ragesRemorse
Senior Member
I had a lot of fun with this game for the first few hours, but then it became tedious and ultra repetitive. My two biggest complaints about this game are the stealth aspect and the disposable dinosaurs.
The game does not require you to be stealthy, however, it constantly invites and suggests that you play stealthily. The game offers stealth and the controls are tight, but the game is not designed as a stealth game. as a hunter it is neat to stalk your prey through the tall weeds, but spotting your enemies in the high grass becomes a game of luck. When you are in corridors trying to stalk baddies, you may be waiting around a corner waiting for the enemy to come around so you can dispatch them, but there is nothing in the game that gives you an advantage in warning you of approaching enemies. The music effects have slight sounds which resemble footsteps, so dont rely on sound or peering around corners. The biggest problem with playing this game stealthily is the checkpoint system. The checkpoints are spread out to far. You may spend ten to fifteen minutes on one section only to make a mistake and have to replay the entire area over. With this said it is rewarding when you are able to clear an area taking down a platoon of enemies with nothing but your knife.
The dinosaurs almost seem like a gimmick or after thought in this game. Their animations are very well done...,i have no complaints with the designs because they are great. There was no point in the game though, that i was ever concerned when confronted by a dinosaur. Not even the T-rex offered any tyoe of threat in the game. I did not die once from dinosaur attacks through out the entire game. Although, it is very rewarding to knife the dino's to death, they just do not offer any type of challenge or threat. Being a Turok game this is almost disappointing.
The game is definitely worth playing. The Graphics are very good. The voice acting and dialogue is aces. The controls are tight with a few glaring problems. The biggest problem is the balance of difficulty. If you choose to run and gun, this game offers NO difficulty at all. You can merely plow through enemies with duel SMG's and not break a sweat. If you choose to be a sam fischer, you will get very sick of this game very quickly.