Dancing Lemurs. In a game predating the Madagascar movie. . . . 10/10

I'm not proud of this, but I actually do really enjoy this game. I played it a ton on GCN. Except the flying levels. They are terrible. Cool weapons, a Halo ripoff stage in the mountain ascent level, a stealthy level with poison arrows that make enemies vomit to death? What's not to love? The Zoo cheat is pretty cool too, even if it's mostly made for sadists to kill dinos and animals that can't fight back. Still an interesting cheat. Remember cheat codes? That weren't paid DLC? Sigh....

this game got me trough my parents yelling, as crap as it is, to this day I love the hell out of it

I really enjoyed this game. My mom wouldnt let me and my bro play violent games, then got us the fun dinosaur game for Christmas....lmao

"Monkey, don't take that pistol." *Immediately kills it*

I would love a playthrough of this done by Matt, the endgame gets *crazy*

Turok evolution was one of the games that made me realize that just because it has the name of an all time favorite game series doesn't mean that it has the same love and care put into it as it's predecessors. And it's worse knowing the tragedy of Acclaim. R.i.p The OST and story is good tho.

One of my favorite parts of this game was shooting an enemy with a poison arrow, and then blowing up their head just as the wretching animation started. If you time it right, their headless body stands there vomiting from its neck before falling over. Hilariously disturbing.

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Fun Fact: The Dino on the box art is also on a unrelated painting kit I bought from a cheap Asian store. It was one of those comes with 4 different colours, paint this little statue sort of toy and it's the EXACT same picture. Lol, like the heck? They borrow this picture?? Nice video 🙂

4:05 Fart jokes are low-hanging fruit for comedy, but in the context of someone farting (with an echo) after being headshotted by an arrow, it gave me a damn good chuckle. The dramatic scream on the next kill worked, too 🤣

I loved playing this on GameCube when I was younger. I realise it’s not a great game though, but younger me didn’t care. I mainly loved that gory intro with the reptile dude getting an axe to the face!

I actually really liked the flying sequences in this. The linear ones anyway. Diving and dodging felt fun.

Man I would pay good money for a remaster of this. This game takes me back to my childhood

the manke ambush GOT me really hard LOL

The best version of turok evolution is on the gba. Very underrated

Once you get the hang of the charge timing with the club (you can hold the attack button to charge the club swing and hit much harder with the spiked end of it) it's one of the best weapons in the game. Very effective against the raptors and baboons at-least.

I remember that the TEK bow was actually a straight downgrade from the starting bow in this game. There was a bug with the starter bow where if you tapped the shoot button without charging the arrow at all, it would not drop. But if you charged it, then the arrow had physics applied to it. So by just tapping it quickly enough you had a perfect accuracy hitscan bow - and it didn't work with the TEK bow.

To answer your question Matt, Tal’Set is both the Turok from the original Turok comics as well as the one you play as in Turok Dinosaur Hunter. The Acclaim Turok was the guy on the cover art to Dinosaur Hunter in at least America. You play as that one in Turok 2.

Haha I love it, the editor & Matt doing great work here. 'You are not immune to caramelldansen'

Man Rage Wars was a gem. I played that way more than I had any business doing. Unlockable characters, skins, upgrades...I became a killing machine with the fleas.

The 1:23 select sound effect from Devil May Cry nearly destroyed me XD Really threw me for a loop because a friend of mine is playing through DMC 3-5 today.

Loved this game as a kid alongside the others

Also i rented this as a kid. Turok 1 was a big deal in my house. I used to fall asleep watching my dad play it and have him tell me about new stuff he encountered the next day. There is a forced stealth segment that goes on for like 3 or 4 levels in evo. Every time I thought it was over the next level begins. Being seen by a single enemy is instant game over. And iirc after you beat it you fight for a bit and then have to do even more stealth.

weirdly enough turok evolution is my favorite game on GameCube, I never really knew about the older ones on n64 but for what it is I think its still pretty good and the multiplayer for it for its time was the best fun that the people in my friends group had in a shooter, like I get a lot of the common gripes with it but I still think its like an 8/10 but maybe that's just me

I laughed so hard at the bird farting when you killed it. Probably watched that a hundred times.

Man, used to blast this in my PS2 back in the day. Even if its a rough one, its a fun experience. Good for an hour or two of playing and forgetting that Microtranscations and Live Sevices exist.

I would forgive any of the game's sins if, upon killing a monkey, you get a game over due to killing humanity's ancestor, and creating a time paradox.

I remember having this on my ps2 as a kid, the look controls were inverted by default and being a dumb kid I had no idea how to change it. I usually died when the little raptors bumrush you because it makes me panic and forget the controls are inverted, so I accidentally look skyward and start swinging my axe in the air lol. Never really got past the first few minutes of the first level, but I remember me and my brother playing the multiplayer and spamming cerebral bores at each other. Good times.

Aye, this game is a prequel to Dinosaur Hunter only because Tal'Set (aka the greatest warrior who has held the Turok mantle) stars in both. The next wave of games, Game Boy included, would have the Fireseed family as the protagonists, Joshua being the most important member of the lineage. Also, it's interesting how the GBA version of Evolution is literally a Contra/Metal Slug-esque game.

I think the Turok games can be a lot of fun. I’d love to see a playthrough of Dinosaur Hunter. I love the world that they created in The Lost Land and I think seeing it explored would be really cool to see.

my first time playing turok evolution was in 2019, after years of seeing people bashing it, and i actually enjoyed it quite a lot.

I remember this was the first FPS I ever played around when it released. Playing Deathmatch with some relatives, I remember seeing "Respawn" for the first time and thought it was a messed up term, like we were fishpeople or something

"If I asked Nightdive to make a port of this..." It deserves a solid PC fix-up, man! Heck yeah! ;p

I'll still never forget about why acclaim had such a great demise in 2004. By the way turok 2 will always be a favorite of mine. 😉😁 Sure wish turok evolution and turok 3 would've used a follow up.

This game is still awesome despite its flaws, hopefully we will get the planned but unproduced sequel where we would get to fight Lord Tyrannus. For anyone interested Nightdive studios (the team that remastered Turok 1 and 2) released the official pitch on their twitter account it’s called Turok Resurrection

I’ve grown to love the flying sections. It’s really fast paced and easier to master than from what I remember. The game is rushed but was and is still super fun to play and beast the levels. Taking little to no damage when you are on the lift going from one tower to the next fighting the ships. Weapon comboing the enemies. I always love using a explosive arrow then switching to the shotgun and pumping it with the secondary running up to them while they try to get back on their feet.

I remember my mom bought this game for my Bro & I for our Gamecube 1st around Christmas time because she thought we'd be more excite to play this cooler/edgier game than say, Mario Sunshine or Luigi's Mansion. Well it's the thought that counts.

How did you break the scripting of when you overhear the enemies talking about breaking human bones in a way the second part played as you shot a lizard?

Any time someone mentions Turok, my brain screams "NAME YOUR DEAD SHADOWBABY TUROK!" Thanks for another trip down memory lane!

To answer your question at 4:53 yes you can arrest them! You just have to keep them in that pose for a little while, and then they disappear

I loved this game and used to play it a lot while my GC was still alive... Turok Evolution is the great kid that grew up on a shitty home...

thanks for the discount code my dude, also glad you talked about this series

All I can say that as a kid was one of the first FPS I’ve ever played on the GameCube… with cheats! But actually going through it as an adult I noticed how much it runs like ass on PS2 and how the GameCube version is superior but man I never realized how bad it was lol

I need you to continue. The pain seems to be the entertainment!

One of my favorite things about this game is the 'Zoo' level you can find through cheats lol. Just walk by and see a T-Rex roaring at you from an enclosure. If you turn to your left, you might see a crocodile or raptor! Or maybe even a deer! I dunno, it just felt like a nice touch lol. Even more so that you can still die in this level. So, you could jump over the barricade and go ham on the zoo animals.

i have a very soft spot for this game. it's not amazing, but i think it's enjoyable enough

Me and my brothers loved the gamecube version as kids, but mostly because we didn't understand the story (we knew little english) and the multiplayer was funny since you could play as randos brandishing a bone axe like crazy. Ah, good times just messing around.

Played this over and over again with my older brother, I loved this game, and I RP'd in the zoo for hours

5:37 Let's just say Tal'Set had been skipping leg day up until this point in his life. Good call.

this game was my everything back in the day.

I remember renting this on a Friday, playing it for an hour, then taking it back to the store and saying it didn't work so that I could exchange it for something else.

This game is an incomplete masterpiece. I would love to see night dive studios actually finish this game.

Yes. Please ask night dive about T3 and Evolution remasters! You will certainly get their attention! Btw. Please do a full play through commentary. Rly enjoyed it.

1,2 and Rage Wars are the only Turok games imho

This game doesn't need a port from nightdive, it needs to be REMADE

Also I’m glad I’m not the only one who wants a Rage Wars remaster as well as a Turok 3 remaster. I actually bought the remasters for 1 and 2 on Steam, Switch and PS4 to show my support for it.

Fucking love this game, flying sections can be really annoying but other than that this is a game I cherish. I have really nice memories with it

Unironically good game in spite of obvious flaws, honestly. Also a great soundtrack. It's my favorite Turok, by far, and Idc what anyone says

Duuuude I could feel your pain of those horrendous flying segments. I seriously stopped playing about where you stopped. I seriously love 1 and 2 though!

Still vividly remember this being the first ever game i actually refunded and that's saying something. Mom and me had to make an hour long trip to the nearby city the next day just to do so. Kid me always was extremely lenient on what i thought was good enough content to keep and this one even had fucking dinosaurs but the ps2 version was horrible in my memory

I'd just mod FarCry 2 into Turok Evolution, be exactly what i hoped for

My first PS2 game way back in 2003. I remember those graphics at the time were really solid and epic in the grand scale levels later in the game. Specifically the castle and floating city levels stood out to me as something I hadn’t experienced yet, and wouldn’t experience again until Halo 2

4:06 I almost spew my cookie, Jesus LOL

The main character of Evolution is Tal'Set, who has a fairly interesting history with the canon. See, the original Turok game was based off of the Turok: Dinosaur Hunter comic series by Valiant since Acclaim only just recently acquired Valiant and hadn't kicked off their series of Turok comics just yet, so technically T:DH has literally nothing to do with Turok 2, since Seeds of Evil was the first of the games to be based off of Acclaim's Turok. In Valiant's Turok, the story centers around 2 protagonists named Turok and Andar, the former being the playable character in T:DH. In Acclaim's Turok, the story mostly focuses Joshua Fireseed, who is player character in T2:SOE. Turok Evolution is meant to be a prequel to T:DH but is still canon to the Acclaim Multiverse, which complicates things as you can imagine.

The raving lemurs really are the star of the show for me.

This was a good weekend time killer for my cousins and I with the multiplayer.

If you hang around the dinosaurs with the spike on their tails in the first level, they will eventually spray diarrhea. 10/10

Thanks for the GOG Code - was wondering if they had the two remasters there.

Thank you!

I played this so much as a kid on the PS2.

Yeah definitely a game I was super excited for in my teen years(or preteen) I remember begging my mom for it,don’t remember much of initial play through but I do know I got to the last boss but never bothered to beat so there’s that

This was my introduction to the Turok franchise, with the ps2 version. Until the nightdive ports, this and the reboot were my only exposure to the series.

Been hankering for Matt to talk about turok

I liked this one. Didn't care much about the story tho. The part when you fly down a waterfall was my favorite part of this game.

Skull mcmuscles is taking a final form no ones yet to see.

They used the exact same design from Captain Harrison Love from the movie called The Mask of Zorro for Captain Bruckner in this game. I noticed that right away when I saw him in the instruction booklet way back in 2004.

I never hated the Turok series (at least the two N64 games I remember playing way back when), but to me Turok was always "the game we played whenever we hung out with that one kid who didn't have GoldenEye."

This is the first turok game I ever played I got it for Christmas one year with my Xbox original

This is absolutely one of those guilty pleasure shooters

Matt i've been trying to play Turok Evolution since the Wha Happun? video and i cand find it, where can i get it?

i loved this game as a kid, oh god.

My favorite GameCube game

I loved it as a kid on psi one of my favourite games on ps2

I've played this game so much that its quirks are just matter of fact to me in my brain lol

tbh I loved this game and when I started to rebuild my collection of games this one was one of the instant pick ups. also, on the place when you fight the horde of baboons I died so many times lol

I played this game with all the cheat codes when I was a kid and absolutely loved the game lmao

The monkey dance of caramelldansen is honestly the funniest part to me

Ok but this video missed the best part. The dinosaurs will periodically poop.

I had this for GameCube, played to with my friends. We had fun but was very lackluster.

I've played this so many times and I've never seen that intro cutscene. Was it bugged to not play on the PS2?

Hey Matt, where did you get this for pc?

Me and my friend had a lot of fun with the multiplayer as a kid. The story...not so much. Tbh we didnt pay attention to the cutscene and couldnt figure out how to finish the levels

I didn't know Turok wasn't an original IP by acclaim

I remember playing this game back in the day.

Time to speed through the UK bloodvertising your Turok Shadowbaby.

Would certainly like to see more of this game. The nostalgia is great! Though, it will test your patience with its rushed development jank. I see no harm in using chapter cheats to skip the flying if it's proving too much trouble. The mouse is way too sensitive, and I couldn't bother myself to setup a controller (if I'm not mistaken, the binds might not save when you exit out of the game). But if you have a steady hand and plenty of patience, there is some satisfaction to be had in beating the flight levels.

Turok Evolution for the GBA was really fun....

This was my first Turok game, before going back to Turok 2,1, and Rage Wars. I do think the older games had a better style to them, and is a shame this one didn't have a more cinematic story. I think there were even multiplayer characters who didn't show up in the campaign. However, this game did do well with the gore and trying to make the areas feel lively with all the animal models, unlike other games with empty and sometimes soulless open world landscapes.

Whoever decides the music in this video is a genius. One Winged Angel over the monkeys slayed me!