Rumor: Gearbox Reviving Duke Nukem Forever

[ferran275]

Originally Posted by The Cacodemon

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That image chain was SOOO funny, it slowly zooms in, closer and closer! until finally! GEORGE!!!! ROFL!!!

BTW we are now 2000 posts in

[JobivanHiob]

George riding the hype jet!

[fofo.rider]

[Reaper89]

Originally Posted by WarThrash

[Mr. Mackey voice]

How bout we learn to live with all types of games, realistic or not? Because the real point of games is not to 'take you out of reality' as you put it, but rather to have fun, mmkay? Now you can do that with a cinematic and immersive experience, or a wacky and fun experience...

Mmkay?

[/Mr. Mackey voice]

Originally Posted by Reaper89

Smartass

EDIT: That was your 666th post, DON'T POST EVER AGAIN.

Damn. You ruined the 666, haha.

Also, I get what you mean. I don't hate the "realistic" style. I can live with them. My gripe is that there's too many of them, and they're just boring to me. That's why I want another Duke fps.

I don't mean that a game being "realistic" immediately makes it boring. I just mean that generally the intention of making them "realistic" brings along design choices that just aren't fun.

[JobivanHiob]

The end is near!
MADNESS and PANIC incoming!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn9p3UARXy0

Duke Nukem Forever!

[RuskiSnajper.]

somebody call megadeth to make new duke song

[Reaper89]

Originally Posted by JobivanHiob

The end is near!
MADNESS and PANIC incoming!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn9p3UARXy0

Duke Nukem Forever!

HOLY SHIT!

Originally Posted by RuskiSnajper.

somebody call megadeth to make new duke song

This.

[ferran275]

Originally Posted by Reaper89

Damn. You ruined the 666, haha.

Also, I get what you mean. I don't hate the "realistic" style. I can live with them. My gripe is that there's too many of them, and they're just boring to me. That's why I want another Duke fps.

I don't mean that a game being "realistic" immediately makes it boring. I just mean that generally the intention of making them "realistic" brings along design choices that just aren't fun.

I agree. When I was younger, Rainbow Six was cool or whatever, but now, almost EVERY fps that comes out is like that, and the plots are SO BORING.

Terrorists trying to take over the world, your mission, oh wait, i'm sorry, your TEAMS mission, stop them!

make me wonder if maybe the military has their hand in this, trying to get younger people to join up in the Marines, wouldn't surprise me at all

[Reaper89]

Originally Posted by ferran275

I agree. When I was younger, Rainbow Six was cool or whatever, but now, almost EVERY fps that comes out is like that, and the plots are SO BORING.

Terrorists trying to take over the world, your mission, oh wait, i'm sorry, your TEAMS mission, stop them!

make me wonder if maybe the military has their hand in this, trying to get younger people to join up in the Marines, wouldn't surprise me at all

Usually the worst part of these games is just being able to hold 2 or 3 weapons at once. Hyperspace arsenal FTW.

[nebiatsu]

Originally Posted by WarThrash

[Mr. Mackey voice]

How bout we learn to live with all types of games, realistic or not? Because the real point of games is not to 'take you out of reality' as you put it, but rather to have fun, mmkay? Now you can do that with a cinematic and immersive experience, or a wacky and fun experience...

Mmkay?

[/Mr. Mackey voice]

Mkay, Mrs Choksondik.
:P

I dont knock anyone for liking their games realistic, I just prefer a game to be unrealistic.
If I wanted a realistic war game, I would join the army, not play a video game of it.
I like Duke/Serious Sam/Mirror's Edge/etc for the unrealistic stuff they bring. Stuff that I would NEVER be able to actually do (at least in this days and age).
I like (my character) being able to walk at a pace that would be actual running in real life, and be able to run at 2x that pace forever.
I like jet packs, and rocket launchers, and jumping off a 20 story building to a 16 story rooftop w/o getting hurt.
I like that kind of stuff.

I know I am in the minority.
Seems almost all FPS games nowadays are war shooters, or realistic-y shooters, where you can barely side-step your way out of a snails path. Or take damage jumping off of a sports car to the ground.
:P

[Oveneise]

Wowza, were at 114 views. I like the realistic tactical games (COD 4 MW), they are very fun when it comes to multiplayer. But the single player is lacking. I would love to see Duke come out and kick some ass.

[WarThrash]

Call of Duty, Medal of Honor....trust me, those games are not realistic in the slightest. They are realistic in setting and story--and to me it sounds that's what you are all complaining about--but in the gameplay department they are every bit as mindless as Duke 3D.

[ferran275]

http://kotaku.com/

WE'RE ON THE FRONT PAGE AGAIN!!!!


"Take-Two Interactive, which holds publishing rights to Duke Nukem Forever, has an investor call happening later today, where it may or may not shed a little more light on the situation. We'll know on Friday if rumors of Duke's revival are fact or fiction."

investor call eh?

[Reaper89]

Originally Posted by WarThrash

Call of Duty, Medal of Honor....trust me, those games are not realistic in the slightest. They are realistic in setting and story--and to me it sounds that's what you are all complaining about--but in the gameplay department they are every bit as mindless as Duke 3D.

Well, the gameplay includes the environments as well, right? There's no excuse if they suck.

Also like I said, the weapon limitations.

Also, the colors, or lack of them.

Also, the characters' speed

And most importantly, generic uncharismatic player characters.

Et cetera.

The more I talk about this, the more I wish for DNF to come out...

[nebiatsu]

And BigDownload adds to the hype-train:

http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/09/...at-pax-friday/

[Oveneise]

Originally Posted by ferran275

http://kotaku.com/

WE'RE ON THE FRONT PAGE AGAIN!!!!


"Take-Two Interactive, which holds publishing rights to Duke Nukem Forever, has an investor call happening later today, where it may or may not shed a little more light on the situation. We'll know on Friday if rumors of Duke's revival are fact or fiction."

investor call eh?

Thats cool. So Take Two may still be publishing?

[JobivanHiob]

OF COURSE it's a fact that they are the publisher! Old news!

[WarThrash]

Originally Posted by Reaper89

Well, the gameplay includes the environments as well, right? There's no excuse if they suck.

Also like I said, the weapon limitations.

Also, the colors, or lack of them.

Also, the characters' speed

And most importantly, generic uncharismatic player characters.

Et cetera.

As unrealistic as Call of Duty and MOH are, it would just be flat out stupid to have them running at 60 mph while holding 20 weapons. The game ignores alot of realistic elements, but it still has to retain some level of it to give off it's militaristic feel. And even the more realistic design choices are pushing it. In a real realistic shooter, even two weapons would be considered a load. You'd probably be walking around with only ONE gun and a puny little sidearm. You also couldn't carry the amount of ammo that you do in those games. The movement speed is even too fast. Hardly anyone can run as fast as you can on Call of Duty while wearing all that equipment in the middle of a desert.

And call me crazy, but I'd really like for Duke's movement speed in Duke Forever to be reduced. I honestly don't like running about 40 mph in modern games, even in unrealistic ones such as Doom and whatnot. It worked fine in old games of the 90's but now...with the attention to detail that games get, they should seriously slow down the pace.

[crunchy superman]

Originally Posted by nebiatsu

I dont knock anyone for liking their games realistic, I just prefer a game to be unrealistic.
If I wanted a realistic war game, I would join the army, not play a video game of it.
I like Duke/Serious Sam/Mirror's Edge/etc for the unrealistic stuff they bring. Stuff that I would NEVER be able to actually do (at least in this days and age).
I like (my character) being able to walk at a pace that would be actual running in real life, and be able to run at 2x that pace forever.
I like jet packs, and rocket launchers, and jumping off a 20 story building to a 16 story rooftop w/o getting hurt.
I like that kind of stuff.

I know I am in the minority.
Seems almost all FPS games nowadays are war shooters, or realistic-y shooters, where you can barely side-step your way out of a snails path. Or take damage jumping off of a sports car to the ground.
:P

Minority? Yes. Alone? No. I can't stand the direction gaming has gone in the last few years.

[Baboy]

[KaiserSoze]

Originally Posted by crunchy superman

Somebody should go wake up Drazula.

Haha!

[Reaper89]

Originally Posted by WarThrash

As unrealistic as Call of Duty and MOH are, it would just be flat out stupid to have them running at 60 mph while holding 20 weapons. The game ignores alot of realistic elements, but it still has to retain some level of it to give off it's militaristic feel. And even the more realistic design choices are pushing it. In a real realistic shooter, even two weapons would be considered a load. You'd probably be walking around with only ONE gun and a puny little sidearm. You also couldn't carry the amount of ammo that you do in those games. The movement speed is even too fast. Hardly anyone can run as fast as you can on Call of Duty while wearing all that equipment in the middle of a desert.

I agree with what you say. But I just mentioned some reasons why I don't like them, and why I think they're boring.

Originally Posted by WarThrash

And call me crazy, but I'd really like for Duke's movement speed in Duke Forever to be reduced. I honestly don't like running about 40 mph in modern games, even in unrealistic ones such as Doom and whatnot. It worked fine in old games of the 90's but now...with the attention to detail that games get, they should seriously slow down the pace.

I also kinda agree with this. But I wouldn't want Duke to be as slow as other fps protagonists. He should still be faster.

Again, these are just opinions. I simply like tons of weapons, lots of gore (I know these modern shooters have gore, but I like DN3D-with-DukePlus gore, or Postal 2-with-AWP gore), speed, monsters, jetpacks, et cetera. I'm sick of seeing marines/soldiers/whatever on game covers.

[DI-MeisterM]

I'm really curious what this weekend will be reveiled. But I don't think it will be DNF, maybe another Duke sidescroller or HD remake for the consoles, who knows.

Not enough hype for a big DNF annoucement imho.

[WarThrash]

Originally Posted by Reaper89

I also kinda agree with this. But I wouldn't want Duke to be as slow as other fps protagonists. He should still be faster.

Honestly, I think the speed from Quake 4 would be perfect for Duke. Not as blazing fast as in Duke 3D but still pretty fast paced.

[Sketch]

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/02/la...-half-of-2011/

Well LA Noire is delayed to next year, so I doubt it will be about that. Could be something Red Dead or GTA related.

[KaiserSoze]

The 2K Games panel is about Duke Nukem Forever. No question. Believe it.

[The Cacodemon]

Originally Posted by KaiserSoze

The 2K Games panel is about Duke Nukem Forever. No question. Believe it.

and how exactly do you know this?!? you are nothing more than a fan.. stop trying to act like a news source...

THIS is a news source..!!!

http://kotaku.com/5628837/will-duke-...to-play-at-pax

Take-Two Interactive, which holds publishing rights to Duke Nukem Forever, has an investor call happening later today, where it may or may not shed a little more light on the situation. We'll know on Friday if rumors of Duke's revival are fact or fiction.

[Oveneise]

Originally Posted by KaiserSoze

The 2K Games panel is about Duke Nukem Forever. No question. Believe it.

We'll just wait and see.
This will be a great weekend... I'm going to my bro's house to see his dog... and hopefully... shock and awe at pax!

[Sang]

Originally Posted by WarThrash

And call me crazy, but I'd really like for Duke's movement speed in Duke Forever to be reduced. I honestly don't like running about 40 mph in modern games, even in unrealistic ones such as Doom and whatnot. It worked fine in old games of the 90's but now...with the attention to detail that games get, they should seriously slow down the pace.

Very true, fast movement speeds, being able to jump 2 skyscrapers high... there's just no place for that anymore. Sorry to interrupt your dreams here kiddos but turning DNF into a Painkiller/Serious Sam-like game wouldn't be a good idea. It's not that those games were bad... It's just not the kind of gameplay I associate with Duke. Yeah, Duke Nukem 3D was unrealistic but that's just because it was made in the late 90's and that was how FPS's were back then, mostly.

Times are different now. As much as you guys hate realism.. I'm fairly sure that DNF is gonna borrow stuff from those "realistic" shooters. I predict the movement will feel almost exactly like the movement in most "realistic" shooters

[Destado1]

Originally Posted by Baboy

I KNEW IT!!!!!!

The Stig could have been none other, and Jezza was giving us clues to lead up to the reveal of The Stig as none other than Duke himself

[Reaper89]

Originally Posted by Sang

Very true, fast movement speeds, being able to jump 2 skyscrapers high... there's just no place for that anymore. Sorry to interrupt your dreams here kiddos but turning DNF into a Painkiller/Serious Sam-like game wouldn't be a good idea. It's not that those games were bad... It's just not the kind of gameplay I associate with Duke. Yeah, Duke Nukem 3D was unrealistic but that's just because it was made in the late 90's and that was how FPS's were back then, mostly.

Times are different now. As much as you guys hate realism.. I'm fairly sure that DNF is gonna borrow stuff from those "realistic" shooters. I predict the movement will feel almost exactly like the movement in most "realistic" shooters

At least they'll keep the weapons, monsters/aliens, and awesome main character.

[The Cacodemon]

it's a sign!

remember the crate image joe posted long ago? this one?



well, look at this..



It's cel shaded crates. Gearbox? Borderlands?

IT'S A SIGNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

[ZuljinRaynor]

Originally Posted by Hanu8

Yeah, I want to have fun when playing games, games should be all about entertainment, also newer shooters are too simple on objectives in Call of Duty for example you just move forward and kill enemies or move something, on classic first person shooters you were required to think and interact with the environment (Prey accomplished that), to conclude modern FPS lack of the interactivity that Duke Nukem 3D, Half-Life, Blood 2, SIN had.

Old FPS games were key hunters.

[Sang]

Originally Posted by Reaper89

At least they'll keep the weapons, monsters/aliens, and awesome main character.

Yeah.. that's about all they should keep (oh and of course the urban settings)

[alexgk]

So Gearbox has been working on DNF BEFORE they started with Borderlands

[RuskiSnajper.]

Originally Posted by KaiserSoze

The 2K Games panel is about Duke Nukem Forever. No question. Believe it.

See you at Q&A#1 in the main theater 11:30AM Friday...ask, I'll tell almost all!

This can indicate pretty much this the case , 1 hrs and 30 minutes of reveal , then John St Jon will answer for questions ... and the rest of the guys ...

[SpinX]

Originally Posted by Baboy

best ever on this forum!

[WarThrash]

Originally Posted by Sang

oh and of course the urban settings

Yeah, I could do without any more space levels. I loved the L.A. levels on DN3D the most

[MegaMustaine]

Originally Posted by ferran275

http://kotaku.com/

WE'RE ON THE FRONT PAGE AGAIN!!!!


"Take-Two Interactive, which holds publishing rights to Duke Nukem Forever, has an investor call happening later today, where it may or may not shed a little more light on the situation. We'll know on Friday if rumors of Duke's revival are fact or fiction."

investor call eh?

T2 reports their earnings today which would be the main reason for the call. They will probably detail the rest of the year with their investor which may or may not include something regarding DNF.

[dan2091]

Originally Posted by Sang

Yeah.. that's about all they should keep (oh and of course the urban settings)

I've always preferred urban settings in Duke games. While I didn't like it that much at first thought, the L. Apocalypse episode has grown on me a lot, lately .