Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion

Of all remasters from Nightdive Studios, Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion was the one I was looking forward to the most, even before its more-than-obvious reveal earlier this year. After knocking out of the park with their remasters of both Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, the two remasters that put Nightdive on the map in the first place, a remaster of the third title in the Nintendo 64 canonical trilogy (we’re not counting the multiplayer-exclusive Rage Wars) was imminent, an...

I came away from this with the impression that I really didn’t miss out on much. Turok 3 is a game that lost its identity, and it now comes as no surprise that the next game was a reboot where Turok was changed into a space marine. In trying so hard to be like the other big name franchises, it became little more than another copy and sadly faded into obscurity. That all said, it’s only just mediocre at its worst, and you still get to shoot grenades at dinosaurs, so at least it has that go...