first person shooter
Turok - Awakening The Giants Part Two
Posted by Mike Fahey at 3:40 AM on January 18, 2008
Touchstone and Propaganda games continue their very well-produced behind-the-scenes video series Awakening the Giants: The Making of Turok with part two, which explores the concept stages of the game. Witness early test concepts of the game, the creation of the concept art, and the work that went into giving the game a compelling storyline with deep characters rather than a series of checkpoints and firefights. Still trying to place the narrator's voice. Right now it kind of reminds me of Victor Lucas of Electric Playground and G4 fame, though I might be completely wrong. I'll be sure to find out before the next installment hits. You can check out part one of the series here.

Touchstone and Propaganda games continue their very well-produced behind-the-scenes video series Awakening the Giants: The Making of Turok with part two, which explores the concept stages of the game. Witness early test concepts of the game, the creation of the concept art, and the work that went into giving the game a compelling storyline with deep characters rather than a series of checkpoints and firefights. Still trying to place the narrator's voice. Right now it kind of reminds me of Victor Lucas of Electric Playground and G4 fame, though I might be completely wrong. I'll be sure to find out before the next installment hits.
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Jiperly
Posted 4:38 AM 18/1/08
Is....is that Vic Lucas doing the narration?
Jiperly
soundgarden
Posted 4:38 AM 18/1/08
@SaintWaldo: My point is not that there are no videos on PSN. It is that it would be incredibly easy for Sony to put dozens more videos up on the store for download and choose not to, DESPITE the repeated criticisms raised about the store's lack of downloadable content each update. If you've ever used xbox live you know that they have dozens of videos that aren't available on the PS store. There is no excuse for this.
As for this game, I've heard the demo sucked but am actually more interested in this than DMC4.
soundgarden
2K Ghede
Posted 4:38 AM 18/1/08
I can't even remember what I like about that game... Oh yeah. Dinosaurs.
Ah, to be young again. ... or younger at any rate. I'm pretty sure 20 hasn't qualified as old since the middle ages.
I just hope they align the new Turok with a tribe, even a fictional one. I find it kind of annoying that every description of the heroes of Turok inevitably consists of the words "Native American." So, what? Is he Cherokee? Apache? Lakota? Made-up-tribe? Or is he the result of thousands of years of inter-tribe breeding? Hell if I know.
2K Ghede
jackal888
Posted 4:38 AM 18/1/08
@tehmark: Really now?
I do like what I have seen. I am just worried that too many FPS games take place in a Jungle. I know that Dinos and jungles go together,but the jungle shooter genre is crowded.
I am loving that the prototyped tons of looks and equpment, yet they end up at the same place all others have.Big Space troopers and high armored enemies..lol
jackal888
fyren
Posted 4:38 AM 18/1/08
Sigh.
So much work in pre-manufacture.
Its so sad to see it seeing how this is one of the better dev diaries. Point is, the demo was garbage.
fyren
Deadeyereborn
Posted 4:38 AM 18/1/08
I want this game to be good I really want it to be good. Hunting dinosaurs? AWESOME. exploding crossbow? AWESOME. Please dont screw this up propaganda.
Deadeyereborn
SaintWaldo
Posted 4:38 AM 18/1/08
@soundgarden: The good ones ARE on the PS store. AC, MGS4, GT5, and a bunch of others are there, including a few "behind the scenes" and "making of" vids. Just because this or a couple other vids you'd like to see aren't on the network doesn't mean no game videos or previews are there.
And besides, it's just Turok.
SaintWaldo
Candlejack
Posted 4:38 AM 18/1/08
Still can't believe the game is as shitty as people say. Guess I'm too convinced by the dinosaurs. Man, sweet. Dinosaurs. SOLD! ;)
Candlejack
soundgarden
Posted 4:38 AM 18/1/08
You just have to wonder, why are all these video not available on the PS store as free downloads? They have a huge lack of content yet they don't put the myriad free videos gamers are interested in up for download. Mind boggling.
As for the game, I'm interested, but have a feeling it's gonna suck the big one.
soundgarden
tehmark
Posted 4:38 AM 18/1/08
This game is really gonna suck and thats sad.
tehmark
Infradead
Posted 4:38 AM 18/1/08
I really hope this turns out alright... looks like it just might.
Come to think of it, I haven't played a Turok game since the original on the N64. Good times.
Infradead
2K Ghede
Posted 11:41 AM 17/1/08
Another thing... Whiskey Company? Whiskey, Really now.
2K Ghede
Hades
Posted 11:41 AM 17/1/08
I remember playing the Turok game for the N64, one of my favorites for that console. And also, I remember the game was pure action and not having a plot of story to be told (there was one, but almost invisible =P). I liked that, and I'm not sure about the whole "We brought a Hollywood writer" thing....
Hades
2K Ghede
Posted 11:37 AM 17/1/08
@Cuban__B: THEY AREN'T PEOPLE! AHHHH! The mechanical menace has taken our form! Run from the robots! RUN!
2K Ghede
myd12
Posted 11:12 AM 17/1/08
@jackal888: Your right. We have one last place to go THE OCE wait we've been there. WORLD WA no we've been there too. I'd say mars or phobo's but that's been done. Honestly what do you want from these people? There isn't many places they can pick.I'd like to see you pick an original enviorment and original enemies you fool.
Anyways turok looks pretty sweet. I'll rent it and prolly buy it.
myd12
homelessvagrant
Posted 11:09 AM 17/1/08
@Cuban__B:
lol... because it's immoral to kill other people.
killing animals is simply a good time, apparently.
homelessvagrant
Cuban__B
Posted 11:04 AM 17/1/08
The only thing bad so far is the sparks vs blood. When you knife a raptor, there is blood. When you knife a human... there are sparks.
What the f david blaine.
Cuban__B
relax_guy
Posted 10:41 AM 17/1/08
makes sense. vic is out of the vancouver area just like propaganda... i ran into him once at a comic shop.
relax_guy
paydirt76
Posted 7:41 AM 18/1/08
It has dinosaurs, but no cavemen, pirates, ninjas, or egyptians... thumbs down.
paydirt76
Irenicus-the one and only
Posted 7:41 AM 18/1/08
The videos and trailers looks great I think, but then the demo... I want to like this game sooo bad :(
Irenicus-the one and only
Number 6
Posted 7:41 AM 18/1/08
That's IT! I'm going to start a master list of games that have an antagonist named Cain (Kain - Kane - or any other take on that poor Old Testament train-wreck's title), and hold a friendly guessing game at how many times it's been used.
Here's a hint - "My God it's full of Stars."
Number 6
liquid_kore
Posted 7:41 AM 18/1/08
Yea I thought it might be Victor Lucas as well. Propaganda games is from Vancouver where Electric Playground is also filmed.
liquid_kore
Intangible_360
Posted 7:41 AM 18/1/08
@Jiperly:
Lol, I'm glad I'm the not the only who had that as their first thought. But to answer you, yes I think it is.
Intangible_360
KenHikari255
Posted 7:41 AM 18/1/08
Hey it's Vic Lucas! Man I miss Judgment Day so much...
KenHikari255
Irenicus-the one and only
Posted 9:37 AM 18/1/08
@kevinyung89: I played the first ones, and I doubt there are such a thing as Turok fanboys or expectations based on the old ones. I have a hard time seeing that, the game just well it looks great but then the demo not so much. I don't know... I wanna like it myself.
Irenicus-the one and only
kevinyung89
Posted 9:37 AM 18/1/08
Wait, what's going to be so terrible about this game? Or, do old fanboys just have really high expectations for the game. I think it looks decent though I never played the original turoks.
kevinyung89
bigpunch2026
Posted 9:37 AM 18/1/08
Can someone recap why the demo is so bad? It's not available in the US yet is it?
bigpunch2026
kw4k
Posted 9:37 AM 18/1/08
initially i was meh, despite the fact i loved the series on the n64, but after seeing this i am now on board. the character models look too similar, but the dino animations and the atmosphere and the gameplay look awesome!
kw4k
Sunjammer
Posted 10:39 AM 18/1/08
Wow that narrator makes me laugh. He reminds me of Denny Delk's Kyle Katarn in Dark Forces.
Sunjammer
Ehardergardens
Posted 10:39 AM 18/1/08
@paydirt76: or clowns (with honking noses, not assault rifles as the game clearly features) Robots, zombies, or any pop culture cameos from the 80's like gary coleman. Aliens here are debatable.
Someone needs to make a game that takes all those painful cliches and makes an insanely convoluted story with emphasis on writing/voice acting and great multiplayer. Somewhere in space an alien Robot comes to earth brings a plague that turns all land based population to zombies, accept those who have the cure (which is found ONLY in circus-style clown makeup), The player starts as a team of 5 ninjas and chuck norris employed by the coast guard to stop pirates, who are obviously not zombies yet due to them being at sea. During the course of gameplay players will experience hybrid factions like Ninja clowns who are land based, or Robot Pirates, for um some important reason...
Dinosaurs show up and the final boss is Carrot Top who turns out to be in reality U2's Bono and the players mother.
Ehardergardens
RonJeremy4Pres
Posted 12:10 PM 18/1/08
I like the way the art looked, but seriously these guys CONSIDERED a team killing achievement for online, even though it got axed eventually. Someone working on this game has really bad judgment. I want to see the demo, but right now I'm in the US, so I have to assume there is something true to all the negative comments I read when they're afraid to release the game demo in probably the country with the most potential sales for an FPS. Turok guys let's see that demo! As it is now I have to assume the worst, a nice "making of" video isn't satisfactory proof that the game is worth $60 or whatever. I did enjoy watching the video though.
RonJeremy4Pres
theGimp
Posted 7:43 PM 17/1/08
The video makes the game look pretty darn cool. I'll have to check it out.
theGimp
banmojo
Posted 8:39 AM 19/1/08
THIS makes me want the game, so we'll see what we'll see, won't we?
banmojo
--Core--
Posted 5:53 PM 18/1/08
Liked the narrator's voice.
--Core--