# Preview: Turok: Origins Won’t Rival the Classics as a Bang-Average PS5 Shooter

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/preview-turok-origins-wont-rival-the-classics-as-a-bang-average-ps5-shooter/
- Published: 2026-09-01T12:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-01T12:44:07+00:00
- Original publisher: Push Square
- Original article: https://www.pushsquare.com/previews/turok-origins-wont-rival-the-classics-as-a-bang-average-ps5-shooter
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- Push Square's Turok: Origins preview calls the shooter "bang-average" so far
- Combat and boss fight felt too easy and repetitive in demo
- Co-op felt unnecessary; game launches on PS5 in Spring 2027

## Summary

Push Square previewed Turok: Origins, an upcoming co-op shooter for PS5, at Gamescom and came away underwhelmed, describing it as a "bang-average" game that fails to live up to the classic series. The half-hour demo pitted the player and two companions, in either first- or third-person view, against dinosaurs during a trial mission, offering a choice of assault, defence or healer playstyles with corresponding weapons and abilities, but the writer found most encounters over too quickly to build any tension, and even a climactic boss fight against an armoured T-Rex felt too easy and repetitive rather than demanding real tactical variety.

The preview singled out the switch between first- and third-person perspectives as the most interesting feature, noting the controls felt equally sharp in either mode, while visuals ran at 4K60. Co-operative play was also criticised as feeling unnecessary, since the mission presented no obstacles requiring communication between players, and the game can be played entirely solo offline. Turok: Origins is due for release on PS5 in Spring 2027, and the reviewer hopes the finished game will offer more depth than was shown in the demo.

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