Yeah.
I think I'll just do a little-ol' Amazon preorder.
Duke Nukem Forever - Formerly "Duke Nukem sighting"
The PA post actually put me in the mind of thinking about the various cool features of the mid '90s game.
I still have fond memories of jetpacking around, shooting pig-looking things with a nail gun while the holo-Duke kept their attention.
Jetpacks. Tricksy holograms. Shrink-rays. I mean, there are entire games based on individual Duke features. Timed detonators! It's like they had access to a different alphabet, and somewhere they are still hoarding those secret letters. Why are all of those ideas in the same game? It's from 1996, and it still comes up in conversation. The Subway. The Bank. Virtually unlimited levels to play on, 20k or less in most cases.
I still have fond memories of jetpacking around, shooting pig-looking things with a nail gun while the holo-Duke kept their attention.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Duke Nukem was truly a revolutionary game. Gordon, Cakedaddy, and I used to have a lot of fun in Duke's multiplayer. The shrink ray was a particularly hilarious method of killing.
As for this "controversy" about the butt slapping mode, I doubt there really is one. The fringe elements of the media will try to say there's one, but the MSM should keep their mouths shut about it. Why? Because the last time I checked everyone appearing in front of a camera in the MSM was good looking and thin. Are we really expected to believe that the only people who can read a teleprompter happen to be good looking?
As for this "controversy" about the butt slapping mode, I doubt there really is one. The fringe elements of the media will try to say there's one, but the MSM should keep their mouths shut about it. Why? Because the last time I checked everyone appearing in front of a camera in the MSM was good looking and thin. Are we really expected to believe that the only people who can read a teleprompter happen to be good looking?
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Crouching and placing them on a ramp made them invisible. We all started jumping every ramp.Cakedaddy wrote:My favorite way was with the trip mines. We'd learn all the places to hide them, and knew to look for them, so getting trip mine kills became a challenge because we had to get really creative with them.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
I'm 99% sure I'm buying this on day 1.
Any pre-order freebies out there?
Any pre-order freebies out there?
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Just pre-ordered the Balls of Steel edition on amazon, because there were just too many cool looking extras for me to be able to resist.
Amazon sent me some access code for the duke website for even more extras.... don't have time to explore it right now.
Amazon sent me some access code for the duke website for even more extras.... don't have time to explore it right now.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Delayed.
http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011....t-delay
This could end up being the practical joke of the generation.
http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011....t-delay
This could end up being the practical joke of the generation.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
You can now pre-order Duke Nukem Forever on Steam (10% off).
This is one of the very few games that I'm considering buying at full retail (well...with the 10% off).
12 years in development plus so many great memories from the first game...
Like multiplayer death matches...
This is one of the very few games that I'm considering buying at full retail (well...with the 10% off).
12 years in development plus so many great memories from the first game...
Like multiplayer death matches...
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
There'd better be a collector's edition that comes with hookers and blow, or at least a hardback copy of "Duke Nukem Whenever: the 10th Circle of Development Hell" that chronicles why the fuck it took so long.
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Edited By Malcolm on 1305131329
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
I am not impressed. You can only hold two weapons, not the whole library like you use to be able to. You are able to carry pipe bombs and mines at least. The driving sucks.
I dunno. The whole feel of the game was lacking. I play a handful of FPS games, and they all work fine. This one, the controls just felt off. I kept trying to adjust my mouse tracking speed so things would feel right. I didn't try real hard to get it perfect, I just kept playing once they were good enough. I didn't go into expecting to be blown away, but I DID expect it to be more playable than it was.
Not getting a warm fuzzy.
Oh, and I'm sure everyone's seen it, but I didn't get a good vibe from Duke holding a console controller in the opening movie.
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I dunno. The whole feel of the game was lacking. I play a handful of FPS games, and they all work fine. This one, the controls just felt off. I kept trying to adjust my mouse tracking speed so things would feel right. I didn't try real hard to get it perfect, I just kept playing once they were good enough. I didn't go into expecting to be blown away, but I DID expect it to be more playable than it was.
Not getting a warm fuzzy.
Oh, and I'm sure everyone's seen it, but I didn't get a good vibe from Duke holding a console controller in the opening movie.
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