With Perfect Dark delayed until April 2000, Acclaim's latest Turok offering looks set to clean up this Christmas. But is it really that much different to the last one? And where's Turok 3?
Andy Ashwin

Are you trying to say that this isn't Turok 3?
That's exactly what we're saying - Turok: Rage Wars is NOT Turok 3 - it's an "awesome deathmatch experience" based on the Turok 2 engine. This is definitely a fashionable genre at the moment, what with Unreal Tournament and Quake 3 Arena on the PC. Fantastic fun if you've got a couple of friends.

Well I happen to know of someone who hasn't got any friends at all. What's he going to get out of this?
Hopefully a hell of a lot, thanks to the cheeky AI opponents, or 'bots' as the hip kids call them. These clever computer fellas run, jump and shoot in such a way that you won't even notice that you've got no mates. Or that's the idea. We won't know if this works in practice until we've got a review copy.

I'm all for deathmatch action, but I expect a bit more for my hard-earned cash. Thanks but no thanks, Acclaim.
Hang on! There are plenty of play modes on offer here, apart from the every-man-for-himself arena battles. How about a single-player scenario? You've got it! Two-player co-operative? Uh-huh! Time trial? Mais oui! And then there's the abundance of single and multiplayer deathmatch options, including 'Capture the Flag', 'Bloodlust' and 'Frag Tag'. This is one crammed cart, stuffed to the gills with Turok-style bloodshed.

Not bad! I suppose there are some pretty nasty weapons on offer?
Oh yes, these weapons are bad to the max.