10 Beloved First-Person Shooter Video Games That Need Rebooting

There are times when hitting that reboot button is a necessary evil.

As much as we love fresh and original gaming experiences, taking a winning idea back to its essence has proven just as effective for current generation developers.

Take id Software’s exceptional Doom reboot, for instance - a fan-pleasing revival which evoked the essence of a timeless classic and exploded a dormant series back into modern day relevance.

This definitive romp from demon-infested Mars to the bowels of Hell itself was the game fans had waited two decades for, taking all manner of iconic monstrosities old-school PC gamers grew up slaying, before rendering them in gloriously terrifying 1080p. The compelling plug-and-play gunplay of yesteryear was back in force. It soon became apparent that the only thing more gratifying than cutting a Baron of Hell in two with a chainsaw, was doing so at 60 FPS while a rocking soundtrack blares out.

There's no reason why Doom’s glorious resurrection cannot be replicated by other classics of its genre either, and with this in mind, there are a number of bygone first-person shooter franchises desperately in need of a reboot.

Turok once brought dino-mania to the Nintendo 64, but the property was little more than a fossilised relic until it was remastered in 2015.

Based on the adventures of the eponymous comic book character, the original Turok told the story of a Native American time-travelling warrior charged with protecting a barrier between Earth and a world inhabited by dinosaurs and other deadly creatures.

'Guns and dinos' was a winning formula throughout the N64 era, but the Turok brand was tarnished by inferior sequels and a botched reboot attempt in the years that followed.

If the success of Jurassic World and the hype surrounding its upcoming sequel proves anything, it’s that dinosaurs are officially cool again - and somebody is missing a trick if Turok isn’t revived (with greater care than in 2008) to capitalise on this trend.

Here’s hoping the Turok 2: Seeds of Evil remastering that’s about to hit PC is a means of testing the water ahead of the modern rebirth this property deserves.