Mazes And Monsters

Review: Duke Nukem Forever

The wait is over: Duke Nukem Forever is finally here! First announced in 1997 as a follow-up to Duke Nukem 3D — the groundbreaking Doom clone — the sequel has suffered its share of setbacks. After developer 3D Realms missed its planned release date of Christmas 1998, DNF slipped again and again, leading some to wonder if this would be Duke Nukem Never . I guess the haters forgot that you should always bet on Duke. The first thing you need to know is that Duke is as politically in correct as ever. He drinks beer, which makes him even tougher when fighting alien slime. He photocopies his butt. He picks poop out of the toilet and throws it at people. After he beats the massive Battlelord boss, Duke works the monster's nutsack like a speedbag. There's even a scene where you visit a strip club! It has nothing to do with the rest of the game, but there are jokes about condoms and vibrators, and tons of big fake boobs all over the place. What kind of a wuss wouldn't enjoy that? Duke Nukem Forever shows off not only the awesome power of today's high-end PCs, but also Sony's PlayStation 2 and Microsoft's upcoming Xbox. The graphics are so realistic, you can practically see the strippers' areolae. In outdoor scenes, they've even added little buildings and shacks to make things feel authentic. One long sequence has so many brown sand dunes that you'd swear you really were driving a monster truck through the desert for hours and hours. All the eye candy is nice, but job one for Duke is to kick alien ass, which he does by the truckload. Thankfully, the combat hasn't changed much since Duke 3D , which is to say that it's perfect! For the most part, you need to circle around your enemies while shooting at them, but sometimes you throw pipe bombs. The monsters are even smart enough to dodge out of the way. It's totally visceral. Duke Nukem Forever is at its most chaotic with weapons like the shrink ray — which diminishes enemies until Duke can stomp on them — and the freeze gun, which lets him shatter them into a thousand icy pieces. Sometimes, Duke even uses mounted weaponry to take down heavy-duty foes like airships. Gun turrets — now there ' s a gameplay mechanic that will never get old. One thing that's a little strange is the level design. In Duke 3D , all the levels were like mazes, with different routes to take and secrets to explore. Here, they're more like long corridors.

The Forbidden Mazes of the Jennerak: Mazes and Monsters Maps

I have included a blank image for your use as well as a color coded keyed image giving you some idea of how to stock and populate the dungeon. I have also prefaced the two maps with the upper level Maze that is the entrance level to the Undercity--the hidden stair beyond the secret door in the lower portion of the map is the way to this horrible place.... adventure which can be read in detail on this site. The scene is the Chamber of the Image of Gamosh, called in the Dungeon Key the Hall of Sorrows. One of our younger and inexperienced players was running a thief character named Ares who, despite the warnings of his companions, climbed the statue of the evil deity to pluck out his jeweled eye. Alas, within the statue's mouth was a hole concealing a spring and a poisoned iron spike which, after a failed saving throw on the d20 by Ares, ended the career (and life) of our illustrious footpad. The party mourned him for a moment and then parted his goods among themselves...

The news scene with the plot backstory? Interesting way to do it, nice Mazes and Monsters reference.

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Don't worry, Spoony, it could have been worse than Mazes and Monsters: like, say, Like Lambs to the Slaughter.

Mazes and Monsters joke! ^_^

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