- Travel through time in an all-new Duke Nukem frag-fest that gives you more of what you crave! More Duke attitude! More hardcore action! More exploration! More shooter mayhem!.
Product description
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Travel through time in an all-new Duke Nukem frag-fest that
gives you more of what you crave! More Duke attitude! More
hardcore action! More exploration! More shooter mayhem!
From the Manufacturer
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This all new, Sony Playstation Exclusive game continues in the
grand Duke Nukem trend. With a colossal arsenal of high-tech,
all-new weapons and more Nukem attitude and humor than ever
before, Duke Nukem: Time To Kill gives you more of what you
crave. More hard-core action! More exploration! More shooter
mayhem! More of the King of Carnage!
Play against all new alien hoards in multiple time zones, using
weapons designed specifically for that time period, and using
clothing and outfits for that time period.
Features:
* Experience the irreverent Nukem attitude up close and personal
in dynamic third-person perspective for the first time.
* Shoot your way through 28 expansive and totally interactive
levels set in painstakingly realistic 3D environments.
* Master a massive arsenal of weaponry and equipment including
the Holy Hand-Grenade, Flamethrower, Jet-Pack, and much more!
* Battle multitudes of horrific alien-scum as old enemies and
totally new ones pour into the fray.
* Battle your friends with competitive 2-player, split-screen
mode.
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Review
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3D Realms' t-talking strongman Duke Nukem first appeared in
side-scrolling platform games before sw to first-person
shooters, making this current leap into the 3D adventure genre a
not too huge or unheard of leap. Yes, this latest Duke title,
Duke Nukem: Time to Kill, places our boy in a Tomb Raider-style
world, where players control him from a behind-the-back
perspective as he runs, jumps, climbs, and flips switches much
the same as any old Lara Croft would.
In fact, the graphics and control of Time to Kill are so much
like Tomb Raider that it's impossible to not think about when
Atari sued Magnavox over KC Munchkin's similarity to Pac-Man.
(Perhaps Duke's joking gibes at Lara will keep the creators
protected under the auspices of parody. Or something.) That's not
to say that there aren't any differences in the gameplay. In
fact, there are two large improvements over the Tomb Raider-style
camera alone. The first is the game's look function, which allows
you to turn all the way around when stopping to view your
surroundings, and its center also doubles for weapon
crosshairs. Duke also turns translucent whenever he's in the way
of anything you could possibly want to see. These two things all
but eliminate the 3D camera problems found in this genre of
games.
Another plus that Time to Kill holds over the Tomb Raider line is
the area of play. Lack of enemies to shoot has been a major
complaint of that series, something which the complainers will
have nothing to gripe about here. There are tons of familiar
aliens to shoot, and nearly all the weapons from the earlier Duke
Nukem games (from pipe bombs to the RPG and a few new ones thrown
in for good measure) are here to wipe them out with. The rampant
destruction and gore found here are a lot of fun and make for a
good payoff.
Those who enjoyed the difficult running-jumping-climbing-grabbing
puzzles of the Tomb Raider series may be a little disappointed
with Time to Kill because compared with the tougher levels of
those titles this game is a cakewalk. However, those who found
those levels to be a pain in the head will be glad that the
puzzles aren't nearly so mind-numbing but should still feel they
could have been a bit harder. All in all, a better midpoint
between too easy and too hard could've been met by Duke Nukem:
Time to Kill. As it is, it's a bit on the simple side.
Because of the ease of the puzzles, rampant number of power-ups,
weak sister bosses, and the fact that there just aren't that many
levels, you can carve your way through the game pretty quickly. A
two-player split-screen mode exists, apparently to add to the
game's value, but since there are no computer-controlled Dukes to
join in the fray, it ends up being little more than playing a
video game version of tag, just like Midway's deathmatch mode in
Quake for the Nintendo 64. In the end, it's a fun enough title
that fans of both Tomb Raider and Duke Nukem will definitely
enjoy, but they'll also walk away feeling like Duke could've
handled a tougher, or at least longer, game. --Steven Garrett
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