Understanding Duke Nukem 3D Monsters

[@hoggerguy2151]

Man, it's good to see Duke Nukem is still being talked about and has not been forgotten. Really wish they'd make another game.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

It’d be awesome if they did one in the vein of Ion Fury using the build engine but with tonnes more interactivity, but I guess that’s what mods are, lel

[@dreadwanderer]

Loved it, I didn't realize the enemy behaviour is so complex. Very advanced for its time.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Cheers, fella. Yeah, stuff was pretty well detailed, for real!

[@AlexCarby]

😂 That ending was excellent, your voice talent rocks and I could hear you talk about monsters all day

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Thanks a lot! 😁

[@dinitroacetylen]

4:12 -- for extra hilarity, hit them with explosives as they phase out. Confetti of gibs appearing out of thin air is endlessly satisfying to behold. And if you want an extra challenge, try cataloguing all the monsters from the _Attrition_ mod.

[@SebTheSamMarten]

Attrition is all good, but from as I've gathered it more or less became merged with Alien Armageddon at some point. I have a lot more experience with AA myself, and am somewhat active in the Discord from time to time. It's a good time waster for sure. (They just released the 2 Star Wars tie-in characters recently.)

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Nice!

[@Ado101SK]

That gobble in the end earned you a subscription.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Hell yeeeeeah boi 😎

[@ErdrickHero]

When Duke returns, they should just advertise the game with billboards that say "Innocent?" and "GUILTY".

[@Uncle_Roadkill]

Sometimes... Dead is better.

[@RevenantFTS97]

Enforcers are such an annoying enemy. As if having no pain state wasn't enough, those guys will shoot you as soon as you are in their line of sight (and people complain a lot about DOOM's chaingunners) The other enemies like the Assault Troopers, Octobrains, and even the Pig Cops, Assault Commanders and Sentry Drones are fine (the Sentry Drones maybe should have a bit less of health) Fun video as always, Eduardo :D

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Thanks! Yeah they’re a right piece of work. Nasty! Would be nice if Sentry Drones weren’t quite as tanky 🥲

[@RevenantFTS97]

@@EduardoAndFriends Yeah, they would work better if they had less health, just like the headless kamikaze from Serious Sam

[@jojotoofor9eight766]

I think the reason the Drones are brown instead of blue like their renders is the limited colour pallette. DN3D and Doom, other 2.5D shooters had limited 256 colour pallettes. Most of these colours were just different shades, and because blue wasnt really seen as important, it didnt have as many shades as the other colours. The decision was mostly made to give the illusion of more detail because with blue, the colours of the Drone would appear flat.

[@RelativeLYIMpatient]

Dukes pants are blue?

[@EduardoAndFriends]

The Queen too now I think about it.

[@budavargas]

Again, a solid delivery. Thank you for accompany me while working! That ending, LOL!

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Cheers! :D

[@BillyMaysFan95]

Lol I don’t know why, but @1:34 when the title appeared and hearing Duke say, ‘blow it out your ass!’ It just matched up so well and made me laugh, haha!

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Hehe! Complete accident but it works, it works!

[@ErdrickHero]

I beat the Battlelord with the grenade launcher and dual SMGs in Duke64 where he has significantly less health. In Duke3D, I've never beat him without exploiting the steroids to return to the room preceding the boss arena. I don't see how else you are supposed to, with the Battlelord's insane movement speed and damage output. Easily 10x more difficult than the Overlord, or more.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Jet pack is good to gain height and just keep firing, picking up health when you can and also use your portable medkit. It really is a case of don’t stop firing, lol. I should have mentioned: use the holo Duke. It sometimes seems to work, lol :p

[@ErdrickHero]

@@EduardoAndFriends Oh my God, I forgot the holoduke even existed. I've never found it useful in regular levels, but I can see how useful it would be against Battlelord. That said, in what way does the jetpack help? There's nothing in the air to provide cover, and in fact it keeps you from hiding behind the lava pit for the short period of time you could on the ground before Battlelord crosses the room. Does his accuracy drop when you are airborne?

[@EduardoAndFriends]

@@ErdrickHero I found it only helps in the sense that you can circle strafe Mr Battlelord without taking damage from the lava and can quickly dive in for atomic health while constantly circling him haha

[@Major_Kenny]

Very cool video, some of the details reminded me of reading the instructions manual from back in the days. That pig cop tank denotation tip a lot of people do not know about it, I only found it out like 10 years ago.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

😎

[@ErdrickHero]

I tend to have better luck using a corner to cover and fire the shotgun at turrets, than using the pistol.

[@thatguywithoutahead]

Damn I played this game for hundreds of hours and never saw an Enforcer shit or spit...

[@AgentVamp]

Ever since I was a kid I got up to where the movie was showing and then got lost and didn't know where else to go from where the rubble had been so I stopped playing. Strongly considering playing it through to the end to fulfill that childhood struggle I once had and complete the cycle. And I don't consider DNF a continuation tbh. I personally can't stand it. That outro was sufficiently wacky. All to be expected from ya boy, Ed! Good video!

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Thanks! :D

[@Darth_Shopping_Mall]

Great video dude, can't get enough Duke! Any plans for the next vid?

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Thanks! Hmmmmm, sort of torn between a few… it’ll either have a month long gestation period and be HUGE, or something kinda breezy. :D

[@nodsoldier5802]

love the outro funny

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Thanks ;)

[@ShadesMan]

6:00 - finally, someone said it! Speaking of Ninja Turtles 6:11 - the FOOT lolz!!!!

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Cowabunga, dude!

[@RibbonPL]

I didn't realize the Enforcers were shooting a goo from crouch position, never happened to me, or that they shit all over the place, thou I always wondered why the shit was there in the first place. There more you learn. 👍

[@EduardoAndFriends]

😄

[@TTV_TOMTISM]

the wrist mounted teleporting enemies remind me of the aliens with those watches in 'They Live'

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Haha! Absolutely!

[@du0lol]

The Sentry Drones are glitched on the Xbox Live Arcade port of Duke 3D. When you fire rockets at them, they are sped up while the rocket exists in the game world. They jumpscared the shit outta me when I fired a rocket at a bunch of them and they all nearly teleported over to me and blew me up in like half a second.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Dang it!

[@omegasonic8267]

You forgot how octobrains die with one pipe bomb or one devastator missile or any explosion for that matter

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Nope got the devastator missile in there. And one rpg. Never found it to be the case with pipe bombs but I guess it comes down to aiming well. All in their chapter.

[@muusi5708]

Pipe bombs do not installkill Octabrains

[@alexfred693]

One pipebomb won't do it. Nor one trip mine. RPG or Devastator will.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

@@alexfred693 haha, yeah I think my sub par video capture illustrated that pipe bombs don’t cut it too well :p

[@G1itcher]

Are you watching a different video?😅

[@lancebaylis3169]

I've learned to like Lunar Apocalypse a lot, largely because 'city maps' have been a little overdone in Duke Nukem 3D and episode 2 gives us a nicely different environment to explore. But yeah, sentry drones can bugger right off.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Totally get you! I had all that stuff written and then while playing for the video footage I was like, wait this episode totally rocks! Its design and expansive skybox is insane. Don’t know what I was thinking. Spin Cycle still gives me a major headache though. 😵‍💫

[@PistolPete1980]

I've probably killed a few hundred thousand assault troupers in my lifetime.

[@ryanwalker7451]

Shoot the blimp over the stadium boss level. It's full of ammo

[@wiggytommy8607]

Fun Fact: The Cycloid Emperor is the only enemy to be in full 3D in Duke Nukem 64

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Nice!

[@HellsAsylum]

Duke Nukem 3D is such an amazing game, even 28 years later! As a kid I hated the Octabrains because of how scary they looked and the sounds they made. This fear was only heightened in episode 2 because you're in such an unfamiliar environment which is why I also never liked it quite as much as episode 1 and 3. Seems like every fps game back then had an enemy like that, such as the zombies from Quake or the Coolie Ghosts from Shadow Warrior. 😨

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Yes! Such AWESOME sound design in those games. Reeeeeally sticks with you, hey? :)

[@monsterurby]

I was going to add a comment saying, "The blimp in Stadium can be blown up and it will shower the arena with explosive ammo" but somebody already did so I won't.

[@wolfgangfrost8043]

Assault Troopers dropping pistol bullets because the player needs them is the original logic puzzle of WHY Doom 2016 / Eternal's chainsaw makes enemies dispense ammo they shouldn't rightly have either.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

😄

[@BobExcalibur]

Amazing work man. Have you tried the Alien Armageddon mod for Duke 3D? It adds a whole load of new content to the original game including a lot of new enemies to fight. If you're interested in voice acting for the project, the developer might like to have you contribute too. Give it a look!

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Haha that’s awesome, no I haven’t actually gotten into any mods yet but that sounds wicked! I’d certainly be up for voicing Duke hehe 😛

[@HenryStudioCA]

I actually asked one of the Duke 3D devs on Twitter what erotic film that gif at 0:09 is from and they simply said that, at this point, they've forgotten.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Haha! That’s awesome. :D

[@DoutorSocialGames]

I know you added the greasy episode enemies in the end to avoid this, but I'll have to be "that guy": in the ps1 version, there's an exclusive episode(Plug and Pray), with a new boss, some sort of purple/green rave dancer robot. The ending hints that there was a time limit to the whole thing, but it doesn't affect gameplay.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Haha! Cool!

[@asad5986]

8:24 if I remember correctly there is a chance the pig cop in the RPV will die. So either, they will die or be unharmed. 21:23 similar thing, if I remember correctly. the pig cop may die or be unharmed from the tank.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Hm, in my hours of recording I didn’t get an instance of this BUT! Maybe EDuke32 fixed this if it’s a thing to normalise the spawns? Cheers!

[@asad5986]

@@EduardoAndFriends interesting. Maybe it does depend on the source port you use. I remember watching Big Mac Davis walkthroughs of this and I could have sworn these incidents happened. Great video!

[@ColonelKurtz772]

Like a decino video - but for duke 3d!

[@EduardoAndFriends]

😎

[@noelvermillion3940]

Sebab made a whole game about origins of some monsters, especially the slimes and octabrains.

[@AlexCarby]

Ooh what's it called is it available somewhere?

[@noelvermillion3940]

@@AlexCarby Abduction. It's available on f95zone.

[@noelvermillion3940]

@@AlexCarby Abduction. But it has bad art drawn in MS Paint. Don't play it.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Sounds interesting!

[@CornelioLazarus-sg4gx]

Could there be something akin to an MS-DOS Mini? Even if it’s just a system and not a line of computers? With Duke Nukem 1, 2, and 3D. The original Doom and 2. Darkseed. Brain Dead 13. The Jazz Jackrabbit series. And some other good games you would play on it back on the day. Amiga had a mini themselves. Imagine if they decided to make it a mini computer in the style of those from the 90s but it would also be portable. You probably have to charge it, not sure how long the lifespan would be. I guess you would also connect it to the tv when at home.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Nice, nice. That would be rad!

[@sledehammer]

shrinker is hella good on octobrains too

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Yes! Yes it is. :)

[@ziljin]

Can we get a Duke Nukem movie?

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Haha! They’ve had one in the works for years with John Cena as Duke. Dunno if I agree with the casting, for the smirk I’d prefer Jensen Ackles but he’d need to bulk up big time. :D

[@ziljin]

@@EduardoAndFriends hmmm guess we wont know until they release an update.

[@ShallowVA]

Okay but the most important question: are assault troopers reptilian, or do they have fur like tigers?

[@AlexCarby]

They're known as 'Liztroop' in the files so that might be the answer. They also lack ears though yes I used to think they're like tigers as they have the boopy cheeks that cats do, but then snakes also have that kind of mouth.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Haha! Yeah, they’re apparently lizard-y, but I think in one of the ports (PS maybe?) they’ve labelled them as cats…!

[@alexfred693]

Awesome vid. My only thing to point out is I don't think kicking the fake death lizard troopers affects their likelihood of getting back up.

[@CarlRaven91]

I've got Balls of Fail! Oh, you're using the Eduke 32 version? Good stuff! I own the Megaton Edition!

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Nice! Yeah took a bit to find Megaton as I didn’t reeeeeally want to use the 2016 version lol. The Alien World Order was definitely a late minute arm twist :D

[@keironhiggspoet]

a shame the variations of the some of the other enemies never made an appearance from the Ps1 "plug and pray" episode ports on the PC. a there was a different slightly jerky-looking final boss called Cyberkeef for that episode which is underwhelming, i particularly liked the disco version of the Pig cops called "magnum PIG" and the undead ones welding two pistols from the haunted hotel level

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Ahh that sounds awesome! I saw some screenshots of Cyberkeef and yeah didn’t seem too amazing, haha.

[@keironhiggspoet]

@@EduardoAndFriends its just this weird kinda purple and green edit of the cycloid that jerkily moves about and looks to be dancing lol. its also a shame for the level they did based on wipeout for that episode they was gonna have the pig cops drive around in ships similar to the ships from that game, but they scrapped the idea

[@EduardoAndFriends]

@keironhiggspoet ahh that’s too bad :(

[@MrJohnReviews]

Loved the vid, you check out the Legacy Edition mod that totally rebalances the enemy roster as a whole, you love to see it.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Thanks!

[@KingOfMadCows]

The original Duke Nukem always gave me headaches and made me dizzy. Apparently, the game gives some people motion sickness. Other FPS games didn't affect me, only Duke Nukem.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Oh dang! I know there’s a lot of camera correction when falling and landing; the screen snaps down then up which is jarring. Sorry to hear that!

[@dupirechristophe7703]

Recon Patrol Vehicle? You surely mean "Bacon Patrol Vehicle" x'D

[@EduardoAndFriends]

LOL :p

[@LK2.O]

On the 3rd and final boss theres a secret blimp you can shoot down for ammo

[@gnort_neyugn]

There are enemies in Plug N' Pray as well that you should mention

[@Bullminator]

Hm... i find Mdk enemys insulting you worse. When you are at glass puzzle and 2 of them are doing emotes XD

[@EduardoAndFriends]

😄

[@don_bernacz]

i see youve played open-close doory-door-door before!

[@EduardoAndFriends]

😉

[@thelokksdoomcorner8329]

My boi does not care about Strife ;-; cool breakdown tho! Used to play DN3D a lot in my teen days, all I could afford was the shareware demo lol

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Strife is on the list, I assure you! :D

[@EthanWolfCat]

Awesome video. :) Can't wait for Shadow Warriors Classic. I usually play it with VoidSW that comes with Eduke32. Classic Redux is crap.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Sweeeeet thanks! ☺️ thanks for the tip!

[@EthanWolfCat]

@@EduardoAndFriends No Prob. The game is free on Steam under the name "Shadow Warrior Classic (1997)". Once it's installed, VoidSW should detect your installation right off the bat. I heard VoidSW is no longer supported but it works perfectly.

[@drPeidos]

Is Duke Nukem Forever a bad game, or is it a good game although disappointing for a Duke Nukem game?

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Haha, I got it as soon as it came out in 2011 and I think what annoyed me most was the LONG load times for levels and how I kept having BS deaths and would then wait for ever to reload lol. But, yeah, the tone is way off in my opinion. Duke’s more of a sleazy douche than a hero and considering how long it took to make it’s just a bit sad. As a game in and of itself I don’t mind it except it’s hampered by that 2010s nonsense where you can only carry a few guns at once (Bioshock Infinite, oof) and has some really annoying boss sections. But I’ve learned to tolerate it over time. :D

[@GTAFranchise69]

N.Z 💪

[@JuggernautWare]

How armor works?

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Straight from the wiki: “armor gives the player 100 armor points when picked up. In addition, it makes it so that each enemy attack that hits the player is reduced from anywhere between 20% to 50%. The amount that is reduced is instead transferred to the player’s armor points.” :)

[@danieladamczyk4024]

Hai to the king babe!

[@EduardoAndFriends]

😎

[@axtrifonov]

Is slimer a larva of octabrain?

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Very possibly! They’re usually very closely linked. 😎

[@Canada407]

Please do Quake II at somepoint?

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Haha, absolutely! I played it for the first time this year so I’ll need to hit it a few more times before I feel sufficiently familiarised for a video!

[@Canada407]

@EduardoAndFriends Sweet! Glad to hear more people are experiencing it. One of my favorite shooters

[@davidchez513]

​@@EduardoAndFriends Damn I'd love to help you out with Q2, since there's quite a lot to understand about them imo + there's also the fact that their behavior is different across the original campaign, Ground Zero and the Nightdive Remaster

[@EduardoAndFriends]

@davidchez513 might just take you up on that offer!

[@Collapse94BSV]

Another boss not shown from Ps1 Chapter 4

[@InfinityHell666]

I still don't get the L.A.R.D. Joke. Sure the pig is fat, but the acronym isn't getting me.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

LAPD = Los Angeles Police Department. “Pig” is a derogatory term for a policeman. And lard comes from pigs, as well as being one letter different from LAPD = LARD. :)

[@InfinityHell666]

@@EduardoAndFriends Yeah i get that, I know what L.A.P.D. Stands For, But L.A.R.D., What does that stand for, Lunar Apocalypse Retard Douches? I Don't Know! ¯\(°_o)/¯

[@InfinityHell666]

@@EduardoAndFriends Yeah i get that. I know what L.A.P.D. Means, But L.A.R.D., What is that, Lunar Apocalypse Retard Douches? I don't Know. ¯\(°_o)/¯

[@jcdenton6427]

BALLS BALLS BALLS BALLS BALLS BALLS

[@EduardoAndFriends]

BALLS BALLS BALLS BALLS!

[@toasterstrooder8628]

BALLS BALLS BALLS BALLS BALLS BALLS

[@omegasonic8267]

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllls

[@EduardoAndFriends]

@@omegasonic8267 of steeeeeeeeeeel

[@TheAdmantArchvile]

7:48 ... and they said pigs couldn't fly.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

🐖 🐖 🐖

[@MancubianCandidate]

This takes me waaaaaay back. only had Duke Nuken on the PS1 and was terrified of the Octabrains as a kid! After beating Episode 1 and some of Episode 3, i just enabled God Mode for the rest of the Game, good times 😄

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Niiiiice! That’s brill, man!

[@AlexeiVoronin]

3:20 - Ummm, "PC port?" The PC version is the original release, not a "port." Only the console versions are ports.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

😎

[@corkbulb2895]

Nah Eduke32 is a great source port. I used to use JFduke back in the 2000's. Eduke is based off of JFduke. Also, VoidSW and NBlood are based off of Eduke, and therefore JFduke, and are great source ports for Shadow Warrior and Blood.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Sweet!

[@volofant]

Those Octobrain earrapes are sound-mixed awfully, especially if you're attacking two or more at the same time. But at the same time, it would not feel the same if it was replaced.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

It’s sooooo nasty, eh? 😅

[@KBXband]

The pig cops and octo brains are part of the reason I never beat this game. The other part is because I get lost in some stages and wander looking for the next path.

[@EduardoAndFriends]

Understandable!

[@OverKill515]

I remember my cousin and I arguing over if the Assault Commander said "suck it down" or "sunken town" (cause one of the first parts you encounter, at least in piece of cake, was in the underwater level) when we were like, 9 and 12 respectively. I knew it was "suck it down", but when his mom (my aunt) heard it, she freaked out and didn't want to let him play it for fear of a game saying "suck" warping his mind. I didn't realize until after our argument in front of her why he was tearing up, so adimant that it was in fact "sunken town". 😅