Duke Nukem Forever

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Duke Nukem Forever

Post by Dropdeadqt » 06 Sep 2010, 09:42

DUKE Nukem Forever is alive.

No, really.

That's the big story from this year's Penny Arcade Expo - PAX - the festival for gamers held this year in Washington.

A project in development since 1997, the long-awaited and much ridiculed attempt to bring the controversial hero from 1996's Duke Nukem 3D to a new generation has been the subject of 13 years of industry jokes.

Most are bad, honing in on the title's acronym "DNF", which in motor-racing terms means "Did Not Finish".

But DNF has also become synonomous with "vaporware awards" - awards handed out annually by the video games industry for the most eagerly awaited titles which never materialise.

"The great vaporware saga of Duke Nukem looks to be coming to a close," IGN reported.

"Let me repeat that for the non-believers: Duke Nukem Forever is real and it is an actual playable game."

The original 3D PC game became a huge success due to the appeal of its lead character, described by his creators as a "combo of John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, and Arnold Schwarzenegger", and the fact that its visuals were on a par with those of the genre groundbreaker Doom.

It also contained a high level of sex and violence, which helped it generate plenty of controversy at the time.

Now, 13 years later, the Duke's still got it.

"It looks like the aliens Duke punished in his earlier games are back – and they are here for our women," IGN reports.

"This personal affront to Duke leads him on a mission to kill everything in his way, including a giant alien queen with three breasts.

"And in typical Duke fashion, after seeing the entirety of this tri-boobed monster, the hero quips, 'Hell, I'd still hit it.'"

IGN's Levi Buchanan was given a full 15 minutes of game time at PAX on Duke Nukem Forever.

One of the highlights, he noted, was the ability to kick a giant Cycloid's eyeball through a set of goalposts after killing it.

He was also shown yet another trailer for the game in which, a woman remarks to Duke that his new adventure looks great.

"Yeah, but after 12 f**king years, it should be," the Duke responds.

The only concern, Buchanan notes, is the lack of a firm release date.

"Sometime in 2011" was the line given to those allowed to experience Duke Nukem Forever at PAX.

But as Buchanan says: "That's not was this re-unveiling was about."

"This was about blowing minds, because show-goers were genuinely surprised to see that Duke Nukem Forever was not just at PAX, but was also something they could get their very own hands on for the first time."
Yeah, I like this part...
He was also shown yet another trailer for the game in which, a woman remarks to Duke that his new adventure looks great.

"Yeah, but after 12 f**king years, it should be," the Duke responds.
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