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Turok (2008) - What Happened?

Matt McMuscles

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Turok Evolution on the GBA is the best version? - The best version of this game, apparently!...

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Edited By: Twitter: Guarascia
SkeleMatt Art By: Twitter: Krooked_Glasses
Intro By: 2manysnacks and Twitter: LittleVMills

SOURCES:

Thanks to Daryl Mandryke and Tim Lewinson for the extra information!

Turok Wiki - Turok (2008)
https://turok.fandom.com/wiki/Turok_(...

IGN - Turok - Welcome to the Jungle
https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/04/...

IGN - Avoiding Extinction With Turok
https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/08/...

Engadget - Turok ships 1 million, cheap 5 map DLC tomorrow
https://www.engadget.com/2008-03-26-t...

Game Developer - Acclaim Lowers Guidance For 2002 & 2003; Lackluster Sales Blamed https://www.gamedeveloper.com/pc/accl...

Gamesindustry.biz - Disney closes Vancouver's Propaganda Games
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...

Firstpost - E3 2007: TUROK DELAYED
https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-a...

Gamesindustry.biz - Buena Vista Games Acquires Worldwide Video Game Publishing Rights To Comic Book Hero 'Turok' From Classic Media
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...

IGN - Pre-E3 2006: Turok Premiere Interview
https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/05/...

MUSIC:

Turok Evolution - Raining Fury
Mercenary Kings - Jungle
Cadillacs & Dinosaurs - The Dinosaur Wasteland
Star Fox Adventure - Egg Thieves
Glover - Prehistoric (Stage 2)
TMNT Shredder's Revenge - Dinosaur Stampede!
Turok Evolution - Dino Depot
Turok 2 - Port of Adia

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20 Comments

@MattMcMuscles Creator 4 years ago Pinned

Check out my new gameplay channel, where I check out Turok Evolution on the GBA! - https://youtu.be/58OVVq8Aze8

@Manawolfman 4 years ago

Ah yes, Turok, definitely an IP to pick up if you're not looking for super violence or gore. Whoever at Disney thought was a good idea must have taken a cerebral bore to the dome.

@deathsyth8888 4 years ago (edited)

"I. AM. TUROK!"
- Tal'Set, 'Turok: Dinosaur Hunter' (1997)

"Am I Turok?"
- Joseph Turok, 'Turok' (2008)

@TheJonamir 4 years ago

I was a QA tester for this game back in the day with Disney Interactive Studios. The game has a lot of flaws but it was really fun to LAN deathmatch with other testers and get paid for it!

@windofchaosblows 4 years ago

When I heard "bought" and "Disney" in one sentence I already understood this story won't going to end with a masterpiece

@BungleJoogie68 4 years ago

The problem, was definitely that it didn't have enough B-list actors voice acting and eating probably a quarter of the budget.

@hopefulgeneration152 4 years ago

With this wave of some pretty good retro styled shooters making a comeback, I hope Turok will as well. Turok 2 is the first fps game I've ever played, the series deserves a comeback.

@Vianyte 4 years ago

The moment you said that Halo was a strong influence on the game, it all made sense. So many shooters in those days kept trying to copy Halo style shooting and its mechanics and ended up being worse for it.

@thomasderosso5625 4 years ago

I'll never stop being fascinated by every company's drive to be the Next Big Thing In AAA, when evidence shows that this has a 99% failure rate, as well as like a 50% chance of ending up on What Happened.

Just... make something good.

@strikeforce1500 4 years ago

I legit want to know Disney's thought process. "We bought this IP known for its sci-fi FPS violence, to remove the violence, what could go wrong."

@jamesconnolly3440 4 years ago

Most likely been requested before, but a What Happened on SimCity (2013) could be interesting, if possible. One of the first games to usher in the "always online" BS. Essentially killed the franchise. I'd love to see Matt's take on it.

@skeletonpsychologist 4 years ago

I honestly think Turok would do better if it kept the colorful semi campy style of the originals.
It gave it a unique style and personality that would've made it stand out, I feel like it's not inherently outdated.
Doom Eternal is wacky and ridiculous and colorful and that game was incredibly successful, but we also live in different times from the 2000's, so who knows.

@kokotheclown2588 4 years ago

The fact the Disney own a ruthless dinosaur hunter that kills with no remorse has to be the most bonkers Disney ever did it’s like Nintendo owning a horror IP like Fatal Frame oh wait they did for a time

@GenerationWest 4 years ago

Around the time this game was coming out, I honestly had no knowledge of Turok, and thought it was new thing, and wondered why a dinosaur shooter wasn't getting that much positive buzz.
Jump to now, years of listening to Matt talk about Turok for a decade, I am well educated (I also forgot this was one of Disney's games, that they straight up gave up on, which I still find funny today.)

@sunlitsonata6853 4 years ago

You could organize an entire set of Wha Happun's for games that tried to start entire franchises (or sub-franchises) and fell apart after one installment.
It is just such a common fate for games or films that show up here.

@ORLY911 4 years ago (edited)

Part of me wants somehow someway for Turok Evolution to be remade, the game ended up as it did because Acclaim wanted it out an entire year early, so that's why the game was so rough. The devs behind the game were obviously very passionate about it so it was a shame, the music and concept art for it was phenomenal. Evolution deserves its own video too.

@SchizmKing 4 years ago

Turok definitely needs a reboot. Give the IP over to ID Software. The rest should work itself out.

@GBugden 4 years ago

Man I freakin loved this game. This and Blacksite Area 51 are 2 games i can really remember from the old days

@uhoh6706 4 years ago

I loved messing around with the rag doll physics in this game to get them in the craziest position before their models froze up to get some unholy abominations to look at lmao. While not as good as other Turoks, I still liked this game for what it was

@universalperson 4 years ago

Why the fudge did Disney acquire Turok?

Anyway, new dev strips everything unique about a game to make it indistiguishable from everything else, and struggles with Unreal 3, we've heard these stories before. It's amazing it sold so well; probably just the marketing and the name.