Issues with your account? Bug us in the Discord!
A good, NEW platformer?
Data Crystal
Pencil Artist
in Zocalo v2.0
Yup, strange but true.
I'm a diehard fan of the old platformer genre, and games like Commander Keen, Alien Carnage and even (gasp!) Secret Agent really struck me back in the day.
Anyways, my point is that I landed my sticky lil' paws on the new Duke Nukem -game, [url="http://www.dukenukemmp.com"]Manhattan Project[/url] and even though it's made by a separate group and it's not an "official" Duke, I have to recommend it to anyone who has ever liked platformers before.
To those of you who know the genre a little bit better, I guess it's enough if I say that the whole basic idea of the game is straight from Halloween Harry / Alien Carnage all the way from jetpacks to saving the babes. The engine the game works on, however, is pretty much the same as in the two [b]Pandemonium[/b] -games 4-5 years back.
Really, I didn't expect much since the last decent -new- platformer was Jazz Jackrabbit 2 years ago, but after the first 4 levels, I found myself having a bit too much fun with the game I guess... some of the stuff in the game is just [i]so[/i] stupid that I'm a bit afraid of the fact that I laughed at 'em... time for a head-check?
Anyways, I don't know what strikes me more; The overall rampant stupidity and cock-driven macho-bullshit attitude of the whole Rambo-scene or the sarcastic little backgrounds in the game...
[img]http://www.dukenukemmp.com/images/multimedia/screenshots/8.jpg[/img]
It even shoved Deus Ex off from my 'to do -list' temporarily, as the new D isn't the longest of games.
[img]http://www.dukenukemmp.com/images/multimedia/screenshots/9.jpg[/img]
I don't know how much they're charging for it in the US, but here in Finland it's around 28e, which is more or less 24-25 bucks. A new Serious Sam, so to speak. But for a budget game, it's quite a piece of work.
Just a lil' notification to all you people out there, jewels like these usually don't last very long in the shelves so go grab one while you can...
And one of the things that one should mention about this game is the 3d -engine, which means rather easy modding. Conversions of the old classics, perhaps?
[img]http://www.dukenukemmp.com/images/multimedia/screenshots/3.jpg[/img]
Right, I'm off to bed, have to go back to the GI-Joe'ing tomorrow.
-DC
------------------
[i]"It does not require an artist to wield the blade that finds itself struck through the heart of an opponent. It takes a true artist to present the sword and allow the man to strike himself against it."[/i]
I'm a diehard fan of the old platformer genre, and games like Commander Keen, Alien Carnage and even (gasp!) Secret Agent really struck me back in the day.
Anyways, my point is that I landed my sticky lil' paws on the new Duke Nukem -game, [url="http://www.dukenukemmp.com"]Manhattan Project[/url] and even though it's made by a separate group and it's not an "official" Duke, I have to recommend it to anyone who has ever liked platformers before.
To those of you who know the genre a little bit better, I guess it's enough if I say that the whole basic idea of the game is straight from Halloween Harry / Alien Carnage all the way from jetpacks to saving the babes. The engine the game works on, however, is pretty much the same as in the two [b]Pandemonium[/b] -games 4-5 years back.
Really, I didn't expect much since the last decent -new- platformer was Jazz Jackrabbit 2 years ago, but after the first 4 levels, I found myself having a bit too much fun with the game I guess... some of the stuff in the game is just [i]so[/i] stupid that I'm a bit afraid of the fact that I laughed at 'em... time for a head-check?
Anyways, I don't know what strikes me more; The overall rampant stupidity and cock-driven macho-bullshit attitude of the whole Rambo-scene or the sarcastic little backgrounds in the game...
[img]http://www.dukenukemmp.com/images/multimedia/screenshots/8.jpg[/img]
It even shoved Deus Ex off from my 'to do -list' temporarily, as the new D isn't the longest of games.
[img]http://www.dukenukemmp.com/images/multimedia/screenshots/9.jpg[/img]
I don't know how much they're charging for it in the US, but here in Finland it's around 28e, which is more or less 24-25 bucks. A new Serious Sam, so to speak. But for a budget game, it's quite a piece of work.
Just a lil' notification to all you people out there, jewels like these usually don't last very long in the shelves so go grab one while you can...
And one of the things that one should mention about this game is the 3d -engine, which means rather easy modding. Conversions of the old classics, perhaps?
[img]http://www.dukenukemmp.com/images/multimedia/screenshots/3.jpg[/img]
Right, I'm off to bed, have to go back to the GI-Joe'ing tomorrow.
-DC
------------------
[i]"It does not require an artist to wield the blade that finds itself struck through the heart of an opponent. It takes a true artist to present the sword and allow the man to strike himself against it."[/i]
Comments
This is one of the best games I have played for a long time. It brings back memories from the good old times.
And it was worth it's money. It felt that it was longer than ST Voy: Elite Force. And with Jon St. John as Duke Nukem. *whew* It was a blast! [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
------------------
Mauri "[b]Darkblade[/b]" Majanoja
"You know the difference between the you and the you five minutes ago? The you five minutes ago had five minutes to live!"
-Sly Boots, Anachronox
Mission designer - [url="http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/babylon"]Freespace 2 : The Babylon Project[/url]
Lead Mission Designer - [url="http://archives.volitionwatch.com/fs2/missions/download.php3?MissID=356"]James Moores' Operation Avatar[/url]
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 rocked, by the way.
------------------
[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
[b]It's time to deal Max Pain on the Subway. Now where did I put that subway token.[/b]
A good purchase if you can spare the chips, Biggles. I'm getting a bit short-stacked myself, 3.6e a day doesn't get you very far... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
------------------
[i]"It does not require an artist to wield the blade that finds itself struck through the heart of an opponent. It takes a true artist to present the sword and allow the man to strike himself against it."[/i]
------------------
[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras