Good graphics, unique setting, highly entertaining but action can get repetitive

User Rating: 8 | Turok X360
By Blackjack002 | Review Date:
The game story is perhaps not the strongest aspect of the game and at times it even comes off a little corny as does the voice acting but the characters in the game are none the less entertaining and even a bit compelling despite the technical flaws. The game play is nothing too unfamiliar as far as the typical guns go but the knife is incorporated superbly well and the knifing animations are visceral and always pleasing. The dinosaurs end up being the main characters of the story and the variety is pleasing and each every roar and scream is well done and very cool. The dinosaurs also really get your blood going at times because they will come in very close and compel you to use your knife on them and it can get pretty hectic and it makes for some very cool action. The graphics are about what you'd expect from a next gen system maybe even a little below par but they are by no means disappointing. The weapons did seem underpowered but the whole knife/bow dynamic somewhat makes up for that. It just would have been nice if the weapons had a little more "kick" to them. Turok is a worthy purchase if you relish a game that tries to introduce some cool new game play mechanics and tries to create an authentic atmosphere which Turok does with varying degrees of success. Overall a pretty good game here at the start of 2008 and probably the best Turok game to date and it stands out with its cool premise (only viable dinosaur game on the market now), fun gameplay, and action but if your just interested in a highly polished FPS go with Halo 3 or COD 4.

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