Turok: Rage Wars

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Turok: Rage Wars
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Developer(s) Acclaim Studios Austin (N64)[1]
Bit Managers (GBC)[2]
Publisher(s) Acclaim Entertainment[3]
Golden Books Family Entertainment
Composer(s) Alberto Jose González (GBC)[4]
Series Turok
Engine Turok (optimized) (N64)[5]
Platforms Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color
Release date(s) Nintendo 64[6]
    Game Boy Color[7]
      Genre(s) First-person shooter (N64)
      Platformer (GBC)
      Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer (N64)

      Turok: Rage Wars is a first-person shooter video game for the Nintendo 64. The Nintendo 64 game supports a maximum of four players simultaneously via split-screen. Like its predecessor Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, the game allows use of the RAM Expansion Pack for high-resolution play, but does not require it.[8]

      A side-scrolling 2D platformer of the same name was developed by Bit Managers for the Game Boy Color and released the following year. Although both games take place in the Turok universe, the Game Boy Color version of Rage Wars differs from the Nintendo 64 version in gameplay and plot.[9]

      Gameplay

      The Nintendo 64 game is a 3D first-person shooter with a heavy emphasis on multiplayer;[10] the Game Boy Color version is a side-scrolling 2D platformer similar to Turok's previous incarnations for the Game Boy.[9] The Nintendo 64 version of Rage Wars features three distinct modes of gameplay: a single player campaign, a two-player cooperative mode, and a non-cooperative multiplayer mode.

      Single-Player Trials Mode - In the Single-Player Campaign, the player must go through a number of death matches through the various game mode types and must face all four game bosses as well. Each character in the game must be played to the end of their campaign at least once to unlock other characters and rewards, including Talismans and an increase in maximum health.

      Two-Player Trials Mode - This mode is similar to the Single-Player Campaign with the addition of cooperative gameplay. Some rewards can only be gained in the Two-Player Campaign. In early copies of the game, the two-player trials mode was affected by a glitch which prevented progressing past a certain point.[11]

      Multiplayer - In this mode, the player selects a character and level to play. The player starts with Turok, Adon, Bio Bot Elite, and Mantid Drone as the first playable characters, with more characters unlockable through the Single-Player Trials Mode. Multiplayer has several game type options, including, Bloodlust and Team Bloodlust, which are deathmatch-style games, Capture the Flag, and Monkey Tag, in which a random player is transformed into a monkey that other players can frag to score points. In this mode, the player can configure the options for gameplay before each game.

      The game features weapons divided into three ammunition types: bullet rounds, energy rounds, and explosive rounds. A player may only carry six pre-selected weapons at one time. However, when playing as Tal'Set, the player has access to every weapon in the game at once.

      In addition to weapons that can be picked up in-game, most arena maps contain a Power Core, a glowing pink-and-blue crystalline item floating in a set location. They are similar to the "Power Ups" in Quake III Arena and grant the player a randomly selected power. Each Power Core lasts approximately 15 to 20 seconds.

      There are 50 medals that can be earned in the game to unlock cheats and character skins. Medals are awarded for completing a range of actions, from defeating bosses to committing suicides. One of the medals is impossible to achieve in the United States version of early (black-cartridge) copies of the game due to a Two-Player Trials glitch in the "Creature Tag" levels. Acclaim recognized this glitch and exchanged any black cartridges with fixed grey cartridges. The recalled variants weren't widely known, however, and have led to the grey cartridge variant of the game being a rare collector's item.[11]

      Reception

      Reception
      Review scores
      Publication Score
      GBC N64
      GameSpot 6.7[17] 5.8[16]
      IGN 7.0[15] 8.9[14]
      Nintendo Life N/A 7/10[18]
      Aggregate score
      GameRankings 64[13] 72[12]

      Turok: Rage Wars for the Nintendo 64 received mixed reviews, scoring a 72 overall on Game Rankings based on 19 reviews. Game Industry News praised the game for its multiplayer, noting the extensive character selection and wide variety of battle grounds.[19] GameCritics remarked that the "graphics and animation are more than competent" and the "controls are also responsive and handle with considerable ease."[10]

      The game has been criticized for multiple issues. GameSpot noted that the single player trials "play more like a training session for your multiplayer games" and that the AI "can't stand up to any steady-handed human player." While the game does not require the RAM Expansion Pack, playing without it resulted in "mushy and quite ugly" graphics.[16] The Daily Radar noted that the "audio feedback is lacking" and "the weapons interface, as well as the lack of ammo, makes the game frustrating."[20]

      References

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