[The Albino Ape]

Here is a comparison from DN3D & DNF.


Zavage300 from GBX Forum put the last pic together.

[Mr.Deviance]

Great man, I was just about to make some looping gifs where only hollywood holocaust can be seen.
The first thing that struck me in the video was the fact that it totally looks like a fucking carbon copy of the old one lol...
They even used some textures that look identical to the original ones, just higher res!
In all respects, I believe this map represents 3drealms's answer to duke4.net's hrp!
This is an official HRP made by 3drealms themselves!

[randir14]

I wonder if the entire level is there or just the street.

[Mr.Deviance]

randir14, on 09 May 2011 - 07:40 PM, said:

I wonder if the entire level is there or just the street.

That would be extremely retarded to have just the street!
The map would be too god damn small if they kept just the street lol...

[randir14]

Seems that the level is a paintball arena, these were posted on the Gearbox forum:

http://imageshack.us...3/32431355.jpg/
http://img713.images...259/walldnf.png
http://img832.images.../skylinednf.png
http://img812.images...allpaintdnf.png

[The Albino Ape]

Eh, Randir beat me to it.

[Mr.Deviance]

Here's my batch of screenshots, hope you like them.

[ferran275]

I don't get why it's a paintball arena. I mean I see that it is, but... why? couldn't it just be the street from D3D? why paintball gearbox WHY

[Mr.Deviance]

ferran275, on 09 May 2011 - 09:13 PM, said:

I don't get why it's a paintball arena. I mean I see that it is, but... why? couldn't it just be the street from D3D? why paintball gearbox WHY

Why not? It's not like they made the map a paintball arena instead of what it was.
If you look closely, you will see it's the exact real life area that it was before just that in the mean time since duke was there, it seems some street punks might have turned it into a ghetto where they also played paintball too...
The old walls are stained with paint from paintball wars, that's all.

[ferran275]

Mr.Deviance, on 09 May 2011 - 09:16 PM, said:

Why not? It's not like they made the map a paintball arena instead of what it was.
If you look closely, you will see it's the exact real life area that it was before just that in the mean time since duke was there, it seems some street punks might have turned it into a ghetto where they also played paintball too...
The old walls are stained with paint from paintball wars, that's all.

There's also a paintball sign like a "masks to be worn at all times" type sign in one of the first few images uploaded.

[MusicallyInspired]

Paintball arena. That's pretty cool. I like it.

[Fox Mulder]

randir14, on 09 May 2011 - 07:40 PM, said:

I wonder if the entire level is there or just the street.

I wonder if you can still find Duke's apartment in Hollywood Holocaust. I found about it last night and couldn't believe I did it 15 years later.

[ferran275]

Fox Mulder, on 09 May 2011 - 09:45 PM, said:

I wonder if you can still find Duke's apartment in Hollywood Holocaust. I found about it last night and couldn't believe I did it 15 years later.

Duke's... Apartment....?

[The Commander]

I believe he is talking about the secret room behind the window beside the CINEMA sign.
I thought that this was just a random room and not Duke's apartment.
Unless I am missing something, as I don't see anything that references this room to Dukes.

[Mr.Deviance]

The Commander, on 09 May 2011 - 09:58 PM, said:

I believe he is talking about the secret room behind the window beside the CINEMA sign.
I thought that this was just a random room and not Duke's apartment. (Unless I am missing something)

Yeah, how can that be Duke's apartment, when he just crashed in that area with his ship? He is obviously not from there.

[Fox Mulder]

Secret #8

http://www.3drealms....rough/e1m1.html

[Mr.Deviance]

Fox Mulder, on 09 May 2011 - 10:34 PM, said:

Secret #8

http://www.3drealms....rough/e1m1.html

You know, to think that's Duke's apartment makes me ask myself what the fuck were they thinking.
That place looks 1000 times smaller and poorer than my apartment and I don't even live in a villa...
Obiously Duke used to be a poor bastard judging by that apartment...

[Fox Mulder]

ferran275, on 09 May 2011 - 09:13 PM, said:

I don't get why it's a paintball arena. I mean I see that it is, but... why? couldn't it just be the street from D3D? why paintball gearbox WHY

http://www.3drealms....p?g2_itemId=647

[Sebastian]

That was a cool video. Hope there's more multiplayer maps than those three (?) that were shown. I'm still disappointed that only Duke appears as a playable character and not some of the aliens (or EDF soldiers and babes). I guess they wanted to save time on animating and modelling all new assets specifically for multiplayer so at least we have customization for Duke.

But still. Looks enjoyable enough!

[Fox Mulder]

Full length interview from Gamespot with Randy (27 minutes)

Laura Parker sits down with Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford for a detailed conversation about managing expectations, the reasons behind the latest delay, his response to the Fox News controversy and much, much more.

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/dukenukemforever/video/6312950

[Mr.Deviance]

Fox Mulder, on 09 May 2011 - 10:40 PM, said:

http://www.3drealms....p?g2_itemId=647

I think this pic alone is self-explanatory of why there is paintball in the map.

[Fox Mulder]

Mr.Deviance, on 09 May 2011 - 10:46 PM, said:

I think this pic alone is self-explanatory of why there is paintball in the map.

Yep, that was my point exactly. Seems like they were paintball junkies back at 3D Realms.

[Mr.Deviance]

Fox Mulder, on 09 May 2011 - 10:48 PM, said:

Yep, that was my point exactly. Seems like they were paintball junkies back at 3D Realms.

I bet they always wanted to make some paintball matches in that map if it really existed.
Obviously they like that area very much and it's why they kept it so classic and unchanged at it's core.
When I used to obsessively play the crossfire map on hl1dm, I would also day dream with some of my mates, about how cool it would be if somebody actually built the crossfire map in real life and we would get to do some paintball matches there in real life!
So I know exactly how much these guys loved those maps and I can tell that Geroge Broussard loved it as much too.
I am not sure if I actually heard this for real or it's just my imagination, but I think during the production stages they actually had paintball guns in the game and they were playing some paintball death matches inside the game itself.

[Fox Mulder]

Mr.Deviance, on 09 May 2011 - 10:54 PM, said:

I am not sure if I actually heard this for real or it's just my imagination, but I think during the production stages they actually had paintball guns in the game and they were playing some paintball death matches inside the game itself.

I don't know about that, but I'm sure they hated this.

[Night Wolf]

If you look closely at the walls in thoes pictures you will notice that they are all plywood with the classic textures painted on,
not concrete or so it would seem, would explain why the windows are not reflective, it's like the whole area is fake

[Mr.Deviance]

ozz, on 09 May 2011 - 11:52 PM, said:

If you look closely at the walls in thoes pictures you will notice that they are all plywood with the classic textures painted on,
not concrete or so it would seem, would explain why the windows are not reflective, it's like the whole area is fake

Yeah I mean, how would it be like the enter the game and find only bad looking graphics and once you shoot your weapon at them, yous tart finding crysis graphics hidden behind a painted plywood mask...

[Micky C]

Sebastian, on 09 May 2011 - 10:42 PM, said:

That was a cool video. Hope there's more multiplayer maps than those three (?) that were shown. I'm still disappointed that only Duke appears as a playable character and not some of the aliens (or EDF soldiers and babes). I guess they wanted to save time on animating and modelling all new assets specifically for multiplayer so at least we have customization for Duke.

But still. Looks enjoyable enough!

Perhaps something for DLC? IMO a lot of the content that didn't make it into the final game (and there's probably a lot of it) will be polished up and released as DLC.

[Green]

Duke Nukem Forever Updated Hands-On Preview - Multiplayer and Weapons

[Mr.Deviance]

Green, on 10 May 2011 - 12:53 AM, said:

Duke Nukem Forever Updated Hands-On Preview - Multiplayer and Weapons

Is it just me or do the graphic details keep increasing with each batch of screenshots they show?
Duke and his jetpack look absolutely eye candy!

[Sinisterambo]

This is from March