Curratum
Guest
I don't see why we should mourn the loss of Duke in general.
The Duke3D game was good but not really amazing, and it sold and became popular largely on the "realistic" environments, the talking protagonist and the "Shake it baby!" bullshit. The only Build game that is truly top-shelf material is Blood, and even that is with a few caveats. Duke lacked the consistency of tone in its level design and flavor Blood had and its gameplay never reached the heights of Doom and Quake, so it was just a pretty good shooter with a lot of audio-visual gimmicks.
When it comes to custom content and longevity, Blood is again the only Build game that stands up to scrutiny. Duke has a bunch of one-off levels and a couple of mods that are a pain to set up and play and that's it.
The Duke3D game was good but not really amazing, and it sold and became popular largely on the "realistic" environments, the talking protagonist and the "Shake it baby!" bullshit. The only Build game that is truly top-shelf material is Blood, and even that is with a few caveats. Duke lacked the consistency of tone in its level design and flavor Blood had and its gameplay never reached the heights of Doom and Quake, so it was just a pretty good shooter with a lot of audio-visual gimmicks.
When it comes to custom content and longevity, Blood is again the only Build game that stands up to scrutiny. Duke has a bunch of one-off levels and a couple of mods that are a pain to set up and play and that's it.