So I finally played Duke Nukem : Manhattan Project

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So I finally played Duke Nukem : Manhattan Project

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I've had this game for quite a while. Came with my graphics card, amongst other things and I was surprised to see that it was a platform game with decent graphics and gameplay.

Now I'm not the type of guy for platform games at all, but Duke's charm persuaded me to play. I fired it up and gave it a shot. In the beginning it was good fun and I am a really patient man, but as the game went on it became what I feared it would : just another platform game.

The sequence is : find chick, find keycard, exit level. It never varies. Ever. Every fourth level is a 'boss' mission, where you must destroy some beast with a lot of health.

This game would be absolutely nothing, if not for Duke's wisecracks. Duke saves it somewhat, but he can barely save it to the same degree at which he saves cheap 3D females.

I give it 39% and an 'A' for 'avoid'.

Above review is susceptible to bias, due to the reviewer being insane about Blood and not much else.
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Post by Gila »

i liked it. because it's mindless. relaxes you alot.

if it had descent tools we should turn it into Blood 2D with Castlevania SOTN sort of RPG elements and it won't be find key - save girl - go to exit, a big large world to explore and etc etc.....
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Post by Hellen »

I’d say, I’ve seen platform games much better than this one. But wtf? This is Mr. D. Nukem! And he saves the whole game which turns out kinda boring and repetitive. I guess they wanted to make a game returning to good ol’ DN1,2 with good 3d graphics and the same concept.
Well, they managed… At least it took some of my time to beat it, but I’ll never gonna play it for the second time.
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Post by mouth »

Wanna play a good Duke arcade?
Play Duke Nukem 1 & 2.
Dr. Proton, wonder why he wasn't in the DN3D? ;)
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Post by Drakan »

Isn't there a game by the same name only it's a 3rd person shooter for the PC?
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Post by Hellen »

Hmmm… Let me think… NO! There’s no other games under the name “Duke Nukem” I can remember.
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Post by DustyStyx »

There are a number of 3rd person Duke games for the PlayStation. "Duke Nukem: Time to Kill" for example. Don't know if it ever made it to the PC though.
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Post by Hellen »

'Time to Kill' is for PS only, as far as I concerned. (And I guess this is the only Duke for PS)
Uh-huh, let’s also remember Duke 3D for Sega, Duke 3D for N64…
And don’t forget Penthouse edition! :D
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Post by Gila »

duke2 SUCKED

sorry.
it was CRAP

manhattan project is great, as i said... it was just made to be too retro in gameplay area.... and nowadays gamers are spoiled pussies who want story interactivity reality crap etc etc all the s*** i'm known to brag about.

this is a f*** game!!!!!!!!
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Post by Drakan »

Hellen wrote:'Time to Kill' is for PS only, as far as I concerned. (And I guess this is the only Duke for PS)
Uh-huh, let’s also remember Duke 3D for Sega, Duke 3D for N64…
And don’t forget Penthouse edition! :D
Actually, they also had Land of the Babes. No comment yet, except in the cutscene, Duke looks like his whole head and face had surgery... :? Oh, and Duke3D is also on psx, with kickass music if anyone wants it next month. (running low on BW right now).


Penthouse edition?
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Post by Hellen »

Surgery? Ya know the joke: Which FPS character requires less number of polygons to make his head?
Finally he had a surgery to make his cubic head look more… human!

Well, Penthouse edition isn’t any new addon episode. I don’t know whether it’s official and stuff. What I have is one single level with chicks from Penthouse inserted here and there on the beach, and Out in DC episode with the same chicks but only as textures.
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Post by Bloodite »

Penthouse level was never official, just a level that got popular due to then widely prohibited use of pornographic material in video games. These days, its extremely mild. Same reasons for dukes popularity back then.
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Post by Drakan »

So what the f***'s the concept of Duke never EVER taking his sunnies off anyway?
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Post by Hellen »

Cuz he looks cool, isn't that clear? I might be wrong, cuz I don't remember, but he probably had no glasses in DN 1/2.

EDIT: Or… maybe cuz of the same reason I never take off mine, since I can’t see a hell without ‘em.
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Post by Drakan »

Well, it's ok in combate. He needs to look good when killing and to protect his eyes from all those explosions and their lighting...

But I read somewhere long ago that he never even too them off when doing the ladies.

Oh, and yeah, he had no shades on in the sidescroller games. I've seen the screenies.
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