Duke Nukem Forever Gameplay Footage
This clip is currently being hosted on the site of a now-former 3D Realms employee (though it can no longer be accessed publicly). It’s full of, supposedly, Duke Nukem Forever gameplay footage.
You’ll see many of the same enemies from that concept art that surfaced the other day, so it certainly looks legit. It also has boobs, so don’t watch it at work.
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damn your slow kotaku
@ Aditya Goyal
“You’re” not “Your”.
Ok this actually looks freakin’ sweet. Hopefully it gets picked up. Still has that Duke charm we all love.
looks like crap
It was certainly headed in the right direction, lots of good animation and solid looking gameplay in that footage.
This is awesome! A little early in development, hence the pixelation, but it keeps that sweet Duke attitude, Nude dancing girls, and humor that really set Duke Nukem up as a classic. Let’s hope that some games house can pick it up and make it the Grungy winner that it has always promised to be.
This actually looks really good. I mean, obviously a lot of it is really raw, but if you take everything here for what it is – a work in progress – it’s really something I could get excited about if it were to gain a future more certain that it’s ever had.
It’s a bit of a shame. Yes, 3DRealms was hugely lazy in trying to get this out the door, but it was actually looking okay and reasonably solid (well, this iteration of it anyway). If they’d just gotten the game out the door years ago like they should’ve, the team could’ve had the money and backing to deliver a few more Duke-filled games. Instead, the team is all jobless, with no game to their name after all these years of work (or lack thereof), and all we get is a teaser and some artwork from an unfinished game.
And before I get flamed for being a 3DRealms supporter, I’m certainly not. But as someone who’s looking to get into the industry as a programmer just as soon as I get off my ass and start applying for jobs, it seems like a shame to see this work go to waste. It seems to be happening to a few companies at the moment…
Twelve years… and this is all they had to show for it? Unbelievable…
I hear that.
@Job
You’re operating on the (quite probably wrong) assumption that they have released all their assets and materials. Take a look at the context of this video. It was leaked by someone whose roles was “animation, modelling, storyboarding”. What do we see here? That’s right: modelling, animation and storyboarding, at various stages of completion and complexity.
I know this probably all sounds like some crazy idea, but I think there’s something there. Perhaps if a level designer leaked some footage, we’d see some completed level fly-throughs.
Look, when someone from 3D Realms puts out a rar file of stuff and says, “This is everything we had,” then we can make judgements. Until then, let’s try to look at the bigger picture and not make – no offense – unfounded assumptions.
Also the fact that it certainly wouldn’t be 12 years of development, not even 6 years, the bulk of the work would be design.
This looks really good, you can see alot of solid base work in place. Wouldnt have been too much longer to have the game released. Pity its a bit too late now.
You cannot say that 3D Realms are lazy, especially when you did not work on this game/in the studio.
It’s a shame we’ll never get to play it, looked like fun. Ah well.
12 years and this is what they’ve come up with – what an absolute fucking joke. Looks like a N64 game.
@mikezombie777
You’ve obviously never seen a work-in-progress game.
Btw, this is an N64 game – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNpBwU3PTX8
After 12 years, that is pretty dissapointing.. I’ve seen more work done in 12 months.
…Yeah, because footage made for an artist’s demo reel for the purpose of seeking employment would no doubt show EVERYTHING that was made for Duke Nukem Forever. This is obviously not everything that was made, nobody ever said this is everything that has been done, and this is not even an official 3D realms trailer, it’s just a demo reel. Way to jump the gun.
I for one think it looks great. Sure not 12 years great, but I want to play it now. I want to fight a huge monster on a football field. It’s sad we may never get to.
What the hell happened to the “game” we saw wwwaaaayyyyy back in trailer form in 2001? If it had come out then, people would have enjoyed it. But in today’s market, there’s no way in hell this would sell. People demand more from an FPS than a grunting sexist main character dispatching “witty” quips.
looks mediocre. when we have stuff like crysis running around, you really have to up your game or do something completely different.
This game should have been released 10 years ago, in whatever version they had, then we would have all bought it. They would have got income from the title and had capital to make a sequel. rinse and repeat!
sitting around redoing a game for the X'th time is not going to make it better, its just going to make us forget about it. no matter how good they said it was going to be, it never came out and countless FPS games have evolved pass their archaic 1990's shooter trappings.
This should be an example for every single business that sells a product to customers.
Step One: You must have a product to sell to customers!!! FUCK quality, at least have something out there for people to buy!
its upsetting to see people say "that looks great" and "its a shame they closed down".
It looks OKAY. and its not a shame they closed down. they got paid to produce ZERO PRODUCT for 12 years. the joke is on the person cutting the checks. and us for ever holding out hope that this game would see the light of day.
good riddance.
Noodle-Works
The Trailer of 2001 did look like far more fun!
tormenta3001
RIP duke.
Thomas Takemoto
@MDevonB: (and probably a bunch of other folk)
If it wasn't for the Duke soundclips and flip-off; how would you tell that footage apart from any other dull-looking generic killfest shotter?
Gears of War, FEAR, Resistance, Blacksite, Legendary: The Box, Killzone 2, a million others, whatever.
I'm tired of that. That's not fun gameplay to me anymore.
Nostalgia or no, are Duke Nukem's dated sound clips and comedy going to make that any better?
All the poor programmers and money and effort spent on it and that may be spent on it (if it's picked up) could have and could be spent on something...Y'know...Worthwhile.
I'd be overjoyed to have a fun (and dare I say wacky) game that would make me laugh. Duke Nukem is not it.
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While I'm not interested in Serious Sam, at least that's actually visually interesting.
It's not JUST another modern city. At night.
Oh, and I am quite honestly shocked that so many people claim they think the game is worth it.
-Vagrant-
@the7k: So you BOUGHT the magazine, and the demo disc that was part of what you bought had a "free" game on it? Hm...
Ah crap. Why the hell didn't we get to see a trailer of this game? It would have shut people up! I hope this game continues development.....in my perfect world Epic would pick it up, polish it up using their Unreal Engine 3 and release it. Nice demo real by the way, I'm sure that guy will find work.
really that's it...that looks pretty crap.
solidsnak
I guess I can stop hoping it'll be finished now :(
Maybe they could give DNF to the public??
you know, make it completely Open Source or something. That way the community can work on it Forever.
zyberteq
I'd buy that.
kiddoblivion
Oh man, WHY?! I feel like crying after watching that video... I REALLY hope SOMEONE, ANYONE will finish this game FFS, there's nothing, and I mean NOTHING that I want to play so bad as DNF... not even Diablo 3 or FF13.
*sad*
@Domobran: oh and you can download the song on the official 3D Realms site (at least you could before, not sure if it's still available tehere)
@Domobran: yes it's the main Duke Nukem (3D) theme, if I remember it correctly it was done by Megadeth
if this gets finished and out before 2020 I will be amazed
slamdance
Can somebody tell me whats that song called? Is it the main theme?
When I saw the redone football field level a small part of me died.
Well what do you know? There actually was a game in there! And all this time I thought 3D Realms were just jerking us around!
Richard Winterton
@FloraLagninja: why is that? is using the xbox 360 on PC to to plays games also a sin? i'm guessing u r a pc fanboy by making a dumb coment like that.
jslizzle
@oskarkeo: I hope someone does this is great. I am soo glad they showed some gameplay footage. This is a relief. The postive hype energy can flow again.
3D REALMS! Let us prepurchase this game so you can stay in business and GET IT DONE! I would personally buy it right now if it meant giving you more time and I would buy it again next year if I had to. I JUST WANNA KICK ASS AND CHEW BUBBLE GUM...but I'm all outta gum...
Good riddance, Duke. Stay dead this time.
Immutablyme
Sounds like they got Duff Man to do the voice this time.
Vintastic
Here's more HD screens and design docs - [ve3d.ign.com]
anim8rjb
now i understand the when its done. this looks the shit. ID better pick this up
@JoJitsu4u: I still have my Duke Nukem 64, I'll cherish it always. I would love for someone to pick up rights to the developement of DNF, for that would be the 'right' thing to do!
*Gets bubblegum*
*chew,chew,chew*, *Blows bubble...*
*POP!* ^.^
Cherish ..always!
@FloraLagninja: Piracy? Pff! I remember renting this game for my then mighty "Pentium 75", installing it once and not ever needing the CD again.
Kaneda
Not that hasn't been said 100 times already, but that looks almost exactly like what I would want from a Duke Nukem game on a current gen console.
Me likey.
@conditionals: If you have the 360 then try out the XBLA version. No hand push action, but still an awesome game.
JoJitsu4u
@FloraLagninja: Not really. I know quite a few N64 gamers who were introduced to Duke through Duke Nukem 64. Most of those people have gone on to be pretty hardcore gamers. Not to mention, the XBLA version of DN3D. Eight player co-op and the ability to rewind to any point in the level? Plus the higher resolution? Everyone I've introduced to that game on XBLA has had the memories flood back and have fallen in love with it again. Duke will kick ass and chew bubblegum on any platform until he runs out of said bubblegum.
JoJitsu4u
@anim8rjb:
I doubt they motion captured a muscular wolf/pig man crawling and pouncing on walls like a spider monkey. Motion capture is actually the problem, to some degree. Real life often lacks the dynamic over gesturing of comic books or action films combine this with weapons or physics which may have a differing sense of velocity and you get a game that feels out of whack.
That bitchslap to a 10 meter Alien was so. fucking. epic.
@shaunomacx@onelastcontinue.com: Yep. As long as it appears to have enough gameplay to make up a full game, people will believe.
1Grand_Marquis
@-Vagrant-: "If it wasn't for the Duke soundclips and flip-off; how would you tell that footage apart from any other dull-looking generic killfest shotter?"
That is exactly what sets it apart. Duke being Duke.
What else could be developed that is worthwhile? Every game that comes out anymore is just as generic as the last. At least this one would be good for a laugh, and bring some change a genre that needs it.
StealthxZ30x
Wow... This is oozing polish already and it's not even finished yet. This would have been a very easy purchase. I hope someone picks this up, right MS?
Anyone else thinking that this is all a big hoax? I mean, 3D Realms are supposed to be somewhat of jokesters...
I think it is going to be released soon and they are just messing with us to generate hype!
@-Vagrant-: I'm with you on this. I've never been able to tell if people's enthusiasm was meant to be ironic or not until now.
Apparently people really DO want the same game over and over with better graphics and animations. Not my cup of tea, but to each their own.
blackfox601
His vocabulary is too immense. Go with simpler language.
shreddi
@harshalizee: Gheez its already looking obsolete. Sew it up and release for the DS or iphone before all efforts are wasted.
shreddi
@bennifer3000: Someone missed the joke :)
Nowell
This makes me want to cry..
Lyme
looks way better than I thought it would from the last stuff i saw.
tho those pig animations are really nice, they are from a 3d program not the engine, so hard to say if they would be that nice once its optimized for the game engine, this looks like a guy that worked there put these together for his portfolio from the looks of it :P
Omniel
Eight years too late.
Sorry Duke, but you had your chance.
animeman59
It definitely looks legit lets just hope it comes out within the next decade.
SiegWarheit
Wha...seriously? You people are excited about this? I'm not gonna say it looks bad, but I would expect them to have more to show for it after 11 (12?)(15?) years. As of right now, it pretty much looks like Resistance. The PSP version.
singing pigs in elevators