He's not that particular... he hunts other stuff, too

I only found out about the comic book(and have not read it) after completing the game, but I understand that they have little to do with each other. This takes place in The Lost Land, a different dimension in which all the stuff the developers thought up and didn't want to abandon could co-exist, and you must fight your way through many enemies, to finally rescue the world... or something. Of course, you wouldn't know any of that unless you read it somewhere(well, it is in the manual), such as on-line, because the game makes less than any attempt at telling you(but hey, at least the story does make the whole deal with being able to resurrect(the game lets you have extra lives, the way FPSs that went before it did) make sense and able to be explained within the context of it). The Lost Land is divided up into about eight different(even though several of them are similar to one another) areas, and you have to find the keys to all but the very first one, searching through each but the last for them. The game is an FPS, or First Person Shooter, and is steps(not leaps) beyond Doom. It features elements of adventure and platform games, a 360 degree camera, and things you'd expect to be in an FPS. There are some Boss fights. Adversaries are plentiful, and there are many different kinds. The AI is fair. Among said elements of other game types are a number of jumping puzzles, and vast areas to explore(mainly in search of the keys, of which, on average, there are three per level). Those two, in particular the first, coupled with the fact that the game only allows saving your progress at specific points(which there aren't that many of), are likely to cause all but the most stoic of players frustration, possibly even of tremendous potency. The difficulty level is reasonable, if not always even. Sound is OK, no real major ups or downs, all in all. Graphics are rather well-done, all the way through, and the fog helps create atmosphere. There are few bugs or glitches in the game, but some "clipping" issues can be another source of irritation. Level design is pretty good, be prepared to spend a lot of time(considering how short the game is) running around, looking for where to go. Whether or not that's a positive or a negative thing is up to the individual player. You'll go through catacombs, a tree-top village and a forest. You will face and fight many other opponents in addition to the dinosaurs the appearance of which explain the title. Being an FPS released in the late nineties(as opposed to the early nineties, which was when the sub-genre of action gaming started), the game lets you jump and swim, and there are elevators and the like, in addition to the entirely free camera. One thing this has that not too terribly many FPSs have, at the very least at the time this was released, is climbing walls. Not all walls let you do this, but some, you can scale. There are ladders, as well, and the system for going up or down either isn't half bad. Jumping, while I personally could have done without quite so much of it, tends to be supported well by its system, if the furthest jump(which is, of course, important to master for any area that requires its use) demands something of a combination of keys pressed(especially for a game which doesn't fall into another sub-genre of action, fighting), if it could have been worse. Design is interesting and notably versatile. The weapons are nicely done, and some are *really* entertaining to use. None are downright boring, although an early one or two will get trumped by later finds. There are modern, old and even futuristic arms in your well-stocked arsenal. There tend to be one of each basic kind, but some are similar to one another, in fact, the whole "energy powered and energy unleashing gun" is done several times. The game-play is fun, and can be intense. One noteworthy aspect is that you can go back through earlier areas throughout the very most part of the game, if the progression through the levels, as far as I've been able to tell, remains entirely linear(not within the levels themselves, at least not necessarily, more in the *order* of the eight levels). I didn't care for the way so many foes re-spawn, and at times soon, some even about immediately, after, that, to me, takes away the point of fighting them at all(as opposed to just running past them). In addition to saving your game, you will also find checkpoints, and if you die in the game, you will resurrect at the last passed checkpoint, or the last place you did save, whichever was the more recent of the two. There are sci-fi aspects in this, including dimensional portals, but it's mostly fantasy, and decent if you want to play a game populated by the well-known pre-historic creatures who graciously lend their name to the title of this video-game(the middle word, in case you remained outside the always pleasant state of certainty). This doesn't have terribly much blood or gore for the type of game it is, but some deaths are somewhat disturbing. I've read conflicting information from two separate sources, so I'm unsure of the background of the Turok character featured herein(and in spite of my tireless prodding, the only words he ever uttered during the time I spent controlling him remained "I... am Turok", which, albeit it does do a nice job of cementing his identity or title, whichever it is, or both, it in no way answers any other question the player might have), but what I can say is that he is a Native American(to be PC), and he's in The Lost Land. I recommend this to fans of action, First Person Shooters, science fiction and fantasy. But mostly the first two. 7/10

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