評論

• gamedeal user

  Dec 27, 2021

  Give us megaton edition back you greasy bastard
• 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

  May 11, 2022

  relist megaton edition you bunch of fucking cowards
• gamedeal user

  May 29, 2022

  The game is great. The business policy of repackaging it every couple of years and delisting the previous version? Not so much.
• 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

  Jun 24, 2022

  "Those alien bastards stole my DLC"

  Don't get me wrong, Duke 3D is a classic. But this anniversary edition just removes so many features from the Megaton version that Randyman had delisted.

  Things World Tour adds:

  <*>A dev commentary (neat) <*>One new episode (neat) <*>Remastered voice lines (neat) <*>Updated tile textures* (neat)

  Things missing from World Tour:

  <*>Three large commercial expansions for Duke Nukem 3D: <*>Duke: Nuclear Winter (bleh) <*>Duke it out in DC (decent) <*>Duke Caribbean: Life's A Beach (an absolute blast) <*>Updated build engine editor <*>The original DOS version of Duke Nukem 3D, complete with the DOSBox settings suite (unlike the Doom ports) <*>Basic OpenGL rendering/lighting.

  Things World Tour Butchers:

  <*>The "classic hud" option looks horrible compared to both the Megaton port as well as the original DOS version. How do you even do that? <*>A "remastered" soundtrack with no option for the original. I swear to god, I think whoever did this shot the final mix through a compressor that just squashed everything. These songs are extremely hit-or-miss. <*>One new lighting option. You can choose between the "OG rendering" option, which poorly emulates the DOS lighting and gives me extreme vertigo. Or you can choose "fancy graphics" that adds dynamic colored lighting to almost everything. Gone is the option for a simple OpenGL render. <*>*Tied to this, World Tour also added higher-resolution textures. However, these are also tied only to the new dynamic lighting option. If you want to see the original textures, you have to use the "OG rendering" option and suffer the vertigo it gives you. <*>Mouse wheel controls are almost non-functional, just use keybinding instead. For every nice addition World Tour adds, there's something else that just brings it back down. If you've never played Duke 3D, definitely pick it up. But do know this is far from the definitive version.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 26, 2022

  randy is a greasy bastard
• gamedeal user

  Nov 13, 2022

  Those alien bastards are gonna pay, and you should too for this game, it's totally worth your money. It's been such a blast to play, and it's a wonder more people don't talk about it for how many trends in game world interactivity it set.
• Sammy Fox

  Nov 21, 2022

  It's duke nukem 3d so the same fun shooting with realistic areas (knowing they couldn't beat Quake at the tech game, 3D Realms instead focused on making levels as believable as possible, meaning that unlike Doom or Quake itself, the levels in Duke3D looked like real places you could visit) and duke himself. I know it sucks that they removed the add-ons but honestly aside from life's a beach, the add-ons were just mediocre.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 27, 2022

  The 3 hour long new episode 5: Alien World Order is the best episode so far. A lot of care went into its design. The new content is worth it but only on sale even if you have played the Megaton Edition.