the other day i loaded duke nukem 3d on my PC and played the first few levels again, just to see how far we've come, and how much we've fallen back.
As far as graphics, I am amazed after playing with sprites and no curves on buildings, not to mention not having an actual 2 story building. (such as a floor above a floor) Yet, have we seen a game quite like duke nukem 3d since then that combines comedy, action, and adult humor quite as effectively? From what I've seen I don't think so. I haven't had as many laughs with any other game than duke3d, except maybe GTA3. The developers sought out to create a rated R game, and succeeded pretty well up until the addons and "duke 3d in washington, or atomic version, etc".
On the other hand, does the gaming community really want another game like duke 3d? maybe a few, who knows. With the graphics and tools given to us, we could create an "updated" vers. of duke 3d if we wanted, but from what i've seen in most forums many of the poeple who want these mods made won't help on them either. (I'm not trying to tick off mod-makers with that line, so don't flame me) I just think that sometimes we've "held back" some of the more adult oriented mods that we could create, and we shouldn't if we truly want to see what might happen with them if released to the public.
As far as graphics, I am amazed after playing with sprites and no curves on buildings, not to mention not having an actual 2 story building. (such as a floor above a floor) Yet, have we seen a game quite like duke nukem 3d since then that combines comedy, action, and adult humor quite as effectively? From what I've seen I don't think so. I haven't had as many laughs with any other game than duke3d, except maybe GTA3. The developers sought out to create a rated R game, and succeeded pretty well up until the addons and "duke 3d in washington, or atomic version, etc".
On the other hand, does the gaming community really want another game like duke 3d? maybe a few, who knows. With the graphics and tools given to us, we could create an "updated" vers. of duke 3d if we wanted, but from what i've seen in most forums many of the poeple who want these mods made won't help on them either. (I'm not trying to tick off mod-makers with that line, so don't flame me) I just think that sometimes we've "held back" some of the more adult oriented mods that we could create, and we shouldn't if we truly want to see what might happen with them if released to the public.
