Let's go back to 1996. A game review.
Hey peeps, nothing interesting is happening to me this week, so I decided to do some game reviews, of course, be known. I'm a gamer of different tastes, I'd give any game, no matter how bad, a chance. So let's get on with it, people. Let's start this!
Myxo's Game Review: Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Pack
Let's go back to the 90's, when the future was bright, when West Coast rapper Tupac was at war with East Coast rapper B.I.G. when the radio was filled with grunge, alternative was changing and Rocko's Modern Life was still on air. Back to the decade of "hey, it doesn't matter." Before the Matrix and after Blade Runner, before Family Guy was the show everyone was watching. Back when The Simpsons was the shining staple of humor and Bevis and Butthead was our icon, back when MTV still played music.
Remember? Yeah, how times have changed. Let's look at the games. Duke Nukem 3D to be exact. What is called the greatest shooter of our time.
Here I am, looking back at a simpler time. When games were just games, they were fun to play I have Duke Nukem 3D installed on my computer (along with Duke it out in DC, Duke Caribbean-Life's a Beach, Nuclear Winter, Duke!Zone 2 Penthouse Paradise Level, The Gate and Xtreme) so why not, Let's review Duke Nukem Atomic Pack.
I still can't believe how great this game was, and still is. The staple of shooters. The gameplay is simple, mouse and keyboard. Unlike shooters of now, your biggest fear is letting the aliens win. Here, ammo is all over the place, the guns are big and the violence is intense. This is nonstop action, nonstop violence with a hero that only cares about himself, babes and kicking alien ass. The controls are simple, you move with WASD and you shoot with the left button on your mouse. It's hard at first if this is the first time playing a shooter on your comp, but you'll get used to it. Remember, this game proves shooters work well on PCs (try Perfect Dark on the PC, you'll see what I mean.) Once you get over the learning curve (about two minutes) you'll be blasting aliens and being a major badass.
The levels are fantastic, destructable, and fun to run around in. Well though-out levels with plenty of secerts. The levels are well detailed, and very, very fun to go shooting and running. From Hollywood Holocaust, to Area 51, Freeway and Shop n' Bag, The White House (Duke it Out in DC) to It's Impossible. Hell, these levels are the kind that are impossible to get bored with, there are so many things to find, which leads to another point, humor. Not to mention, they look how you think they should, with the smallest details in place.
Now the humor is where it's all at, from Beavis in the Drive Thru at Duke Burger (Go away, we're like, closed) to hearing Duke say "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all out of gum." Playing this game is like going down a trip on memory lane. From the Gulity! and Innocent? billboards to OJ's Bronco on the TV. From seeing 867-5309 written on the bathroom wall to seeing the dog compound next to Duke Burger. From the crushed Terminator to Snake Plisken's head on a stick (I guess he didn't escape from LA.) Not to mention the fellow stabs at other shooters of the time, like the dead space marine (that's one DOOMED marine) and the building being rocked by a quake (I ain't afraid of no quake.) Back then this stuff was extreme. Getting health when Duke pees inside the toilet, Strippers that flash you (or hearing those girls moan on that movie set at XXX-Stacy) and the various, crude jokes. By now, the only raunchy thing about Duke Nukem is the Penthouse level, with various and various things not meant for children (The various Penthouse "Pets" and the magazine shoots). Cool thing is, you'll look back and say, "hahaha, I can't believe they got away with that."
The audio by now is hit or miss, the only thing that didn't survive all these years, MIDI just isn't what it was anymore (take a look at Sim City 2000, the MIDI songs are still catchy.) The Duke sound clips are still king, baby.
By now, this game is not shocking, but it can still get jumps from you. Sure, the enemies consist of a sprite in a 3D world, but hell, brightness lowered, and playing in a dark room. Once you step in a dark hallway in LA or the Space Station, walking slowly, no enemies in sight, then BAM, out of fucking nowhere. An alien jumps out, tell me you didn't jump the sightest bit. Considering the graphics by now are pretty laughable, they still look fantastic and they can still pack a punch.
Graphics, the textures, and Visa credit cards. You can tell the artists went through alot of work to detail every single bit of this game, every nook and cranny, all crafted with love. From the LARD pigs to the aliens. Sprites or not, they still look better than some textures in some modern shooters. Now, I play this game with the graphics rendered as polygons (OpenGL makes the game run too slow.) which makes everything run smooth. Cheers to that.
The guns are great, unlike shooters of now. Each gun is usable thought the game (Quake 4) each gun is fun to play with and very destructive. There is something about shooting some LARD cop with a shotgun, or shrinking them and stepping on them. Each gun packs a wallop.
I'm tired, I wish I could talk more of this game, and it's expansion packs (Duke it Out in DC, Penthouse and Nuclear Winter) but sadly everything I've said has been said time and time before, nothing will ever change. 3D Realms perfected the shooter and brought a revolution, cheers to that. And here's a $20 dollar bet. Duke Nukem Forever gets released September 2008.
myxomatosis's final score: [9.98 out of 10]
..and hey, that's like totally my opinion.
Myxo's Game Review: Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Pack
- Publisher: Apogee Software
- Developer: 3D Realms
- Platform Reviewed On: Sony Vaio PC
- Engine: Bulid
- Genre: First Person Shooter
- Release Date: 01/26/96
- Origin: United States
- Rating: Mature
Let's go back to the 90's, when the future was bright, when West Coast rapper Tupac was at war with East Coast rapper B.I.G. when the radio was filled with grunge, alternative was changing and Rocko's Modern Life was still on air. Back to the decade of "hey, it doesn't matter." Before the Matrix and after Blade Runner, before Family Guy was the show everyone was watching. Back when The Simpsons was the shining staple of humor and Bevis and Butthead was our icon, back when MTV still played music.
Remember? Yeah, how times have changed. Let's look at the games. Duke Nukem 3D to be exact. What is called the greatest shooter of our time.
Here I am, looking back at a simpler time. When games were just games, they were fun to play I have Duke Nukem 3D installed on my computer (along with Duke it out in DC, Duke Caribbean-Life's a Beach, Nuclear Winter, Duke!Zone 2 Penthouse Paradise Level, The Gate and Xtreme) so why not, Let's review Duke Nukem Atomic Pack.
I still can't believe how great this game was, and still is. The staple of shooters. The gameplay is simple, mouse and keyboard. Unlike shooters of now, your biggest fear is letting the aliens win. Here, ammo is all over the place, the guns are big and the violence is intense. This is nonstop action, nonstop violence with a hero that only cares about himself, babes and kicking alien ass. The controls are simple, you move with WASD and you shoot with the left button on your mouse. It's hard at first if this is the first time playing a shooter on your comp, but you'll get used to it. Remember, this game proves shooters work well on PCs (try Perfect Dark on the PC, you'll see what I mean.) Once you get over the learning curve (about two minutes) you'll be blasting aliens and being a major badass.
The levels are fantastic, destructable, and fun to run around in. Well though-out levels with plenty of secerts. The levels are well detailed, and very, very fun to go shooting and running. From Hollywood Holocaust, to Area 51, Freeway and Shop n' Bag, The White House (Duke it Out in DC) to It's Impossible. Hell, these levels are the kind that are impossible to get bored with, there are so many things to find, which leads to another point, humor. Not to mention, they look how you think they should, with the smallest details in place.
Now the humor is where it's all at, from Beavis in the Drive Thru at Duke Burger (Go away, we're like, closed) to hearing Duke say "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all out of gum." Playing this game is like going down a trip on memory lane. From the Gulity! and Innocent? billboards to OJ's Bronco on the TV. From seeing 867-5309 written on the bathroom wall to seeing the dog compound next to Duke Burger. From the crushed Terminator to Snake Plisken's head on a stick (I guess he didn't escape from LA.) Not to mention the fellow stabs at other shooters of the time, like the dead space marine (that's one DOOMED marine) and the building being rocked by a quake (I ain't afraid of no quake.) Back then this stuff was extreme. Getting health when Duke pees inside the toilet, Strippers that flash you (or hearing those girls moan on that movie set at XXX-Stacy) and the various, crude jokes. By now, the only raunchy thing about Duke Nukem is the Penthouse level, with various and various things not meant for children (The various Penthouse "Pets" and the magazine shoots). Cool thing is, you'll look back and say, "hahaha, I can't believe they got away with that."
The audio by now is hit or miss, the only thing that didn't survive all these years, MIDI just isn't what it was anymore (take a look at Sim City 2000, the MIDI songs are still catchy.) The Duke sound clips are still king, baby.
By now, this game is not shocking, but it can still get jumps from you. Sure, the enemies consist of a sprite in a 3D world, but hell, brightness lowered, and playing in a dark room. Once you step in a dark hallway in LA or the Space Station, walking slowly, no enemies in sight, then BAM, out of fucking nowhere. An alien jumps out, tell me you didn't jump the sightest bit. Considering the graphics by now are pretty laughable, they still look fantastic and they can still pack a punch.
Graphics, the textures, and Visa credit cards. You can tell the artists went through alot of work to detail every single bit of this game, every nook and cranny, all crafted with love. From the LARD pigs to the aliens. Sprites or not, they still look better than some textures in some modern shooters. Now, I play this game with the graphics rendered as polygons (OpenGL makes the game run too slow.) which makes everything run smooth. Cheers to that.
The guns are great, unlike shooters of now. Each gun is usable thought the game (Quake 4) each gun is fun to play with and very destructive. There is something about shooting some LARD cop with a shotgun, or shrinking them and stepping on them. Each gun packs a wallop.
I'm tired, I wish I could talk more of this game, and it's expansion packs (Duke it Out in DC, Penthouse and Nuclear Winter) but sadly everything I've said has been said time and time before, nothing will ever change. 3D Realms perfected the shooter and brought a revolution, cheers to that. And here's a $20 dollar bet. Duke Nukem Forever gets released September 2008.
myxomatosis's final score: [9.98 out of 10]
..and hey, that's like totally my opinion.
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