Retro Gamer

TUROK SEQUELS

Turok was not about to slip quietly into the night after his first quest...

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Turok 2: seeds of evil 1998

N64

The sequel didn’t so much reheat the original as serve up an extra-large second helping. There were new weapons with more exaggerate­d (and gory) effects, larger levels with more variation in design and appearance, and additional enemies with greater intelligen­ce, leading to some entertaini­ng skirmishes. The visuals were also refined, particular­ly if you plugged in there solution boo sting Expansion Pak( although this could affect the frame-rate during hectic moments).

Turok: rage Wars 1999

N64

The second game’s multiplaye­r modes were popular enough to convince Acclaim to put out this stop-gap release that ditched the single-player game entirely (well you could battle against bots on your own but there was barely any fun in that). This was designed for competitiv­e play between two-to-four players, and while it definitely improved on the multiplaye­r offering from Turok 2, it wasn’t enough to carry a full game. Still, if you had three mates and four pads…

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