Name: Anonymous 2009-05-07 13:40
Well this was the biggest disappointment since... ...ever.
When the guys at 3D Realms talked about finalizing the product for a release, I believed them. When they showed me screenshots of a bug list and talked about swift and steady progress, I believed them.
Why?
*Because I believed in the DUKE!*
I believed that people who could come up with such a mature, down-to-earth, no-bullshit, kick-ass action-"hero" character couldn't possibly be juvenile, lazy, procrastinating, two-faced losers with nothing but big dreams and delusions in their heads.
...but I should have seen the signs, one of them being that they set their goals up so high that they couldn't reach them, six times over, and another one being that they played freaking World of Warcraft - that if anything would have been a hint that they were sissies!
So how did they manage to come up with this character? They sure as hell didn't know him, understand him or believe in him as a character. ...so would you trust such clowns with a release of a game about him? I sure as hell wouldn't, because all it would have amounted to, would be a shallow parody that would have been a disgrace to the Dukes name, meaning that an actual release would have sucked even more than the lack of one.
That's why I'm glad - glad that these two-faced losers gave up on a project they obviously couldn't even understand or handle.
...and the Duke will live on without them, in our hearts and souls, his reputation as a character uncompromized.
...and mark my words: The Duke will return.
The Duke doesn't die. He's still out there, in our collective consciousness, and his essence will not be denied. Sooner or later he will find his way back into a video game, and you will recognize him, perhaps not by his haircut or his Take2 trademarked name, but you will still know him as the Duke, and he'll be far more kick-ass than 3D Realms could ever make him.
Always bet on the Duke.