![]() ![]() Even that flimsy B-movie tribute plot is resolved (sort of) half way through-DNF becomes simply about shooting aliens 'cause they're ugly, and bits of the script are little more than profane Mad Libs. Sure, he's a ham-fisted action hero parody, but Duke remains one of the most memorable characters in gaming history for a reason: he's simply more fun to play as than SERIOUS FACE ARMY MAN.Īs two-dimensional as Duke himself, the story gets right to the point: intergalactic sex-criminal aliens are re-offending, and Duke must defy orders and step in to defend Earth's chicks. He's the stereotypical teenage boy's power fantasy personified and turned up to 11. ![]() It's reinforced by an entire world of people who worship him as an infallible man-god and sex idol-women want him, men want to be him. The source of his superhuman action-hero powers is his own ego, which doubles as a literal recharging shield over his (also recharging) health. Though 12 years have passed since the events of Duke Nukem 3D, he's the exact same trash-talking, cigar-chomping, muscle-bound man of action, still rocking that '90s-style buzz cut and red tanktop. ![]() Like a hyper-violent, over-sexed Peter Pan, Duke Nukem refuses to grow up. ![]()
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