Turok: Evolution

Turok: Evolution
Developer(s)	Acclaim Entertainment ; RFX Interactive (GBA version)
Publisher(s)	Acclaim Entertainment
Released	August 31 2002
Genre	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Ratings	ESRB: Mature (M)
Platform(s)	GameCube, GBA, PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox

Turok: Evolution is a first-person shooter video game developed and published by Acclaim Entertainment. The game was released for the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Game Boy Advance in 2002. A port for the PC was released in 2003 for the European market, but never distributed in North America. It is to be followed by a 2008 entry in the series, Turok.

Characters

• Tal' Set - The game's main protagonist, Tal'Set is a Native American brought from our world, assumably, into the jungles of the Lost Land.
• Wise Father - An old and wise man who guides you in some levels
• Djunn - The leader of the River Village troops. Rescues Tal'Set and the Wise Father from the Sleg compound.
• Tarkeen - A mysterious seer who brings Tal'Set back from the brink of death. He is bound by an oath to the ancient god "Stone" to seek out a warrior who can bring balance to the Lost Land and take up the mantle of Turok. He is protected by the Six Points, spine-covered reptilian cat creatures who never stray far from their master.
• Tobias Bruckner- A frontiersman, Bruckner was infamous for his extreme hatred against Native Americans and hated as a killer of their kind. While locked in battle with Tal'Set's tribe, Bruckner fell off a cliff and into the same portal as the protagonist did. But unlike Tal'Set, who aligned with the humans, he joined the warrior forces under Tyrannus.

Storyline

The game follows Tal' Set, a Native American who is transported to the Lost Land while fighting Captain Tobias Bruckner of the United States Army; apparently this occurs in the late 19th century, around the time of the Indian Wars. He is rescued by the seer Tarkeen that says he is the legendary Son of Stone, known to them as Turok. The story then introduces a new villain, the Sleg, who are a lot like the dinosoids and Purr-Linn from the previous games. The Sleg themselves largely seem to have no greater objective than enslaving humans; eventually, however, their leader, the genocidal Lord Tyrannus, reveals his plan to destroy the human city of Galyana with an army led by a colossal beast called the Juggernaut. the Juggernaut resembles a Diplodocus, but is much larger. He also allows Bruckner to join the Sleg army. When Tal' Set saves the River Village's "Wise Father" from a Sleg base, he re-encounters Bruckner and a team of Sleg. Both him and the "Wise Father" are quickly recused by Djunn. Later, Tal' Set destroys the Suspended City that bridges the gap across a ravine that Lord Tyrannus' forces are attempting to cross to reach Galyana. Following this, he engages and disables the Juggernaut. At the very end of the game, Bruckner appears riding a Tyrannosaurus and serves as the game's last (the first boss being a Styracosaurus) boss. Tal' Set defeats Bruckner, but refuses to kill him; he then leaves him to be eaten by Compsognathus instead. He felt he didn't deserve a warrior's death. The game ends with Tal' Set accepting his role as Son of Stone and becoming Turok. Lord Tyrannus is also seen at a Sleg castle, mourning his defeat.

Reception

Evolution, although an average shooter at best, has been seen widely as the worst game in the series. There were many critics and fans who couldn't help but point out the game's obvious flaws such as the poor story, long load times, and wonky level design. The game received reviews ranging in the 'average' field mainly due in part to the game doing very little to nothing to introduce new elements into the Turok franchise and not doing enough to stand out from other more popular shooters such as Halo and Timesplitters 2. Gaming site, IGN gave the PS2 version a 6.3, the Xbox version a 7.1, and the Gamecube version a 6.9. The different score vary due to the consoles the title appears on. The game's villain, Tobias Bruckner, lives on through Electronic Gaming Monthly's annual Tobias Bruckner Memorial Awards, which "honors" the worst in video games in which they also consider him to be the worst villain in a video game ever.

Game Boy Advance

The Game Boy Advance version of the game takes the same concept from the past Game Boy games and applies it to the Game Boy Advance. For that reason this game got good reviews unlike its console version. The gameplay is still the same as the Game Boy Color iterations but has a whole new facelift counting this was new hardware. Storyline also like past Game Boy Turok games is completely original with no ties to the Console game.

External links

• Turok: Evolution at MobyGames

References