One could look at it as duke providing a service to society – which, considering the general premise of aliens invading earth, was the developers point. The pig cops were clearly mad with power and warped by aliens. In defense of the game the women only came in two varieties – strippers and mutated damsels begging to be put out of their misery. The controversy surrounded the fact that you could kill women and ‘pig headed’ cops. The caveat of the game was its protagonist Duke, a homage and amalgam of 80’s action movie stars complete with big biceps and cheesy one liners. In respect to early first person shooters DN3D very much emulated Doom, which had become a very successful formula for future fps games. The game was lauded by the gaming community and became hugely successful despite being labeled by some as a ‘murder simulator’ģDrealms, the former developer of Duke Nukem Forever, rode their way into the annals of video game history through their release of Duke Nukem 3D.
Id software’s followup title Doom added better graphics and set the stage on a demon infested mars. Its release of Wolfenstein 3D – a first person shooter in which you are tasked to invade a Nazi stronghold with the goal of killing Hitler and his goons – was controversial in its graphic depiction of killing and praised for its original gameplay.
Id software is recognized as the father or first person shooters. The question remains – do we really care about Duke Nukem Forever after over 10 years of waiting? More importantly, will the game make a dent in a market dominated by violent first person shooters and violent games in general? There has been a cornucopia of violent and sexual video games since the early 90’s, many of which raised standards for gameplay and storytelling.
As one of the first graphically – for the time – violent games in the mid-90’s Duke Nukem 3D helped create a staple for both first person shooter gameplay and video game controversy. After years of jokes and bad puns Duke Nukem Forever in development’ is finally going to see the dust of a shelf – hopefully not too much dust.
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