Turok Demo Very Soon, Multiplayer Details, Achievements Unvieled

by Roly Reyes on January 6, 2008 at 8:02 am

Turok_Tim AKA Tim Lewinison, Associate Director of Propaganda Games, has been posting on the IGN boards lately. He created a thread titled “Developer greetings from Propaganda Studios…aka ‘Questions? We’ve got answers!’” where he’s been answering many questions from gamers themselves about the upcoming next-gen Turok.

His latest post assured worried PS3 owners who have been getting the short end of the stick lately when it comes to getting gimped ports of 360 games. Tim assures that “the PS3 game rocks as hard as the 360 version. No worries there.”

Moreover, he confirmed that a demo is on the way “VERY” soon, for the Xbox Live Marketplace, and would follow on the Playstation Store later. Tim also went on to confirm the presence of dino’s in multiplayer, online co-op, and the validity of the achievements that recently hit the net.

Let’s hope the game has improved on its most immediate predecessor.

The post in its entirety reads:

Good morning, folks. Happy New Year to you, I hope it was a safe and fun one. Let’s tackle these one at a time, shall we?

PS3 - Issues with PS3 development are largely overblown by internet “experts” and folks with an axe to grind. Face it, any new platform is going to present challenges and the PS3 is no different from the 360 in that regard.

We’ve had over a year’s head start getting experience on the 360, but Propaganda has extremely talented coders who took on the challenge of making Turok multiplatform and giving PS3 owners the best game possible.

Sony was also a great supporter, providing on-site assistance here so that you guys on PS3 got the same AAA fps experience that the 360 owners are going to get when Turok’s released.

So to make a long story short, the PS3 game rocks as hard as the 360 version. No worries there.

Demo - We’re going to make the 360 demo more widely available VERY soon, and we’ll be releasing a PS3 version too. I look forward to the comparison videos and jpegs which are soon to follow, I’m sure.

Dinos in MP - I’m not going to give away the farm, but you’ll definitely see more than just raptors in all multiplayer sessions. They’re a great addition to the mix, making things unpredictable for both sides and really fleshing out the game universe to the same high level that our single player game enjoys. You guys will love ‘em all…when they’re chewing on your opponent as opposed to you.

Achievements, online co-op - We’re supporting online co-op play, for sure! 3 distinct maps telling aspects of the SP campaign from a different perspective.

The AI is suitably tougher, as you’d expect from a mode which supports 4 players working together. There are specific co-op achievements as well. For a full list of achievements, check this link.