Duke Nukem Forever Teaser Video [Dec 19, 2007, 1:02 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The promised teaser video from Duke Nukem Forever is now available, just about
an hour earlier than the noon CST release predicted yesterday
(story). The blurb promising the trailer was updated by George
Broussard at some point to temper expectations a bit, saying: "This is a teaser.
It's not a full blown trailer like the 2001 trailer (but something like that is
coming). I tried to be clear about that in the message board post, so just bear
in mind that it's a teaser :)" The clip includes gameplay footage, Jon St. John
returning as the voice of Duke, and the music of game composers Jeremy Soule and
Julian Soule. It runs around a minute and ten seconds and is available in five
variants, covering 720p and 480p resolutions in either QuickTime or Windows Media Player
formats as well as one in iPhone format. I tried to get an answer to whether the
480p and 720p formats indicate plans for console editions, but there are no such
formal announcements being made (which sounds more like a confirmation than a
denial). As could be predicted, the 3D Realms
Website is fairly hosed at the moment, but the trailer downloads have
premiered on FileShack, and
mirrors of one or more of the clips can be found
ActionTrip,
AtomicGamer,
ComputerGames.ro,
FileFront,
GamesFire, Gamer's Hell,
PixelRage, and
Primotech. An accompanying blurb on
Shacknews quotes
George Broussard as saying that their release date is still "when it's done,"
but "you can expect more frequent media releases and we're not changing engines
again and we have considerable work behind us." He also does not confirm nor
deny plans for console editions, but his answer seems to hint that they will
happen. Shack also has a
history of development of this game, offering a timeline of a project that's
taken longer than NASA took to put a man on the moon.
My first impressions.
The cut-scene - Reminds me of Quake3 cut scene with Serge, complete with cigar.
Game Footage - The more average bits from Pray.
It really does look like the Doom3 engine. In fact I think the original MacWorld show preview of the Doom3 engine impressed me more than this teaser.
If this was released 2 years ago it would have blown everyone away.
If it was released last year it would have looked good and providing the game play was actually fun it would have been a success ( as much as any game can be after 10 years of development )
So basically at least from a graphical stand point, it's missed it's time.
Still we don't know about:
- Physics
- AI
- Plot / Story ( not hopefull on this )
- Level Design ( must be fantastic by now )
- New Secret Innovation that's take almost 12 years to perfect and will blow all other games out of the water and justify development time.
This comment was edited on Dec 20, 06:54.
The cut-scene - Reminds me of Quake3 cut scene with Serge, complete with cigar.
Game Footage - The more average bits from Pray.
It really does look like the Doom3 engine. In fact I think the original MacWorld show preview of the Doom3 engine impressed me more than this teaser.
If this was released 2 years ago it would have blown everyone away.
If it was released last year it would have looked good and providing the game play was actually fun it would have been a success ( as much as any game can be after 10 years of development )
So basically at least from a graphical stand point, it's missed it's time.
Still we don't know about:
- Physics
- AI
- Plot / Story ( not hopefull on this )
- Level Design ( must be fantastic by now )
- New Secret Innovation that's take almost 12 years to perfect and will blow all other games out of the water and justify development time.
This comment was edited on Dec 20, 06:54.
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