Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

Uno de los shooters por excelencia de la época de la Nintendo 64 sin los problemas de framerate, que fueron el principal lastre de que no me lo terminase en su día ni pudiera jugar con suficiente dinamismo ni anticipación. Un port simplemente perfecto, como todos los de Night DIve, conservando todas las delicias del juego original y mejorando varias (poder guardar partida donde quieras, mucha más nitidez gráfica y sin niebla... etc).

Here we go, Turok, part 2. Same as first but totally different. This time devs fkd up a cool game with ♥♥♥♥♥♥ level design. Not actual level design (because it's pretty cool), but making stupid objectives mandatory to finish the level. And hiding those objectives in labyrinth-like levels. Like those objectives are not mandatory things to complete but super-duper secrets. Honestly, this game would be significantly improved if it did not include these frustrating elements, as completing a level from start to finish is not an issue. The problem is those objectives. And I am telling this as a huge fan of DooM, Killing Time, and HeXen, so I love complex and complicated level design. Sadly, it's not like that in Turok 2. It's just bad when it comes to finding the last thing you need to find. I also wonder why they had to make so many useless guns when the other half of the guns are actually done good and very enjoyable. Cerebral Bore, my love! Enemy respawn this time is OK. Doesn't make me want to find the one who decided it was a good idea to make this feature and hit his face with the keyboard. Monsters respawn this time only when you leave and reenter the level. And not everyone. So it's definitely not a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ we had in Turok 1, thank god. Also unskippable cutscenes. Nothing critical, but annoying. Especially when entering warp gates for 99 times and listening to the same unskippable line all over again from that alien girl. Girl is cool; she even has boob physics, sweet voice and a cute face. Oh, if I am talking about that girl, I will make a guess that it is she who is narrating different actions in the game. And man, the voiceover. She congratulates you when you finish the level, but her intonation suggests that she really despises you, like you are her looser husband she is so sick of. But when you finish some secondary task, she sounds like she is on the verge of the greatest orgasm of her life. What I am trying to say is that voice acting in this game is endearingly bad and innapropriate, and I love it. Original Deus Ex voice-over vibes. In other aspects it's a very good FPS with many things done right. It leaves a pleasant aftertaste, and playing it is a very enjoyable experience mostly. When you are not hating level designers trying to find last one objective. Honestly, it's a good old-school shooter (unlike Turok the first), but you will hate it really bad from time to time. If you manage to complete the game, your opinion would be positive. But if you get lost in one of its idiotic "find something" missions and drop the game, you won't be so positive about Turok 2. I managed to finish it, and I don't regret it. It was a ride of love and hate, happiness and disgust, but in the end it was worth it. PS. The port by Nightdive is impeccable as always. Never doubted their capabilities. The problems described above are stemming from original gamedesign.