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Everybody do the dinosaur.

A new demo for the latest instalment in the Turok series has popped up on Xbox Live.

Turok, as the game is radically titled, follows the adventures of former black ops commando Joseph Turok. As part of an elite special forces squad called Whiskey Company, he is on a mission to bring down war criminal Roland Kane.

But rather than just hole up in Surrey like old friend of the British Government General Pinochet, Kane is hiding out on a genetically altered planet. Full of dinosaurs. Complications ensue.

The demo is available for download now, weighing in at 1.17 GB. Find out what fellow Eurogamers make of it over on the forum.

Turok is out on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this spring.

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- Release date 8/02/2008
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redneon Verified Programmer, SUMO Digital #1 4 years ago

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Turok is rubbish.

EDIT: Also, first!

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DB2k #2 4 years ago

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you are rubbish. And your father smells of elderberries.

and you posted first.. but actually. that makes you a fat american kid.
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Dire #3 4 years ago

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controls are so sluggish.
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penhalion #4 4 years ago

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Anyone know where the switch for treacle mode is. I want to disable it so that when I move it actually...well..um...moves...
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bad09 #5 4 years ago

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Never really liked Turok (except for the second one on N64). Saw a clip of the multiplayer on TV over the weekend though and it looks fun, might be worth a look!
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Raz76 #6 4 years ago

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Isn't it "Everybody walk the dinosaur"?
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redneon Verified Programmer, SUMO Digital #7 4 years ago

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DB2k: Your grammar is astounding. I could almost be confused into thinking that YOU are the fat American kid. Hahahahahah... =o(
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Triggerhappytel #8 4 years ago

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So, is this game as generic and archaic as almost all of the footage has suggested?
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Moz #9 4 years ago

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am at home on day off , shall give it a quick try now
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BadBoyBonner #10 4 years ago

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To try get round the treacle problem try moving sideways - worked on the N64! lol
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Lexx87 #11 4 years ago

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So everyone is impressed then
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shido #12 4 years ago

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Euch plays awful. Knifing dinos = awesome...but far far far too easy.......
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Moz #13 4 years ago

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JUst play demo, seems alright, like the way the dinos charge you down,
not sure where people are getting the sluggish thing from seems fine to me, unless people are walking arounf crouch!

Could be worth a play through if your needing a single FPS and have completed all the really good titles
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MilkYMoO #14 4 years ago

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I just got a ps3 today, and it looks like I'm going back to my 360 already.

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jim1975 #15 4 years ago

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i think everyone had already decided they were going to hate this even before they played it.
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viper_h #16 4 years ago

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I agree with the "Turok is rubbish" comments.

Looks like another generic rubbish console FPS that I will be happy to ignore.
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Skeletor #17 4 years ago

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@viper_h
It looks but it isn't. It's actually pretty cool.
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DonnieDarko333 #18 4 years ago

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Well i think it's pretty damn good.
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T4RG4 #19 4 years ago

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It's rubbish!

Will download and give it a go tonight.
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doctorgonzo #20 4 years ago

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Yes. It is, however, rubbish.
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smelly #21 4 years ago

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Is the demo worth my download bandwidth?
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louyfitz #22 4 years ago

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It is good, Turok has far too much health for a human being tho.

Still good game 8/10
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smelly #23 4 years ago

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>Looks like another generic rubbish console FPS that I will be happy to ignore.

Like halo3?

(SORRY!! Broke my new years resolution there - but I couldn't resist that one.. i'll not do that again)
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muscleblade #24 4 years ago

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Cool that the demo isnt availaible in the US. For once we get stuff first.
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muscleblade #25 4 years ago

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Turok got 90% in Play magazine so i dont think it will be rubbish at all. I predict 80% overall. I cant wait to try the demo.
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Slamhound #26 4 years ago

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The only word that actually interested me in this entire article was 'Whiskey'.

Been sober for far too long...
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Sl1pstream #27 4 years ago

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"Turok got 90% in Play magazine so i dont think it will be rubbish at all."

Didn't they give the same score to Lair? Look at how much fun that turned out to be.

Flashlight/sprint button would've been fun.
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Eraysor #28 4 years ago

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I just played the demo, found it horrible. A bunch of dark caves are not the way to showcase a UE3 game.
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Pomba #29 4 years ago

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"Everybody do the dinosaur."

I ROFL'ED
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Cheboury #30 4 years ago

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Turok should have stayed unmade!

My memories of Turok on the N64 is a game of sheer excellence, fun and great programming. What I witnessed and experienced with the DEMO is short of anything that Turok once stood for. The Iguana team then is alas not the guys behind this atrocious game that starts off so bland and unimaginative.

This shiiit is rental material at best at worst it makes Iguana turns in its grave!
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bluem4gic #31 4 years ago

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The guns are shit! Just use the knife and bow and arrow to kill everything in the game!
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space_ace #32 4 years ago

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Everybody do the dinosaur

everybody but silver accounts?
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DonnieDarko333 #33 4 years ago

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I state MY OPINION again, i 'liked' it.

If you didn't think it was good, good for you! but my opinion is that it was pretty damn good!

Perhaps i'm just forgiving, but theres not many games out there where your roaming a jungle and a massive, graphically impressive dinosaur comes running after you.

I'll be buying it, and i reckon alot more people will as well.
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muscleblade #34 4 years ago

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@Sl1pstream: Good point. Im a 360 owner so i didnt know. They gave Stranglehold 90% too and even though i loved it its a bit high.
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bodypopper #35 4 years ago

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A few observations

It looks a bit like Pariah with dinosaurs.
Ron Perlman!
You can kill all the dinos with the knife stupidly easily. Presumably there will be dinos with frickin laser guns on their backs later in the game to make it slightly challenging.
The AI is 'erratic'. Hopefully there are genuinely tough skill levels in the finished game.
Headshots with the bow from afar rarely work even when the crosshairs are red though you're encouraged to shoot things in the head to get the best results.

Yet somehow it still has the OTT B-movie charm of the original. Even though the weapons are the very definition of 'generic'.

A second hand purchase methinks.
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tinners #36 4 years ago

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erm anyone saying its too dark, try leaving the caves into the lush outdoor surroundings lol noobs!

not bad needs some work still, using a knife on dinos is much fun tho
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Nilsy #37 4 years ago

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Once you got past them caves the game was fun enough, a buy even, if the price is right. the demo was a bit short though, and knife-raping the dinosaurs was harder to pull off than I expected.

on the other hand: Ron Perlman!
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kangarootoo #38 4 years ago

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"It is good, Turok has far too much health for a human being tho"

Most bizarre comment ever levelled at a video game.

How much health should a human being have? I'm in good shape but I'm pretty sure a single bullet in real life would make me an ineffective combatant IMMEDIATELY. I'd consider myself lucky if I spent the next 20 mins bleeding out on the floor.

As for how long I would last facing down dinosaurs...
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hybridial #39 4 years ago

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I loved the N64 games, but I really didn't care for this demo. Pass.
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Eldandoerino1 #40 4 years ago

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Played it yesterday it's shite 6/10 for this me thinks.

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