Duke Nukem screenshot?

[Doctor Setebos]

Found here (http://jobs.gamasutra.com/jobseekerx/viewjobrss.asp?cjid=8914&accountno=95). Here's the screen itself (yes, actual size).

http://jobs.gamasutra.com/Media/Accounts/95/gama_duke.gif

George says it's real and in-game (http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13727349)

Discuss.

[fitbabits]

If that's real then I'm bapenguin's poppa.

[Doctor Setebos]

Well, it's definitely real if George said it was. I think the question is whether or not it's actually in-game and not cinema scene.

[torrefaction]

Well, it's definitely real if George said it was. I think the question is whether or not it's actually in-game and not cinema scene.

According to George...that's an in-game shot. It better look that good, all considering.

[violentp]

Duke Nukem Forever is probably the best joke I've ever heard.

[fitbabits]

Well, it's definitely real if George said it was. I think the question is whether or not it's actually in-game and not cinema scene.
Ah, so I may well be bapenguin's poppa, but the jury is out until the DNA results are processed. Sweet.

[fitbabits]

According to George...that's an in-game shot. It better look that good, all considering.
If it's an in-game shot, just how the fuck do you control your character in first person? Is there some sort of out-of-body experience gimmick which has been kept under wraps so far, or is there an identical twin for the Duke?

[Mdot23]

he looks like a toy.

[TheKeck]

If it's an in-game shot, just how the fuck do you control your character in first person? Is there some sort of out-of-body experience gimmick which has been kept under wraps so far, or is there an identical twin for the Duke?
Don't you see? That's Duke's evil twin brother we're seeing! :p

[Doctor Setebos]

Wow, this is front-page worthy? I question that. :rolleyes:

[kokyunage]

If it's an in-game shot, just how the fuck do you control your character in first person? Is there some sort of out-of-body experience gimmick which has been kept under wraps so far, or is there an identical twin for the Duke?

LOL, maybe he's looking at his pretty face in the mirror.

[Xenkylm]

maybe by in-game, they mean 'realtime'

[weezbs]

Gi Joooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeee!

[fitbabits]

maybe by in-game, they mean 'realtime'
Then they should say real time! Or game engine.

[The Iron Weasel]

Its a photo of an action figure! In game shot my ass.

[Goronmon]

Such delicious roffles.

[Dr.Finger]

WoW! 2031 can't get here soon enough!

[fitbabits]

Such delicious roffles.
I prefer LOLipops.

[Zanzibar]

'in-game shot' can mean using the in-game engine for real-time cinematics.

Oh, and the job listing sez 'PC, Xbox 360' for platforms...did we know this already? Not that we really cared.

[torrefaction]

If it's an in-game shot, just how the fuck do you control your character in first person? Is there some sort of out-of-body experience gimmick which has been kept under wraps so far, or is there an identical twin for the Duke?

Or a mirror? Cuz there was those in Duke Nukem 3D :D

[fitbabits]

'in-game shot' can mean using the in-game engine for real-time cinematics.

Oh, and the job listing sez 'PC, Xbox 360' for platforms...did we know this already? Not that we really cared.
I've known about the potential existence of an Xbox 360 version for a while, but I guess it's just not that newsworthy saying as it's as likely to see the light of day as Paris Hilton is likely to say something coherent.

[Sandman]

I don't know what is more ridiculous, this or the Sony price uncut.

[Captain Awesome]

George. B also said the game would be out before Doom 3, remember? It's really sad that this is the closest anyone has seen of DNF as of recently and that he feels the need to jump in and say it's "in-game".

Jesus man, just cough it up already and release one proper shot. It's been 10 years of development.

[jervo]

That's a nice vagina-neck you're rockin' there, Duke.

[Doctor Setebos]

Its a photo of an action figure! In game shot my ass.You have no idea what you're talking about. ;)

http://www.cinefex.com/backissues/number75.jpg

:D

[ElectricMonk]

it looks like a photo of a figurine to me as well. How do we know that george actually posted that anyway?

[fitbabits]

it looks like a photo of a figurine to me as well. How do we know that george actually posted that anyway?
Would you pretend your name was George? No, I didn't think so! :D

[roboninja]

While I am skeptical as most, I would find it hilarious if this game ships on 6 months and is incredible. Like I said, I do not expect that, but it would be quite the enjoyable shock.

[jeffool]

I'm still the lone torch-bearer for 3dRealms, huh? Well, I guess someone has to believe.

[walkstheplanes]

April Fools!

[Doctor Setebos]

it looks like a photo of a figurine to me as well. How do we know that george actually posted that anyway?It was evidently given to Gamasutra for posting in their jobs area. Gamasutra is well-known for their legitimacy and reliability. And George posts often enough on Shacknews that his user ID is verified as being the one and only George Brussard.

[Zaro]

It's real time but for Next Next-Gen.

edit: Looks good by the way

[fitbabits]

I'm still the lone torch-bearer for 3dRealms, huh? Well, I guess someone has to believe.
Parappa believes.

http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/ps/parappa_the_rapper.jpg

[Doctor Setebos]

Parappa believes.

http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/ps/parappa_the_rapper.jpgWell, sure -- he HAS to. He says so himself. He has no choice.

[fitbabits]

Well, sure -- he HAS to. He says so himself. He has no choice.
Any choices he ever had in life are kept under his hat.

[motor]

If they are going to post an image it would be nice if they posted a full size one.

[Grimmjow]

so how many years have they been working on this screenshot?

[jpublic]

Could be a cut scene using the in-game engine? Maybe?

Can we just see a freaking game please? How about recompiling DN3D so we can play it in XP, and releasing it free?

[Grimmjow]

You have no idea what you're talking about. ;)

http://www.cinefex.com/backissues/number75.jpg

:D

lol

i saw that movie last night :(

[jeffool]

Could be a cut scene using the in-game engine? Maybe?

Can we just see a freaking game please? How about recompiling DN3D so we can play it in XP, and releasing it free?If you have the disc (with all the art content,) you can play it on XP (and get lots of additions,) here. (http://jonof.edgenetwork.org/index.php?p=jfduke3d)

[Odwalla]

If it's an in-game shot, just how the fuck do you control your character in first person? Is there some sort of out-of-body experience gimmick which has been kept under wraps so far, or is there an identical twin for the Duke?

Fit, sometimes your naivety astounds me. It's possible to be in-game but not be controlled by the character. Developers have been known to do cutscenes using the game's engine instead of dropping in a pre-rendered video.

[tombofsoldier]

The game's just taken so long because it was made by aliens. Duh!

[jpublic]

If you have the disc (with all the art content,) you can play it on XP (and get lots of additions,) here. (http://jonof.edgenetwork.org/index.php?p=jfduke3d)

Pffft. Nope.

[GodFather]

I'll believe it when I see it. Smells like cute sceneitus too me...

[GunnyMo]

Oh, c'mon, after 10 years you'd think they'd have at least one CGI mock up to show the public. This shows nothing about how the game is actually being developed or played. ;)

[Kweli]

so how many years have they been working on this screenshot?
Hahahaha, thats great

[torrefaction]

It's amazing how little credibility 3D Realms has left, considering how MUCH credibility they used to have.

[BlackPete]

In-game shot that's scaled down that small was probably the only way to get the game to look that sharp :D

But seriously... he looks OLD. I can't tell if that's good or bad. What's scarier than a gun-wielding grumpy old man coming after your ass?

[Double T]

Do you realize that if this game comes out, and I'm not convinced it will, but there will be some players that weren't even BORN when development started.

That blows my mind.

[Atorak]

Fact: Any game screenshot looks good if it's sized at 200x125 pixels.

Case in point: American McGee Presents Bad Day LA (quite possibly the worst game in a decade)

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i152241_baddayLA.gif

[Crono]

he looks like a toy.

That is what I was thinking. He looks plastic. The lighting and modeling are very well done (well I think... the screen is very small after all) but the title character looks like he should come with 5 different phrases and karate chop action.

[Sloth]

well even if its real in game footage, and because Broussard said it was I tend to believe it is, it still doesn't blow me away. like someone else said it looks like a toy. That said, this picture is irrelevant to me, DNF is in a state of perpetual development, I'll hold my opinion on it until theres a product.

[Mdot23]

That is what I was thinking. He looks plastic. The lighting and modeling are very well done (well I think... the screen is very small after all) but the title character looks like he should come with 5 different phrases and karate chop action.

i'll reserve judgment until i see his kung-fu grip in action.

[Shodan2020]

I prefer LOLipops.

Dude. LOLlerskates FTW.

[Oxonian]

Fact: Any game screenshot looks good if it's sized at 200x125 pixels.

Case in point: American McGee Presents Bad Day LA (quite possibly the worst game in a decade)

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i152241_baddayLA.gif
Bad example. That screenshot looks like it was rendered in MS Paint.

OK, so DNF has one frame done. At 60 fps for 10 hours of playing time, they just need to do, uh... 2,159,999 more screenshots and paste them together in a flip-book. DNF will go gold by spring.

[Vesuvius]

people at the 3drealms forums seem to think it's a joke- that it's a picture of a figurine in the foreground and on a screen behind it there's a blurry image of Duke Nukem Forever- so that technically that picture shows a DNF in-game sceenshot, just... well... not at all clearly

[TheDancinMan]

So....it is a toy? I'm just glad I wasn't the only person who thought that when I saw it.

[Vesuvius]

well- that's just fan speculation- but it's what they think.

[Kweli]

people at the 3drealms forums seem to think it's a joke- that it's a picture of a figurine in the foreground and on a screen behind it there's a blurry image of Duke Nukem Forever- so that technically that picture shows a DNF in-game sceenshot, just... well... not at all clearly

People on the DNF forums? You mean... people still check forums for a game in production for 10 years? Good lord!


2006 Thread with most posts- "2006 Will be the YEAR its Released!"
2005 Thread with most posts- "2005 Will be the YEAR its Released!"
2004 Thread with most posts- "2004 Will be the YEAR its Released!"
2003 Thread with most posts- "2003 Will be the YEAR its Released!"
2002 Thread with most posts- "2002 Will be the YEAR its Released!"
etc.... for 10 years

[atariv8]

Isn't that a chair behind him?

[MasterEvilAce]

Wtf? I'm pretty sure 3DR stated that you would never really see Duke himself.. everything would be first person.. if this is in-game, then that is pretty much a lie now isn't it?

[Goronmon]

The guns he is holding look like the little guns on an action figure. Everything is so detailed, but they left the guns a single green color with hardly any detail?

Plus, it almost looks like part of a hand in the lower left hand corner.

[Selar]

Wtf? I'm pretty sure 3DR stated that you would never really see Duke himself.. everything would be first person.. if this is in-game, then that is pretty much a lie now isn't it?

How could you possibly say that? If nothing else, 3dRealms has been forthright and honest throughout the entire production of Duke Nukem Forever.

[x999x]

If by "real" does he mean a "real action figure?"

Because if that's the case, it does look just like the action figure:

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/6488/dukeacfig3qb3.th.jpg (http://img106.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dukeacfig3qb3.jpg)

[Xerxes]

Don't you see? That's Duke's evil twin brother we're seeing! :p

Nuke Dukem? :confused:

[KingGorilla]

3D Realms must stop toying with my emotions.

[dbh1973]

Dude. LOLlerskates FTW.
I'd rather fly in my roflcopter.

DNF will always be in development; I doubt it will ever see release. I'm already planning on telling the grandkids about the myth of DNF, the greatest Vaporware of all time.

[fitbabits]

Fit, sometimes your naivety astounds me. It's possible to be in-game but not be controlled by the character. Developers have been known to do cutscenes using the game's engine instead of dropping in a pre-rendered video.
Jeepers, Odwalla - get to the ER stat and ask them to check that your funny bone is still functioning. Ever heard of the concept of sarcasm? Surely you've been around here long enough to tell when I'm being sarcastic?

[Xerxes]

Didn't some Duke game come out already after DNF was announced?

[josteos]

I knew it was a fake!!!!!! I went looking and this is all i found:


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[Smoof]

I still remember getting pissed because DNF required the minimum requirements of my machine. What was that? Oh yeah, a Pentium 120 with 32 megs of ram.

I was twelve then...

Imagine...by the time this game actually comes out, it'll be NEW news for the newest generation of gamers.

Incredible.

[Rhaze]

I keep expecting to see the 8 year-old kid behind the figure to go, "And look! He cusses in 8 different phrases!"

[Speed_D]

It's amazing how little credibility 3D Realms has left, considering how MUCH credibility they used to have.
Amazing that they still employ George.

[Shodan2020]

I'd rather fly in my roflcopter.

DNF will always be in development; I doubt it will ever see release. I'm already planning on telling the grandkids about the myth of DNF, the greatest Vaporware of all time.

Don't forget to toss in the Infinium Labs' "Phantom" console! :)

[Elrando Horse]

Wait... does this mean the end times are coming?

[Vesuvius]

Posted by George Broussard in the 3drealms Duke Nukem Forever Forums...

"Re: In-game screenshot of Duke
I guess I'll reconfirm what I said last night. That's an in game, real-time shot of Duke standing in a random hallway. It was really done as a small teaser for a job ad on Gamasutra.com. Nothing more.

I'm glad some of you enjoyed it, and we'll show more later as we start to wake from our slumber and decide how best to show the game off."


There you have it- it's real

[Disgustipated]

Didn't some Duke game come out already after DNF was announced?

Yup, and it's surprisingly... good.

Released in 2001: Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project.

I actually got it for free from GoGamer.

[KingGorilla]

Posted by George Broussard in the 3drealms Duke Nukem Forever Forums...

"Re: In-game screenshot of Duke
I guess I'll reconfirm what I said last night. That's an in game, real-time shot of Duke standing in a random hallway. It was really done as a small teaser for a job ad on Gamasutra.com. Nothing more.

I'm glad some of you enjoyed it, and we'll show more later as we start to wake from our slumber and decide how best to show the game off."


There you have it- it's real
That has been the line for 6 years now. "Oh...you'll see, you'll all see"

[randir14]

That has to be an action figure. There was a company called Resaurus that made Duke figures, they had a model of an upcoming and more realistic looking Duke figure, but it was never put in production because the company went out of business. That screen looks like the figure that was never released.

[LilAbner]

Imagine the two remaining Duke fans out there spanking off to this shot. Makes me laugh.

BTW, FUCK YOU GEORGE BROUSSARD.

[Jenga]

Yup, and it's surprisingly... good.

Released in 2001: Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project.

I actually got it for free from GoGamer.
I don't understand why 3d Realms couldn't just, y'know, cancel DNF for good and just start from scratch on another Duke game?

[Zeal]

Remember what happened to Krypton in Superman Returns?

Expect that reaction if this game is actually released.

[saulob]

simply amazing... and I want that. now!

[Zeal]

What is the point of releasing a thumbnail sized 'screenshot' unless you're attempting to hide something? 3DRealms makes no sense, as usual.

[Satertek]

Action figure.

http://www.3drealms.com/actionfigures/images/acfig4.jpg (copy/paste link if it blocks you)

If it is an in-game shot, perhaps Duke Nukem Forever is now a tabletop RPG? Finally an explaination for the delays!

[Phades]

If this shot is actually real I'll eat my own left testicle, my "guardian" testicle if you will.

[Dirty Harry]

I'm still the lone torch-bearer for 3dRealms, huh? Well, I guess someone has to believe.
3drealms, I BELIEVE!!!!111111111111111111111111111111.

[randir14]

I checked out their forums to see what the people who waste their time posting about DNF had to say, and even some of them weren't believing it was real. Some said the screenshot is probably the blurry image behind Duke.

[Qoz]

I am simply amazed at how few potshots are taken against Duke Nukem Forever in this thread. When other news surface (not media content) 90% of all posters in here bash 3Drealms and George calling them names etc. Like they killed your firstborn or something. The 3Drealms hatred has been extremely vocal and now they seem to calm down just because of this tiny screenshot!

What is gonna happen when they release videos or more screenshots? These 3Drealms haters will probably all cheer and say "looking forward to it!". Sigh.

How quickly things change on the internet. I was a bit worried that 3Drealms might have caught too much of a bad vibe, but it is apparent how fickle and unimportant these posters really are. If the game is beautiful and good it doesn't really matter what the history is. This will still sell millions if it is good!

I have always trusted George in the sense that he always believed what he said. When he said they had the final engine down a few years back I believed him. When he says this is in-game I believe him too. After the engine comment I believed they would release in 2007 or start 2008. I still belive that.. although it would be much easier to just hate them.

[Headcase]

Or a mirror? Cuz there was those in Duke Nukem 3D :D

And there were security cameras, and deathmatches where everyone plays as Duke, and who knows, maybe they're giving away that there's an evil clone of Nukem* in the game.

*Perhaps that part of the plot was made early in development, and is now soon to become public domain :rolleyes:

[Vesuvius]

What is the point of releasing a thumbnail sized 'screenshot' unless you're attempting to hide something? 3DRealms makes no sense, as usual.
They didn't release it as a screenshot- it's a small picture to represent the company in a want-ad. Gamasutra is a website for games industry information and recruitment. This wasn't from a press-release or something- as you would know if you'd read the OP

[dirtbag]

well even if its real in game footage, and because Broussard said it was I tend to believe it is, it still doesn't blow me away. like someone else said it looks like a toy. That said, this picture is irrelevant to me, DNF is in a state of perpetual development, I'll hold my opinion on it until theres a product.

Come on, long development time = GREAT product, right? :rolleyes:

Just like Battlecruiser 3000 A.D., the former champion of vaporware.

[StGeorge]

I don't think you people understand how momentous this event was... We now know, for certain, that the game will run in a resolution of 320x200 VGA and will probably be the first game in 10 years to require DOS 6! It's 1996 all over again, what a glorious day!

[atariv8]

That's definitely a chair and computer screen behind him.

[Gedd]

I give this a big /yawn. 3dRealms - Leader in episodic screenshots. Next installment: 1/25/2017

[BabyJesus]

Looks like Jack La Lanne to me...

[BabyJesus]

Just like Battlecruiser 3000 A.D., the former champion of vaporware.


Nope it still is.. Anything thats still as broke ass as it is counts as vapor to me...

[dirtbag]

Nope it still is.. Anything thats still as broke ass as it is counts as vapor to me...
...or maybe a choking smog

[jwbxx]

Ok, we're in Iraq that would be the first sign of the apocalypse.

Alright, Pelosi becomes the first woman speaker of the house, second sign of the apocalypse.

Duke Nukem screen shot, yeah ill be in my basement with my gun, good luck guys.