Turok 2- Seeds of Evil (.....)

Turok. The name that turned Acclaim's failing fortunes around with one broad sweep of its mighty arsenal. Upon its release, Turok faced little in the way of competition in the first-person shooter category. Shoddy ports of Hexen and Duke Nukem 3D did little to stifle the success of Acclaim's newest franchise. Not only did Turok: The Dinosaur Hunter pounce on the barren N64 landscape like a bat out of hell, it established development studio Iguana as a force to be reckoned with. However, as other developers got up to speed with the N64 development kits, the competition slowly but surely trickled in, most notably a humble little concoction by Nintendo favorite Rare. That game was GoldenEye. Incredibly fun and brilliantly designed, GoldenEye was, and still is, one of the N64's best titles. It had been acknowledged by many as the best first-person shooter on a home console to date. Knowing it had its work cut out for it, Iguana nevertheless decided to start from the ground up and fashion what would become its finest work to date: Turok 2: Seeds of Evil.

Nestled within the confines of its 32-meg cartridge (the largest N64 cart ever, along with Zelda) is one of the hugest games you'll ever have the pleasure of playing. Spread out over five virtual miles of gaming real estate, each of Turok 2's levels is absolutely gargantuan. Within each level are a certain number of areas that are accessed through warp portals scattered around the environments. The first level, for example, consists of nine areas, each larger than some entire levels in Banjo-Kazooie. The game is so large in fact, it's been stated to take approximately 45 hours to complete if you know where you're going. Not bad for a shooter.