thelegend4ever, on 10 August 2011 - 06:59 PM, said:
Although I don't think DNF is as bad as people claim, I personally think Duke's personality was best represented in Zero Hour...followed by 3D. Zero Hour had such a dark atmosphere, that up to that point, was never explored in the older games. He still kept the smartass attitude, and even interacted with other characters (JAck the Ripper and General Custard), but kept them both to a minimum while still being Duke. Although the game had it's share of sexual innuendo like signs that'd say "More meat than your mouth can take!", and Duke even witnessing a rape (Nintendo must've really opened up by that point), they all took a backseat to the overall core action of the game...which I loved. To me, DNF tried too hard at this, but the action overall was good. It just didn't feel as flawless like it did in ZH or 3D. I personally didn't mind the strip club stage, but The Hive is an completely different story. It felt awkward, and it felt off. The part that really disturbed me, besides the women getting pregnated by aliens, was the part where the Wholesome twins were dying and Duke acted like he didn't give a fuck. For once, I thought Duke was a heartless douchebag. The old Duke Nukem would NOT'VE acted that way. I'm not saying he would've cried, but he definitely would've showed concern and would've made it a goal to avenge what happened to them (case in point, ZH after he witnesses Jack the Ripper raping and killing that woman). In DNF, he was just like "Well, that sucks, movin on". I blame the writers...which is crazy considering that the writers ARE WOMEN. Overall, I like DNF, but the best version of Duke's personality is def in those games I've mentioned earlier.
Actually the Hive part was the best. Duke is a TRUE badass. Nothing could be done for the twins , so he moves on WHILE telling the alien queen that she's going to get it for that:). Did you miss that? That's really Duke , in 3D you didn't save ANY of the babes either, missed that too i guess? He just made everything right again, but the damage was done and he was not crying nor whining like a bitch. He was dealing bullets.
And i fucking loved having to kill those women crying for their dads in the Hive. Fucking genius. It was all America could NEVER get. If you kill a bad guy in SOF 2 and go for a surgery on his brain its all right. If you do the same in DNF with some ALIEN INFESTED ( keywords ALIEN INFESTED) women all hell breaks loose. People get disturbed (really?), uncomfortable...does it ring a bell?? That's what 3DR always aimed for with their games , be it through racial insults ( which i loved ) in SW or tits and guts in DN3D (stripper died in a pool of blood and cash, how fucking genius and sexist is that? Loved it back then, love it now).
By now you should have somehow realized that i LOVE DNF and i really hope we get some kind of SP DLC that maanges to disturbe people even more. That's all i ask from a Duke game. And that s why i ll never accept ZH MP LOTB and that other shit as Duke games. They were not daring, over the top. SW was a LOT more Duke than all of them combined.
My useless 2cents. And damn, you make me feel like storming the Hive again later tonight.