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• gamedeal user

  Jan 25, 2022

  Very few people are going to see this, but I need to let it out. I got my first PC in 97 as a kid, it was a DOS machine with a bunch of (illegal) stuff preinstalled by friendly IT dudes. One day I stumbled upon a directory named DUKE3D/ and ran some random BAT file that came up first. It contained one level worth of a game, which I replayed for days until I mustered up the courage to call the IT dudes and ask if they knew how to finish the level. They said I should run dn3d.exe instead; the batch file was only loading some random custom map that had no exit. I played the real thing and it was amazing. But more importantly, my 11 year old brain learned that exploring different .EXEs was rewarding. I tried everything, and soon came across build.exe, the level editor made by Ken Silverman. (25 years later I still remember the name; he authored the Build engine used in multiple classic games, was very much part of the Carmack/Sweeney S-tier of 90-s game programmers, but apparently gave the middle finger to corporate life). Build.exe came with DN3D (Atomic Edition?) and let you design and run maps. It wasn't the most friendly piece of software (google "build.exe duke"), but I was as dedicated as 11-year-olds can be, so I printed out the 120-page-long manual and spent months making custom levels. My parents didn't get it. To make it worse, pressing ENTER to switch between 2D and 3D views in the editor made the screen go blank for a second, and my parents were totally convinced I was hiding porn every time they walked by. It wasn't easy. A couple years later I got my hands on Half-Life and progressed to Worldcraft, later renamed "Valve Hammer Editor" (since v3.4, I guess?). Then CS became a big thing and I spent ~4 years making CS and CS: Source maps. After a while I was doing textures, models, sounds, ran a dedicated website and collaborated with other folks building mods for Valve games. It was fun. Eventually I decided to study IT, dropped out a few years in, and co-founded a gaming studio that went on to make some commercially successful games. We won some awards, made some money, and opened some doors. It changed my life in every way. Among other things, I got to meet some of the OG CS level designers in person, as well as other prominent figures like Peter Molyneux (Civ was the other formative game for me). Since then, I've bought DN3D on every platform it launched because it was so crucial in launching my career. I know GB, RG and the rest probably aren't getting a penny out of this, but it makes me feel better. And I'm sure they're okay, anyway. Toss a coin to your level designer or toolkit coder. They might be changing some lives.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 12, 2016

  Well this is the laziest rerelease I've ever seen in my life. The Megaton Edition, which was removed because it provided 5x the content this does for less money, was superior in just about every way. It's hard to wrap my mind around how they actually made this edition WORSE when they already had the Megaton to work with. The remastered Duke voice is higher fidelity, but the voice acting itself is clearly phoned in and un inspired. They did no remastering with the original sounds and so the stark contrast with the voice is distracting and grating more than enjoyable. Ignoring the voice issue, I don't even know how, but the sound effects sound worse than in Megaton edition. It sounds like they ported from a Gameboy version. The strangest things have been removed. The intro menus look nicer than Megaton, but all in-game graphics and HUD are pixelated and ugly, they got rid of the reskin and pixel smoothing Megaton allowed you to turn on or off. You can't rename your save games, it's just "Slot 1". Why? Such a trivial change that would require you to actively change code to remove functionality. They added colored lighting, a feature present in every Build source port for the last, what, 5 years? 10? No updated textures, no 3D models, none of the other functionality offered for free by EDuke and others. Only new weapon added is a variant of the freezethrower that's been lurking as dead code in Duke 3D since day 1, which was never implemented because it didn't add an enjoyable experience to the gameplay. Only one new enemy I've encountered so far, a trooper with a flamethrower. All the expansion packs have been stripped out, presumably so they can sell it to you again as DLC. I'm not done with the campaign yet, but I will say the new levels are very well done so far and the new music is good. The rewind feature is a nice addition to complement traditional save game system. Overall though this release could have been so, so much more, and it turned into a petty cash grab. Think about it... 20th anniversary edition. Think how much that means, how much content and functionality they could have given us. Think of what countless fans have been releasing for free, purely out of love for the game, for over a decade. Think of what Bethesda did breathing new life into the Doom remake. Think of how Gearbox could have seized this opportunity to make amends for the travesty of Duke Nukem Forever. Instead, we get this trash. I don't think Gearbox cares about or respects their customers, and I don't think they love the Duke IP. Don't buy this. Don't support this kind of corporate greed and consumer gouging. I don't condone piracy, but I sure as hell won't be surprised when the new campaign files find their way on the torrent sites just to sidestep this abomination. At least wait for a 75% off sale to get this. I wish I'd paid $5 for it. $20? Get that crap outta here.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 27, 2019

  The remaster is nice, as is the new episode, but the fact that the Megaton Edition was taken down for this instead is just sleazy. While Megaton wasn't quite as optimized as this, and lacked the new episode, it was bundled with ALL the expansion packs--Life's a Beach, Nuclear Winter, Duke it Out in DC, and Duke Assault. Not only this, but the Megaton edition went for a full ten dollars less than this "new" edition. This edition essentially cuts half the content of the Megaton edition and jacked the price up X2. To add insult to injury, Gearbox went out of their way to actually have it so that the Megaton edition was removed from Steam and other digital distributors. Really appalling, as far as I'm concerned. If you must get this edition, then do NOT pay full price. Do not pay more than five dollars for it. Wait for a sale.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 10, 2018

  [table] [tr] [th]Duke Nukem 3D [/th] [th]Megaton Edition[/th] [th]20th Anniversary World Tour[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]Content[/td] [td]Episodes: L.A. Meltdown, Lunar Apocalypse, Shrapnel City, The Birth. Expansion packs: Duke it out in DC, Duke Nuclear Winter and Duke Caribbean Life's a Beach. [/td] [td]Episodes: L.A. Meltdown, Lunar Apocalypse, Shrapnel City, The Birth and brand new episode - Alien World Order.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Mutliplayer[/td] [td]Deathmatch and co-op. They are very fun on their own right, especially coop because its such a rare feature for old school first person shooter. Sadly multiplayer works on the worst P2P system I had seen in the past 25 years of my gaming life. Connection quality is highly unstable, funny enough zero lags but random disconnections happen every few minutes for no reason. If lucky enough, you are able to finish few levels with your friend in co-op before next disconnection occur.[/td] [td][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Graphics and sound[/td] [td]Slightly better and less blurry than original Duke Nukem 3D.[/td] [td]Slightly better and less blurry than original Duke Nukem 3D, but with few extra improvements on engine, lighting and textures. Additionally you can select "true 3D render" for few items and pick ups. Also you can select higher quality of sound effects and voice lines in options.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]UI and overall polish[/td] [td]Classic Duke Nukem 3D user interface. Main game allows you to play 4 episodes and each expansion pack have separate launcher.[/td] [td]Menu and user interface is way more improved and clean. One launcher for all 5 episodes. The game contains few extra quality of life improvements in options such as change size of hud and extra keybinds.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Steam Workshop support[/td] [td]Both Megaton Edition and 20th Anniversary World Tour have Steam Workshop support for community made maps. [/td] [td] (Of course they don't share workshop items unless original creator did move it from one game to another.)[/td] [/tr] [/table] Conclusion: Both of those contains unique content and equal amount of good old Duke Nukem fun. Also both of them are worth of playing and are available on Steam but unfortunately you can only buy 20th Anniversary World Tour in legit way. Just remember that if you want to play Megaton Edition there are always possible key resellers on the internet and ......... other ways to play it, if you know what I mean (yarr harr harr).
• gamedeal user

  Jun 3, 2022

  i have this version and the megaton edition. i love duke 3D. have since i was a kid. but the remaster isnt anything to care about. or tune up of old graphics or whatever you wanna call it. theyre robbing you of so much content by having removed the megaton version. the new episode isnt anything compared to duke it out in DC or duke nuclear winter or dukes carribean vacation. they took down the megaton edition so youd buy this one not that one. i love duke 3D so i wouldve happily bought the megaton edition and this one as well. but for people wondering, the version out now is robbing you of what is out there. and no those 3 expansions werent made by the original team, but they were licensed expansions and its really sad that they would take that away. cuz i am not sure, but i dont think the GOG version has those either.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 27, 2016

  well, i honestly can't recommend this version of Duke 3D. First of all Duke Nukem 3D is a fantastic game, but if you already own the superior Megaton Edition (Warning: This review will compare the World Tour Version to the Megaton Edition an AWFUL LOT), then you have no reason to buy this, unless if you are a Duke 3D fanatic. Here is the main issue, Gearbox removed the Megaton Edition from sale off Steam and GOG (WHY?!?!?!?!) and decided to re-release their own "version" so to speak. But this new version is missing the extra expansion packs Duke it Out in DC, Duke Nuclear Winter and Duke Caribbean, previously present in the Megaton Edition, also they are charging 20 bucks, compared to Megaton's 10 bucks. They do include a new episode, which is great, and remastered voice lines by Duke's original voice actor Jon St Jon. But for some unknown reason, the sound effects sound compressed, while Duke's Voice sounds High Quality, it sounds really strange since the voice lines sound Crystal Clear but the Sound Effects sound muffled. And the game has no FOV slider, and you can't deactivate auto aim. If you never played Duke Nukem 3D, i would wait for a sale, or search the internet for a copy of Atomic Edition, and run it using the EDuke32 port. However removing a much superior product, and replacing it with a much expensive inferior one is a blatant cash grab, shame on you Gearbox.
• gamedeal user

  May 11, 2022

  relist megaton edition you bunch of fucking cowards
• gamedeal user

  Dec 27, 2021

  Give us megaton edition back you greasy bastard
• gamedeal user

  Jun 14, 2020

  good game but i had to give randy pitchford money
• gamedeal user

  Jun 26, 2022

  randy is a greasy bastard