The Turok franchise may be experiencing a resurgence of sorts – with Universal Studios Interactive Entertainment revealing a new entry that has absolutely no resemblance to existing releases, in terms of its art style or design.
The game is called Turok: Escape from the Lost Valley and has been developed by the indie team at Pillow Pig Games. Instead of being a first-person shooter, this one has an isometric viewpoint and is wrapped up in a cute and friendly art style. According to Destructoid, it's also more likely to be an adaptation of the comic book series.
Here's a description from Steam:
In Turok: Escape from Lost Valley, you wake from a long sleep as Turok and adventure alongside Andar through the dangerous world of the Lost Valley as you seek to find a path home. Encounter iconic creatures from the Turok comic series with a cute but dangerous twist. Master the art of the knife and the bow as you encounter adorable but deadly enemies, discover a path through unique environments, and choose the best weapon for the enemy in front of you. Live the adventure! Confront your foes, assist primordial natives, and keep Andar and yourself alive as you Escape from Lost Valley!
Although there's been no mention of a console release just yet, we thought this would be interesting news to share after the re-release of Turok on the Switch and recent launch of the indie-made Zelda title, Cadence of Hyrule.
Are you as blown away by this as we are? Would you like to see this game announced for the Switch? Tell us down in the comments.
[source destructoid.com]
Comments 43
Why is it such a common trend to revive an IP, but with nothing of what made the IP what it was?
Look it's the real Turok..... but not quite as polished. Sorry about it
Uh. It looks nice, but why put "Turok" in the title?
It only makes me wish a new (real) Turok game.
I would had love this game better if it didn't had the Turok name attached to it. As its own original title, that's a great indie game, as a Turok game this is crap. Some games are better had they not had a brand name attached to them.
Could be interesting I guess. I agree it should not have the Turok title, it's just making people mad.
Shame, as you are reporting on it, I assumed that it was going to be released on Switch. But sadly not the case.
While I'm skeptical of this game, Turok has been around long before the N64 games and the original comics are very different from the comics the games are based on. The first comics featuring Turok came out in the 50s.
Change the titel and you tot a fun game in your hands
I wanna play this on my Switch. Looks much better than the old Turok I played on my N64. Less foggy also
@DenDen The original Gold Key comics from the 50s are as different from the N64 games as this game.
This looks awesome
Those Nintendo 64 games came about because Acclaim had bought Valiant which, in turn, had previously secured the right to publish new Magnus, Solar and Turok material. The rights reverted to whomever held those Gold Key IP’s (Random House?) at some point between Valiant’s multiple demises. The trailer I just watched is totally in line with Turok. The N64 game was based on a reboot. These are comics, so I guess the equivelant would be like seeing a picture of Superman and complaining that he looks nothing like Shaquille O’Neal as Steel .
@RyanSilberman It's something called riding on the coat tails to get money.
The company doesn't care how crap the content is (FFX-2) they are just using the name to sell it (Star Wars: Rogue One)
@RyanSilberman It's not a common tread is it? Certainly not to this extent. In general I can't think of many of the top of my head – which I think means it's not common. Have you some examples?
@RedderRugfish
This isnt just a N64 FPS series, this was a comic book before those games.
Why can’t IPs be used for a variety of game genres? It’s not hurt Mario. This game looks really fun and I want to play it on Switch. Now.
@brianvgplayer "The original Gold Key comics from the 50s are as different from the N64 games as this game."
No. That's false and you know it.
The 50s comics and the N64 games aren't exactly the same, true, but you can look at them side-by-side and tell that they're related. This, on the other hand, wouldn't even be recognizable as Turok if it weren't for the name.
I'm not a Turok fan but this game looks cute.
@brunojenso
Metroid Prime: Federation Force
Bomberman: Act Zero
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Chibi-Robo! Ziplash
DmC: Devil May Cry
That upcoming Commander Keen mobile game
And if you look beyond video games, there's also:
Loonatics Unleashed
Teen Titans GO!
Thundercats Roar
She-Ra and The Princesses of Power
Dragon Ball Evolution
Wayside (animated series VERY loosely adapted from Wayside School)
Tim Burton's Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
Pretty much all of the Disney live-action remakes
@ThatDaveGuy Imagine a new Mario game with a photorealistic or gritty artstyle, and also there's blood and swearing. That's kinda like what this game is. (Except, you know, in reverse)
is this Turok Roar? will misogynists get extremely mad about it despite not having even thought about Turok since the early '00s?
@Seanmyster6 I wouldn’t be against it because of decisions about its art. If it played well I’d check it out.
Where’s Turok 2 on the switch anyway.
It looks lovely, but no idea why they feel the need to call it Turok.
Funny how so many comments wonders why they called the name Turok, just read more carefully, this article itself was only made cause of that.
I know nothing about their intention, maybe the devs are huge Turok fans wishing to work with the IP, but it's clear the name alone already granted them 100000% more coverage then working with a different or new IP.
@Seanmyster6 They are good some examples, but it's an exaggeration to call it a common tread. It just happens sometimes.
The new Chocolate Factory was great in it's own way too.
Always the same talk when a franchise tries to branch out into another genre. This looks like a mix of Zelda, Oceanhorn, and Lumo, just with co-op (which sounds more fun to me than a new first person shooter). Yeah, the art style could be grittier like in the comics or N64 games, but the music already sounds like Turok, is it the same composer?
Here I thought the headline was a pun on Harvest Moon, given the cute looks of the game.
No, it's the actual name 😂
Next will be Friends of Dino Village?
People are saying here that it's not true to the existing IP....except the article points out specifically that it is more true to the original IP than the other games were
The game may truer to the original IP, but people don't know the comics as much as they know the gritty FPS games, and that's what people want. Honestly this seems like a generic indie game with Turok slapped on to sell more copies.
@RyanSilberman
I dunno but I'd play this one before the crap FPS games.
@AG_Awesome I was going to say the same. Just bring us seeds of evil now and be done with it 😂
I like to see Night Dive Studios bring back the team of Acclaim Studios Austin/Iguana Entertainment to make the sequal to Turok: Evolution.
I had the first 2 Turok games on N64 and never got very far. I know there was a "reboot" already, but this is always a series that I thought had a cool premise and could be revived in an exciting way. This...is not what I had in mind.
I like it a lot! Even more depending on.orice tag. Yeah, I just saw the trailer. 😶
If it makes anyone feel any better, I just looked into the latest Turok comic and it’s about Goombas from the live action Mario movie getting murked by X-Men’s Bishop, cos-playing as Green Arrow.
Now rewatching it this game reminds me popolocrois on PSP
This was a challenge for indie developers to do something with Universal franchises for a $150,000 award. This has nothing to do with someone “tainting” the franchise, and it was given a chance to shine in Steam even though it didn’t won 1st place.
Really this site has a godawful fanbase, critical of anything that is not Nintendo while pretty complacent with things that would get blasted to pieces if it were other companies.
@Bunkerneath What coattails? Is there some huge Turok fanbase with deep pockets I'm not aware of?
Needs more fog. Perhaps they can patch in some of that fog of war I keep hearing about from Command and Conquer.
Looks awesome! I want it!
@RyanSilberman Suits holding onto licenses hoping to get nostalgiabucks while chasing trends.
Doesn't look bad
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