Unreal sold 3D cards by the bucketload as gamers rushed to experience the world Epic had crafted. We'd seen the Unreal technology at work, and my god, it was beautiful. A planned launch in mid-1998 had been greeted not with a huge splash at retail, but rather with a slightly understated announcement that the game, originally based on the Quake 2 technology, would now switch to the Unreal Engine. Born from the same background in Texas' fertile FPS development scene, Duke Nukem appeared to share some of Daikatana's problems. Media and gamers alike made Daikatana into the butt of their jokes for months - but even as we rolled our eyes at Romero's folly, we were all casting nervous glances back at Duke Nukem Forever. Nobody became Romero's bitch, with the possible exception of Eidos, who funded the whole mess. Most of us probably remember designer John Romero promising to make us into his bitch, but when the vastly over-schedule and over-budget game finally turned up in May 2000, it did so with a submissive whimper rather than a throaty, dominant growl. We all know about how Daikatana went off the rails. Their names were Daikatana, and Duke Nukem Forever. In it is the first page of copy I ever got paid for - including breathless reporting of two huge new PC games which had been announced almost back-to-back in the previous fortnight. Somewhere in my parents' attic, there's a dog-eared copy of that magazine turning yellow and crinkling around the edges. I was 16 in the spring of 1997, and I had finally convinced a magazine editor to let me write a couple of pages about videogames every month. Perhaps you were still at university, or just starting your first job. Upon being defeated, Duke must perform a Strength Tap to mortally wounded the Queen by making her bite off her own tongue, after which the energy explodes inside of her, severing the Queen's head.Where were you in April 1997? It's a little over 12 years ago. Eventually, the Queen will be disabled and fall to the arena edge where Duke is. Continue to go back and forth between cover and firing off more RPGs. Use Pipe Bombs to take care of them and make sure they are re-stocked before the next one appears. She will no longer take cover behind her arms and will periodiclly roar and summon an Octabrains to aid her. When her health gets low (around 30% give or take), the Alien Queen's strategy changes. Try to time attacks so the player can bounce a Pime Bomb over, unload the RPG and get back to cover before the next pod spawns. These contain a Pregnator and should be taken care of while Duke is taking cover from the Alien Queen. After the first attack she will start to go on offensive and attack Duke anytime he is visible.ĭuring the battle she will continue to keep her arms up while Duke is in cover and will periodically launch oversized pods towards the arena edge where Duke is. This will damage her and leave her vulnerable to a barrage of RPG blasts. The player will need to bounce a Pipe Bomb off a bounce pad and wait until it ends up between her arms and the rest of her body, then detonate it (Typically counting to three seems to give enough time). Initially, she does nothing except keep her arms in the way this protects her from all physical attacks. She is the mother of the Pregnators and the source of all organic alien lifeforms within the Hive. It appears that the Alien Queen is bred to be a quick way to establish a hive, as she was able to create one in about 4-6 hours. It is notable that she apparently has the same energy inside of her body as the Octabrains: upon being killed, she erupts in an explosion. Her breasts and fingers on the claws are that of human. Her head is very similar to the Cycloid Emperor, her lower body, which stretches through and out the Hive, is that of an Octabrain. The Alien Queen is another alien-human hybrid like the first Alien Queen killed in Duke Nukem 3D. She quickly made her next inside the dome, creating the Hive. She was unleashed on the Duke Dome by the aliens, some time during the start of their invasion (according to the construction workers near the Dome). The Alien Queen is a gigantic three-breasted monster that is encountered in the Duke Dome after Duke Nukem navigates through the alien-infested Hive. The Alien Queen is the third boss in Duke Nukem Forever and is the culmination of the journey through The Hive.
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