Turok 2 is a load of outdated toss, and I ought to know. As an N64-owning teenager it was all the fad within the video games magazines, with one notable outlet even awarding it a ten. The sport had hype. It bought on my Christmas checklist. What a waste of a slot that was.
Okay okay, I am probably overdoing it (what a WASTE of a slot), and there is a sizeable minority of parents who love this dinosaur-hunting FPS sequence. There may be in idea lots to love: a cool setup, dinosaurs as baddies which is at all times nice, and random bits of future tech and aliens in there to spice issues up. I really feel it is compulsory to say the Cerebral Bore, a projectile that latches onto an enemy’s head and drills out their mind. Which was in all probability essentially the most enjoyable I ever had with Turok 2.
Properly, modder Totalitarian is right here to make all the pieces alright once more. Their Turok 2+ mod (opens in new tab) is designed for these after “an enhanced Turok 2 recreation expertise” that does not stray too removed from the unique recreation’s design choices (thanks, DSOGaming (opens in new tab)). The mod is for Turok 2: Remastered by Night time Dive Studios, and is one heck of an overhaul.
They could have really pulled this off. Amongst different issues, the mod overhauls varied weapons so as to add new alternate hearth modes, results, and balancing tweaks. Enemy AI has been tweaked in order that “gravely underutilized behaviour [is] put to good use”, they’ve new assaults and a brand new spawning system to account for prolonged draw distances.
The mod provides new participant mechanics, together with a double leap, new alt hearth modes, one thing known as a spirit cannon (I believe this can be a minigun), and will increase the character motion to one thing extra akin to the unique Turok’s zippiness. The degrees have additionally been fiddled about with to account for the brand new participant and enemy mechanics, together with new encounters, however the layouts have not modified.
Then, for anybody who’s performed this recreation, an important bit: a tough rebalance. The mod provides quicksaves and a touch perform, however extra usually “will not be the brutal beast the sport initially was on the N64,” writes Totalitarian. “In the event you choose greater problem modes you will face extra enemies (as one instance) to compensate.”
I additionally admire the modder’s capability for a sly backhand: one of many remaining notes on this mod is on bug fixes, and says the mod provides: “knowledgeable customary of polish.”
