Now whatвЂ™s interesting here is that 3D Realms would like to release this 2001 version of Duke Nukem Forever, however, it appears that this may never happen due to licensing issues. As such, 3D Realms decided to scrap its previous work вЂ“ once again as it did the very same thing with the Quake 2 version of Duke Nukem Forever вЂ“ and start from the beginning. In order to prove his claims,В Schreiber released the following screenshotВ of the directory of one of the builds.ДЄccording to Schreiber, the new renderer that 3D Realms implemented in 2002 resulted in вЂ all the levels turning black and textures having to be recreated with normal maps.вЂ™ Those Unreal Engine levels were created with static lighting in mind and everything simply fell apart. thereвЂ™s also a subway in vegas you can take to visit different districts in the city.Дuke Nukem Forever 2001 featuredВ 25-ish levels in single-player and 12 levels in multiplayer (with most of them pretty much done). But you get these missions from NPCs and then solve them (a bit like deus ex) Different parts of vegas also have loading screens in between.So you can drive out of vegas, and you get a loading screen.!z2_l1 you get the bike and the game turns half open world/Hub style The bike is probably the most impressive.The game also offered players a bike, thus turning at that point into a semi open-world/hub title. The game is also said to be very cinematic with rain for the most part and lightning strikes in the distance. There are scenes with lights going out, flickering in the distance, monster closets, screams in the distance. Schreiber re-confirmed how dark that version was вЂ“ at least for 2001 standards. Then they meet the infected EDF whoвЂ™s attacking them and the story evolves from there.

In Duke Nukem Forever 2001, players meet and save NPCs, solve puzzles, and try and solve the mystery of whatвЂ™s going on. Furthermore, you also had an inventory with ID badges, keycards, etc. PlayersВ basically had Mission Objectives on their HUD and they could activate them, like quests. And according to Frederik Schreiber, VP at 3DRealms, that version is 90% complete.ДЄs FrederikВ Schreiber claimed, this 2001 version packs 14-16 hours of gameplay and it played partly as an RPG in terms of goals. That version of Duke Nukem Forever was powered by Unreal Engine and was meant to be a more serious/dark game.

However, there was a version that impressed everyone back in 2001. Duke Nukem Forever was a huge disappointment for a lot of Duke Nukem fans.

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