![]() It’s highly effective and has an alluring look. Devastator: while it’s a fun weapon this is maybe one of the ones I used the least.I casts a ray that shrinks all the enemis that can be later mashed with your mighty foot. Shrinker: maybe one of the less used weapons in the game.Just drop the bomb, hide behind a wall and wait for the enemy to arrive: with the remorte control you can make this bomb explode when you want. Pipe Bomb: great wepon if you want to kill someone in the shadows or in stealth mode.But watch out! Use this with an enemy too close and you’ll be damaged too. This is probably the most powerful weapon, has a long range, it’s very precise and aims automatically to the target. Chaingun Cannon: a great load of lead! This weapon is really dangerous: you can an incredible amount of bullets all together, making most of the enemies absolutely harmless.However it’s very effective and the damage is not to be underestimate. Shotgun: a precise but slow weapon due to the charge time.It’s not so effective but the ammo is very high (200 bullets) so it can be useful when you’re out on ammo on the more powerful weapons Duke’s arsenal includes 9 different weapons and the old trusted kick in the ass: The main task is, of course, kill all enemies: most of them are what back then looked like board on steroids and evil versions of Alf, all armed to the teeth. This game is really excellent in conjugating this two aspects and it’s what made Duke one of the best games of its genre.Įverything in Duke oozes machismo: he takes drugs to improve his strenghts, wanders around the red light district, watches adult movies. ![]() The part of chewing bubble-gum it’s a metaphore of the casual wandering of Duke through the levels and the stupid think he (you) can do: take a mic and sing out of key, pay a stripper to show her boobs, kill an alien while he’s shitting, play pool with a shotgun (yes, you cannot imagine how many pool games I’ve played!). The whole gameplay of Duke can be resumed in one of his most famous quotes:Īnd this mainly for two reasons: first of all it’s an FPS so 99% of time you’ll be busty to crack enemies’ skulls in order to proceed with the game. However the best part of the plot, even though it’s not tecnically part of it, is the great range of cachphrases that Duke can pronounce. Aliens bastards invade planet Earth and all the world turn the eyes of Duke the last hero who can save them. The plot is rather straightforward if you consider the first two installments of the Duke saga. Though are not the graphics the main aspect mostly remembered of this game, they’re a delight for the eyes and somethingnot to be missed! ![]() The detail level in Duke was awesome for the time and it’s still impressive nowadays, even though through a retrogaming perspective: sprites, explosions, variety of setting (light, shadows, earth, moon…whatever!) make thi THE game of reference among the FPS and for sure one of the best games of all-time. The engine was very successful and it was used also for Shadow Warrior and Blood. There are some main improvements from the forerunner for example the possibility to have different ceiling/floor height and slopes, sloped wall design and in general a better rendering of the textures. It is also very cool to have a demo of the game while you browse on the main menu.ĭN3D uses a modified version of the Doom graphic engine, named Build engine, an upgraded engine but always a pseudo-3D one (in fact is classified as a 2.5D engine). The background music is also damn good and cheers you up what you need to kick alien asses. Absolutely a must in every gamer collection.Įverytime you see that nuclear symbol being bombed by what it looks like an RPG bullet, you know that you’re about to get fun. ![]() I remember when I fisrt played it and when a friend of mine borrowed me the Plutonium Pak: I spent the long winter months sitting on the chair in front of the PC playing over and over again. The great graphics, the desecrating behavior of Duke and the exceptional gameplay of DN3D have captured me from the first time. This is by far my favourite FPS of all time an I don’t think another game could ever undermine its position. Even if FPSs are not your kind of games, it’s most likely you’ve played Duke at least once and for sure this is one of the few games where the protagonist became more famous than the game itself becoming an icon. There’s no human being who doesn’t love Duke after playing it. ![]() Drop your hat for the Duke guys, here’s another game that well deserved its 10/10 ![]()
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