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Xbox 360 News by Ellie Gibson

15 January, 2008

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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redneon
15/01/08 @ 15:28
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Turok is rubbish.

EDIT: Also, first!
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DB2k
15/01/08 @ 15:33
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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.
Dire
15/01/08 @ 15:33
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controls are so sluggish.
penhalion
15/01/08 @ 15:36
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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...
bad09
15/01/08 @ 15:37
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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!

Raz76
15/01/08 @ 15:44
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Isn't it "Everybody walk the dinosaur"?
redneon
15/01/08 @ 15:44
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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(
Triggerhappytel
15/01/08 @ 16:06
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So, is this game as generic and archaic as almost all of the footage has suggested?
Moz
15/01/08 @ 16:07
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am at home on day off :), shall give it a quick try now
BadBoyBonner
15/01/08 @ 16:19
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To try get round the treacle problem try moving sideways - worked on the N64! lol
Lexx87
15/01/08 @ 16:30
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So everyone is impressed then :P
shido
15/01/08 @ 16:32
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Euch plays awful. Knifing dinos = awesome...but far far far too easy.......
Moz
15/01/08 @ 16:38
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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
MilkYMoO
15/01/08 @ 16:46
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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
15/01/08 @ 16:48
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i think everyone had already decided they were going to hate this even before they played it.
viper_h
15/01/08 @ 16:58
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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.
Skeletor
15/01/08 @ 17:20
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@viper_h
It looks but it isn't. It's actually pretty cool.
DonnieDarko333
15/01/08 @ 17:27
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Well i think it's pretty damn good.
T4RG4
15/01/08 @ 17:53
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It's rubbish!

Will download and give it a go tonight.
doctorgonzo
15/01/08 @ 20:07
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Yes. It is, however, rubbish.
smelly
15/01/08 @ 20:08
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Is the demo worth my download bandwidth?
louyfitz
15/01/08 @ 20:08
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It is good, Turok has far too much health for a human being tho.

Still good game 8/10
smelly
15/01/08 @ 20:09
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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)
muscleblade
15/01/08 @ 20:10
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Cool that the demo isnt availaible in the US. For once we get stuff first.
muscleblade
15/01/08 @ 20:17
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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.
jonarob
15/01/08 @ 20:39
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Boring drab caves and shitty boring raptors. I actually wanted them to eat my head off so I didn't follow the onscreen command to break free. Unfortunately I still managed to survive twice. The third time, it ate my head. Then I quit and deleted the demo. Yay!
Slamhound
15/01/08 @ 22:40
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The only word that actually interested me in this entire article was 'Whiskey'.

Been sober for far too long...
Sl1pstream
15/01/08 @ 23:14
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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.
Eraysor
15/01/08 @ 23:43
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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.
Pomba
16/01/08 @ 08:07
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"Everybody do the dinosaur."

I ROFL'ED
Cheboury
16/01/08 @ 08:09
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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!
bluem4gic
16/01/08 @ 08:21
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The guns are shit! Just use the knife and bow and arrow to kill everything in the game!
space ace
16/01/08 @ 08:32
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Everybody do the dinosaur

everybody but silver accounts?
DonnieDarko333
16/01/08 @ 09:39
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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.
muscleblade
16/01/08 @ 09:48
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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.
bodypopper
16/01/08 @ 10:01
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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.
tinners
16/01/08 @ 12:33
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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 :)
Nilsy
16/01/08 @ 13:25
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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!
kangarootoo
16/01/08 @ 13:58
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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...
hybridial
16/01/08 @ 16:08
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I loved the N64 games, but I really didn't care for this demo. Pass.
Eldandoerino1
16/01/08 @ 21:51
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Played it yesterday it's shite 6/10 for this me thinks.
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