The first time I ever heard about Duke Nukem must have been around 1993 or something like that. It was when someone pointed out to me that I could download the gam from the Apogee BBS…
Duke Nukem is kinda like Rambo, but Duke Nukem has a way better sense of humour.
That first game of Duke Nukem was a so called “platform game”. Duke runs and jumps around all kind of platforms killing monsters and enemies. In the first games Duke Nukem has to stop Dr. Proton who wants to take over the world.
These games were already fun to play.
After some episodes as platform game, Duke Nukem 3D was launched.
First of all the biggest change was of course from a platform game to a 3D orientated game. Also the graphics were a lot better and where rather for that time.
In this game Duke really got is humour… and the ladies game around.
It was fun to play the game. I could always laugh about the macho behaviour of Duke.
And there was something complete something to the game… multiplay, which means that you could play with more persons together over a network of over the Internet. Many many hour I have done this…
They told all the time that they were working on a sequel on the Duke Nukem series. But time after time it was delayed and delayed again and many more times delayed…. until 14 years later, Duke Nukem Forever was delivered today to my house…
Over the years I have bought rather some computer-games, but I never before bought a collectors-edition. But because all the great and enjoyable hours in the past that I had with Duke Nukem I bought this time the collectors-edition: Duke Nukem Forever, Balls of Steel-edition.
Of course this collection-edition comes, apart of the game of course, with some nice goodies. And an unique numbered certificate…
The other items added to this collectors-edition are a statue of Duke, a book about the history, legacy & legend of Duke Nukem Forever (very nice!), a comic book, a sticker, a set to make a paper Duke, some greeting cards, a set of dices, a set of coins and a set of playing cards.
If I keep this set all together and in good condition it may be even worth something in a few years.
The game itself…
The graphics are maybe not of the latest techniques, but more then acceptable (here the reason why I prefer games on a PC with a good graphics cards, the graphics will be better then on a XBox or PS3… I know that not everyone will agree on this, but this is what I think and have experienced).
On the highest difficulty then game is challenging, on the lowest enjoyable. The normal monsters are easily to handle, the boss monsters can cause some problems (specially when you want to find out the special tricks to handle them).
The humour is still great. The macho remarks of Duke are hilarious. Maybe not always really women-friendly, but everyone understand that this is just all about fun.
There are some small puzzles throughout the game, but no real brain breakers.
I really like the multiplay option of Duke Nukem Forever. All well-known multi-players like Death Match, Team Match, Capture the Flag and King of The Hill are there. But all with a nice Duke-twist… Duke Match, Duke Team Match, Capture the Babe and Hail to the King.
Voice and such are all build in. When people host there own server lag can be a problem, but that is not something new as well.
What is very nice is it the “My Digs” part….
In “My Digs” you can walk through Duke’s Mansion. The higher your level gets in multi-player the more items will be unlocked in the mansion… Well, items? Items and babes with at times very naughty suggestions…
Yes, I like Duke Nukem Forever… It will fill many evenings throughout the week and weekend like this one when Marion is not here.
This belongs to the category “Toys for Boys”?
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This belongs in the category: Good old memories. Boys Toys and everthing that is politically incorrect.
Hey Rob, I so enjoy this game. The bos levels are really challenging.
And the humor is….. Welll. in dutch we say. Het is erg schuin en erg plat ;P
I say. Well spend money…… I will wait till Steam makes an offer for the PC so we can multiplay with this one to. (Becourse i am a man of principles and i refuse to pay for multiplayer for the XBOX live network 😀 )
I agree Patrick, well spend money!
There, another reason why I stick to the PC for games. These multi-player thingies should be free (MMORPG’s are complete different story).
And Marion, it is exactly what Patrick said it is :). Nothing more. nothing less :P. Lets this old lad has his fun when his lady is not around 🙂