[HulkNukem]

Bombshell was pretty alright, a huge step forward from Rise of the Triad and some of the cutscene animations were pretty well done, especially considering what the first reveal trailer looked like.

[necroslut]

HulkNukem, on 02 September 2016 - 12:20 PM, said:

Bombshell was pretty alright, a huge step forward from Rise of the Triad and some of the cutscene animations were pretty well done, especially considering what the first reveal trailer looked like.

Just a shame they didn't seem to have as good a grasp as top-down shooter as FPS. Looking forward to their next game though, hopefully in a genre they know better (FPS )

[HulkNukem]

So I saw this on a gaming website:


I had read the first few words as "Nukem returns" and then saw a glimpse of the trailer below it and for a second I thought it was an announcement of a new AAA Duke game and not just World Tour.
After having to take a second to read the rest, I realized it was for Call of Duty

[December Man]

DI-MeisterM, on 02 September 2016 - 11:16 AM, said:

A few days ago I thought I wouldn't be excited. But now I am. Trying to keep the expectations as low as possible, though...

Same here...

[Mr. Tibbs]

Less than two hours to the reveal. I wonder if there will be something else to complement the Duke 3D re-release?

Funny to think that DNF was unveiled 6 years ago at PAX!

[PsychoGoatee]

Always bet on Duke, I'm pumped! Maybe there'll be a message from the king himself in a video, plus since Jon St. John is there would be fun to hear him talk about Duke too.

[brullov]

What if Gearbox are working on Duke Begins?

[Mike Norvak]

Vazovski, on 02 September 2016 - 01:11 PM, said:

What if Gearbox are working on Duke Begins?

I understand a prequel to an already stablished franchise but with a game from 20 years ago, some spins offs and an irrelevant title from 5 years ago a reboot would be the smartest move Gearbox could do commercially speaking. I don't want to start daydreaming but if they attach to a good 90's retrofurism/cyberpunk art direction and a good gameplay the story would be what people would care less about.

[necroslut]

Vazovski, on 02 September 2016 - 01:11 PM, said:

What if Gearbox are working on Duke Begins?

Duke Begins was always a terrible idea. Nobody played Duke for the story, prequels always suck and Duke's character was never about his background. God, I hope that's not what they're doing.

Mike Norvak, on 02 September 2016 - 01:22 PM, said:

I understand a prequel to an already stablished franchise but with a game from 20 years ago, some spins offs and an irrelevant title from 5 years ago a reboot would be the smartest move Gearbox could do commercially speaking. I don't want to start daydreaming but if they attach to a good 90's retrofurism/cyberpunk art direction and a good gameplay the story would be what people would care less about.

Well, I've always said Duke doesn't need to be rebooted. At least not any more than any of the previous games have been. I agree about the "90's retrofurism/cyberpunk" bit though, that's one thing from the previous games and trailers I really missed in DNF. I remember playing Hard Reset for the first time and just thinking "This is how I expected a Duke 3D follow-up to look".

[xMobilemux]

I still stand by what I said about the Demolition Man plot being perfect for a modern Duke game, there is endless possibilities for Duke to make fun of the current gaming industry, other gaming franchises out there, the movie industry and even Duke himself if they went with that story, not to mention it'll suit the Duke identity perfectly.

The movie has gotten way better as it's aged so it'll be perfect for Duke.

[Mr. Tibbs]

Gearbox's PAX panel will be streamed here: https://www.twitch.tv/gearboxsoftware

[Mike Norvak]

Now that I think about it, Duke Begins could be totally a reboot, anyway let's stop the hype, it's just an hour left.

Better let's think what is the worst that could happen...

World Tour is a new expansion pack with a new episode, the new episode is called Tits for the world, is mediocre in design, it has only 5 levels, new music is good (it will include the scrapped music like the original version of plasma as well as remixes and new themes by Lee Jackson him self) it will have one new enemy that will suck, and a new boss that would be kind of cool, the new engine will run like polymer speaking about fps since there isn't many large areas in the original game nor in the new episode, there will be bump map versions of the old textures everything in 8bit, it will have a nice next gen light layout, the new textures won't really fit the game, it won't have a map editor (sorry mappers) and controls will suck. There won't be a new duke game...

[Doom64hunter]

We haven't discussed the really important question yet though:

Will the Duke announcement be able to top this glorious 2008 trailer?

[Mike Norvak]

Continuing my last post...

The 3 original expansion packs will be DLC...

[HulkNukem]

Doom64hunter, on 02 September 2016 - 02:08 PM, said:

We haven't discussed the really important question yet though:

Will the Duke announcement be able to top this glorious 2008 trailer?

That was over 8 years ago already? Christ the 00's seem so long ago

[PsychoGoatee]

Mike Norvak, on 02 September 2016 - 02:16 PM, said:

Continuing my last post...

The 3 original expansion packs will be DLC...

I know my idea is to keep it positive, but I don't think those expansions are very good. Life's a Beach has some fun stuff, first level or two a bit here and there, the other ones I find pretty dull. I'd rather they put some great fan-made episodes right in the main menu, if doing that. Just because it's interesting that seems some casual fans will try those because they're there, but haven't downloaded any maps. Imagine if say ADG episode, Roch, and Duke Hard were on there instead? I dunno, just a random thought.

I agree those addons should be free for people who want them though.

[HulkNukem]

PsychoGoatee, on 02 September 2016 - 02:25 PM, said:

I know my idea is to keep it positive, but I don't think those expansions are very good. Life's a Beach has some fun stuff, first level or two a bit here and there, the other ones I find pretty dull. I'd rather they put some great fan-made episodes right in the main menu, if doing that. Just because it's interesting that seems some casual fans will try those because they're there, but haven't downloaded any maps. Imagine if say ADG episode, Roch, and Duke Hard were on there instead? I dunno, just a random thought.

Or DNF 2013

[PsychoGoatee]

HulkNukem, on 02 September 2016 - 02:26 PM, said:

Or DNF 2013

Let's just put NightFright's whole add-on compilation in there too actually. Is this doable?

[brullov]

20 minutes left! Gonna play Duke Nukem 3D right now to warm up!!

[Richard Shead]

Doom64hunter, on 02 September 2016 - 02:08 PM, said:

We haven't discussed the really important question yet though:

Will the Duke announcement be able to top this glorious 2008 trailer?

I doubt anything could.

[Steve 64]

If anyone is on twich right now Say Hi Duke4.net cause Im recording the screen

[FrozenParticle]

Almost here!

[Shaq Fu]

Oh god 1 minute left

[xMobilemux]

60 seconds!!!!

[Paul B]

Time to flood the payment gateway !!! =)

Well website returned a 501 error: Method Not Implemented to /index.html not supported.

[xMobilemux]

WTF! Countdown ended and I got a website crash!

[Mr. Tibbs]

Page won't load for me but the PAX stream is live.

[Kathy]

It has began!

[DI-MeisterM]

Yup DukeNukem.com doesn't work and Randy the liar is talking on twitch...

[Sledgehammer]

Okay, the site is dead. Let's go home.