Extinction never happened!
You play as a Native-American called Joseph Turok, you were once part of Wolf Pack, a vicious Black-Ops team. You desert Wolf Pack knowing the past was wrong and now you join Whiskey Company on mission to catch the ex Wolf Pack leader, Roland Kane. The story is fast paced and very dramatic, its very strong from the beginning but loses its touch near the end but most of the time you won't be thinking about the story because the game is so fun.
Turok is your standard FPS with a few spiced up features. The knife, many think of this weapon as useless and weak but in Turok it is one of the most strongest weapons. It so cool to knife your enemies/dinosaurs. The quite kills are awesome and knifing a raptor in the head feels really fun, this game is blood thirsty! The aiming of Turok is very different, the screen shakes and does not have an aim assist. A new feature is quite kills, either go in guns blazing or use stealth, this feature sometimes doesn't fit in the more harder situations of the game but it is indeed really cool. Dino luring is very handy in Turok, using the flare to make your enemies (dinoaurs) into friends. Every weapon in Turok has a secondary use, the best one being the shotgun which has its flare to attract dinosaurs.
The weapons in Turok are cool, with each having a secondary fire but the trademark weapon for Turok is back, The Bow. Although the weapons are cool, most feel weak especially the shotgun. It takes a couple of shells to take down a raptor. Also the knife kills do get repetitive but never get old.
Multiplayer in Turok is addictive, although it doesn't stand a chance against Call of Duty 4's or Halo 3's, its still satisfying. You have all the standard games like free-for-all, team deathmatch, CTF, assault CTF and a new type called Wargames. Nearly all multiplayer maps have dinosaurs, this adds terror to the player, so you have to focus on dino's and the opposing team, this feature is very intriguing. Knife kills in multiplayer are so cool that it makes you feel on top of the world. Its very challenging and you never know when you are being followed, which makes you turn all the time. Co-op is a fun experience, although it is very weak. The story of the co-op play has no connection with the single player campaign and has only three levels, this is probably a big disappointment. Also Turok does not support offline multiplayer and split-screen, so you can't one-on-one your friends on the same TV or do split-screen co-op. System link is also not available in Turok.
The one thing that bothers me in multiplayer is when the enemy is holding the knife and running around, its nearly impossible to shoot at them because they run to fast. This in some cases is very annoying but challenging because the knife is the lightest weapon.
Graphics are great in Turok, the dinosaurs act real and look real. The environment is great with the modified Unreal Engine 3. Although some characters have jaggy and sharp edges on their face but this doesn't make it last-gen graphics.
The A.I for Turok is very challenging the enemy soldiers you encounter can flank you, take cover etc. The dino A.I is very sophisticated especially the raptors, they pounce and maul you. On harder difficulties the A.I is challenging. Sometimes the A.I can get dumb and easy. The boss A.I are very smart such as the T-Rex, a thing you wouldn't want to mess with.
Overall Turok is great game, with minor flaws and a disappointing co-op feature and no split-screen/system link, Turok fails greatly to achieve the big 9 but the game is fun from start to finish and will indeed keep all you Turok fans happy. If your looking to stab dino's or just a FPS fan, then Turok is for you. Turok is back!