Duke Nukem Forever

[Hooe]

Re: Duke Nukem Forever teaser video tomorrow

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YLHALVVM

Leaked development / debug footage of what was a recent build of DNF cut into a 3-minute movie (warning for content; not work-safe). I'm now very disappointed that this game isn't coming out; it just looks like it kicks ***.

[Goffs]

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NWSF! T_T the game looks great...

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[jmood88]

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The voice acting was so bad.

[bkfount]

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the video just looks like the standard FPS, the kind that almost any company is able to put together in a few years. Even had a QTE kind of thing in there for a boss fight, how innovative.

Even with 13 years in development, it could have either sucked like Too Human (11 years), or been awesome like Prey (11 years). Regardless, I still think some publisher will snap this up and rush it out the door, it's too well known to just let it die.

[Hooe]

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the video just looks like the standard FPS, the kind that almost any company is able to put together in a few years. Even had a QTE kind of thing in there for a boss fight, how innovative.

Even with 13 years in development, it could have either sucked like Too Human (11 years), or been awesome like Prey (11 years). Regardless, I still think some publisher will snap this up and rush it out the door, it's too well known to just let it die.

It may be pretty standard stuff by today's standards (I don't know either way; I've been by-and-large out of the FPS genre since Halo 2), but I do know that the main thing that set all of the Duke Nukem games apart was his over-the-top character; the main thing I was looking forward to personally was playing a game with that character one more time.

Either way, I still hope that this way finds a way onto my computer screen, despite the mismanagement snafu that has put its existence in serious jeopardy.

[Pared]

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Hail to the king, baby!

I'd pick this up in a heartbeat. The charm and character is what sets this apart from every other FPS in the market.

[Hooe]

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The strange saga that is this game took another turn today as Take 2 has sued 3D Realms for breach of contract, i.e. the fact that Take 2 paid $12M+ for exclusive publishing rights to DNF, and then DNF... well, "DNF".

Yes, that pun always was, still is, and for the foreseeable future will be entirely too easy.

[eDotd]

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Lol @ Duke. "Die, Bitch". Who else besides Duke could say that?

[ChaseB]

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Hail to the king, baby!

I'd pick this up in a heartbeat. The charm and character is what sets this apart from every other FPS in the market.

Were you momentarily out of your mind when you said that Duke had charm and character? Maybe when you were like 10 you thought the series was charming or edgy or whatever, but come on, as an adult there is just no way this game appeals in the same way. Its edginess was based on kids playing it -- I would know I was one of them who was in awe of Duke Nukem at the time -- but now it just seems really dumb and cliche.

The strange saga that is this game took another turn today as Take 2 has sued 3D Realms for breach of contract, i.e. the fact that Take 2 paid $12M+ for exclusive publishing rights to DNF, and then DNF... well, "DNF".

Yes, that pun always was, still is, and for the foreseeable future will be entirely too easy.

I think it's only fitting that this whole thing ends with someone getting sued. It just would be weird if it didn't end any other way.

[Pared]

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Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.

Duke's character was one of the best over-the-top characters we've seen in gaming. Despite his massive usage of one-liners, Duke Nukem had some of the most memorable lines of any game.

While it may just be picking at my "nostalgia strings," how many games do we play now with their roots cemented in our childhoods and we still have a place in our "video gaming hearts" for them?

[Eton Rifles]

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Duke's character was a throwback to the 1980's action films. It's great for people over the age of 30 but not sure if today's youngsters would relate to it.

[pfunk880]

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I think it's only fitting that this whole thing ends with someone getting sued. It just would be weird if it didn't end any other way.

True.

[ChaseB]

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Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.

Duke's character was one of the best over-the-top characters we've seen in gaming. Despite his massive usage of one-liners, Duke Nukem had some of the most memorable lines of any game.

While it may just be picking at my "nostalgia strings," how many games do we play now with their roots cemented in our childhoods and we still have a place in our "video gaming hearts" for them?

Sometimes nostalgia is better off as nostalgia. Those games just do not have the same place in gaming today, and they wouldn't have the same impact as they did when a ton of 13 year olds were playing them. Strippers and pig cops just aren't "edgy" anymore.

[Hooe]

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Sometimes nostalgia is better off as nostalgia. Those games just do not have the same place in gaming today, and they wouldn't have the same impact as they did when a ton of 13 year olds were playing them. Strippers and pig cops just aren't "edgy" anymore.

If the next Duke Nukem game (hypothetically DNF, though we'll see what happens) were to sit on its laurels, using only Duke's one-liners and the rather interesting enemies of Duke's universe, I'd tend to agree with you. However, I think the extremely prolonged development cycle points to the team attempting to do something far beyond what the previous Duke Nukem game (Duke Nukem 3D) did to push the envelope while still staying true to the Duke Nukem character.

Also, edgy or not, and right or wrong, Duke Nukem is still arguably one of the more iconic video game characters to-date.

Unrelated, 3DR's Scott Miller has responded to the lawsuit by Take 2 by stating that 3DR never received any money from the publishing company whatsoever, contrary to the lawsuit's stance.

[ChaseB]

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If the next Duke Nukem game (hypothetically DNF, though we'll see what happens) were to sit on its laurels, using only Duke's one-liners and the rather interesting enemies of Duke's universe, I'd tend to agree with you. However, I think the extremely prolonged development cycle points to the team attempting to do something far beyond what the previous Duke Nukem game (Duke Nukem 3D) did to push the envelope while still staying true to the Duke Nukem character.

Also, edgy or not, and right or wrong, Duke Nukem is still arguably one of the more iconic video game characters to-date.

Unrelated, 3DR's Scott Miller has responded to the lawsuit by Take 2 by stating that 3DR never received any money from the publishing company whatsoever, contrary to the lawsuit's stance.

Yes, because all the signs had pointed to them really trying to develop the series further. Did you even see any of the media that was released for this version of the game? It was the same Duke nonsense once again.

Just because a team is continuously restarting a game and presenting folks with vaporware, it doesn't mean they are necessarily trying to create a whole new experience.