Never played this when it came out, but I like to buy games from this era because I have a soft spot for the time. What's great about it? - No holds barred chaos - Somewhat non-linear structure - Pretty good AI - Fun to interact with what is available - Great humour What I've experienced so far (1st day only - Monday) - Befriended a dog who turned on it's owner and ragdolled them - Fought a team of assassin women living in the top of the grocery store who battle cry like Xena Warrior Princess - Slaughtered an entire group of panzie protestors - Instead of waiting in line to cash my paycheque I decided to dump gasoline on everyone and throw a lit match, line went pretty fast after that All in all this game is awesome, on sale it's incredible for the kicks you can get. If you played games during this era then the dated graphics and gameplay mechanics likely won't bother you very much.
Was this title worth the sale price of 16.99? Yes, absolutely it was. If you're a fan of the original Turok series, then you will really enjoy this PC port. In terms of level design and action, Turok 2 really holds its own, and feels great even compared to newer titles. The higher framerate compared to the original really pumps up the action I feel. Amazing weapons. In general, it's worth the 17 bucks to buy it, go to the cheat screen, type in the master cheat, and just go haywire blowing up all sorts of enemies and monsters. Overall excellent title. CONTROLS -Controls are really tight on both keyboard and controller. I use an official xbox one controller, and it feels as responsive as the N64 days, much better than using the same controller with an N64 emulator. -Mouse and keyboard control is great, really accurate, you can really shoot those dinos with pinpoint precision now. -They've added climbing! On relevant objects, if you hold jump you can now climb! Awesome! I do wish it was applied to everything so I could get new vantage points I didn't get on N64, but it's still great nonetheless. -Speed is faster, almost arcade-like. This to me is a positive thing. GRAPHICS -Gfx are crisp and clean, however, due to the age of the game, it doesn't sport a lot of polygons, and things look square and rough - at no fault of the developers. - Motion blur actually is exciting, sometimes the enemies move too fast for you to see in a blur, and it causes you shoot everywhere like a maniac, I sincerely enjoy this new aspect, I like feeling flustered from their blurry speed. INTERFACE -I really appreciate the facelift the menu screen has undergone, it's clean, and has relevant options for PC. -Full key bindings are available, thank you. -Original cheat codes work, awesome. MULTIPLAYER -Haven't played too much, but it so far has been fun. -Several servers are operative, which is actually nice. -Skin change is easy, although I think skin type stat differences have been removed.
