Game:

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (1998)

Duration: 29:11

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A level with interesting ideas and potential. The introduction sets the scene nicely. There's a friendly tribe with shamans, trader, warriors, dinosaur farm. NPC "talk" when you approach them. From this hub we go to three different locations. This variety is a pleasant surprise that makes you wonder what is going to happen next. Caves and alien base are the areas which look the best here, they have interesting layouts and nicely done shapes of walls. There are many secrets, search for them is entertaining and rewarding. Custom camera angles and music changing depending on the area are a nice touch.

Unfortunately, it falls short in too many areas. Jungle trial has big open location with flat terrain and palms placed in rows in a boring way, cliffs around it are flat too. If it's a field where people planted palms - what for? Makes no sense. If these palms are planted as decoration of the square around ancient buildings, then where is everything else - roads, statues and so on?

Teleporters that don't work aren't clearly marked as such, for example with grates blocking them or by disabling the blue "portal" special effect. Last boss battle puts you against a crowd of enemies that have too many health, and eradicating them becomes long, and tedious process.

It's a shame that this level has too many flaws to be fully enjoyable. With more attention to design and polish it would have been a very good map.

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