It's a set piece that predicts the scripted sequences games like Halo or CoD would be praised a decade later. The random space attack at the very first scene shows the level of intensity the Build engine games had. Spaceport - A memorable introdutory level. I make some short comments on each level: It doesn't have any function in the game apart from the lighting, but for me it shows the artistic 2.5d realism from Duke and the Build Engine was unparalleled for a couple of years. There's a part, I don't remember which level, that everything is dark and then you open the windows to see the empty, lonely outerspace.

Some of the music like Plasma (from the level Dark Side)are masterpiece, some others feel like generic midis.Įven if 2d pre-rendered, some visuals in space were truly scary and breath-taking when I played Duke for the first time.

I even think the level is out of place in this game - it could have been in a standalone, more serious atmospheric space shooter in the Build engine. Many ideas don't work and some levels drag, but I believe a few others are among the best the game ever made. It's a bold move, and for me one of the most curious set of levels in 90s shooters.įor me, there are high risks taken here. The most polarizing episode in Duke Nukem 3d, where the game drops its biggest virtue - Real world-like locations - for futuristic, abstract settings.

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