Turok: Evolution (2002) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Turok: Evolution

Get locked and loaded in an exciting prequel to the Turok series. Turok: Evolution is an epic adventure set against the backdrop of living jungles, mysterious temples, and deadly dinosaurs. Battle over 32…

50 28 August 2002

What Turok: Evolution is

Turok: Evolution is an adventure game developed by Acclaim Studios Austin and released in 2002. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Get locked and loaded in an exciting prequel to the Turok series. Turok: Evolution is an epic adventure set against the backdrop of living jungles, mysterious temples, and deadly dinosaurs. Battle over 32 types of dinosaurs as Tal'Set, a warrior caught in the midst of a brutal war in the Lost Land. Use your arsenal of all-new weapons including Variable Payload Cruise Missiles, Gravity Disruptor beams, and the Swarm Bore. Soar through the skies on a winged Quetzalcoatlus, or set out on foot on of the lush interactive environments. Experience an adventure before time.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

How it was received

Turok: Evolution holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 18 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Turok: Evolution launched on 28 August 2002, within three weeks of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, Battlefield 1942, Kingdom Hearts and Mafia. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, Battlefield 1942, Kingdom Hearts, Mafia.

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