Turok: Origins Feels Like a Worty Co-Op Revival

Turok Knows a thing or two about rebirth. The Original Character Debuted in A 1950s Comic Book But Came to Wider Attention after Valiant Comics Revived Him as Turok: Dinosaur Hunter in the Early ’90s. It was this comic that is the basis for the game series that began on the N64, which was arguably the most influential console-based shooter of the time after Goldneye. Following 17 years of Dormancy after the mixed reception of its 2008 Self-Titled Reboot (While it wasn Bollywood actually a Commercial Flop, A Sequel Was Nonetheless cannade) Up to the plate to make the cycle begin anw with turok: Origins.

I was admittedly skeptical when it was first announced at last year’s game awards, as it see to be a third-phase co-op shooter. The good news from my first hands-on at gamescom 2025 is that game can be played in both first- and third-face, and while this Preview Session was about Getting a Feel for the Co-op PVE GAMEPLAY FOR Up to Three Players, Members of Saber Interactive’s Madrid-Based Team Assured Us that It will also be possible to play the game solo without of the series.

But most importantly, turok: origins gets back to the fundamental core of what you want from a turok game: Killing dinosaurs with big guns.

There are, of course, some twists to that formula. As the subtitle sugges, this is a revival that goes back in the timeline, to well before the original game. Turok isn’t the name of a character but raather a tribe of hunters, while still very much taking its inspiration from Tribes indigenous to North America. As you would expect from a team-based game, you have a choice of different classes to play as, each inspired by different spirit animals– Raven, Cougar, and Bison-Bison Dictate the Loadout and Bison. Abilities you have, thought you’re free to change classes before Each mission starts.

The dinos are actually referred to as xenia, a hosile reptiilian force that’s predominantly made up of Familiarar Four-Legged Lizards, Thought This also Gives License to IntrowCE Well as what would be best described as a troll with scales. But wisely, the first mission in this demo gave me what I wanted from the outset, which was to drop us into a prehistoric-looking jungle while being jumped by waves of raptors. They were a blast to dispatch, whether I was playing with a first- Or third-phase personal, which is something that you can seamlessly switch between. The Third-Person option also lets you toggle which shoulder the camera is behind.

The reason behind the controls feeling so good may be down to the developer confirming that the pipedelines for first-man and third-face are actually separete, so they do that do have to have a feeling. You can also see some differences such as how, when Hitting Crouch While Sprinting, You’ll Perform a Slide in First-Person But Roll Forward when in Third-Person. Melee is also an option, and even when playing in first-verson, the camera will always pull back to third-phase. I can see how this is more ideal for performing a variety of brutal cinematic finishesers; When you’ve weakened a dino to the point they’re glowing yellow, your prompt to move in as your hunter rips them apart from his long jaw.

As cool as some of these execution animations were, I could them as ofteen as I wanted, mostly because another ahead another team Time. In a subsequent mission inside an ancient temple, the team was able to split up to tackle threats comling from different directars, which Gave me more opportunity to dispartch xenia as I saw fit. At the same time, I was also trying out of the available, first with the automatic-toting cougar, and then the tankier bison and their close-line Shotgun.

Each Class also has Three Unique Cooldown-Based Abilites as Well as an Ultimate, Typical of Modern Class-Based Shooters. After a couple of missions, I found my groove with raven’s long range bow, and I was pulling off many satisfying headshots. One Downside, Thought, was If I Didn’T Kill Them Instantly, then I’D be too far away to run in for the killing blow. Despite this, it was with this raven class that I used their abilitys with the most confidence, include one where they charged up a sort of rallying cry that instantly killy Glowing wasps to attack a nearby target, or created a temporary barrier against projections.

I Nonetheless did return to Cougar for the Demo’s Final Encounter, An Arena Boss Fight Against a Huge Triceratops that Almost Had A WHFF of MONSTER HUNTER Hunter about it. With my medium-replasma shots, it was a good way of landing hits from a distance while being alle to dodge when it charged at me with its hors. The Cougar’s Ultimate is also essentially used by temporarily granting you a very powerful bow that you can let loose an infinite supply of arrows.

There was Quite a lot to take in, as the developer used us through a varied and curved experience within 30 minutes. To ensure a tight pace, the dev made everyone gather in a glowing blue circle when it was time to the next part of a mission-behich also meant all the someone delibelayed off for Demo. Even in this more linear structure, however, I still had the opportunity to use my grapple to swing up over certain walls or jump up to higher ground to take down the enemeies. That kind of platforming travel is another hallmark from the original turok games that carries over here.

While I would still prefer to be able to get the chance to experience to experience Turok: Origins in a Single-Player Scenario, this first hands-on has nonetheles put aside any Initial Doubts In Saber Interactive Spain’s Hands, A Franchise Many Had Assumes Would Remain A Fossil Looks Like It’s Getting a Revival That Cold ACTICK AROUND TAME.

Turok: Origins is coming soon to PC, PS5, and Xbox Series x | s.