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The King of All Downloadable Games Duke Nukem 3D XBLA Official Thread
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Still absolutely a fantastic game to play. All those great times of me playing this game are flooding back.
What I had forgotten was just how story driven the game was for the time. I mean, this is 1996 - the same year as Quake, and Quake practically has no story whatsoever - it's level to level. While Duke is simply "Aliens are here", everything goes from level to level seamlessly. You go from the elevator to starting in an elevator, you get captured and find yourself in the 'chair', find the end in the submarine, and you begin in the sub in the next level.
And it's so well thought out. You can change all the controls to your whim [I've found switching Y for "ducking" to Left Click works quite well], you can have the game show your metascore, the amount of hidden places you've found, and enemies to kill in a new HUD piece.
Good fucking work 3D Realms.
Now where's my Monster Bash XBLA port?
What I had forgotten was just how story driven the game was for the time. I mean, this is 1996 - the same year as Quake, and Quake practically has no story whatsoever - it's level to level. While Duke is simply "Aliens are here", everything goes from level to level seamlessly. You go from the elevator to starting in an elevator, you get captured and find yourself in the 'chair', find the end in the submarine, and you begin in the sub in the next level.
And it's so well thought out. You can change all the controls to your whim [I've found switching Y for "ducking" to Left Click works quite well], you can have the game show your metascore, the amount of hidden places you've found, and enemies to kill in a new HUD piece.
Good fucking work 3D Realms.
Now where's my Monster Bash XBLA port?
TekunoRobby
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Annihilator
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So hows the online play? I've been reading on a couple of forums its really laggy??
Good Lord this game is fun - my first Duke experience despite being a huge PC gamer back in the Wolfenstein, DOOM, Prince of Persia, Quake, Unreal Tournament, and GTA 2D days...
I lost myself in the two levels of the demo, and reliving those days with the tons of hidden rooms and level designs... the game still looks great, plays excellent especially since I could set my sensitivity to the max like any other game on the 360 of course, but on top of that, every single button was fully customizable to my liking - awesome.
And on top of that, it has replays (which is really well-done when you die BTW) plus I can download and play other people's replays, even in 3rd person?
And 8-player co-op?
Yeah, this is getting bought tomorrow - I need to pick up points first, the only thing keeping me back right now...
P.S.: How could I forget the Duke's lines every now and then? "Come get some!"
I lost myself in the two levels of the demo, and reliving those days with the tons of hidden rooms and level designs... the game still looks great, plays excellent especially since I could set my sensitivity to the max like any other game on the 360 of course, but on top of that, every single button was fully customizable to my liking - awesome.
And on top of that, it has replays (which is really well-done when you die BTW) plus I can download and play other people's replays, even in 3rd person?
And 8-player co-op?
Yeah, this is getting bought tomorrow - I need to pick up points first, the only thing keeping me back right now...
P.S.: How could I forget the Duke's lines every now and then? "Come get some!"
Annihilator
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Skilotonn said:
8 player co-op is awesome, but what we really need to find out is if it works. after getting burned on castle crashers (other games as well just the most recent and most disappointing). I'm not buying any more xbla games until I know the multiplayer works.
Kydd BlaZe
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Dl'd it this morning with little to no thought at all. Loving the hell out of it so far. Never played it back in the day.
Randy Lanzarote
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Enjoying it but.... is anyone else feeling a bit nauseous after playing for a while? I'm feeling similar to how Marathon Durandal made me feel (but not as bad...damn that game made me ill)
BravoSuperStar
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TekunoRobby said:
Same here bruvuh. Todays going to be extra long since im picking up Brothers in Arms and looking forward to d/ling duke nukem after work.
Duke Nukem 3d IGN XBLA Review
http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/912/912198p2.html
Final Score: 8.5, Editors Choice Award
http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/912/912198p2.html
Final Score: 8.5, Editors Choice Award
I haven't been able to try coop yet, but based on dukematch the netcode seems to be doing its job quite well. Movement is completely client-side predicted but everything else seems to not be (firing is always delayed based on your ping to the host). I think it's quite similar to many older PC games like Quake 3 and UT. Fully playable if you have a low ping, and slightly annoying if your ping is high but still playable.
Having Halo 3-style matchmaking and replays feels so weird considering how old this game is. Replays is probably my favourite addition to this version. The original had replays too, but it was a hassle to record and manage them.
Even cooler is that the leaderboards for each level has replays for the 10 best players. While watching those replays you can even start playing at any time!
Rewinding after dying in singleplayer feels a bit like cheating though. And I got a feeling it'll make playing for scores pointless as it's so much easier to get a perfect run in a level by just rewinding each time you do a mistake.
Matchmaking is neat and everything but... 2 levels? Is there really only levels in the free-for-all playlists? And one of those levels (stadium) is absolutely awful and is complete chaos (the level is basically just a big open box). The second level is the very first level in the game, and despite being designed for singleplayer it's rather fun in multiplayer. All those windows and secrets make for some cunning ambushes.
But why the heck didn't they just add a few dukematch levels to the game? The original shipped with an easy-to-use level editor and I'm sure they could have easily found or created a few awesome multiplayer levels to add to the game.
Having Halo 3-style matchmaking and replays feels so weird considering how old this game is. Replays is probably my favourite addition to this version. The original had replays too, but it was a hassle to record and manage them.
Even cooler is that the leaderboards for each level has replays for the 10 best players. While watching those replays you can even start playing at any time!
Rewinding after dying in singleplayer feels a bit like cheating though. And I got a feeling it'll make playing for scores pointless as it's so much easier to get a perfect run in a level by just rewinding each time you do a mistake.
Matchmaking is neat and everything but... 2 levels? Is there really only levels in the free-for-all playlists? And one of those levels (stadium) is absolutely awful and is complete chaos (the level is basically just a big open box). The second level is the very first level in the game, and despite being designed for singleplayer it's rather fun in multiplayer. All those windows and secrets make for some cunning ambushes.
But why the heck didn't they just add a few dukematch levels to the game? The original shipped with an easy-to-use level editor and I'm sure they could have easily found or created a few awesome multiplayer levels to add to the game.
Coin Return
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I haven't played Duke3D for about 10 years. Played through the first two levels, and it still feels fresh and fun to play. I was grinning ear-to-ear finding secrets that I'd thought I'd long forgotten about. Awesome game!
Joseph Merrick
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WHAT. WHAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTT
WHAT. WHAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTT
Absolutely worth 800 points, and this is without me even bothering with the mutiplayer yet. 3DRealms did a really great job of not half-assing this port. The timeline ability, and being able to jump anywhere and start playing therein is simple, but brilliant. A great addition, as is being able to map whatever you want to any damn button you want. I like that they retouched the intro graphics, even if I wish they would've done the same to the mission wrap-up screen. I increased the screen-size by one and turned off the annoying screen smoothing and sidebar business the moment I fired it up.
Oh, and the little glitch I remember on the second mission of the first episode is still there. After you blow up the building and am able to get to the sewer hole, throw a pipebomb in it and watch it fall....then fall again from the sky, and loop infinitely. You can keep throwing them and basically watch it rain pimpbombs. Just a funny limitation of the BUILD engine.
What can I say? It's Duke and it's still fun as hell.
Oh, and the little glitch I remember on the second mission of the first episode is still there. After you blow up the building and am able to get to the sewer hole, throw a pipebomb in it and watch it fall....then fall again from the sky, and loop infinitely. You can keep throwing them and basically watch it rain pimpbombs. Just a funny limitation of the BUILD engine.
What can I say? It's Duke and it's still fun as hell.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Everyone turn screen size to 10, turn off the sidebar art, motion blur off and smoothing on 0.
afternoon delight
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Getting it as I type this. Hail to the king, baby.
Lé Blade Runner
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This is the best value one can get for 800 MS points. Absolutely frickin' rocks. Just played a few hours of LIVE co-op with a fellow GAFfer, and it was entertaining as hell. So many nostalgic memories surface, too...
Illuminati
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I hosted a 8 player game with 8 players in it on the hardest setting and it was pure mayham, especially with respawning monsters. I did not hear anyone complain about lag or anything and almost all 8 players were playing for close to 20 minutes before someone quit.Annihilator said:
Ooh, the dukematch leaderboards has replays too, for the top 100 players even!
There's one guy on the leaderboard with something like 500 kills and 2 deaths. Watching his replay makes it pretty obvious what he was doing. There's one player standing still, and he's just killing that guy over and over
There's one guy on the leaderboard with something like 500 kills and 2 deaths. Watching his replay makes it pretty obvious what he was doing. There's one player standing still, and he's just killing that guy over and over
Dead Man Typing
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No split screen makes me sad, and has made me reconsider purchasing the game. I'll sleep on it tonight, and probably give in and buy it tomorrow.
There aren't any other major XBLA releases coming soon are there? (got 900 points in the wallet)
There aren't any other major XBLA releases coming soon are there? (got 900 points in the wallet)
Coin Return
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Some would consider Mega Man 9 coming next week pretty major.Dead Man Typing said:
sevenchaos
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Anyone down for some coop?
Joseph Merrick
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Seriously.. and what's up with the Norway lockout. I used a Sweden VPN to get it :lol Damn you Sveriges_Xenon_ said:
StefanTheMongol
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Well I just got done playing LA Meltdown (the first episode) co-op with a buddy. Duke came out when I was 15 and it brings back many memories. I still love the sound. The graphics are about what I remember. The free-look really magnifies how much this game wasn't made for vertical look. It took my me and my friend about an hour to complete the first episode. Although 25 minutes of it involved taking on the final boss (shoot, die, run back) of the first episode (which seems to have more hit points than I remember, we put about 30 RPG's and 10 pipe bombs up his ass!?!). A very good deal for $10. I look forward to completing it co-op over the course of this week. The multiplayer achievements sound like a bit of chore though.
Joseph Merrick
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what's your internet, buddy boy? I'm telenorSectus said:
(aka. it's by ip)
StefanTheMongol said:
wikipedia said:
That. Freelook doesn't really work in Duke3D, it was just short of shoved in there because the game was released around the same time as Quake and they need to at least fake 3D as much as possible. Part of me just wishes the game restricted vertical viewing just like Doom. That and ramps were implemented pretty last minute into BUILD around the time Duke3D was coming out.
twinturbo2
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God, the Saturn version didn't have the kick-and-shoot thing, it's so awesome.
Randy Lanzarote
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madmook said:
Same here, I didn't notice until after I bought it though.
I can play it for short periods, after a while I get headaches and a general feeling of "bleugh".