Duke Nukem 3D was one of my favorite games back in the day, it was the first big jump in First Person Shooters after Doom. You play as Duke Nukem who has to rid the world of alien menace by basically blowing them all to smithereens with a massive assortment of weapons.
There are great little touches in the game such as Duke's quips after he kills enemies and lots of different secrets hidden throughout the game.
There are genius lines in the game like "I’m going to kick ass or chew bubblegum, and I’m all out of gum" things like that, that make the game original.
The introduction of the jetpack was something that had not been seen in a game like that before enabling you to explore for more hidden weapons or items and the humor made the game original and a fan favorite.
The graphics were great for the time but are obviously a little dated now to say the least. The level designers were good as there were a wide variety of different place to explore and you were stuck in different generic warehouses fighting it out.
The music to the game had a rocky sound to it and wasn’t grating like some of the other shoot’em’ ups out there.
The bosses in every chapter were well thought out too the final battle taking place on an American football
pitch which at the time was epic.
The ingenious weapons featured in the game also helped you dispatch of the aliens in new ways such as the freeze ray that turned enemies into ice then you kick them and watch them shatter all over the place or the shrink ray that make the enemies tiny and you can stamp on them and crush them to bits.
If you haven’t played this game before you definitely need to pick it up and have a blast it’s awesome if you appreciate where FPS games originated from.
All in all, Duke Nukem was addictive you'd play the same levels over and over looking to find all the secret places and just dish out a wide variety of punishment to the aliens which was great and some people may hate me for saying this but it really did kick Doom into touch the only other games of the same caliber was Shadow Warrior which was made by the same company and also Blood which was made by Monolith. Both those games are also worth checking out if you’re into retro First Person Shooters.
