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PC - Windows : Duke Nukem 3-D Reviews

Below are user reviews of Duke Nukem 3-D and on the right are links to professionally written reviews. The summary of review scores shows the distribution of scores given by the professional reviewers for Duke Nukem 3-D. Column height indicates the number of reviews with a score within the range shown at the bottom of the column. Higher scores (columns further towards the right) are better.







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Action-Packed Wanton Violence, a GREAT Time!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: July 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Our man Duke is back again, confronting aliens with an array of hand-wielded weapons, fighting his way to the next level. The gratuitous violence is extremely cathartic, especially if you've had to deal with a lawyer anytime within the past 12 hours. An interesting aspect is that whenever Duke lands in one of these many scenarios, he immediately becomes a target for attack. There's an alien waiting there, simply to kill Duke, and that alien will do so if Duke does nothing. It it completely irrational, the way these aliens attack. I attempted to use the Duke character in a more tolerant way -- I envisioned him asking about the aliens, "Why do they hate me?" I looked for an option wherein Duke could form a coalition involving the United Nations, and dispatch inspectors -- and if that proved ineffective, give the inspectors more time. (Nothing will deter an alien from killing you like being faced with an inspector who has been given more time!) I worked with the controls to make Duke more sensitive, tolerant and diverse... but the aliens simply killed him. It turned out that Duke would always get killed if he did nothing, if he did anything other than kill the aliens first. It appears that when an alien is determined to kill you, then the only intelligent action in the world is to kill him first, and keep your own life and future intact. I bet I know who Duke Nuken votes for.

As far as shooter games go...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: December 15, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Duke Nukem, while nothing more than a mindless shoot'em-up, is perhaps the best of its kind. It has a very fast engine! It runs very smoothly even on my relatively old computer and using the full screen. The scenery is more realistic than the dungeons of Quake and Unreal. Instead, you're fighting in the city with grovery stores, subways, sewers, and the occassional nuclear facility.

The foul language, sexual induendo, and rude comments can be funny, but for those concerned about young minds, you can turn it off and keep it off with a password. The surround sound effects are engaging, especially if you have a good set of stereo speakers or headphones.

The game also has the capability of multi=player gaming with computer-controlled players, but they are very fast. It is supposed to be useful for testing user-created maps, but they can prevent a real challenge.

The Duke gets my endorsement, especially for the speed, sound, and real-world setting.

Not the same old "Doom"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Too many first person shooters are essentially a throwback to the earliest days of computer games: a maze of twisty passages, all alike.

But Duke inhabits if not the real world, at least something recognizable as a world. There are light switches and elevators and (with the add-on disk) burger drive-throughs and, yes, lots of half-naked women. And it's all interactive.

Sure, some of it's goofy (interactive toilets are probably fairly pointless), but it makes for a great game: Wandering into the darkened men's room, you can see in the mirror that an alien's waiting to ambush you by the sink. Toss in a pipe bomb and step back and trigger it.

One of the all-time great games, and I can't wait for the sequel, "Duke Nukem Forever."

The best of its kind

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Duke Nukem gives gamers a bit of every thing. First it gives you action, which I like. Then it gives you humor, and many more things. The weapons are too cool, plus every now and then you'll get a funny Duke saying like "bitchin'". This game is a must have, and if you don't want to own it, at least download the demo. This game is totally awsome.

The Classic!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If Quake is too dark and brooding, come over to Duke and have a little fun! "Come get some!"

Duke is a fun, fun, fun way to shoot your way through the bad guys. Innovative weaponss, innovative bad guys. You get trip bombs, pipe bombs, and the usual pistol, shotgun, chain gun, RPG, etc. But how about a freeze ray, where you can freeze and then shatter them? How about using a shrink ray, and then chasing them down to stomp them?

Note: If you want to share this game with kids, but you're a believer that kids should have their violence without sexual innuendo, you may want to use the game's option settings to turn off the suggestive comments, leaving you most of the humor and all the violence without the deliciously funny sexual humor. Or, if you're an adult, enjoy! (Stick a dollar in the dancing girl's briefs...)

Have fun, and enjoy!

NOTE!! This is an old classic game -- (c) 1996 -- says it needs a 486, or even a Pentium computer! It wants DOS to run. It may run under Windows, but I haven't gotten it to.

On the other hand, the creators are taking FOREVER to make a first-person shooter sequal (Not done and no release date, as of end of 2002), so this is your only choice. The other Duke games out there are side-scrollers, and/or made by other companies under license. Buy this one while waiting for the next real release.

THE BEST

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

ok i've had this game for about a year now and it is still not boring at all. It has been my favorite game that long too. This game is for the people who like killing things a lot. The levels are so well made that you want to play them over and over. So if you like quake 3, and redneck rampage well its like those but a lot better. If i could give it more stars then i would. And no i have nothing bad to say about this game at all. So buy it right now!

Classic fo'sho!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

What a great game.I remember playing Duke Nukem 2 back in the days and when this was released i bought it.Rap albums get 5 mics.This should get 5 keyboards if that would exist.What a classic.I remember it was the best game at that time.Great gameplay,great game levels.GREAT GAMEPLAY!!!whoa.What else can i say.What great levels this game has.And is damn funny too.The best shoot em up game of all times.Definetely a classic.Masterpiece.Great.You can spend all the day playing this game.100/100.

my thoughts of the game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: April 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i think it is a must game to play if you like to see thing blow up and different body parts flying off. I most like when duke says words every time a alien gets blown up by a rocket or pipe bomb and you see the strippers. A must game to recommend.

This is a great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was in awe, when this game came out. I couldn't believe the changes they made. Like Tomb Raider with an attitude. Running Jumping back flips to grab a suspending latter over an endless pit of death (I might of adlibbed a little bit). But the real life maneuverability is awesome. Add to it, Duke and his hilarious out of the blue remarks. I question whether kids should play this game especially if their in my way, but as an adult I find this game very entertaining, it's a shoot-em up, puzzle with a little bit of strategy. It's fun with two players too, a little tedious with the split screen unless you have a 55" TV (OH YA: Come get some).

3d gaming is even better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: December 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

the duke nukem 3d probably started the idea of first person shooters. It is godly weapons and enemies, though the bosses can be a bit tough. The game runs great even on my win. 95!!! A good game with lots of levels and traps. Only bad thing is the adult content. don't worry there is a password so that you can turn it off. Buy if you find it at a good price.


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