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>>9002365
>Or was Dr Proton in cahoots with the aliens after Duke3D?
There's contradictory information about this from developers. It's pretty clear little thought was put into it. Like there's reports from developers that earlier on in the project Doctor Proton summoned them to Earth and was working with them, however later on in the project he was more doing his own thing and was more like Saruman the White. Since he was creating his own army of clones and machines. He was removed altogether later in development when they redesigned the game to be more similar to Duke 3D and they reused most of the cut stuff for DLC.
>Story continues from Duke2, although its never specifically mentioned that these are the same aliens from Duke2.
They're not. The aliens in Duke 2 were the "Rigelatins". Which were these amoeba like aliens. Fun fact there's an unfinished Rigelatin in the leak's files implying they at least experimented with them making an appearance. The aliens in Duke 3D are the "Cycloids". Hence why the final boss's name is the "Cycloid Emperor".
>>9003473
Frederick is confirmed to have that build and several others. Including the later ones like the one where they tried to make the lighting similar to Doom 3. And the ones where they started making it more like Duke 3d. (They only started introducing Duke 3D enemies/guns like the pistol/ripper later in development after they wanted to make it more similar to the original. This is eerily similar to how Half-Life 2's development progressed where they initially were making a completely different game altogether where the player wore a leather suit with a sinister voice and their melee weapon was an ice axe. And they made it more similar to HL1 later).

Frederick's not giving any builds out though because he's already been sued by Gearbox once already.