1/20/2023 0 Comments Duke nukem 3d hollywood holocaust![]() ![]() Your trigger fingers will get occasional breaks as you explore and attempt to solve puzzles. It glides smoothly and impressively through the various levels (from a beach to the distastefully named “Hollywood Holocaust”) there’s a fine variety of weapons and the targeting, hiding and firing are well-executed. The gameplay has been tweaked only slightly for this re-release, and it still plays surprisingly well. The franchise helped create the open world, first-person shooter as we know it, and its DNA can still be seen in splendid recent games such as Far Cry 4 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. Still, for all its clumsy attempts at edge and irreverence, Duke Nukem 3D is hugely influential. The sexism graduates to skin-crawling when you meet women who are imprisoned by aliens and you have the option to (quoting the instructions) “put them out of their misery”. ![]() ![]() But when he throws money at women and says “shake it, baby”, the main feeling he evokes is embarrassment. It’s still fun and nostalgic, but that joy is sometimes diluted by the dated and offensive content.ĭuke is supposed to be a smart-alec tough guy Arnold Schwarzenegger meets Ash from the Evil Dead films (even robbing some catchphrases from the latter). Playing a Duke Nukem game now is like meeting a long-lost, beloved uncle who you’d forgotten was horribly racist.
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