Summary
It's time to kick ass and chew bubble-gum... and I'm all out of gum.
The Good
I loved this game when it first arrived. The graphics were cool, the sounds were fun, and the speech (Duke) and music were outstanding. It even had some appeal as a single player game, but where it really shone was when networked.
As either an every-man-for-himself or a team-mode gaming session, this was the game that got me hooked on networked games. Also, this game was a little more fun than some of its competitors. It was lighter (rather than the dull green/brown of Quake) and the near future setting gave us a familiar environment to go crazy in.
There was a level editor which I never got round to getting to grips with, but some of the add-on levels created by other people were simply stunning.
The Bad
At the time, I thought it was great. But more recently I've gone off this type of game completely. I guess it's a matter of personal taste. The fact that this game uses sprites rather than full 3-D puts some people off, put personally I don't mind that too much. When this game came out, decent quality polygon enemies were just not possible.
The Bottom Line
A great first person shooter (if you like that sort of thing), but not everyones taste. Personally I like the style, but I know I'm in a minority these days.
