Yup, it's official. Duke Nukem Forever is no longer vaporware. Tom's Hardware has
a nice little article chronicling the historic journey of DNF and the world that has changed around it since it's inception. I can still remember hosting one of my first ever 'LAN' parties with the original Duke Nukem FPS (not to be confused with Duke 1 and 2 which were side-scrollers) only back then, LAN parties were usually 2 guys and a home-made 'null modem' cable communicating at a whopping 9600baud!
A big congrats to Gearbox for bringing Duke back out of the shadows. From all the press I've seen so far, it looks as though they have faithfully preserved the style and humour of the original. Look forward to reviews probably slamming the game technically BUT admitting that its just a lot of good fun. If that's what most of the reviews end up being - go out and get it! The original was no different and still one of my all-time favs.
after playing it at the gadget live my doubts were gone from the moment i drawn my battle plan on the white board (yes it was a dick) and hearing what the soldier said about my plan had me giggling away happily to myself needless to say the 10th need to hurry the hell up so i can get some
ReplyDeleteThat's the whole point behind the Duke, G - it was never about being another FPS, it was about taking the average FPS of the day (as this will for today) and making the most ridiculous experience possible; that's why it stands apart. Humour, style and no rules!!
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