/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7801747
Texans sure like to shoot, must be why they figure so prominently in 90s and 2000's FPS development.

Given OP's and that other guy's rant, if it really is another guy, I think the main issue with them is that they try to play DN3D like they Doom, and when it doesn't work (which obviously is always, like in Blood threads) they blame the game for it.

In other words, they spend 90% of the game sticking to the shotgun because it works in Doom. When it doesn't work, instead of you know, trying to play the game like it can be played, they blame the game for not being like Doom.

Seriously, who the fuck sticks to a shotgun against an entire horde of pigcops grouped together ? Besides, this situation rarely happens in the original game (although it does a bit more in the add-ons); but still, who the fuck kills EVERY Pigcop using 2 shotgun blasts?
If anything I like to use 1 shotgun blast, and then switch to the pistol or chaingun to finish them off, and it saves ammo too since technically a Pigcop only needs 1 shotgun blast + 1/3rd of a 2nd shotgun blast to die.
Or hell, switch to the chaingun and circle strafe in the right direction to avoid their shotguns (your angryness at "too many hitscan enemies" suggests you haven't even TRIED to dodge their bullets, which you can easily do so), or spam the pistol while using the quick kick up close to stun lock them.
etc etc, even in the first episode, there are plenty of ways to get rid of enemies, which are all fun in different ways, and many which are FASTER; and unlike in Doom, the game is more balanced and sticking to the shotgun most of the time is not a good idea.
The game's enemies and situational design promotes weapon switching.

>>2739802
>Pic isn't mine, it's actually the official gun they used in the duke photos,
Oh yeah, I think I have the base photos they used for the frames somewhere here (they mirrored them, I guess because they thought it'd look cooler if you could see the ejection port).

>although I did have a Mossberg 500 I tricked out to look exactly like the Duke shotgun because I'm a huge nerd. I sold it just recently to some college kid who bought it for way more than it was worth because it looked cool.
Huh, I guess he could use a shotgun then. What'd you sell it for?

>I couldn't hit shit with it, though, because there was no stock to help aim with. If I put a laser sight on it might've definitely helped with that.
I'd bet, might make it good for point shooting. Shoulder sling (like on AK pistols) could be another thing, though that might change the aesthetics of the thing.

On a side note, I've always thought Mare's Legs would be useful with a lasersight. I also think there should be more pump-action Mare's Legs, with pistol grips, because you can make a simpler action and they'd be easy to work rapidly, put one of those grip straps on the pump-slide (like on those non-NFA short shotguns) so you can hold it steady.

Basically I'd want to make a .44 Magnum Mare's Leg which is like a scaled down Serbu Super Shorty, except it would legally be a pistol. With a lasersight. And a heatshield, because it'll look badass.

>>1727665
Not implausible.

I know that the Winchester shotgun they used for Duke Nukem 3D was mirrored, seemingly intentionally, so that you could get a good view of the ejection port.

Why they couldn't just have him bring the gun to the other side of the screen for pumping it to show off the ejection port, I don't quite know, but it does actually look good, so I can't really complain.

Some day, I want to get a Winchester 1300 Defender, and kit it out with cheap TacStar parts, and have an engraver put the radiation sign on it, to recreate the actual Duke Nukem shotgun.