Gearbox Wants Female Duke Nukem Game
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because duke dosent have boobs, and women (at least to a much lesser extent than men, from what ive seen), dont immediately look for, and gawk at, the sexually appealing parts of a man. so, most guys dont really think about it, and the women who do seem to be a quiet minority (or majority, i really dont know)SirBryghtside said:I guess so, and people pointed out that she was oversexualised.cainx10a said:Ain't Bayonetta the female Duke Nukem?
*looks at picture of Duke*
Um... why is it that no one's complained about Duke being oversexualised?
dude (or lady dude), do you really think they would not make a female duke hot? that has probably got to be in the top 5 things that make duke duke.FoolKiller said:I would love that game where Bayonetta and Dante team up... come on CapGa, make it happen.ShenCS said:She's the female Dante. Although I suppose Dante could be called the Japanese Nukem. Hmm... That would be one HELL of a crossover game.cainx10a said:Ain't Bayonetta the female Duke Nukem?
OT: A female Duke style game would just be wasted as feminists would complain that she isn't a true female, and men would just not care enough... unless she was hot.
(in no particular order)
narcissism
bad assery (massive metaphorical juevos and physical capability)
list of one liners
physical attractiveness
severe lack of bubble gum
dear god, I hope duke doesn't reveal that his clothes are made of his hair and he can use then to kill people at the expense of us getting an eyeful of little duke.SirBryghtside said:I guess so, and people pointed out that she was oversexualised.cainx10a said:Ain't Bayonetta the female Duke Nukem?
*looks at picture of Duke*
Um... why is it that no one's complained about Duke being oversexualised?
O_O bollocks.SirBryghtside said:....you do know that Gearbox are going to add that now, right? XDhiggs20 said:dear god, I hope duke doesn't reveal that his clothes are made of his hair and he can use then to kill people at the expense of us getting an eyeful of little duke.SirBryghtside said:I guess so, and people pointed out that she was oversexualised.cainx10a said:Ain't Bayonetta the female Duke Nukem?
*looks at picture of Duke*
Um... why is it that no one's complained about Duke being oversexualised?
*pun not intended*
Lara Croft. Classic Lara Croft is that Randy is thinking of but can't seem to put his finger on, before Crystal Dynamics pussified (not pun intended) her into a "more deep and realistic character" she was truly ego-centric and independent bad-ass.
The only two people in here life was a subservient butler and her former mentor who became her mortal enemy for being too much competition.
Lara may have been more sexually alluring throughout the first 5 games but she was a cold-blooded badass and never fell victim to any feminine weaknesses such as seduced to trusting a man.
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TL;DR While I think a central-tenant of Duke Nukem is is satirical ego-centrism you you change too much with a complete gender inversion.
What if it was just a gender inversion, not "female equivalents" but a pastiche of all the Female-badasses of pop-culture from Ripley to Samus Aram (pre-other M) to Sarah Connor to most of the female Street Fighter characters.
I think Sarah Connor would be the closest superficially but her character was defined by her unwavering motherly love for her son and a certain inner fragility (that stopped her murdering Dyson). if Duke Nukem was compelled to kill miles Dyson in Terminator 2 he wouldn't have been overcome by guilt, he would have just said a funny quip and blown him away.
See there is such a lack of ego-centric female characters in games, films or books that doesn't come across as just a manipulative ***** who is ultimately unlikable.
I suppose Scarlet O'Harah of 'Gone With The Wind' was self-centred but while that comes across as endearing in a male character it is despairing (yet dramatic0 in a female character.
I'd like to see Gearbox do that, make a female character that is:
-supremely confident, independent and capable
-utterly self focused and internally motivated by own personal needs
-completely un-phased by the wrongs around her
Hang on a minute... this sounds familiar:
What have i been saying, there has been a female Duke Nukem for longer than there has even been a Duke Nukem, Lara Croft appeared in this form in 1996, a year before Duke Nukem went 3D and became the character he is known today. I'm talking classic Lara, not this new "ooh, i'm not a murderer am I?" that crystal dynamics tried and failed at.
She has gunned dozens of species to extinction, decimated primitive tribal communities, murdered her competitors in cold blood for what? To save the world? Only tangentially, her primary motivation is adding some relic to her own private collection simply for her own aesthetic desires and lust for power.
The only two people in here life was a subservient butler and her former mentor who became her mortal enemy for being too much competition.
Lara may have been more sexually alluring throughout the first 5 games but she was a cold-blooded badass and never fell victim to any feminine weaknesses such as seduced to trusting a man.
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TL;DR While I think a central-tenant of Duke Nukem is is satirical ego-centrism you you change too much with a complete gender inversion.
What if it was just a gender inversion, not "female equivalents" but a pastiche of all the Female-badasses of pop-culture from Ripley to Samus Aram (pre-other M) to Sarah Connor to most of the female Street Fighter characters.
I think Sarah Connor would be the closest superficially but her character was defined by her unwavering motherly love for her son and a certain inner fragility (that stopped her murdering Dyson). if Duke Nukem was compelled to kill miles Dyson in Terminator 2 he wouldn't have been overcome by guilt, he would have just said a funny quip and blown him away.
See there is such a lack of ego-centric female characters in games, films or books that doesn't come across as just a manipulative ***** who is ultimately unlikable.
I suppose Scarlet O'Harah of 'Gone With The Wind' was self-centred but while that comes across as endearing in a male character it is despairing (yet dramatic0 in a female character.
I'd like to see Gearbox do that, make a female character that is:
-supremely confident, independent and capable
-utterly self focused and internally motivated by own personal needs
-completely un-phased by the wrongs around her
Hang on a minute... this sounds familiar:
What have i been saying, there has been a female Duke Nukem for longer than there has even been a Duke Nukem, Lara Croft appeared in this form in 1996, a year before Duke Nukem went 3D and became the character he is known today. I'm talking classic Lara, not this new "ooh, i'm not a murderer am I?" that crystal dynamics tried and failed at.
She has gunned dozens of species to extinction, decimated primitive tribal communities, murdered her competitors in cold blood for what? To save the world? Only tangentially, her primary motivation is adding some relic to her own private collection simply for her own aesthetic desires and lust for power.
Lara Croft?
Just putting out an alternative to Bayonetta, because Bayonetta was the first one to came to my mind, too.
Never mind.
Well, according to wikipedia, The Duke is actually a mash-up of action heroes from the time like Bruce Campbell, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sly (Stallone).
So the female Duke Nukem would be basically the same thing.
Just putting out an alternative to Bayonetta, because Bayonetta was the first one to came to my mind, too.
Never mind.
Well, according to wikipedia, The Duke is actually a mash-up of action heroes from the time like Bruce Campbell, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sly (Stallone).
So the female Duke Nukem would be basically the same thing.
Maybe it would be a better idea for people to quit getting so worked up about an individual in a game -- it's one, hedonistic guy. It's by no means something which happens generally in games, by that I mean you don't often play a character like him, so by playing as him you see how different he is compared to the "normal" hero/heroines you play as.
I'd guess she would be like Bayonetta and Ruby but more contemporary and silly with a hint of self-parody.
I think you mean Dante.cainx10a said:Ain't Bayonetta the female Duke Nukem?
Duchess (?) Nukem sounds like a fun premise. I'm not convinced it would sell well though, because the market is plagued with macho wannabes (who tremble at the sight of a somewhat original idea) and kids.