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Duke Nukem Forever Physics Impress

Posted by Zonk on from the who-does't-like-physics? dept.

rauper wrote in to alert us to a GameIndustry.biz story. The quote says it all: "Swedish company Meqon, the firm behind the physics for 3D Realms' Duke Nukem Forever, has rekindled interest in the long-delayed game with a stunning demonstration of its latest physics technology."

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  1. By the time it comes out... by Bin_jammin · · Score: 5, Funny

    the laws of physics will have changed. Whenever...

    1. Re:By the time it comes out... by wakejagr · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yanno, DNF jokes are so damned 2003. And 2001. And... Well, they're old and tired. Yet, I have to hand it to Bin Jammin.

      DNF has been vaporware for so long that even jokes about how old and tired the jokes are about DNF being vaporware are old and tired.

      My brain hurts . . .

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  2. DNF? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    How come we haven't heard of this game before now? It sounds great. I can't wait for it to be released.

    1. Re:DNF? by tal256 · · Score: 5, Funny

      In autoracing circles, DNF stands for "Did Not Finish". I wonder if this applies here too....

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  3. See the demos here. by elrond1999 · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.meqon.com/downloadarea/downloadarea.php

  4. One down... by Frodo+Crockett · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Hey guys! Physics is done!"
    "Alright! What's left?"
    "Not much. Just graphics, control, scripting, AI, sound, and multiplayer."

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  5. Re:7 years and counting by Quinn · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Jesus, I wish I could just mod this overrated, but I'll have to respond.

    IIRC, Duke came out at approximately the same time as Quake. Its interactivity and humor (juvenile though it was) are unparalleled in any game since.

    I remember walking over dead guys and leaving bloody footprints, flushing a toilet which overflowed and left watery footprints, seeing myself in a mirror, tossing remote-detonated bombs and blasting them from a block away, shrinking my opponents and stepping on them.

    There's a lot of hype about the wonderful immerson of Half Life's story, but what happened in HL2? Awesome atmosphere, but where's the story? It had a plot like a movie tie-in theme park ride.

    Duke innovated, and if there is even some tiny vestige of its original spirit left in the company, with today's technology, it will be a favorite of the next generation of gamers, as it was with my generation.

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