Duke Nukem Forever Gameplay Video (Yes, it really is gameplay video)

[Oni]

You have to sit through a minute of two of BS w/ Greg Grunberg from Heroes, but after that there is some gameplay video of DNF. Apparently they are working on it.

http://kotaku.com/5013638/first-duke-nukem-forever-gameplay-video

After 12 years people may actually be able to play DNF. I'll play it, but I know I'm not going to be blown away or something. I'll play it out of curiosity mostly, I guess.

[dudleycpa]

Thanks Oni - I thought this was a joke at first

[technoViking]

It looks fun but 12 years? it kind of looks like doom, nothing OH MY F'ing god.

[Goateh]

Gutted it won't load for me :(

[dudleycpa]

Gutted it won't load for me :(

Try reloading it - A lot of people seem to be having the same problem.

[jstutman]

LMAO. "WTF is taking so long?" "Well it could be the cocaine, or the hookers" "But I think its the World of warcraft, we want our lvl 70 characters"

[dudleycpa]

LMAO. "WTF is taking so long?" "Well it could be the cocaine, or the hookers" "But I think its the World of warcraft, we want our lvl 70 characters"

I laughed at that myself - esp. the lvl 70 characters.

[DomoRawks]

Hasnt there been game play footage before?
They scrapped it and rewrote the engine though?

I'm seriously struggling to believe DNF has been being worked on for all this time

[IR1]

They have re-done it on like 4 or 5 different engines. They started with the Quake 1, then Unreal then who the heck knows maybe Quake 3 engine.... who knows what engine this is on... they probably don't even know. They worked so slowly each time that by the time they made some semblance of progress they were already on ancient technology and had been passed by. Its probably only those two guys working on it...

[John G]

Heh, wow... :)

I'm mostly curious to see how much of the flavor of the original DN-3D game they recapture. One of the nicest things about it at the time was the environments that were meant to be blown up. It was just fun.

[technoViking]

thats true, but today standards having a totally destructible environment is almost a must.

So they better be packing something or this thing is going to epically fail.

[SteveLord]

thats true, but today standards having a totally destructible environment is almost a must.

So they better be packing something or this thing is going to epically fail.

While cool, I don't think its a must at all. There isn't a game yet that's implemented it and was wildly successful.

[ratbuddy]

Hello, Daikatana 2!

[ShadowPho]

Game looks amazing. As far as I can see... it looks amazing. Fluid movements, close fighting, actual monsters, cool effects, cool guns (even the original machine gun yay!!!!)

[>HyperlogiK<]

Anybody remember?

"Duke, the EDF has been compromised, you can't trust anyone."

[Hardin]

thats true, but today standards having a totally destructible environment is almost a must.

So they better be packing something or this thing is going to epically fail.

The only games that had this were Red Faction and the sequel and that was like more than five years ago so it isn't really a must have for today since none of todays games have it imo.

[SniperXX]

Wow actual footage, lol. I wish they would just hurry up tho.

[jstutman]

Its probably only those two guys working on it...

If this is true, then I am not bitching at all, thats still one hell of a job for just 2 people. BTW think of all the money they will get if and when it sells/releases

[technoViking]

If this is true, then I am not bitching at all, thats still one hell of a job for just 2 people. BTW think of all the money they will get if and when it sells/releases


That depends on the company. If the company doesn't give the game progammers bonuses on how many they sell then they don't get jack. They just get the hourly/salary it took for 12 years to make the game.



I guess your right about the destructable world I was thinking more of if you shoot a box it breaks, if you shoot a window it breaks. But games like COD4 I guess its just bullet holes in the barrels.

[ratbuddy]

I guess your right about the destructable world I was thinking more of if you shoot a box it breaks, if you shoot a window it breaks. But games like COD4 I guess its just bullet holes in the barrels.

Or Crysis where there's a roof held up by 4 posts, you shoot out 3 of them and it stays standing :rolleyes:

[technoViking]

lol thats epic.

[John G]

Duke had that "scripted" sort of destruction going on... Like, fire an RPG at the front of the movie theater, and it blows up the whole front end and potentially kills the aliens there. So, the environment changed from Pre-Duke-was-here normalcy (other than the aliens lurking around) to a burned out shell that kinda made a player feel like they left their mark. I just remember playing through hitting all those explodable areas and shooting out windows and such in fire fights. The end result is, walk into a normal looking area, finish a big fire fight, and sometimes the area looked like it got fire-bombed or something and there's bodies laying all over. Which all played in with the name and cliche of the main character... :)

Modern games have focused more on dynamic desctruction...havoc engine and such. Putting in physics so that things can be interacted with and destroyed in non-scripted manners. Unfortunately, not with much success....most games still end up fairly lame in that respect. The Old-school was more just programming destruction into the level design...it is more shallow, but for plowing through a storyline, it's usually more fun and easier to accomplish.

[technoViking]

I'll still buy the game either way. Duke Nukem 3d, Shadow warrior, and Blood is what got me into FPS shooters. I think SHadow warrior was my first online FPS I played, it was epic.

[YellowDart]

Looks decent. I'll definitely pick up a copy when it comes out. Thanks for the post Oni. ;)

[ratbuddy]

I'll still buy the game either way. Duke Nukem 3d, Shadow warrior, and Blood is what got me into FPS shooters. I think SHadow warrior was my first online FPS I played, it was epic.

You no mess with Lo Wang!

[technoViking]

You no mess with Lo Wang!

hah YES!


I think we had a thread on the quotes and some screenies of shadow warrior, like the big breasted girl taking a dump.

[>HyperlogiK<]

If this is true, then I am not bitching at all, thats still one hell of a job for just 2 people. BTW think of all the money they will get if and when it sells/releases

It might be now (though I doubt it), but there were certainly more at one point because a bunch of devs quit some time in 2006.