But Duke will need every once of it to burst through the arcade-style shoot em’ up gameplay that lies ahead. Once again the weapons and the character of Duke easily make the game. As well as giving Duke a more dominant and pwerful presence against the alien horde (not just having to rely on weaponry) it also gives the player better options that look pretty darn cool! This now gives Duke Nukem the opportunity to get in close and deliver a finishing move that usually rips off their mutated heads with one mighty foot punt! We actually preferred this over the fully controllable Mighty Foot. Once you’ve squeezed off a few well placed rounds, you’ll see your enemy fall helplessly to their knees. Instead of being able to toe-in those pig aliens, you can now make em’ bleed with an awesome new execute mode. One thing you’ll notice from the very beginning is the absence of Duke Nukem’s Mighty Foot. To add the carnage, Duke Nukem Forever also throws in re-designed versions of its famous OTT weaponry such as the amazing Devastator, (the multi rocket bad-boy you’d have seen in the E3 demos) Shrink Ray, Pipe Bombs and a couple of other futuristic death tolls that we’ll leave you to find.ĭuke Nukem gets to fire more than hand z big freakin' turrets do some big freakin' damage! You may only be able to carry two weapons at once, but you’ll still be able to select from a wide-range of re-designed classics such as Duke’s signature handguns, the devastating shotgun, the awesome and distance friendly ripper and the RPG. The classic also won our hearts with its unique and awesome array of weapons. If he threatens to “rip your eyeball out and piss on you brain”, that’s exactly what he’s gonna do! If he wonders the strip club toilets and finds a hole in the wall that offers a particular “service” then Dukes gonna go right ahead!ĭuke Nukem 3D didn’t only climb the charts with the aid of Duke’s adult humour. Duke Nukem’s “no nonsense” attitude makes him a man of his word with balls of steal. ![]() Interact and increase Duke's ego for some major ass-kicking!īe warned. Every time you interact with something around the world of Duke that plays to his personality, you’ll permanently increase your armour which is appropriately named Duke’s “Eggo” (yet again playing to the heroes personality). If you see a barbell and bench, Duke will bench press after you find the necessary weights. If you see a mirror, Duke will admire himself in it. Interactive goodies that play to Duke’s personality are scattered throughout the game. Most games would have you nosy-around like a police dog for that correctly colored key card, but duke simply answers that problem with “I don’t need no f#$*ing yellow key card!” as he grabs the bottom of closed shutter-doors, promoting you to tap space bar as the Duke uses his brawn to make his own entrance. The developers have done a great job allowing Duke Nukem’s personality to not only come across in vocal form, but to also spread throughout the game in the form of interactive progression and hidden interactive goodies. The Duke is his own man and does things his own way. So if he comments on your favourite game, you’d be doing yourself a favour by not taking it to heart. ![]() He does things his own way with his own “come get some”attitude. Yes, Duke’s comments may rip-it slightly from other games, but you can tell there’s no disrespect with these witty remarks as 3D Realms have just played to our heroes humour. Highlights include “Power armour is for pussies” as duke is advised to wear a halo-style power-suit, “Ah, this is gonna f$#k up my hair” as you look-on to a section that floods with water and “ah, I thought it was gonna be a monkey” after discovering an enemy was behind the hurtling barrels that made Duke’s life that more difficult, when trying to escape up a spiral stairway. ![]() ![]() While many cracked a smile, quite a few made us chuckle out-loud with great timing, as this is often something other games fail to master. Kills with different weapons, interacting with the environment and looking-onward toward the next obstacle, all trigger a vast array of comments from Duke. We’re glad to say the characteristics that made Duke, have been successfully carried-over to Duke Nukem Forever.ģDRealms really went-to-town with recording the voice-overs for Duke Nukem (voiced by Jon St John). We all remember frantically hunting for that RPG so Duke could shout “Fire in the hall asshole!” as your rocket propelled grenades would turn those pig aliens into red mist. It had already been done before with the likes of Wolfenstein and Doom, but Duke was more than just a face to indicate health status. Stripped to its bear-bones, Duke Nukem 3D was a simple “shoot anything that moves” FPS. Back to reality" to appear at the lower part of the screen Hovering your mouse cursor over the "Exit" option, rightly triggers the phrase "Back to life.
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