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Johnmourby: A few days ago 3D realms/Interceptor Entertain announced their new IP Bombshell. An action RPG (think Diablo/Torchlight with guns) where you play a scantly clad woman with a robotic arm and a bad attitude.
And people got angry. (not that people being angry on the internet is anything new)

There were a bunch of reasons for this. The big one being that 3D realms/Interceptor had announced a new Duke Nukem game that would be an action RPG in the vain of Diablo/Torchlight. Then Gearbox reminded 3D realm that they had sold the rights to make Duke Nukem games to them exclusively in the form of a lawsuit (which I believe is still on-going). Yeah Apogee really dropped the ball here. How do you forget that you sold your character to another company? But should our disappointment turn into hate for what we got instead?

Some people don't like the character. It's true the snarky, grouchy battle hardened female has been done to death. Bombshell was meant to be a character in Duke Nukem Forever and was inspired by Pamela Anderson's character from the film Barbed-Wire (not a good film from all I've heard). She sure looks like she came out of the 90's (A 90's teen's scrapbook to be honest). But Apogee/Interceptor aren't known for poring Nolanesque seriousness into things. Should we be so serious?

And lastly people complain about the graphics....... urrr.............. uuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I might regret not going into this later but for now I just say I think both gamers and developers would have it much better if both stopped caring soooo ****ing much about graphics!
If I were a game critic I'd make a point of never talking about graphic to try and kill this industry rotting obsession with graphics.

Here are links to the trailer and an Interceptor staff member talking about the game.
Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjsyXnqHOhA

Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf30RW5azXE

So what do you think of this news? it's sad we're not getting a new duke game but Interceptor couldn't just wait for years in the hope of getting the IP back someday. They had to do something and I for one I'm glad that we're still getting a gun-focused action RPG. While not as great as I'd hoped for Rise of the Triad 2013 was a good game an it's nice to know that there's a studio out there this dedicated to old-school action. But I seem to be the only one looking forward to this game. Well lets see what you think. leave your comment s below.

Thanks.

Johnmourby: A few days ago 3D realms/Interceptor Entertain announced their new IP Bombshell. An action RPG (think Diablo/Torchlight with guns) where you play a scantly clad woman with a robotic arm and a bad attitude.
And people got angry. (not that people being angry on the internet is anything new)

There were a bunch of reasons for this. The big one being that 3D realms/Interceptor had announced a new Duke Nukem game that would be an action RPG in the vain of Diablo/Torchlight. Then Gearbox reminded 3D realm that they had sold the rights to make Duke Nukem games to them exclusively in the form of a lawsuit (which I believe is still on-going). Yeah Apogee really dropped the ball here. How do you forget that you sold your character to another company? But should our disappointment turn into hate for what we got instead?

Some people don't like the character. It's true the snarky, grouchy battle hardened female has been done to death. Bombshell was meant to be a character in Duke Nukem Forever and was inspired by Pamela Anderson's character from the film Barbed-Wire (not a good film from all I've heard). She sure looks like she came out of the 90's (A 90's teen's scrapbook to be honest). But Apogee/Interceptor aren't known for poring Nolanesque seriousness into things. Should we be so serious?

And lastly people complain about the graphics....... urrr.............. uuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I might regret not going into this later but for now I just say I think both gamers and developers would have it much better if both stopped caring soooo ****ing much about graphics!
If I were a game critic I'd make a point of never talking about graphic to try and kill this industry rotting obsession with graphics.

Here are links to the trailer and an Interceptor staff member talking about the game.
Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjsyXnqHOhA

Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf30RW5azXE

So what do you think of this news? it's sad we're not getting a new duke game but Interceptor couldn't just wait for years in the hope of getting the IP back someday. They had to do something and I for one I'm glad that we're still getting a gun-focused action RPG. While not as great as I'd hoped for Rise of the Triad 2013 was a good game an it's nice to know that there's a studio out there this dedicated to old-school action. But I seem to be the only one looking forward to this game. Well lets see what you think. leave your comment s below.

Thanks.

Azrael360: I don't know what to think of this game, because the teaser trailer doesn't show ANYTHING about the game. All I see is a lame character and setting done to death... and everything done with a clunky animation done in CGI that looks like from the early 2000's... LOL (:P)

If game developers are trying to present theirs games to the world, this is exactly how it should NEVER be done.

Cormoran: Done to death? I can only think of one other sci fi top-down ARPG off the top of my head (space siege). If it was fantasy I'd agree, but this is hardly 'done to death'. It's downright refreshing in a genre where diablo and torchlight reign supreme.