. I love it.
Man so many memories. I bought this and GoldenEye when I first got a N64. I never completed it but damn so many sweet weapons. Turok 2 follow up please.
Loved this. I missed Turok on the N64 back in the day (SM64 and Goldeneye were my go-to games for the system) and after watching this DF Retro, I think it's time I picked up a copy. Cannot wait to play it!
TheMadPolarBear The N64 version is the best atmosphere and look wise but the remaster plays very fluid and extends draw distance which in my purist opinion, detracts from the TRUE ORIGINAL Turok experience. The easier controls also makes the game too easy also.. great remaster in general nonetheless. If playing on PC, make sure to turn off saturation in the options menu because it really messes up the original games look and makes it too bright when it’s supposed to be somewhat dark and moody. Also I recommend leaving the fog at default and the FOV at default. This is for purists reasons. The updated controls already make this game too easy...
Digital Foundry is one of two channels on RUclips that gets a like before I even watch the video. The other being Cinemassacre. Great video as always John.
Yet another fantastic DF Retro episode! Definitely, I'd say that Turok and Goldeneye are my two favorite FPS games on the Nintendo 64! It's nice that you covered this.
The FOV in these games was always awful for me and I don't even get motion sick Edit: holy shit, I forgot how fluid the animation was, it honestly looks miles better than most PS2-era games that I can think of.
I can't be the only one who thinks the frame drops in the original really added to the "heavy" aspect of the more powerful guns in the game. Nothing like blasting off the Fusion Cannon, seeing whatever you shot at explode while the game slows down as the screen fills up with light in the middle of the night. Great video!
Great video! I've reminisced about how revolutionary this was at the time and no one else ever seemed to think so. Turok was a monster of a game and had some crazy boss battles
Shadows of Oblivion was skipped for me only because I didn't care much for the second one. Turok 1 was the best and always will be a childhood memory. One thing that has always derailed my imagination though is seeing how a game was designed, it not longer becomes believable.
Only ever played Turok 2, I just picked up the first one on Switch because of this video and it could be my game of the year, the fast paced shooting, platforming and complex level design are just ticking all the right boxes for me. Thanks Jon.
Turok is a masterpiece of its time. Wish I had played it back in the 90s. It would've blown my little mind! Because my parents were strict about games with blood in them, and the lack of friends who had the game, I never got the chance to play it. Of course, later on in life, I played it on an emulator. Wasn't disappointed at all. :D
For me the N64's anti alliasing is a total nightmare... Getting a good picture out of original hardware without mods is a pain. Games like Goldeneye are extremely blurry on a modern display, even through S Video cables.
Edge Antialiasing has nothing to do with how blurry N64 games looked. It was the blur filter that the signal out had on top of the rendered image that gave that look. N64 edge Antialiasing was similar to x8Msaa which was incredible for the time, not even high end PCs would do it until Vodoo launched later in the year (1996)
I loved this game. It was so atmospheric and mysterious and with so much to explore at the time. I could start playing at 8pm and suddenly it was 4am on a school day and I was still having tons of fun exploring those worlds. It was that immersive.
2022 hey all I’ve been watching so much DF lately and some true classics DF Retro (thank you John) I’ve learnt one thing we truly do not deserve DF you are so good and brilliant at what you do and the passion and attention to detail from you all is the best too. Thank you so much. The legendary Alex B too with the candles and Crysis brilliant. Thanks so much as always DF.
I will never forget when I was in 4th grade in early 1997. My bus driver was so hyped for Turok, and he loved it.
I asked him if he was going to grab Doom 64 as well, but he said no as he didn't want his children shooting humans.
At the time I didn't realize it, but look back now I chuckle. Doom 64 has no humans while Turok does.
The Iguana entertainment logo was so amazing back in the days
Day. Days is German.
K3dev agreed! I’m 35 now playing this game back when it came out was amazing and can’t wait to get the 1st and 2nd one from limited run for switch!
it's actually still pretty impressive today. most games I play just have static logos flash up for a couple seconds than fade away. I honestly can't think of the last time I saw a fully animated 3D logo like that.
Than after Turok 2 everything went downhill. Sad we lost Iguana and Turok.
it was but i like the one from evolution because of the tomahawk kill.
John continues to impress me with his in depth yet entertaining analysis of another classic game. Long live digitalfoundry!
After watching this I couldn't help myself to play Turok, played the first 4 levels last night :)
You forgot to mention that Turok was also the first FPS to move the gun to the lower right of the screen (while the actual reticule in the middle). A seemingly small change that wound up opening the field of view and looking more realistic. Practically every FPS now does this, but Turok started the trend.
Love the setup for ‘storytime with Alex’ with his luxurious red velvet chair and Crysis shine 😂
Oh you do? You like it? You enjoy it?
2 best things about 90s fps: the blazing speed of movement and the moody skyboxes.
My favourite : the crazy weapons.
I’m buying this on the switch. I miss the good old days of the 90’s when everything was bukkake’d with Terminator vibes
MIDI sounds too
I appreciate the look at Club Turok at 32:19!
We appreciate you MarphitimusBlackimus! :D
Shake it baby!
yes
What's the song playing during Club Turok?
Edit: Duke Nukem Total Meltdown - Bar Music
But of course Alex has a Crysis shrine next to his chair. Why the hell not!
Tbh I would be worried if he hadn't.
@@bertoku nice
One thing to note re: Quake (see 17:00) is that its animation wasn't made with a skeletal system... well, I'm sure it was ANIMATED with one in the 3D creation software they used at the time, but in the engine, it was stored and played back as a series of deformations on the entire model. I forgot the actual term for it. But since the game was originally designed to run on a software renderer, it allowed them to not worry about the cost of skinning vertices to bones and calculating the resulting positions, which was huge back then... just store the state of vertices of every frame of animation instead. But that comes with very interesting and funky looking artifacts if you interpolate the existing frames (like source ports do) since each vert will just linearly warp to its next frame :)
@Kay in a vague sense, you could think of the animation system back then as being made entirely out of blendshapes, yeah. (though blendshapes are additive by nature. Vert animation in quake wasn't)
I was 15 Year One in 97.The First Pictures of Turok blew my teenie Mind. I was a huge Dino fan and there was a whole world with them to explore.
Hey there fellow '82 baby! Same here. I loved Turok. Had a lot of fun with the N64 back in those days.
Yep I was about the same age (am 36 now) and had never seen or played anything like it. I originally rented it from Blockbuster as I would usually do with new games, but I loved it so much I ended up buying it that same week from Gamestop, which was then a store called Funcoland. Recently I rebought it on Switch and had a blast playing. It works so well portably too. 15yo me would be amazed at what we have now gaming-wise.
Good to know there are others in their late 30's here - sometimes it feels I am an old man surrounded by teenagers, on RUclips.
Shout out to 82. This game was/is fantastic. I still remember the issue of Nintendo power? I think, with this game covered. The screen shot of the big green guy shot with the shotgun made me want this game bad. So many hours poured into this gem.
Finally a proper DF Retro Video with clear narration and no "podcast-like" discusssions. And what a great episode that is! Amazing work! Love Turok!
I love DF Retro! Tho maybe you're referencing "DF Retro Play/DF Retro Extra" regarding podcast-like discussions?
Maybe I am mistaken but it seemed like clear, concise scripting for every standard edition since "Quake for Saturn" video.
Unless this was written during the MAJOR DF Retro lull where we got almost nothing but DF Retro Plays. Only suggesting if you haven't seen the earlier scripted DF Retros before this, I could not recommend them enough!
Turok 1,2 and 3 were amazing imo. I still love them
I really love how Turok moves so fast and smooth, it feels like he's blitzing around on roller skates and it's so much fun.
Lens flare was THE cool effect back in those days. I remember loving them in 3Dfx games in 1997-1998.
I got shivers down my spine when you showed footage of Hexen. I completely forgot about that game and how engrossing it is.
turok, shadow man and Soul Reaver are all deserving of a comeback right about now, the forgotten three musketeers of late 90's early 3d action gaming
Turok on N64 blew my mind, spent many hours deep in that world
I bought this game same day as Super Mario 64.
Not sure which was the 1st I played.
Both were GLOOORIOUS.😎
I got Turok INSTEAD of Mario 64 on the release day of the N64 which incidentially was my 15th birthday, everone else had Mario 64, so we could just swap games for a week or 2.
Turok is my favourite franchise of all time. Goldeneye was a masterpiece but Turok is what really set the bar high for fps on consoles.
True, at its time there wasn't any comparable Graphics/Game.
Never got so impressed again.
An unforgettable Masterpiece
Perfect Dark was hands down the best and most complete FPS game even by today's standards. A full story single player campaign with difficulty scaling that actually affects the gameplay. Voice acting. Full support for split screen co op. The rarely seen counter operative anti co op mode. And one of most customizable multiplayer modes with AI bots too.
Turok 2 was honestly the best. Best weapon in an FPS, Cerebral Bore.
@@Gruntvcbut the story was ridiculous- was this the one with the big head 👽 in the end? 007 was a masterpiece just like turok. Perfect dark never felt right to me a n I only finished it once.
Nightdive's PC remaster is so good it made me love the game all over again.
Still looks better than ARK on switch.
Rupert TheRabbit hah, digital foundary made it look like it was like a snes game but when you actually play Ark on switch, it’s just the resolution looks terrible. Other than that, the game isn’t bad for a shitty engine it was built on lol
IndianaRandy Shitty engine it was built on? Don’t blame Unreal Engine 4 for Ark’s Performance, blame the incompetent and overzealous developers.
@@zombiecowboy4946 UE4 isn't perfect bro...
@@Bongo2k Nor a disaster.
@@Bongo2k I despise Unreal Engine for the same reason as I despise Unity; it's too available and allows a lot of indie-trash-copy-paste titles. Plus just about every UE3 game ran and looked exactly the same. Like shit.
But when it comes to Ark, it's most definitely not the engine's fault.
Turok 2 blew my 6th-grade mind. I remember my parents hating me playing both Turok titles.
The music, platforming, and exploration elements remind me of Metroid Prime a lot.
Makes sense, since a lot of the same people were involved in both...
I originally played Turok on a PC via a 3DFX card...this was a truly special time for the evolution of gaming.
Turok 1 was a pure game design and Turok 2 was more ambitious s(with flaws) game.
I enjoy both of them.
"pure game design"
the purest. How do you think this game would look if it came out today?
main issue with second game is that levels where too maze like and the framerate was worse, the graphics and animation where good though. its nice theres a remaster of turok 2 that also improves it
I think that Turok 2 would be better if the levels were just from point A to point B, instead of from A to B, and also there's like several other things out of the way that you have to do or it's time to play the whole level again!
John - from the bottom of my heart, thank you for the content you and your team provide. This is seriously my favorite channel on RUclips. On a side note, your appearance on the Genesis episode of Cane & Rinse was absolute magic. THANK YOU. PS: an episode looking back at Mean Machines magazine with Rich would be amazing 😊
This and goldeneye had some of the best gun bobbing movement...has not been done better since in my opinion
Those games were made by people just out of University, with no previous experience on developing a 3D game..... let that sink in.....its amazing how they got it so right on their first try
@@jhkuno88I think they had to use the observation rather than of shelf copying of what’s already there.
I LOVE THIS VIDEO. Turok Dinosaur Hunter on N64 was my first 3D game and man I fell in love back in that summer of 97. I was 10 years old and all I knew before that was NES, Genesis and other 2D consoles. The jump into 3D was indescribable at the time. Being able to dive headfirst into a deep pool of water, and emerge inside a hollowed out tree trunk with weeds and brush creating a canopy above for me to feel immersed under was just such an amazing feeling. This game will always have a special place in my heart and thank you so much for covering this one, John.
This was one of the games I bought N64 for back in the day.
That intro music tho, nostalgia overload
The first Turok was very unique, at the time felt like the smoothest FPS I’ve ever played. Nothing like pulling some pud while listening to this music simply amazing
Turok was amazing at the time and I also loved the sequel that looked good with the expansion pack
Was a great atmospheric experience worth multiple plays. Seeds of evil was one of my fave N63 games.
The sequel was one of the most violent games on the system from what can remember
Mike Wade N63 huh? You must be from another dimension.
I couldn't afford the N64!
The River of Souls is my favorite level with music to match it's epicness.
Outstanding video John! N64 & Ps1 one hell of a generation.
no Ps1 mention any where in videı. also saturn was better n64 and ps1 in many ways. ps1 lybrary huge of course but dreamtcast was better shared tites. titles like star wars turok was need on saturn. ı never heard any playstation player complain about missing turok game. most of saturn games was on Pc and n64 turok and star wars on pc too so can be in saturn maybe some of these games. with these way ı will be happy back then. bacosue ı fucking not care finaly fantasy or any ps esclsuive or feature.
Couldent agree more ps1 and Nintendo 64 legendary consoles.
I'm loving the DFR logo. WOOOW! This game sure is incredible. Thanks, John, for that insightful look into a game I didn't appreciate; und auf Wiedersehen, Alex.
Do an episode on Conker's Bad Fur Day & Live and Reloaded. They were both the best looking games on both respective consoles.
Turok 1 is a masterpiece and one of my favorite games. Thanks for this great video!!
It's quite shocking just how good a lot of the animations were on the N64, even compared to today some of the death animations are really fluid and detailed. I played Goldeneye not long ago and was amazed at the variety.
I bought this new PC version of Turok on GOG a couple of days ago and immediately felt in love with it, and I can't wait to buy it again on my Switch!
Turok 2 is in my top 10 favourite games of all time, Turok was awesome too
I feel like you put to voice most of my feelings about Turok. Glad you have such an appreciation for it as well! Far from perfect game, but far better than most give it credit for.
Great video. I do hope you continue the series. I also hope that Turok 3 some day gets the Doom64 EX treatment.
Been craving some new DF Retro these last few weeks and you completely delivered, as usual. I love this show so much, it's simply one of the best researched and presented series on RUclips.
Another amazing DF Retro video, these DF Retro videos should be in gaming history museums. I would love to see Turok 2 and 3 because it feels a little bit uncompleted without the sequels.
Turok N64 was one of my favorite games to play after coming home from school. I'd close the blinds, turn on the stereo system with two 12' speakers and fired it up. The intro where Acclaim logo is being fired on with Tek arrows is super awesome with surround sound. Lol
You had my like at "Chronosceptor".
Law of diminishing returns.
Thank you guys for breaking down and giving this game the credit it deserves and a huge thanks to Nightdive for remastering and re releasing them in high definition
Great job as always :)
Great episode! That Club Turok scene had me cracking up.
The game looks like it has held up pretty well. I never put much time into it back in the day but I've been meaning to. This episode may motivate me to finally run through the whole thing.
It's crazy to think how consoles used to be able to compete & even sometimes surpass PC games of the era (at least in some areas). Quake was a huge game at the time, and to have a game released the following year on a console do so many technical things better than it, is truly remarkable.
What? No console surpassed PC ever.
@@postscriptum8142 Uhhh, playstation 1 surpassed pcs at the time. Pcs couldn't do 3D right until the late 90s and 00s.
I counted at least two "bespokes" in the first ten minutes, though I didn't notice any after that. John is addicted.
Dammit you’ve convinced me. Getting the Switch version of Turok now. ;)
It's nice to see an in depth look at a game I didn't play but heard about. Back then, as it is now, you play the games you can find time for or afford, playing every game you heard was good was not possible, you had to choose, but as much as I love when DF retro analyse games I played it's really nice to see what those I missed were about, makes me want to play them for the first time, which is quite the experience for a retro game, old gameplay and design for a new experience.
YES!! Finally, ive been waiting for this thanks!!!
I'm glad a significant portion of this video covered the music and sound quality. I remember being blown away when I heard the gun shots and screams on the N64 back in 1997.
DF Retro S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl. (I know it's not that old, but it's interesting)
Edit: Forgot to add "Please"
Also now I've watched it, great video! I didn't realise how crazy the tech was in Turok. (Wasn't allowed to play it). I lost it at the "Club Turok". Really makes the animations shine.
Ooooof, best game.
Well it's twelve years old already.
@Gareth Fairclough Yeah, I really don't know much about that. Could be cool to investigate. Sounds buggy but interesting
Actually I would love an episode on that game simply because of the engine. Supposedly its a real enigma of an engine. It would be great to have a bit of a look under its hood.
Turok style controls where an absolute must back then. In Goldeneye/Perfect Dark this was the 1.2 style control scheme. Frankly, they're ALMOST modern and work great. I had to unlearn and relearn a couple habits as console FPSes evolved though. For one, I was so used to games like Descent and Star Fox that it took me some time to unlearn "flight stick" style up/down reversal. I actively practiced it over and over until I got used to non-pilot controls. Secondly, for the longest time I played Halo with "southpaw" controls. I give credit to Bungie for realizing that a lot of gamers were coming off Turok controls where you aimed with the left stick and granted a scheme just for that. Once again, in time I eventually bit the bullet and trained myself to reverse things and move with left while aiming with right.
Keep in mind this whole time, I had almost given up on PC FPSes because I frankly sucked at them. I was using pure keyboard controls mind you, and hadn't quite learned the wonders of WASD + Mouse. So, I gained my skills on controllers. Imagine my utter shock when I finally decided to embrace PC shooters again and found that I was aiming shockingly well. I felt like I'd been wearing weighted clothing for years, in secret training.
Turok 2 is still my favorite this is where I started on the FPS
The fall scream *(Buue-uuah-OOAAHHHHAHHAHHH!!!)* & *"I. AM TUROK"* is the first thing that came to my mind whenever I see or hear the word "Turok".
Waiting for the DF Retro: Turok 2 vid meow ;)
woof
Meow~
No more waiting
I enjoy the 32/64 bit DF Retro episodes the most. Im not sure why, maybe because the huge limitations of these old machines and how developers had to work around in very smart and creative ways. Keep up the good work!
I AM TUROK
WRONG! I AM! ;D
Thank you, Turok.
I'M BATMAN
I want Turok
Turn it down you say?
But all I gotta say to you is...
Great look at this often forgotten game and clearly showing that there's more to it than just fog memes. I'm definitely going to get the remake now. Guest appearance from Alex also highly appreciated. Keep up the great work John!
One of my favorites DF retro episodes so far. Hoping for a Turok 2 release on Switch and hopefully a DF Retro on T2 after that.
Edit: Loved the Club Turok segment lol
Night Dive made it known early this year that Turok 2 is headed to the Switch - hopefully before the year's end.
Corpseplower that’s fantastic! Loved T1 but IMO T2 its much better in every way :)
John you are a true gem. Right up there with Roo from 16 bit gems, i used to love his work. That's ancient history now, but you filled that void for me. Thanks for all the great content. You too Alex!
The graphics blew me away...I used to just sit and watch the gold token pickups spin and shine...
Me too! The teeth on the dinosaurs also impressed me alot for some reason lol
I’m a huge fan of DF retro. Keep up the great work John and the rest of the DF family. I can honestly say DF retro has me playing retro games now. I love it.
Turok needs to come back.
Man so many memories. I bought this and GoldenEye when I first got a N64. I never completed it but damn so many sweet weapons. Turok 2 follow up please.
I would love to see a DF: Retro on System Shock 2
Thanks for your awesome video, John! I don't know what's better, Alex with his Crysis shrine, or the introduction of "Club Turok". :D
A game that's very much underrated for what it did for console fps games.
The most comprehensive cataloguing of turok on you tube. Brilliant video.
Turok was amazing but Turok 2 was phenomenal. I wish we could get a complete remake of both games
Loved this. I missed Turok on the N64 back in the day (SM64 and Goldeneye were my go-to games for the system) and after watching this DF Retro, I think it's time I picked up a copy. Cannot wait to play it!
TheMadPolarBear The N64 version is the best atmosphere and look wise but the remaster plays very fluid and extends draw distance which in my purist opinion, detracts from the TRUE ORIGINAL Turok experience. The easier controls also makes the game too easy also.. great remaster in general nonetheless. If playing on PC, make sure to turn off saturation in the options menu because it really messes up the original games look and makes it too bright when it’s supposed to be somewhat dark and moody. Also I recommend leaving the fog at default and the FOV at default. This is for purists reasons. The updated controls already make this game too easy...
@@Mr.Honest247 Thanks for the tips. I'm gonna be picking up the N64 version and probably the Switch version. Thanks again!
TheMadPolarBear No problem!
amazing when you realize n64 was the console pushing the first person shooter on home platforms.
Saturn even genesis had some
This video analysis is awesome. I wish all retrospective games were with such technical detail. great work here man
Fun fact: the team that made the classic Turok games went on to create the Metroid Prime games
Digital Foundry is one of two channels on RUclips that gets a like before I even watch the video. The other being Cinemassacre. Great video as always John.
I love everything about digital foundry. I love how goofy and corny these guys can get while delivering in-depth technical analysis. Dog bless.
Yet another fantastic DF Retro episode! Definitely, I'd say that Turok and Goldeneye are my two favorite FPS games on the Nintendo 64! It's nice that you covered this.
Shadows of the Empire PC vs. N64 would be a great comparison for DF Retro :) or maybe even add the entire N64 lineup
Thank you very much. It was and is a pleasure to go back in time. A time that i miss but i also look back with a big smile. thx
The FOV in these games was always awful for me and I don't even get motion sick
Edit: holy shit, I forgot how fluid the animation was, it honestly looks miles better than most PS2-era games that I can think of.
It’s amazing looking at Turok nowadays, knowing that Metroid prime shares a ton of the same DNA.
I can't be the only one who thinks the frame drops in the original really added to the "heavy" aspect of the more powerful guns in the game. Nothing like blasting off the Fusion Cannon, seeing whatever you shot at explode while the game slows down as the screen fills up with light in the middle of the night.
Great video!
Bring us a NEXT GEN TUROK GAME going back to the
Turok 1 and Turok 2 Roots with sick graphics! Thanks!
Great video! I've reminisced about how revolutionary this was at the time and no one else ever seemed to think so. Turok was a monster of a game and had some crazy boss battles
Shadows of Oblivion was skipped for me only because I didn't care much for the second one. Turok 1 was the best and always will be a childhood memory. One thing that has always derailed my imagination though is seeing how a game was designed, it not longer becomes believable.
I liked Turok 3 more than 2 but it wasn't as good as the original.
Only ever played Turok 2, I just picked up the first one on Switch because of this video and it could be my game of the year, the fast paced shooting, platforming and complex level design are just ticking all the right boxes for me. Thanks Jon.
Turok is the Metroid game we didnt get on the N64. Someone should re-skin the game to look like Super metroid.
That would be pretty cool. The steam version DOES have mod support
LORDY HECKING, WHY *HASN'T* SOMEONE ALREADY DONE THAT!?!? OuO
Let the word get out.
Eh? Jet Force Gemini was the Metroid game we never got.
"Your logic is flawless, but my brain detects a better idea:" Armorines Project S.W.A.R.M.
Turok was a magical game. I'll never forget the first time playing it. The short draw distance never bothered me.
Love Alex altar for Crysis! ❤️
And PS3
Turok is a masterpiece of its time. Wish I had played it back in the 90s. It would've blown my little mind! Because my parents were strict about games with blood in them, and the lack of friends who had the game, I never got the chance to play it. Of course, later on in life, I played it on an emulator. Wasn't disappointed at all. :D
nthgthdgdcrtdtrk, the one code I can still reel off 20 plus years later at the drop of a hat
Yes! I still remember bewareoblivionisathand for the sequel.
Same here man, I have no clue what it is about this cheat but I've never forgotten it over 20 years late. oN THe eiGTH Day GoD CReaTeD TuRoK.
Excellent video. Everytime you guys upload an episode on a FPS game from the 90s, it makes me want one covering Serious Sam
its crude nowadays but I am always seriously impressed by the n64's anti-aliasing implemention
For me the N64's anti alliasing is a total nightmare... Getting a good picture out of original hardware without mods is a pain. Games like Goldeneye are extremely blurry on a modern display, even through S Video cables.
@@WH250398 oh god, I agree. I tried playing turok and Goldeneye on a 32 inch HD TV.
I could barley even make out what was going on.
Edge Antialiasing has nothing to do with how blurry N64 games looked. It was the blur filter that the signal out had on top of the rendered image that gave that look. N64 edge Antialiasing was similar to x8Msaa which was incredible for the time, not even high end PCs would do it until Vodoo launched later in the year (1996)
That soundtrack still gives me chills, each level had such a unique and awesome sound track.
4 Player-Splittscreen Turok Multiplayer on N64 = FUNFACTOR OVER 9000!!!
I loved this game. It was so atmospheric and mysterious and with so much to explore at the time. I could start playing at 8pm and suddenly it was 4am on a school day and I was still having tons of fun exploring those worlds. It was that immersive.
23:15 - “but you don’t have to take my word for it”
*video cuts to black screen*
_TUROK HAS ENTERED THE CHAT_
2022 hey all I’ve been watching so much DF lately and some true classics DF Retro (thank you John) I’ve learnt one thing we truly do not deserve DF you are so good and brilliant at what you do and the passion and attention to detail from you all is the best too. Thank you so much. The legendary Alex B too with the candles and Crysis brilliant. Thanks so much as always DF.