u/IEatPBJ4Dinner

I had a thought idea with a couple friends recently on how to bring Duke back in a way that could be achievable, while also keeping game dev costs/ROI in mind and how to move forward from Duke Nukem Forever. Seeing as boomer-shooters have become very popular over the past decade and that Duke is the patron-saint of FPSes in the late 90s...

Title: Duke Nukem 4D

• Partner with Nightdive Studios to remake Duke3D's Build Engine in Kex
• Emphasize the 4D in the name to retcon Forever, but keeping the style of 3D
• Create three new episodes (or a level-set matching the modern Dooms)
• Keep the plot simple: Alien Invasion of Earth OR remake Duke Nukem 1's plot with Dr. Proton. Switch it up with new enemy sprite designs
• Redo the weapon arsenal in the new episode/levels:
  • Pump-Action Shotgun (Hit-scanning shotgun)
  • Assault Rifle (Hit-scanning machine gun)
  • Rocket Launcher (Self-explanatory)
  • Flamethrower (Minigun with AOE and less distance)
  • Double-Barrel Shotgun (Hit-scanning shotgun with higher damage, but longer cooldown per shot)
  • Scoped Golden Deagle (Rail-gun with slightly less damage (except for headshots), but faster cooldown - basically Halo CE's magnum)
  • Pipe-bomb launcher (Grenade launcher - make functionally similar to the dynamite in Blood - have secondary fire be detonate-able)
  • Energy Weapon (BFG weapon - functionally similar to the namesake from TTO and LOTB - beam latches onto enemy and shreds them in seconds, but eats up ammo fast)
• 16-player Dukematch with cross-play capability
• Include Duke Nukem 3D's episodes + Atomic Edition + the Sunstorm Interactive expansions + the AWO episode from 2016

Thoughts?

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