DNF Multiplayer Modes: Slap The "Freaked Out" Babe
Duke Nukem ForeverYeah, well, controversy is all part of the plan.
The multiplayer modes for Duke Nukem Forever have been revealed in OXM (and soon grabbed by multiple sources, including Duke4.net), and at first, there doesn't really seem to be anything out of the ordinary. There's Dukematch, Team Dukematch, Capture the Babe, and Hail to the King. Just a little play on words there, right?
Multiplayer will support 8 players with 4 vs. 4 only, 10 maps will be featured at launch - including an overhauled Dukeburger - and you earn experience with which we'll customize our very own Duke. But that Capture the Babe mode...well, there's this one feature that could very well incite plenty of controversy. As you're trying to make off with the other team's babe, she will occasionally "freak out;" at which point, you have to give her a little smack to calm her down.
...all right. We don't really have the specifics but Gearbox does say this is "more goofy than offensive," so it's not like we haul the chick into a corner and start whaling on her. But you know, this is the type of thing that could make headlines in all the wrong places, and with all the evil inflections and implications. As for the multiplayer experiences, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford had this to say:
"Don't worry about it, we remember why we played Duke and part of that was wanting to get online and shrink you and break you into ice cubes, and so on, and the correct multiplayer experience for Duke Nukem Forever has to pay those things off. Some of the interesting questions are what it does beyond that, and that'll be exciting for people to discover and I'm really looking forward to that."
We have no comment on the issue, but what's your take? Is this harmless fun or are petitions and hate mail imminent? Maybe we actually have to see this "slap" in action first...
Related Game(s): Duke Nukem Forever
Tags: dnf, duke nukem forever, dnf multiplayer, gearbox
3/21/2011 10:14:24 AM Ben Dutka
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Comments (36 posts)
Akuma07
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 9:56:47 PM
A game that is able to poke fun at all the seriousness in the industry.
I CANNOT WAIT to see the reaction of all those anti-freedom mothers in america when they see this game. HAHA thats gona be a hoot!
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Snaaaake
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 11:05:59 AM
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This. Is. Going. To. Blow.
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spiderboi
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 11:35:54 AM
So that 4v4.. does it require 2 PS3s, 2 TVs and a lan cable? Oh, an a big TV to accommodate the 4player split?
5 up, 3 down
Geobaldi
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 11:53:22 AM
Also very happy to see the first official screenshot of Hitman 5 today.
Last edited by Geobaldi on 3/21/2011 11:54:52 AM
9 up, 4 down
maxpontiac
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 12:18:51 PM
No it's not. Not when I regularly play 32 v 32 on MAG. 4 vs 4 is joke.
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Geobaldi
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 12:24:21 PM
11 up, 4 down
Nlayer
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 2:01:39 PM
You buy Duke Nukem to play DUKE NUKEM, not MAG or Uncharted, or CoD. Why does multi-player have to be 50 v 50? Why can't it be like the old days where there were only 4 player slots? Perhaps all these haters did not grow up in the old days and are only used to CoD now. What a shame..
(Sorry for the rant, but all this hate is frustrating!)
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maxpontiac
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 2:50:40 PM
I believe 4 on 4 will only mean one thing: And that's the lack of variety. That's what makes MAG so enjoyable to me. I don't run into the same camper in the same location, or the same spot with the same action. It's all about the variable.
Gamers of today are far more educated when it comes to their hobby. We are at the age of information therefore our expectations are higher. Throw in the rise in food and fuel prices, there is less to spend on games that do not meet those expectations.
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Nlayer
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 4:13:02 PM
I love MAG, don't get me wrong, but I also love 5th and 6th generation style gaming. 4v4, although not popular nowadays, is something that I hope will catch on with certain other games again. I'm tired of large battles. They work in certain games, yes, but in others they do not.
I understand that things are expensive and most people want large multi-player games that can entertain them for longer periods of time. However, Duke Nukem was not made to be just a multi-player FPS. Instead it has a long single-player campaign. They did not focus on the multi-player first and the single-player second like CoD does. Which, once again, reminds me of the 5th gen games that did not have any sort of online connection. I welcome this way of creating a game any day. I still enjoy the single-player portions of games even though it seems like it is the "unpopular" thing to enjoy nowadays.
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Lotusflow3r
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 5:36:20 PM
Thank you.
This is Duke, not a war simulator. We don't need 50 Dukes running around.
I take it no one played Duke 3D on Multi.
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Snaaaake
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 7:08:33 PM
Why can't it at least be 10 vs 10?
L4D is not your standard competitive multiplayer so it doesn't count.
DNF is a standard FPS so 4 vs 4 is a complete joke.
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Lotusflow3r
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 7:08:55 PM
"To this very day, I dont think I have had as much fun playing multiplayer Duke3D. It was such LOL fun. You can't beat setting traps for your buddies and luring them into them before escaping using the jet-pack. I mean, what other game can you setup security cameras in a room, then layout tons of pipe bombs in the room, and then leave a hologram of yourself in the middle of it. Then from a completely different area of the map logon to a security screen and watch as your buddy enters the room towards your hologram then for you to hit the switch and blow them to smithereens. awesome...I'm sure DNF will have all of this and more....I cannot wait."
Ahh memories.
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Gabriel013
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 @ 8:52:41 AM
The whole point of 4 on 4 is to allow time to set up elaborate kills. 32 v 32 means it would be the same old spawn shoot kill die, rinse and repeat several dozen times until you get very bored very quickly.
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Lord carlos
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 11:59:33 AM
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4 up, 1 down
CrusaderForever
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 12:10:01 PM
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Zen_Zarab
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 12:16:06 PM
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Does that mean I can give my Duke a Hermit Beard and dreadlocks?
Last edited by Zen_Zarab on 3/21/2011 12:16:15 PM
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Underdog15
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 12:38:06 PM
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People unfamiliar with a pass-time tend to only know about the bad and never the good.
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Alienange
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 12:46:11 PM
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Underdog15
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 7:07:05 PM
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Danny007
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 1:06:09 PM
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kraygen
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 1:55:19 PM
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3 up, 2 down
Lotusflow3r
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 5:38:51 PM
Also, Duke 3D broke unbelievable amounts of ground. It one upped Doom, as in, continued the groundbreaking Doom and wolfenstien started.
Last edited by Lotusflow3r on 3/21/2011 5:39:38 PM
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kraygen
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 @ 12:26:54 AM
I still think that there shouldn't be anyone surprised that this game would do something controversial though.
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slugga_status
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 2:07:09 PM
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2 up, 5 down
main_event05
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 2:42:37 PM
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Lairfan
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 4:13:41 PM
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And as far as the slapping babes thing is concerned, I expect some idiot who doesn't play games to be ranting about that in the near future. It just comes with the territory I suppose.
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Lotusflow3r
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 5:47:11 PM
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Duke is much needed satire. Of course satire itself can be misunderstood (see Chris Morris or Armando Iannucci work).
Duke is an absolute benchmark right now. Why? because the game is refusing to listen to today's rules and instead be in it's own league, just like Duke 3D. Read the description on the games box to get a better understanding of Duke's existence and see how important his role is AND how much this industry needs him back.
Some of you are hilariously comparing it to FPS's of today (the majority of which i dislike)...pick it up and see for yourself why the comparisons don't work come May.
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TheAgingHipster
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 5:50:28 PM
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jimmyhandsome
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 5:54:08 PM
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As far as the multiplayer bit, 4 v 4 is perfectly ok with me. Like someone said earlier, the game doesn't play like a MAG or Counter-Strike. You don't need tons of players running around for it to be fun.
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PasteNuggs
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 6:40:11 PM
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Lotusflow3r
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 7:02:40 PM
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RebelJD
Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 7:31:42 PM
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I don't see this as a sign to throw on your non-existent protesting mullets and start being biased.
The world is so sensitive to the most stupidest things. It's lame.
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___________
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 @ 2:20:29 AM
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oh lord, i can see all the headlines coming in now!
so cant wait to bring back my favorite game of my childhood!
wonder whats taking the HD remake of duke nukem 3D so long!?
soooooooooooooo dying to play that, SO overdue!
duke is a gaming icon, without him we would not be where we are today!
chewing gum, kicking a$$, hotting up aliens, and stealing babes.
what more could a guy ask for?
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AnonWTF
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 @ 11:26:05 AM
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Geobaldi
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 @ 12:54:32 PM
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