Anyone else think the second game had the darkest tone? Coming from Dinosaur Hunter to Seeds of Evil when I was younger was just like woah now it's serious

For sure its between Turok 2 and Turok 3. The others aren't even close to being as dark.

Turok 2 was the culmination of all the hard work put into turok 1. Combined with a stronger art direction and a bit more advanced tech they were able to really push the envelope. I will tell you guys, that 12 year old me was a really freaked out and in total awe at the 3 hours that it took me to get through the River of Souls the first time around. That part when you finally reach the first sister of despair..oh man..it was pretty spooky and at the time problably one of the coolest most detailed stuff i had seen in a video! hehe.  The lair of the blind ones also left a big impression on me. I know most people were not fans of the huge levels. For me half the fun was exploring these massive laberynths and find my way.  Tight litte caves with spiders..

I do agree that Turok 3 took it ways further by adding a real story, and sticking to a theme.  Turok evolution was fun..but meh. Turok ( mid 2000) had a lot of premise, but things got washed out like most super triple A games of those times ( and now ). I did like the art direction on that one.

Long live the n64 turok!

 River Of Souls was the best, music , enemies everything, when I ever start again I always do level 1, 3, 5 then 2,4.

Sisters of Dispair are no danger when you have a Scorpion Launcher!

I think the only dark moment in Turok 2 in my opinion, was that first Oblivion cutscene, where they introduced themselves. That scared me even to this day XD

Now, Turok 3 in my opinion is the darkest in the series. Turok 3 did show the results of Oblivion's power across the universe. On top of that, it's mostly the only game in the series that i know of, where a Turok has been killed, and even used against his own family. Oblivion was really at hand in that game.