12th August 2010, 10:15 PM
Man, Shadowman and those Turok games were great. And now, allow me to completely contradict that by bitching about them.
I've never completed any one of them, which might come as a failure of me as a gamer, but Falcon makes a good point about Turok 2 being a chore. I had a lot of fun dicking around in that game, putting in cheats and tearing shit up, feeling a grin spread across my nerdy, acne-ridden adolescent face every time I shot a hole (literally shot a fucking hole) through one of those Purlin fuckers.
But I also wanted to be diligent and actually play throuh the game as-intended, cheat-free. I got... to the 2nd level, out of 8. I had a blast warping to the other levels, listening to the creepy overview of them by that hot space chick (Aidan?) who fell right out of a Joss Whedon production, and the evil creatures that lurked there, then blasting them all to Turok-hell, but try as I might, the game could never hold my attention long enough that I could get there the legitimate way. The 2nd level was fun, but I think I ended up getting lost, frustrated, and putting the damn thing down. I think the missions fucked me over as well, I was maybe missing one goal out of 5 or 6, so whoops! Can't complete the level! Go back for a second time and see what you missed! ^_^ Yeah, just what I want to fucking do, retread the past two fucking hours I spent lost and getting my ass continually beaten down by space beasties. Fuck you, Iguana.
Turok 1 was a lot of fun, I think I'd be more interested in plopping that one in than its sequel. Shhyeah, right, right after I plop in Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future and the dozens of other games I get nostalgic about for 5 minutes and long to play again. To Ecco's credit, I made it to the final boss but could never beat him. Fantastic game, but I digress.
Turok 3 was cool, but I never did more than rent it. I already had its first 3 predecessors (Rage Wars being the 3rd for those who don't remember), and eh, a third epic adventure seemed superfluous. I give it points for having cool cinematics and atmosphere and for killing off Joshua in the beginning.
Turok: Rage Wars is probably my favorite and the game I got the most play time out of, both single and multiplayer (though obviously single-player was nothing more than death matches). Cool arenas, good weapons, lots of laughs and shouts and bursts of anger, but the good kind. Good music, too. The super-power aspect of the game made things fun too, not annoying and cheap like super-powers done poorly in other shooters and fighters.
I mentioned Shadowman in the beginning of this post as well. That was another game I had a lot of fun with. I think my file is corrupted by now, those shitty 3rd party N64 save packs never held up well, did they? I wish there was a way to get a good one nowadays. But then, I know it's a worthless wish, because I'm sure history would repeat itself, I'd grab 15 or so dark souls, and my ADD and internet-addiction would grab hold of me again. Seems I'm more inclined to talk and read about games than play them. Shadowman had a pretty badass story, though, the kind of dark shit that was rare to see on N64. I almost wish I had the patience for it, but then, maybe the game should have done a little more so I'm not wandering around the same fucking corridor for the 19th time in the past 3 hours saying "Where the fuck do I go now? WHERE?!? ARRRRGHH"
I've never completed any one of them, which might come as a failure of me as a gamer, but Falcon makes a good point about Turok 2 being a chore. I had a lot of fun dicking around in that game, putting in cheats and tearing shit up, feeling a grin spread across my nerdy, acne-ridden adolescent face every time I shot a hole (literally shot a fucking hole) through one of those Purlin fuckers.
But I also wanted to be diligent and actually play throuh the game as-intended, cheat-free. I got... to the 2nd level, out of 8. I had a blast warping to the other levels, listening to the creepy overview of them by that hot space chick (Aidan?) who fell right out of a Joss Whedon production, and the evil creatures that lurked there, then blasting them all to Turok-hell, but try as I might, the game could never hold my attention long enough that I could get there the legitimate way. The 2nd level was fun, but I think I ended up getting lost, frustrated, and putting the damn thing down. I think the missions fucked me over as well, I was maybe missing one goal out of 5 or 6, so whoops! Can't complete the level! Go back for a second time and see what you missed! ^_^ Yeah, just what I want to fucking do, retread the past two fucking hours I spent lost and getting my ass continually beaten down by space beasties. Fuck you, Iguana.
Turok 1 was a lot of fun, I think I'd be more interested in plopping that one in than its sequel. Shhyeah, right, right after I plop in Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future and the dozens of other games I get nostalgic about for 5 minutes and long to play again. To Ecco's credit, I made it to the final boss but could never beat him. Fantastic game, but I digress.
Turok 3 was cool, but I never did more than rent it. I already had its first 3 predecessors (Rage Wars being the 3rd for those who don't remember), and eh, a third epic adventure seemed superfluous. I give it points for having cool cinematics and atmosphere and for killing off Joshua in the beginning.
Turok: Rage Wars is probably my favorite and the game I got the most play time out of, both single and multiplayer (though obviously single-player was nothing more than death matches). Cool arenas, good weapons, lots of laughs and shouts and bursts of anger, but the good kind. Good music, too. The super-power aspect of the game made things fun too, not annoying and cheap like super-powers done poorly in other shooters and fighters.
I mentioned Shadowman in the beginning of this post as well. That was another game I had a lot of fun with. I think my file is corrupted by now, those shitty 3rd party N64 save packs never held up well, did they? I wish there was a way to get a good one nowadays. But then, I know it's a worthless wish, because I'm sure history would repeat itself, I'd grab 15 or so dark souls, and my ADD and internet-addiction would grab hold of me again. Seems I'm more inclined to talk and read about games than play them. Shadowman had a pretty badass story, though, the kind of dark shit that was rare to see on N64. I almost wish I had the patience for it, but then, maybe the game should have done a little more so I'm not wandering around the same fucking corridor for the 19th time in the past 3 hours saying "Where the fuck do I go now? WHERE?!? ARRRRGHH"