[Kathy]

What time exactly game will be unlocked on GOG?

[Lunick]

Earlier then Steam most likely even though that isn't giving a time.

[Skulldog]

pre-load would be nice

[Player Lin]

Skulldog, on 29 July 2013 - 05:17 AM, said:

pre-load would be nice

Yeah, Because it looks like take long time to download the whole game... if we can pre-load the game it would be awesome(at least on Steam...)!

[Lunick]

I know Dave said he would look into a pre-load but wouldn't it have been ready by now if it was confirmed?

[DaveyDoomsday]

Lunick, on 29 July 2013 - 06:06 AM, said:

I know Dave said he would look into a pre-load but wouldn't it have been ready by now if it was confirmed?

Asked Valve about it. Waiting to hear back. My guess is probably not. Apparently it's a bigger pain in the ass than you'd think. WHAT ELSE IS NEW?!

[Kathy]

What about the time of release on GOG? Considering it is a european store it should be released on 31st europe time, right?

[Mr. Tibbs]

Such silliness!


DaveyDoomsday interview here: http://www.geekjuice...dave-oshry.html

[OpenMaw]

Woof woof motha f*cka.

[Mr. Tibbs]

Some new ROTT footage. Warning: this video is in German.

[NightFright]

Mr. Tibbs, on 30 July 2013 - 12:32 AM, said:

Some new ROTT footage. Warning: this video is in German.
[Video link]

Just in case some of you wondered: The guys had gore effects disabled for that video session to make it available for a younger (German) audience. It's normally a lot more brutal, of course.

In general, they say something about the game speed, which is quite high, more like Serious Sam, with rocket jumps and fast kills. Referring to the story of the game, they say it's intentionally ridiculous (they compare it to Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon). Weapon design is similar to the original title, WW2 style, and the levels feature some small puzzles sometimes. Also worth noticing are the secret areas, a detail which many shooters sadly ignore these days.

They have fun with the God mode at 2:30 which is rather unusual in modern games, as it is a cheat available as a regular ingame powerup. The guy who is playing is also mentioning the coop mode, but claims he is too bad for it since he is already getting owned by the "space nazis" in easy SP mode. xD This also means that gameplay in general is aiming for the difficulty level of classic FPS, i.e. it's quite hard without health regeneration. One sentence which I like especially: "This game is basically exactly what Duke Nukem Forever was supposed to be."

At the end of the video, they summarize that with ROTT HD, you get a full game for the price of a Call of Duty map pack, featuring full-on MP. "If you are looking for anything which is getting close to Quake in any way - it's probably not going to get any better than this." They are also showing respect for the dev team which consists of just 30 people who had worked on the title for about one year at their homes.

[X-Vector]

NightFright, on 30 July 2013 - 12:56 AM, said:

One sentence which I like especially: "This game is basically exactly what Duke Nukem Forever was supposed to be."

You have a specific preference for ignorance?

[Striker]

Better than saying what Duke Nukem Forever turned out to be.

[Micky C]

Yeah I'm looking forward to playing the game, but I'm holding off final judgement until I'm properly in the campaign.

I'm still pretty anxious about the checkpoint system. Just because the developers think it's a good idea to have checkpoints at certain points doesn't mean it won't be more fun/practical to have them more often or at other positions. Manual saving is still 10x better. And if they mess up something relatively straightforward like saving, then there might have been other areas where they compromise towards modern gameplay as well.

So the game might be cool, but let's not forget that Interceptor has never made a game before and are basically a glorified mod team at this point. Let's hope they patch in manual saves post-release.

[Mr. Tibbs]

Yeah, no manual saves is a really strange omission. I mean checkpoints can be useful, but why not offer a quick save system to players who would rather ignore it as well? It seems a little at odds with the emphasis placed on heritage when promoting the game. Considering it's $15, the rest of it looks pretty hot.

[fgsfds]

HUD looks too battlefieldish. It would be cool to have a big old school HUD with hero's portrait on it, don't you think?

[Striker]

I personally like the new HUD, it's simple, un-obstructive and to the point.

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Mr. Tibbs, on 30 July 2013 - 01:35 AM, said:

...but why not offer a quick save system ...

You arent't that good in reading, are you? They explained why there is no quicksave or manual save in this very thread. Technical reasons ...

[Steveeeie]

A massive congratulations to everyone involved in this, good luck for the launch tomorrow!

[Micky C]

fuegerstef, on 30 July 2013 - 03:41 AM, said:

You arent't that good in reading, are you? They explained why there is no quicksave or manual save in this very thread. Technical reasons ...

They tended to lean towards lack of time (and to a lesser extent lack of money).

Well time will no longer be an issue after the release and money probably won't be either. There's a good chance that lack of manual saves could be the single biggest problem with this game, so if they want it to last the distance and have a strong modding community, I don't see any reason why they shouldn't put in the extra effort and support proper saves.

[NightFright]

The secret in the German video was well hidden, btw... A door boarded up with a "NO SECRET" hint. I am sure other secrets are stashed away less obviously, but it's good for the lulz... xD

About the missing quicksave feature: Let's first wait if we will really miss it. Gotta admit that the concept doesn't fit the retro idea, but maybe the guys found it makes the game too easy after all. Even though it seems to be challenging enough.

And regarding the DNF comment: I hope no one blames me for wishing ROTT HD to be better than DNF. I still like it as a title you just play for fun, completing it maybe once or twice, but I really expected it to be more "old-school". While it's not yet the time to praise the new ROTT game already, we can still be grateful for people at least trying to get back to the roots somehow.

[Kathy]

NightFright, on 30 July 2013 - 05:03 AM, said:

And regarding the DNF comment: I hope no one blames me for wishing ROTT HD to be better than DNF. I still like it as a title you just play for fun, completing it maybe once or twice, but I really expected it to be more "old-school". While it's not yet the time to praise the new ROTT game already, we can still be grateful for people at least trying to get back to the roots somehow.

ROTT could be ways better, but in no way it is comparable to what DNF was supposed to be or Duke3d was. I wish people would stop comparing any "old school" and/or not serious shooter to Duke Nukem.

[ReaperMan]

What? But games like Isle of Dead, Corridor 7 and Chasm: the rift are exactly like Duke Nukem 3D.

[fgsfds]

Hell yes.

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[Engel220]

The pre-load is live, people, get on it!

[DavoX]

fgsfds, on 30 July 2013 - 07:57 AM, said:

Hell yes.

Would you lend me some of your MB's? I download at 50k per second....

[uraganotkirki]

http://i.imgur.com/Nn53Ze5.png

Yaay. I just came here to announce it and somebody's already beat me to it.
Can't wait! Totally in the mood for gibbing.

[Striker]

Why is it when I pre-load, it says the game is only 162mb?

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StrikerMan780, on 30 July 2013 - 10:34 AM, said:

Why is it when I pre-load, it says the game is only 162mb?

You only bought the paid DLC, not the main game. It is a texture pack for $13.95 that replaces the normal bricks with blueish ones.


TBH:
I would "delete the local content" and also go into your Steam folder and remove the remaining ROTT folder and try again to preload.

[Striker]

Ugh. Why must Steam be a pain in the dick at times like this?

Edit: Finally, there it goes.

Also, out of curiosity, is this going to be a midnight release?