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[janekk]

That's assuming it's not a 10 year long hoax. =p

Oh yeah, just like with SK Rougelike. Though much more elaborate. That would be biggest troll in history.

[Soulwynd]

I just watched the alleged demo. At the end it states it was made with maya. Not sure how people simply missed the credits at the end that even included the site and email of the guy who did it.

[Tilla]

I just watched the alleged demo. At the end it states it was made with maya. Not sure how people simply missed the credits at the end that even included the site and email of the guy who did it.

That is not the alleged demo. I was just watching the ustream, where PAX attendees were being walked out to play the game on PCs (although with 360 pads, as it's easier to setup and saves space)

[Soulwynd]

Oooh. I need to go find that one then.


And if it's going to use game pads, it sucks by default.

[Tilla]

Oooh. I need to go find that one then.


And if it's going to use game pads, it sucks by default.

It's mostly a convenience for PAX showfloor. But most games are playable with gamepads anymore, sadly.

[Soulwynd]

Yeah. It was just console-hate-mode active.

To be honest, for a duke nuken game, console-esque controls wouldn't make much of a difference. It's not like duke has ever been a complex game with lots of keys to press.

[Sowelu]

What games AREN'T playable with gamepads, besides like...sims (of the flight/mech or the city variety)?

Well, strategy games I guess...hm.

Okay, how many FPSes aren't playable with gamepads?  Hint:  If you're a FPSRPG and you don't allow me to use the arrow keys to navigate your menus, then you suck.  If you can use arrow keys, you can certainly use a gamepad.

[EuchreJack]

We haven't seen this game yet so I'll save my judgement for it instead of saying 'it's gonna suck'. It can never live up to 30 years of development time but it could be fun on it's own

Twenty years dude.  Duke Nukem didn't come out in 1980.  But yeah, still a long-ass time.
Ok, the first game came out in 1991, the 3D game came out in 1996.  It was almost 15 years, so the original figure was 50% exaggerated.

[nenjin]

Why do I get the feeling that if DNF releases, regardless of how bad it might be, it's going to catapult the IP to levels of popularity it never really deserved, just for having survived against all odds? It's a game based on Aliens, tits and saying guy stuff.

I always remember DN as what a game IP would be like if written by teenagers. Something kind of sticks in my craw when I think about that and the millions of dollars of development that was spent on it. I think Yahtzee put it best. (paraphrasing) "How many decent games never even get a chance because all publishers care about is wasting titanic amounts of money on stupid IPs that should been let die their natural death a long time ago."

[Shadowlord]

To be honest, for a duke nuken game, console-esque controls wouldn't make much of a difference. It's not like duke has ever been a complex game with lots of keys to press.

Jetpack! Drop holoduke! Use medkit! MIGHTY FOOT! Strafeswitchweaponsjumpcrouchuseobjectswitchitemsuseitem
I left out the other special items.

[Bandages]

This game.

The first game I ever watched my dad play as a wee pup was Duke Nukem.

This has. The entirety of why I became a nerd. The legacy. Within it.

If it's bad, my life is a lie.

[Soulwynd]

Nono Sowelu, my thing with gamepads is not with being gamepad playable, it's when a PC game is forced to fit into a gamepad sort of control. eg. Limited keys, 4 powers at a time, Crazy shit menu keys that you cannot change (read games for windows live), radial menus, aim-help, and so on.

You know, the things pc games inherited from consoles when people started making multiplatform ports.

I'm all in for better and easier controls (SystemShock is a great example of something that would be better to play with more modern controls schemes) but not for limited controls.

[Luke_Prowler]

Even if the game play won't be that original, what make Duke Nukem likable is that it doesn't take itself serious.

[Soulwynd]

The thing with DN3D was that it was fun and challenging. It was basically doom without any seriousness and with half-naked chicks.

I'm not sure I would have the patience to play it nowadays, however.

[Ioric Kittencuddler]

The thing with DN3D was that it was fun and challenging. It was basically doom without any seriousness and with half-naked chicks.

I'm not sure I would have the patience to play it nowadays, however.

And much more interesting, realistic levels, and hugely improved freedom of movement, and some actual semblance of a plot, and much more interesting and unusual weapons and...