The 2001 version of Duke Nukem Forever is something that a lot of PC fans would like to play. And from the looks of it, this may actually happen in the near future. Earlier today, two gameplay clips surfaced from that cancelled version.
These new gameplay clips showcase the casino area that was featured in the 2001 gameplay trailer. Now while these clips originate from 4Chan, the look pretty legit. And if they are not, then we can at least give kudos to the one who made them look so authentic.
Back in 2018, Frederik Schreiber, VP at 3DRealms, claimed that the 2001 version of Duke Nukem Forever was 90% complete. The 2001 version packed 14-16 hours of gameplay and it played partly as an RPG in terms of goals. Players basically had Mission Objectives on their HUD and they could activate them, like quests. Furthermore, you also had an inventory with ID badges, keycards, etc.
In Duke Nukem Forever 2001, players meet and save NPCs, solve puzzles, and try and solve the mystery of what’s going on. Then they meet the infected EDF who’s attacking them and the story evolves from there.
Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford has stated that Gearbox is working on acquiring a license so that they can include the 2001 build in a new package for Duke Nukem Forever. Unfortunately, we haven’t heard anything about this since March 2018.
It will be interesting to see whether Gearbox is finally able to release Duke Nukem Forever 2001 to the public. Until we have more details about it, you can go ahead and enjoy the following gameplay clips!
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looks and sounds so much better than what we got
A cool skybox, but not much else from the clip. I enjoyed DNF, but would like to see this one released in some form.
You enjoyed DNF ?? SERIOUSLY ?
Yes, but i didn’t played it at released, people claimed it was buggy at launch.
i’ve finished it a while ago. Not as bad as people claimed, but pretty mediocre in my opinion.
Fair enough, i view the game as a Half Life 2 clone, since it took a lot of inspiration from.
HL2 is far more enjoyable and it’s a 2004 game, DNF is a 2011 game made in 6 months by a bunch of morons in a hurry to make money
At least DNF didn’t end in a cliffhanger, and it surely wasn’t made in 6 months. There wasn’t so much of a consumer demand for nostalgia fps, so they took inspiration from the best sellers of the time, Half life, Halo and COD.
Ah sh*t here we go again lol, so it’s a trash game but it didn’t end with a cliffhanger, BEST GAME EVER !!
Nice strawman, yeah i enjoyed the game, shame on me. But i’m interested in why you hate this game so much?
Did you ever played Duke Nukem 3D ?? If you did you know how DNF is a total downgrade in terms of gameplay and lvl design, it’s generic AF, it nailed the atmosphere tho at least it’s faithful in that particular part, don’t get me wrong, i say it’s bad for Duke 3D’s standards, the game itself is… Decent…
Yes i did play a lot of old fps games (Doom, Quake 1/2, Duke 3d, Blood, etc) and DNF doesn’t strive to be like Duke 3d, instead opting to emulate fps games from the 00’s like Halo, HL2, Doom 3 and COD (which i also enjoy btw).
That the problem i guess, when you play Halo it’s Halo, you know what it’s all about, and CoD is COD, i don’t expect CoD to be a Duke clone, and i don’t expect a Duke game to be a CoD clone, i agree with you for saying that there was no demand for nostalgia shooters back then, but still even by taking inspiration from best sellers, that didn’t saved the game from being a flop, and shame on me too i bought the game week one, how stupid i felt…
The “blame” lies squarely on the original creators tho’, Gearbox coudn’t pump a Half Life 2 clone in six months. I suspect if we ever get to play this old DNF build it will have similarities with fps games from the 00’s as well.
The original creators are not to blame at all, the rights were acquired by Gearbox and they’re the only responsible for this mess, and it’s not like they didn’t f*cked up another game huh ??
If this old build had similarities with the 90s shooters so it’s fine because Duke is a perfect representation of 90s shooters, it doesn’t need rechargeable health, screen shaking sprint, 2 weapon limit and QTEs, there are games that are a perfect fit for that, not Duke
”s If Gearbox really did make a DNF game in six months instead of just funding the rest of the development of the prodigous original team, then that is quite an achievment.
“If this old build had similarities with the 90s shooters so it’s fine because Duke is a perfect representation of 90s shooters”
Not 90’s shooters, but late 90’s shooters (like the first Half Life) to early 00’s shooters.
Nothing to do with stability, the game was trash and an insult to Duke 3D and shooters overall
i enjoyed 2 sections in it, but the rest of the game was trash.
It has some cool sections i agree, the problem is that the core mechanics are trash, it feels like a generic console FPS, Duke is slow, the weapons are clunky, and you can only carry 4 after it patched, it was 2 at launch, and my god the lvl design is autistic…
level design is linear but at least it has some variety in what you do. The combat is so bad, the health system is the worst thing ever its like you get near death in every fight due to the red screen regen bs.
Totally forgot the CoD health system… Anyway, it was bad, hope that someday Duke will get a proper AAA treatment (Gearbox has the rights so yeah you can laugh at my face), as for now, AMC TC is the best recent Duke related game i played
there are other duke mods, the prequel to amc tc imagination world also dark forces, wgrealms is meh if you ask me, then there is the apocalypse mod, i dont remember what its called just time duke nukem apocalypse.
The funny thing is duke had 2 tomb raider style games on psx and n64, kinda cool. I would love a duke game in the style of doom 2016, but randi pitchtard is a sjw and i remember reading a interview saying that its a good thing he has the rights so no one else can make a duke game because duke nukem is toxic.
Better leave this planet forever, i’m tired of this leftist bullsh*t really, this is so “on your face” like we’re going to change just because 2 offended snowflakes are barking, i hope time travel will be a thing someday…
Yeah some people actually managed that…Because some people aren’t autistic and don’t have some mongoloid memories about Duke Nukem being some amazing game, and actually remember that the series has NEVER been anything more than mediocre fun at best…
Its not hard when your not special ed with sky high expectations and just wanted to have fun with a mediocre series….Wasn’t spectacular, but it sure as hell wasn’t god awful or terrible as morons lead you to believe…
HAHAHAHA, tell me, your parents are cousins right ??
look at the street, this kind of detail was impossible back then.
I’m pretty sure i have seen some spider man games with moving back drops back in the day.
Still looks better than the final build of DNF
LMFAO sure thing…..Glad idiots can tell all that from a 15 second clip of sky box
there is plenty of leaked footage you know as well as reading the text which says its a action rpg with nonlinear maps and sidequests
There was another game called something like Duke Nukem Begins.. my buddy was a level designer for it. There are images of it out there, not sure if this is that or Forever.
Too bad Randy is busy hosting Peacock parties.
Better than Half Life VR.
Don’t be butt hurt.
he probably has a rash at this point
There is nothing in common lol
Damn 90% complete? There’s gotta be a way they can power through that last 10% and complete it.
You ever heard the programmers motto. Something like once the game is 90% complete, then you have the other 90% to do.
Meaning usually the last 10% takes as long as the first 90%.
I am sure I am f*king that saying up some how, and I can’t remember where I heard it. On a half life doc, or something like that.
I hope we do get the game someday, the version gearbox gave us was crap.
Why didn’t they release this build?
Randy’s just a baloon filled with hot air.
I loved DNF