2011’s Duke Nukem Eternally famously languished in improvement hell for 15 years earlier than launch. Its tumultuous cycle, which started in 1997, spawned a number of builds and demos by unique developer 3D Realms. In the present day, footage of a kind of early variations of the sport has appeared on-line.
As noticed by GameSpot, a 4Chan person generally known as x0r uploaded footage of a 1-minute, 20-second slice of gameplay from a 2001 demo of the sport. The video’s authenticity was semi-confirmed on Twitter by Duke Nukem co-creator George Broussard, who served as one of many lead designers on Eternally with 3D Realms throughout its lengthy improvement. In line with Broussard, he has no thought how the footage resurfaced however shot down hopes of a whole, playable construct by describing these demos as a “smattering of barely populated check ranges.”
Sure, the leak appears actual. No, I’m not likely concerned with speaking about it or retreading a painful previous. You must closely mood expectations. There isn’t any actual sport to play. Only a smattering of barely populated check ranges. I’ve no data who leaked this.
— George Broussard (@georgebsocial) May 9, 2022
Nonetheless, the leaker claims to have entry to the demo’s supply code and plans to launch it and a stage editor someday in June.
The demo reveals Duke mowing down alien-infected SWAT troopers in a strip membership whereas cracking his signature quips. You possibly can spot an early model of the Ego meter that would seem within the closing sport (the place it primarily functioned as a defend). The footage additionally reveals off a quick-toggle weapon menu for altering tools on-the-fly.
One other brief clip confirmed a first-person motorbike driving section. The no-frills clip is precisely what it feels like.
Duke Nukem Eternally acquired less-than-stellar critiques upon launch (we gave it a 6.75 out of 10) and is the ultimate Duke Nukem sport thus far. The ill-fated title is finally most notable for having one of many longest improvement cycles in gaming historical past. The one vital signal of life the sequence has proven in recent times was the 2018 announcement of a Duke Nukem film with John Cena reportedly starring. Nonetheless, that too has quietly pale into its personal improvement hell, assuming it’s nonetheless occurring in any respect.
[Source: 4Chan via GameSpot]
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