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Bombshell, Born From the Ashes of a Duke Nukem Lawsuit

Interceptor and 3D Realms decide to build a new franchise from its former Duke Nukem video game.

May. 15 2014

Posted by: Patrick

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@psylah said:

Man, this is some last gen looking shit. Animations, textures, geez.

Also, she is just a lady Duke? Come on.

Make that last, last gen.

Maybe Last, last, last gen.

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Maybe she wouldn't have lost her arm if she wore some actual fucking body armor.

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Wow, it would have been way better to release nothing, than that lackluster trailer. Cyberpunk 2077, that's how you release a trailer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P99qJGrPNLs

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At no point when making this did anyone say "I get it she has breast".....

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My face is clearly not prepared for this.

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@redhorn said:

Did some animator accidentally attach one of their old school projects to the announcement email for this game instead of the real trailer?

This is exactly what I thought. The character design, the animation quality, the fire effect, the glass effect, the overall pacing and editing. I've seen throwaway school projects way better than this.

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This looks like one of those fake video games that they used to show in commercials on G4 for those for-profit game designer colleges.

They should tighten up the graphics on level three, is what I'm saying.

This game looks fucking terrible, you guys. Holy shit.

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@jimfear: You seem like a totally classy, not-at-all-a-sad-internet-troll kinda guy!

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What the fuck is going on here?

Everything about this is so mid-90's.

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@drdarkstryfe said:

FIrst, DANIEL JACKSON"S WHISKEY ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?

I saw that and immediately thought Stargate(i know it's 'Jack Daniels' reversed).

I guess this will at least answer the question, "Would Duke Nukem be as gross if Duke was a lady?"

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@joshwent said:

And apparently "Bombshell" was supposed to be another character in Duke Nukem Forever. Does anybody know if she even made it into that final game?

Having played the game to the very end (maybe...I might've just watched Let's Play instead...), there was no Bombshell character in the game at least, don't know about references. But I do remember seeing some concept art and a bit of text of her on some old-ass PC-Gamer issue, back when DF actually looked like a dream come true.

Didn't watch the video yet, but I'm sure it'll blow my miiiiiind!

Edit; I don't think that was as awful as some people made it out to be...and I kinda wish it would've been, because now it was just so bland that I'll probably forget it even exists when a few hours have passed.

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@midnight Ride to Hell Retriboobtion! #monstercables #dvd

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Wow, what the hell was that? I saw some screenshots too. I'm sorry to judge a game just from the first screenshots and a trailer. But it looks like a up-resed 2005 game. And that voice at the end... omg... I was expecting Duke to come on "Hell, it's about time 3D Realms made a game... and chew bubblegum"

I don't know... I get what they're going for and I don't like it :D

I hope I'm wrong and it's some amazing, funny over the top game.

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Musically and visually fantastic but goddamn, what a boring trailer. The whole flow of the video feels so outdated; feels like a student project than an actual game.

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No fate but what we make.

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@iigrayfoxii: Showing some gameplay of that would've been better than anything in this trailer. Those screens actually make it look good (in a dumb action game kinda way).

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That face looks like it's taken from some generic library of 3D modeled female faces.

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Cool, a tech demo from the 90's.

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They probably think they can charge money for this. This is the video games "straight to DVD" equivalent.

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I bet the Bad Rats devs are shitting themselves right now...

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this looks goddamn awfull.

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What a boring trailer, talk about poor pacing.

Also what even is 3D Realms anymore? Do they still exist in some capacity? Or is the name only attached to this because it used to be a Duke Nukem game?

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Not hopeful about this one. Also, I thought 3D Realms was gone.

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I'm pretty sure it looks like that Duke Forever trailer on purpose

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Bioforge had less stilted animation than this.

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@jagehtso said:

Bioforge had less stilted animation than this.

Yeah, thats not a bad way to describe it.

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Well, that looks stupid. After losing one arm, I highly doubt anyone would go back into battle wearing so little.

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hahahaha sure

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I've lost complete faith in the duke series now.

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That was like watching a PS2 tech demo. People are fighting over this? That's embarrassing.

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@turboman said:

What was that dialog at the end?

Seriously was that an outtake or what? Because that sounded like an outtake.

I'd say it's Bombshell's VA amazed at the bullshit written for her.

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New trailer dropped today, looks good!

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Is it Groundhog Day at 3D Realms. They are stuck in the day duke nukes forever first appeared on PC Gamer cover

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The trailer reminds me a lot of this one:

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It's exactly the same... that's why!

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So, I just looked up 3D Realms page and I'm wondering... why were they ever relevant? Nothing outside of Duke 3D in their catalogue looks remotely noteworthy. As a developer, I mean. Apparently they did publish Max Payne and Wolfenstein 3D.

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Holy shit this looks like a tech demo from 10 years ago. Those animations are horrendous. And a Terminator 2 reference in 2014? Really?

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It must be pretty awful to live in the '90s for 25 years.

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Let this be a cautionary tale to you, kids. If she'd been wearing proper armor maybe she wouldn't have lost that arm.

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Needs more explosions.

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Well that looks terrible.

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How does a trailer like this get out? It's like they're warning people not to buy their game.

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The best I can say about that trailer is to call it very embarrassing. Hope the game plays a lot better than the trailer shows...

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I look forward to playing it in 14 years.

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@shivoa said:
@joshwent said:

That character design is great...

for the box of a graphics card from 2002.

Really though, how the fuck can you make a metal bikini wearin' cyborg armed chopper ridin' shotgun totin' lady as excruciatingly boring as that teaser was?! Something is wrong.

Speaking of 2002. That's when this game was originally announced. Scott Miller was happy chatting about it to Gama all the way back then, as reported here.

12 years. I'm not sure there's any evidence that any of the design/ethos has been updated since.

3D Realms should change their name to Perpetual Vaporware.

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Ummmm, I think that was the worst trailer I have ever seen... I couldnt find anything redeeming in it, nothing I could get excited about.

A chair and tv in an empty black void. The character has dead eyes, she moves like a robot, specifically like 3d characters from old games. This is followed by random explosions in the void? what the tv and chair blew up?

ughh the way she movies, soo bad

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This looks horrible generic.

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This looks like a trailer for a fake video game from 2002.