Iconic N64 Shooter Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Will Aim at PS5, PS4

Same here, never knew a third installment existed😂
Loved the first one, played it on a US import n64 and looked fab back in the day, even the fog effect didn't bother me👍

I said a few months ago that we will be flushed by remasters/ports of games from the early 3D era, or new games in the same vein, because the people who feel nostalgia for it are now full fledged devs (and producers love to bet on nostalgia).

And now here we go : Quake 2, Dark Forces, Turok 3 and so on.

I have played through this generation of games and how I don't want to go back to it one bit. This is what almost took me out of the hobby in the late 90s/early 2000s. People have to understand these early 3D games haven't aged as well as the pixel art ones from the 16-bit gen. If they are going to do them, a full on remake is needed. "Remastering" isn't enough.

Just for example, I really wonder how many people who bought the Quake 2 remaster will play more than a few hours of it. I'd love if the devs would put these stats up at some point.

@Geep Let me guess, you were a teenager at that time? : )

No issue with people loving it, but I will maintain that these games have almost no appeal to anyone who hasn't played them back then (and those who just really don't want to go through the torture again), unlike the pixel art ones of the generation before that can be still playable today with just a bit of quality of life added.

Love the first game, thought the second was pretty good too. For some reason never got around to this.

Nice. Got the first 2 on switch. I like the 2nd one but find the portals completely confusing. I could never get very far past the boat yard due to getting lost 🤷‍♂️

@PixelDragon Hey, calm down, I'm not making "wild assumptions" and I'm speaking for myself alone.

Of course some people will disagree, and I may even be completely wrong and all these may well end up being bestsellers, who knows.

But just by saying what I feel about these games, and expressing a more generalized view of what I think the general gaming landscape is is not something to warrant such a reaction, let's just talk about it.

I am also what you could call a retro gamer (but just in his early 40s!), as I love to go back to old games I've played (and some I've missed). But every time I do this, I have to acknowledge how far games have gone and how hard it is to play some of these old games. And to me, these early 3D games are the worst culprit of aged graphics + insufferable gameplay.

Every once and a while I get this nostalgia rush and I go play the first Tomb Raider or Unreal Tournament. And while I see why they were fantastic at that time, no way I can play them more than an hour before being frustrated.

@PixelDragon Fair enough! : )

@Olmaz Good games are good games, games without season passes,battle passes, pre-order dlc, loot boxes, pay 2 win mechanics, are better still.

@Smiffy01 On this I agree 100%. I'm currently prone to say the late PS3, early PS4 era was the best, with all the modern gaming without most of the messed up BS we get today!

@PixelDragon The reboots failed completely at what they set up to do : a realistic, almost survival, approach to the character... yeah that didn't last 15 minutes into the game.

I'd love a remake of the first Tomb Raider with the same focused gameplay, but with modernized controls, graphics and sounds.

I yearn for simpler games, and this is why some of my favorite games these last years are things like Dead Cells or Slay the Spire. These massive AAA games too often feel so bloated by unnecessary mechanics...

I played and loved the first two games on the N64. If I remember correctly, I skipped the third one because it seemed that it was mainly focussed on local multiplayer PvP matches and less on singleplayer campaign.
Can anyone confirm this? Been a long while, so I might be mistaken with another game of the era.
And if my memory serves me correct, any mention of this version getting online multiplayer support?

@Olmaz gotta agree with you but upon buying Quake 1 remastered on Switch for £2.67 I can’t put it down with the gyro controls.

@Geep
Guess that means I need to buy this

I'm enjoying this conversation thread and leaving the page open to see where it goes. I loved that era of gaming, and it's good to see the differing opinions.

I'm adoring the experience of going back to Quake 1 and 2 on my PS5, particularly for the 120fps, but am now used to the epic progression of story and environment of modern FPS games.

So I'm going back to them when I feel like revelling in that lovely visceral, not-overly-complex brutal gameplay of Quake 2, but it only lasts for a while until I have to put it down as I feel like I'm just clearing similar areas to go to the next one.

Brilliant, but for a single player story driven FPS that really sucks me in long term, something like the modern Wolfenstein games appeal to me more.

Still, I'll keep going back to Q1&2 just in short busts when I need that simple theraputic pleasure of wanton massacre.

@Geep I'd say purely artistically, I agree with you (although there quite a few stunner on PS3). But gameplay-wise there are really few PS2-era games that hold their ground compared to current games in the same genre.

Do you have some PS2 games in mind that still hold up as they are?

For me, there would be the 2 God of War games (even though GOW3 blew them out of the water), Dragon Quest VIII (even though DQXI is far better) and Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (fingers crossed DBZBT4 will be great!).

@Luigia I never got on to the gyro bandwagon, always seemed clunky, but I'm open to try. Do you know of a PS5 game that you'd recommend playing with gyro?

I love this constant feed of classic games were getting, and with them adding trophies. It gives me the incentive I need to revisit them.

@Olmaz can’t talk for PS5 games but Quake on Switch with Gyros is ace

I use to play the hell out of Turok 3 back when I owned a N64. I use to own all 3 of the Turok games on the N64, Turok Evolution on PS2 and Turok on PS3. Yes you could say I was a fan of the Turok games. I was so excited when I saw Turok 3 was getting a remaster. This will complete my remastered trilogy. In my opinion Turok 3 has really good gameplay. The classic games are not about the scenic parts of the game it's about the gameplay/storyline. Now the Turok games that need a remaster is Turok Evolution and Turok released in 2008. After those games get remastered that will complete the remastered Turok series. If that never happens though that's alright I'm happy with what has been remastered. Thank you Nightdive Studios for all your hard work on these remasters.