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Adi Shankar is a hack and doesn't understand Duke Nukem or any of the IPs he adapts

I genuinely don't understand why Adi Shankar is even allowed the opportunity to purchase the rights to big name franchises and then shit all over them with his "vision" when it comes to adult animated adaptions?

Castlevania was fine but it completely lost the plot as it changed Isaac from a red headed ginger to a race swap that felt unnecessary to me as a long time fan, they ruined the idea of Dracula being the big bad for the franchise as he always is in the games due to him cursing the Belmonts to ressurect every 100 years to torment humanity and to challenge them all over. Among other changes that ruined it honestly...

DMC made innocent demonic families as a way to involve the idea of immigration, with the Hell fights as a metaphor for the War on Iraq which was so so stupid. They ruined specific fan favorite characters such as Dante, the origins of his weapons, the whole parental storyline from the games, they made Morrison race swapped which was completely so wrong.

Now with him saying this about Duke Nukem, it gives me such anger and annoyance of what he's doing to do to change the character and make him yet again another self insert which he loves to do with these Ips.

Remember when he was on an interview podcast and claimed he was upset that Capcom announced the fifth DMC game because he thought he was to be the savior bringing it back from the dead, and how he should've brought back Dino Crisis or Street Fighter as an anime instead which again Street Fighter is not a DEAD FRANCHISE.

I really dislike this man.

u/Undefeated-Smiles — 3 days ago
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I finally paid off the phone bill from 1996 xD

I’ve been obsessing over Duke Nukem 3D lately, not just because it’s a classic, but because of what we had to go through just to play it.

I was just looking through some old footage and it brought back the memory of the battles my cousin and I had back in the day. We were convinced that if we lied to our parents and called it a 'modem test,' we could get away with hours of 1v1 deathmatches. We spent half our time playing, and the other half sweating bullets that someone would pick up the landline and kill our connection.

It makes me realize how different (and honestly, a bit hollow) gaming feels now that everything is just one click away.

I put together a video talking about that era and why the 'struggle' of the 90s made the win feel like an actual victory. Would love to hear if anyone else has a better 'modem lie' story than mine haha

https://youtu.be/DEh1KPHmLBs

u/kjr84 — 1 day ago
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Duke Nukem Comeback

These are my own thoughts but if we want to see an actual comeback from Duke Nukem, we have a few ways this could happen if Randy isn't continuing to be an overwhelmingly nonsensical douche-canoe😂

Let the team behind Ion Fury make it. They seem to understand the humor, creativity, old school level of throwback required to create a character and keep it continuing in our modern age without it feeling older. Plus the used old Duke3D Build Engine to create this

Add Duke Nukem into Borderlands as a special guest dlc character who's been absorbed into that universe by Dr. Protons experimental machine that sucks in all of his weapons, enemies, and villains into the games universe. It could add some fun humor with Duke and the roster as they are fish out of water trying to figure out and understand this new world their in LOL

Let Croteam the developers behind Serious Sam do a new Duke Nukem. Their such a phenomenonal team that understands the theme of taking a story serioisly but with so many moments that don't that fits perfectly for Dukes character&personality traits

A horde of aliens, fun weapons and chaotic music would suit the 90s hero so much and would be loved by so many people.

Give the reigns over to Teyon[Terminator Resistance, Robocop Rogue City] since they have proved their own merits as a developer who can make awesome 80s/90s throwbacks that respect what came before with its original themes, and the esthetic style that would make them reignite their popularity once again in the modern age for people not known to the series

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u/Undefeated-Smiles — 2 days ago
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What’s the best way/version to play Duke 3D currently?

Always been a fan of the franchise but never completed the game. I have it on N64 but any time I made significant progress I always forgot my control pak so I never got to save lol and now want to revisit the game and play it for real. I have an Xbox Series X and Switch 2 as well as dozens of retro consoles, the N64 version is still a way I could play if it’s the way I should but I figure there’s gotta be a better one out there by this point.

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u/sludgezone — 3 days ago
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Does Anyone Know what is the name of the alien races in duke nukem 3d/forever?

I Know Peoples Called The Alien Races "Cycloids" (Possibly Fan Names?)

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u/Lower-Bison4494 — 4 days ago
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I'm James Mccloud and I'm here to kick Andross' ass.

Why does he look like if Duke Nukem was a fox.

u/TheRoyalRoseTrue — 8 days ago
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Old fan that likes voxels + dynamic lighting. Best source port?

Basically, I would like to play Duke 3D with Cheello's voxel pack on a source port with strong dynamic lighting. Suggestions?

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u/thekokoricky — 6 days ago
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Cheap(ish) idea to make Duke relevant again?

I had a thought idea with a couple friends recently on how to bring Duke back in a way that could be achievable, while also keeping game dev costs/ROI in mind and how to move forward from Duke Nukem Forever. Seeing as boomer-shooters have become very popular over the past decade and that Duke is the patron-saint of FPSes in the late 90s...

Title: Duke Nukem 4D

  • Partner with Nightdive Studios to remake Duke3D's Build Engine in Kex
  • Emphasize the 4D in the name to retcon Forever, but keeping the style of 3D
  • Create three new episodes (or a level-set matching the modern Dooms)
  • Keep the plot simple: Alien Invasion of Earth OR remake Duke Nukem 1's plot with Dr. Proton. Switch it up with new enemy sprite designs
  • Redo the weapon arsenal in the new episode/levels:
    • Pump-Action Shotgun (Hit-scanning shotgun)
    • Assault Rifle (Hit-scanning machine gun)
    • Rocket Launcher (Self-explanatory)
    • Flamethrower (Minigun with AOE and less distance)
    • Double-Barrel Shotgun (Hit-scanning shotgun with higher damage, but longer cooldown per shot)
    • Scoped Golden Deagle (Rail-gun with slightly less damage (except for headshots), but faster cooldown - basically Halo CE's magnum)
    • Pipe-bomb launcher (Grenade launcher - make functionally similar to the dynamite in Blood - have secondary fire be detonate-able)
    • Energy Weapon (BFG weapon - functionally similar to the namesake from TTO and LOTB - beam latches onto enemy and shreds them in seconds, but eats up ammo fast)
  • 16-player Dukematch with cross-play capability
  • Include Duke Nukem 3D's episodes + Atomic Edition + the Sunstorm Interactive expansions + the AWO episode from 2016

Thoughts?

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u/IEatPBJ4Dinner — 10 days ago
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Is there anything above the speaker?

Right there where I'm pointing the pistol. It looks like there is but this is the 1st level in the Episode I believe and the level does not have a jetpack. I vaguely remember being able to get up there without a jetpack once but maybe I'm tripping because I can't do it anymore.

u/JJ_Lomero — 12 days ago