Reviewing The Classics: we play Duke Nukem 3D (1996)

Stand by for retro reviews done right, folks. Reviewing The Classics is a series where Gearburn staff play some of their most loved retro games from bygone consoles and PCs with floppy drives. This week, Wiehahn has a look at the deliciously brutish Duke Nukem 3D, an iconic first person shooter that taught us all about cheesy one-liners and kicking alien ass. Hail to the King Baby!

To start this review off, I have to note that I’m struggling to contain the deep wells of nostalgia that I have for this title. Duke Nukem 3D was as much a part of my childhood and the shaping of my psyche (not sure if that’s a good thing) as smoking cigarettes and… yeah, he was a bad influence. But damn I love his egoistic boulder of a face to death.

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