17 people found this review helpful
Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 4.5 hrs on record (4.1 hrs at review time)
Posted: 1 Dec, 2023 @ 1:31pm
Updated: 1 Dec, 2023 @ 3:27pm

I am sadly going to say "no". 32€ (as if we were earning more in Poland than in western Europe... Valve, fix your outdated suggested prices!) for a game that takes 3.5h to beat on first playthrough, that is a "just" a remaster of 23 year old game (a good one, but still just a remaster) is really hard to justify. Yes, technically it's not "just" 3.5h, cause there is still collectables and there are some minor differences in playthrough whatever you select to play as Danielle or Joseph, but... ugh still - this is not much content and it's not of a particularly "up to date" quality for such an asking price.

Nightdive has put a solid work, even if there is still some junk there (especially broken ladders). Nothing too serious, but it's not exactly outstanding either. There are upgrades in graphics, loads of textures got reworked, models got upgraded, draw distance is higher... and yet it doesn't feel anywhere as impressive as their recent Quake 2 remaster or Powerslave. I guess part of it is just the gap between original release and remaster - Quake 2 needed to have animations reworked, meshes had awful gel-like artifacts in animation due to the format the game was using and their remaster managed to solve those and make the game look significantly better, while restoring the multiplayer and importing N64s campaign. Powerslave was a game that was ahead of its time, but very limited on original platform, so having Nightdive's remaster that just works with keyboard and mouse is already making a massive step... this? This somehow doesn't feel that massive and I guess when combined with the asking price (and me still being salty about having to pay more than in countries where you earn 3-4 times as much money on average) is a pretty big problem.

As for the game? What is there to say - it's Turok 3. Surprisingly "modern" in its gameplay, feeling definitely like a game created after Half-Life with its level design, which does a lot to make sure the player knows what to do and if it asks the player to figure something out - it has a decency to lock the player in fairly small area to limit the amount of possible solutions. Shooting works and is fun - kind of to be expected with Turok and its damage system, honestly. Story on the other hand is very basic with cutscenes almost exclusively placed in-between chapters and the ending that feels like "Oh, so Acclaim was short on money and N64 was old, so this is where we stop" and not an actual ending to a trilogy - just a cliffhanger and not even a very good one - my reaction on stream literally was just "Come on... that's it?!".

So no, I don't recommend it... not at this price point. 20€ at most - not more. There is just not enough content.

-- EDIT --
OK, had a better look - there are 2 hidden characters. Stil.... ugh - how much can you play the same levels. It's not Quake - there is not cool, smooth movement and bhops or rocket jumps that would drastically change the way you play the game. Playing the game for the 2nd time already feels like stretching the content. I don't want to play it 3rd and 4th time with secret characters.
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