Reviews

• 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

  Aug 16, 2023

  Thumbs up for Duke 3D, huge thumbs down for this port. It's actually shocking how bad it is, given that it is built on Eduke32. On paper, it even looks like they tried to do something cool here: the new episode is great, and the Half-Life 2 style developer commentary was a neat touch. ...But MAN: ✖ True 3D mode looks bad and runs like ass. ✖ The only alternative is the classic renderer, which has that god-awful, motion sickness inducing vertical distortion. ✖ No FOV slider, which makes the motion sickness even worse. ✖ Massive mouse acceleration. You can somewhat alliviate this by forcing Vsync off in the Nvidia Control Panel. ✖ New Duke talk sounds weird idk. ✖ New UI elements are also cheap looking. ✖ The playback feature, which could've been cool, has a bug which - I shit you not - KILLS YOU AT RANDOM. I don't understand how this is possible. ✖ No Duke it Out in D.C, no Duke Caribbean, no Nuclear Winter. ...To be fair tho, they're kinda doing you a solid by not featuring that last one. ✖ Gearbox removed Megaton Edition from Steam, which had all of those. ✖ I mean, Gearbox in general. My advice? Get this cheap on a sale and play it to your heart's content on an actually good source port - I strongly recommend Rednukem.
• DelicateSteve92

  Aug 30, 2023

  I still have my original CD for the Atomic Edition that I bought probably around 2001, and this version is literally the same except for a few more welcome options and quality of life improvements, not to mention the additional episode, enemies and weapon found on it. There's really no reason to dislike this one if you like the original Duke Nukem 3D since it IS Duke Nukem 3D plus extras. And Megaton? Yeah, it got removed from Steam, but unless you're a coward and don't really enjoy the franchise to the extent of ending up imprisoned just to satiate your wild desire to enjoy this masterpiece of a game in its most elaborate and exalted form (Megaton Edition), you may download it illegally. There's really no one stopping you from enjoying that edition too. And there's no one forcing anyone to buy this edition either. Duke would definitely shake his head at all the bitching in the review section.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 31, 2023

  This game is so awesome. It became one of my favourite 90s fps games after finishing it.

  Positives

  1. Great music. 2. The weapons are quite varied and are a lot of fun to use. I especially like the shrinker. 3. The enemies are also varied and distinct. I especially like the Pigcop. 4. Great level design with a lot of secret places. 5. The secret levels are quite good, especially when compared to Classic Doom. 6. The graphics still look really good, especially with the 3d rendering in this remaster. 7. The sound design is amazing and iconic. Hearing the Protozoid Slimer's appearing sound is the definition of dread. 8. The game has dead characters from other franchises as secrets, like Doomguy, Luke Skywalker and Serious Sam (Sam's DNF jokes were still better). 9. There's quite a few achievements and all of them can be achieved quite easily. 10. The new episode in this remaster, Alien World Order, is a lot of fun.

  Negatives

  1. There's a few bugs and glitches, like some sounds being muted and enemies noclipping through the walls. 2. Some fights feel cheap. 3. Like most other 90s fps games, the levels can be confusing at times, especially on first-time playthroughs. 4. Unlike the Megaton Edition, this remaster is missing the 3 expansions that version had, and also costs more.

  Verdict

  I liked the game a lot and it's a lot of fun. This remaster is really good, the only problems I have with the remaster are the bugs and glitches and the missing expansions I mentioned above, so I recommend getting it on sale.