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>https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/3d-realms-original-duke-nukem-forever-from-2001-has-reportedly-leaked-online/

Duke Nukem Forever 2001 has been leaked online

>> No.8891836

Are people gonna call this version good because it never came out?

>> No.8891841

>>8891836
The devs knew it was shit, and started from scratch. Its fate was already sealed after 2003.

>> No.8893094

>>8891841
>The devs knew it was shit
The devs' standards were way too high, they wouldn't release it unless it was a world-beater that was more advanced and better-looking than anything else out there, a moving target which is why they kept starting over with newer, higher-res assets and shit, again and again for an embarrassing number of years.

>> No.8893104

>>8891836
You have it backwards.
People call it good when it's inaccessible.
Once it's accessible, the truth is revealed.

>> No.8893208

>>8891834
Okay and where can we find it

>> No.8893215

>It’s claimed that the leaked 2001 build will be released in June and that almost every chapter in the game is present in some form.
Never coming out, will be hoarded

>> No.8893257

>>8893215
it was leaked here on the /v/ board and someone had to open their mouth up about it on twitter, so there's a 50/50 percent chance that it won't be leaked due to gearbox's lawyers.

>> No.8893346

>>8893215
>>>/v/598471840
COME AND GET IT

>> No.8893361

>>8891841
>The devs knew it was shit, and started from scratch
From what I recall, they fucked up by trying to introduce some new lighting effect that wound up causing the devs to have to go through every single asset file to implement it properly. And they were just too stubborn to let it go.

>> No.8893365

>Leak takes long enough to string along journos
>Randy Pitchford C&D's the leaker and three generations of their family

Why do people thwart their own efforts, are Internet updoots that important?

>> No.8893370

>>8893365
RANDY PITCHFORD'S GONNA MAKE YOU HIS BITCH

>> No.8893379

>>8893370
I keked audibly

>> No.8893386

>>8893361
Story is the higher-up were obsessed with recreating that Duke 3D release moment where they had the most advanced and impressive shooter on the market, and it just tanked development every time a game like Half Life or Doom 3 would drop.

>> No.8893415

>>8893386
And ironically, the actual DNF was far from the most advanced shooter on the market. Sure you could see your legs and had working mirrors, which were fairly uncommon in FPSes at the time, but the rest of the game looked incredibly dated.

>> No.8893419

>>>/v/598471840
>>>/v/598471840
>>>/v/598471840

>> No.8893434

https://streamable.com/q4w9iu

>> No.8893437

>>8893419
Downloading will check if it's legit afterwards

>> No.8893446

>>8893419
oh fuck

>> No.8893456
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8893456

>waited 20 years for a couple of bare bones test levels

>> No.8893461

>>8893456
And a UE1 DukeEd SDK

>> No.8893470

>>8893415
Well that's because the suits took the game away from the original team, handed what they had to someone else, said "finish this and get it out the door ASAP" so we got a rushed release of a mostly-finished game which severely lacked polish.

>> No.8893473

>>8893461
Fuck yeah, that means people will make levels for this shit.

>> No.8893487

>>8893470
That being said it's interesting how much DNF2011 keeps from the old trailers. Perhaps it could serve as the basis for the hypothetical modded DNF2K1.

>> No.8893501

>>8893437
(Me)
It's legit, and the October build has the source code too

>> No.8893515
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>> No.8893517

>>8893515
reichads always win, just like douk.

>> No.8893518
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8893518

something about the build is giving me blood2 vibes and I don't like that

>> No.8893541

>One of the level select thumbnails uses porn as a placeholder
of fucking course it does

>> No.8893573

>>8893541
Based.

Anything that makes game dev a hostile environment for women in denial about their purpose in life is a good thing.

>> No.8893598

>>8893215
Eat crow NOW

>> No.8893646

>>8893518
>blood 2 vibes
it's unfinished

>> No.8893652

>>8893215
ASS = BLOWN

>> No.8893667

How long have they been hoarding this?

>> No.8893674

>>8893667
according to them they were holding off on releasing until they had it playable on modern systems. this isn't the same group that was teasing a release a few years ago.

>> No.8893760

>>8893215
>BLOWN
THE
>FUCK
OUT

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>>8893573
>Anything that makes game dev a hostile environment for women in denial about their purpose in life is a good thing.

>> No.8893785

>>8893434
Holy shit

>> No.8893976

>>8891841
The devs started from scratch because an exec saw an engine trailer and decided to make the team port the game to that engine.

>> No.8893995
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8893995

They're gonna find George in his car with the gas running.

>> No.8894009

>>8893434
That already looks like a game I'd rather be playing than the one they released. The fact that this version never got finished really sucks.
>they cut the chainsaw.

>> No.8894014

>>8894009
Same.

>> No.8894017

>>8893995
>>randy's coming

>> No.8894031

So how do I run this? I tried applying the patches to the october build but it still crashes at startup or main menu at best, with no mouse working in the main menu

>> No.8894034

>>8894031
It ran fine just by launching the build on it's own for me granted I run on a potato than some mighty gaming rig

>> No.8894043

>>8894034
I played it on a Pentium 3 and it was fine.

>> No.8894050

I would almost suggest they find someone to finish this version, and then release it to make bank on early 2000's nostalgia, but I don't want to give Randy good business ideas.

>> No.8894060

>>8894050
A lot of shit will have to be redone for it to even reach the polish of the original DN3D. The full source code and mapping tools do mean that anybody could pick it up however.

>> No.8894073

>>8894043
Heck, I ran it on a ti92

>> No.8894265

>>8894031
Ran this on Windows 10 with the patches, worked fine.

Honestly George isn't kidding, this is pretty much a bunch of test levels, stuff for E3, some weapons, most of the maps I tried didn't even have any enemies but I tried the Hollywood Holocaust remake which did have some action, which was alright.

This definitely had potential but you can tell it was stuck in development hell

>> No.8894271

>>8893518
looks like ass

>> No.8894414

>>8894271
Because it is, wasn't worth the wait

>> No.8894437

>>8894060
if it includes mapping tools I might fuck around with it. I do enjoy me some early 00s mapping.

>> No.8894443

>>8894437
Both mapping tools and source code are included

>> No.8894450

>>8894271
>>8894414
Looks like typical Unreal Engine game from the change of the millenium, just like Deus Ex or Postal 2

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8894467

>The tv teleports to the NPCs position and doesn't even move with the walk cycle
My fucking sides

>> No.8894479

>>8894467
NOOOO NOT THE CRTS

>> No.8894878

>>8893470
In fairness, you can't exactly blame the suits in this case. So much time and money was already waste, and now they want yet another extension using the publisher's own money? Fuck that.

>> No.8895082

Try Hollywood Holocaust level it's epic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbKRaP-pVyI

>> No.8895138

>>8894878
Yeah, I don't really blame them, it was the best option available after the development process had gone completely off the rails. It was a huge mess.

>> No.8895157

>people asking for a commercial "fixed version" of this

Pretty sure Take-Two would claim any money made. This is probably untouchable commercially speaking.

>> No.8895176

>>8894467
>crtgeneral.webm

>> No.8895307

Anyone else having trouble loading saved games? Fucked for me in XP at least, will try in 98 and 10 after work.

>> No.8895682

>>8893215
dead nigga

>> No.8895707

>>8891836
>Are people gonna call this version good because it never came out?
There is hardly anything to call good or bad, anon, it is just a handful of barely playable levels. I say it had potential.

>> No.8895732

>>8893257
That's because they announced they would leak it in a month instead of just posting the fucking thing. What possesses whatever retard has it to do this is anyone's guess.

>> No.8895831

>>8894467
>dook is a crtfag

>> No.8896179

>>8895732
You realize it's public? Right?

>> No.8896618

>>8895732
It's out retard

>> No.8896664

>>8895082
Maybe my memories of 2001-era PC games is shit but this looks pretty fucking good to me visually, with some polish it would have been perfectly acceptable

>> No.8896696

>>8896664
It's roughly Half-Life 1 era, so yeah, visually it's fine for its time. I mean they showed this at E3 and people were stoked.

>> No.8896713

>>8895732
supposedly it was a joke to "delay" the release of the leak like the game was delayed

>> No.8897174

Posts to a website for a leak that originated on 4chan.

We found Andy Playdick from video game chronicles spamming their shit website.

>> No.8897207

>>8897174
Can you repeat that in English?

>> No.8897220
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>>8897174
Oooor you could have this leaker team already working on a fully functional complete build of the game, hence the teased release in June. They leak out the original build, to garner attention and excitement, while including the source code, developer tools, a functioning multiplayer for people to dick around with, before releasing their final build of the game in June to great fanfare, plus to show the major difference between the original incomplete build and their finalized build.

But that's just a theory, A GAME THEORY

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>>8897220
>>8893215
>>8893257
>>8895732
what are you guys still doing harping on about June, they already released it yesterday.

>> No.8897225

>>8896664
Funnily, I think this era of graphics aged way better than the later 2000's era graphics we got for the finished game. Everything's just crisp, and sharp, and well defined, rather than looking like rubber.

>> No.8897241

>>8893995
lol why is he so sad

>> No.8897393

>>8897241
Probably knows it's his fault the game didn't launch in the early 2000's, when it should have, and that the series eventually ended up with Randy, who treated it like a common whore.

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8897509

>>8897393
Yeah, regrets can eat away at you.

>> No.8897513

>>8897509
It's so obvious he's playing it up for twitter though.

>> No.8897998

>>8897220
cat

>> No.8899149

>>8893976
AFAIK Broussard fell in love with how Doom 3 looked like at the time (especially considering the lighting/shadows) and wanted DNF to look the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtsSTuY3c5g

>> No.8899681

>>8899149
Looks so damn ugly compared to 2001/2002. Everything looks like shiny plastic. The finished game has that problem too.

>> No.8899931

>>8899149
Went from a pretty good looking early 2000s game to an ugly Doom 3 fan-mod.

>> No.8899943

https://www.moddb.com/games/duke-nukem-forever-2001/addons/dnf-2001-music-patch

It begins.

>> No.8900204

>>8899943
Based.

>> No.8900359

>>8899149
i love this style, they should have finished it like this.

>> No.8900401

>>8894467
WHO WANTS A FREE TV

>> No.8900465

>>8893415
They had no chance after the next-gen shooters were released (Doom 3, HL2, Far Cry, FEAR). But until then I don't think there were many better looking FPS's.

>> No.8900924

>>8895082
ngl very competent work, a joy to see the original levels in higher fidelity. The original levels are so high quality and fun that they could've easily cashed it by remaking the original episodes and maybe adding some new maps on top of that.

>> No.8900939

>>8895082
Looks pretty good but it also shows how desperately this needs better/dynamic lighting. With that it would be almost perfect.

>> No.8900940

>>8897224
dang :(
we are never getting that later more complete build

>> No.8901668

>>8894271
>>8894414
>>8894450
The game was barely finished. No shit it's gonna be mostly ass. What were you expecting?

>> No.8902265

>>8891836
can't be worse than other fps shit that came out in 2001

>> No.8903204

>>8902265
I used my imagination to fill in the build blanks and I've come to this conclusion:
SoF was better
SoF 2 was better
NOLF 2 was way better
and more importantly duke 3D was more fun than this doom 3 half-life wannabe