Duke Nukem Forever!

[Mhurron]

TEASE!

Ok, sort of.

http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/showthread.php?t=29639

[Feba]

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Goddamn you, digg/.//fark/blagoweb.

[Mhurron]

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Mirror

http://mikecyb.shackspace.com/DNF_Teaser_Shot.jpg

Video should be up later, though you won't be able to see it until Duke is released because of the traffic.

Also the filter changed the thread title from all caps which sucks because only "DUKE NUKEM FOREVER!" can convey the awesomeness of this.

I'm also amazed that there are people still using the 3d Realms forums.

[Feba]

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What the fuck.

It's been in development for at least a decade, right? And THIS is what they manage to make?

Yeah, that character model might have been impressive three or four years ago. Right now it just looks PATHETIC.

I mean hell, I honestly think Doom 3 character models look better.

This had better just be the shittiest shot they could think of.

[METDeath]

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This will kill one of my greatest jokes...

[DakAttack]

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What the fuck.

It's been in development for at least a decade, right? And THIS is what they manage to make?

Yeah, that character model might have been impressive three or four years ago. Right now it just looks PATHETIC.

I mean hell, I honestly think Doom 3 character models look better.

This had better just be the shittiest shot they could think of.

Duke Nukem fans have been playing as sprites in three dimensional enviroments for how long? This is truely a great day.

[Tsrwedge]

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I'm sorry, my first thought was "they couldn't be bother to turn anti-aliasing on?"

Pretty renders a game does not make. And with that kind of lack of attention to detail in their marketing, I shudder to think how much attention to detail would be / is given to the game should they ever finish it.

[Pai Pai Master]

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Does Duke Nukem Forever really need to be a visual showcase?

You guys are jumping on the exact problem that's destroyed the FPS market these days.

[Tsrwedge]

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Well, it's not so much that I think it needs to be a visual showcase inasmuch as I believe it might be an indication they aren't taking care of the small things globally. The screenshot represented their first shot at good PR for eons, and they couldn't be bothered to really turn all the goodies on. That kind of prognosticates DNF, if it ever gets released, may not have the attention to detail that makes an OK game good or a good game great.

I could also be reading far too much into it *shrug*

[Mhurron]

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Does Duke Nukem Forever really need to be a visual showcase?

Yes because that is what was promised. Every time they scrapped the game, chose a new engine and started over from scratch they said it was because Duke was going to be the most amazing game you had ever seen.

Though personally, I'm fine with what it seems they have.

[Feba]

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Does Duke Nukem Forever really need to be a visual showcase?

Yes. For the reasons Mhurron pointed out, and because the FPS genre is pretty much a graphical arms race now. Yes, gameplay is important, but unless you want to make large changes from the norm, gameplay can only be so good before you can't improve any more.

Fun gameplay will always trump graphics, but when you're deciding between two FPS games with similar gameplay, what's going to win, better cheesy dialogue, or better graphics?

[Mhurron]

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what's going to win, better cheesy dialogue, or better graphics?

If Duke was ever released, Duke would win. After finishing the bubble gum anyway.

[Feba]

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Well, the thing is, Serious Sam has already taken up all the room in my life there is for Cheesy Dialogue.

[DakAttack]

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At least the one liner was good.

The graphics weren't too bad, but after playing Mass Effect I've stopped trying to compare.

[Pai Pai Master]

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Yes. For the reasons Mhurron pointed out, and because the FPS genre is pretty much a graphical arms race now.

And that's why it pretty much sucks now.