Duke Nukem 3D 20th Anniversary World Tour Trophy Guide

Duke Nukem 3D 20th Anniversary World Tour Trophy Guide. Difficulty: *  A first-person shooter and revamp of the original Duke Nukem 3D. The game includes in-game cheats which, if used, make the Platinum quick and easy to obtain.

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour * 28 Gearbox Software U.S. 10 11 6 0 0

Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour

Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour is a first-person shooter, and a revamp of the 2015 Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition for the PS3 and PS Vita, which in turn is a revamp of the original Duke Nukem 3D first released in 1996. The game includes updated graphics, new music by the original composer, and a new 5th episode.

After foiling an alien plot to take over the world, Duke Nukem is returning to Earth when his ship is shot down. Learning of an alien invasion in Los Angeles, he sets off to send them packing.

The original Duke Nukem 3D received positive reviews with an average score of 83%, praised for its environments and level design, humor, and overall fun gameplay. While only a handful of critics reviewed Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour, the game received mixed reviews ranging from cherished nostalgic to a primitive first-person shooter by today's standards.

The game includes in-game cheats which do not affect the trophies. In fact, there's even a trophy for using at least one in-game cheat. These cheats enable the player to walk through walls, become invincible, provide you with all weapons and inventory, and more. They may take the challenge and fun out of the game, but they make for an incredibly quick and easy Platinum. Even without the in-game cheats, however, the game is still not very difficult.

If using the in-game cheats, the Platinum can be unlocked in only 1 hour. Without the cheats, expect about 8-10 hours.

If you wish to get the Platinum in the easiest, and quickest way possible, then we recommend using the in-game cheats. To access the Cheat Menu, press: Down on the D-pad, Square, R3, and Right on the D-Pad. The most useful will be God Mode for making you invulnerable from damage, Give All for all the weapons and inventory, No Clip to walk through walls, and Level Select.

You won't even need to play through the entire game. Use the Level Select to choose the last level of each Episode. This means The Abyss for Episode 1, Overlord for Episode 2, Stadium for Episode 3, The Queen for Episode 4, and Hollywood Inferno for Episode 5. Completing these levels will unlock their respective trophy as though you had cleared the entire Episode.

After that, simply run through the trophy list and start unlocking them one after another. Some of them are miscellaneous, while others are kill-related which you can farm by reloading a strategic save. Be sure to check out the Duke Nukem 3D 20th Anniversary World Tour trophy guide links under our Links tab for more details.

It should be noted that only the See I'm Tough Too trophy, for finishing any level on Damn, I'm Good difficulty, cannot be done with the in-game cheats enabled. For an easy way to obtain this one, check out the video under our Links tab.

Have fun!

Here's a great Walkthrough by Ferry Groenendijk:
https://www.videogamesblogger.com/2016/10/15/duke-nukem-3d-20th-anniversary-edition-world-tour-walkthrough.htm

Here's a great Trophy Guide by Blaze Naruto Shippuden:
https://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/duke-nukem-3d-world-tour/guide/

Ferry Groenendijk has a simple but useful Trophy Guide here:
https://www.videogamesblogger.com/2016/10/14/duke-nukem-3d-20th-anniversary-edition-world-tour-trophies-guide.htm

And an Achievement Guide (same as the trophies on PS4) by bLaKgRaVy:
https://www.xboxachievements.com/game/duke-nukem-3d-20th-anniversary-world-tour/guide/

A video by PurrPleeHaze showing the 70 Secrets for the Oomph, Uugh, Where Is It? trophy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLKJtw4-cpk

A video by BlazeNarutoShippuden demonstrating the Alien Maggots Are Gonna Pay trophy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiiQSTNAaCI

And a video by Dimitri Verschaete demonstrating the See, I'm Tough Too! trophy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss0YjdwEAgE

Lastly, here's a basic Trophy List:
https://www.exophase.com/game/duke-nukem-3d-20th-anniversary-world-tour-ps4/trophies/

Duke Nukem Forever Trophy Guide

Duke Nukem Forever Trophy Guide. Difficulty: **  A first-person shooter and sequel to the 1996 Duke Nukem 3D. Some collectibles to gather, and a playthrough on its hardest difficulty setting is required for the Platinum.

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
Duke Nukem Forever ** 51 3D Realms U.S. 38 10 2 0 12

Duke Nukem Forever

Duke Nukem Forever is an action first-person shooter which has been in development for 14 years, suffering from financial difficulties and even lawsuits. Development began shortly after the success of its prequel, Duke Nukem 3D released in 1996, and has since been tinkered and eventually picked up by a different developer and publisher.

Twelve years after Duke Nukem 3D, Duke has become a heroic icon after sending the aliens back to where they came from. But they've returned, and while the President of America continues to make failed attempts to strike peace with the invaders, Duke is up to his muscular arms in alien blood. They are back for revenge, and only Duke Nukem can stop the aliens from invading the United States.

Despite the long history of development, the game received poor reviews by most online magazines, with an average score of 50%. It was criticized for its uninspired graphics, loading time, and overall lack of fun.

For more information, check out our Duke Nukem Forever Review.

The trophies are very typical for a first-person shooter, except there are no online challenges. Many are story based, such as defeating bosses, while others are random challenges, collectibles (in the form of interacting with the environment to boost your Ego) and beating the game on certain modes.

The most frustrating trophies would be winning 7-0 on air hockey for the Air-Duke trophy, scoring 1,000,000 points on pinball for Balls Of Steel, and completing the game on Insane mode. But with patience and perseverance (and help from the guides in our Links page) anyone should be able to acquire this Platinum.

It's recommended you being your first playthrough on Normal difficulty, which isn't that much more difficult than Easy. This will unlock a new function on the freezing weapon, allowing you to fire clumps of ice - a handy weapon when attempting the Insane mode. Other features will unlock - such as infinite ammo and health - but DO NOT use them! They will block your trophies!

Also, once you acquire the golden pistol, keep it in your inventory during the rest of the game for the Gunslinger trophy. Follow the walkthroughs in our Links page to find all the Ego boosts, helmets, and phone messages during your game.

Once you've cleared Normal difficulty, you can use the stage select to mop up any trophies you've missed. Afterwards, select Insane mode and play through to get your Platinum.

IGN has a good Walkthrough, here:
http://www.ign.com/wikis/duke-nukem-forever/Walkthrough

For a quick video Walkthrough for finding all the Ego boosts, here's one by Powerpyx:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuRhaRJUtWw

And other video for the 3 helmets:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=210EZnMrFSo

Another for the location of all Phone Messages:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK_fbEhOvtg&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL66913F2E2A740003

And all 15 Catfish during the underwater level:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v3EmdWgOmc

A fantastic Achievement Guide (same as trophies on PS3) which includes a string of videos for each trophy, was posted by Josh:
http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2011/06/10/duke-nukem-forever-achievements-and-trophies-guide-xbox-360-ps3.htm

Bodigard has put together a great Trophy Guide which includes some videos, here:
http://www.ps3trophies.com/forums/showwiki.php?title=Duke-Nukem-Forever-Trophy-Guide

And blazenarutoshippuden has put together a good Trophy Guide, which includes a road map:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/duke-nukem-forever/112998-duke-nukem-forever-trophy-guide-roadmap.html

Another good Trophy Guide, found here on Cheat Code Central:
http://www.cheatcc.com/ps3/dukenukemforevercheatscodes.html

And another Trophy Guide, by Jeff Mcalister:
http://www.gamesradar.com/duke-nukem-forever-achievements-and-trophies-guide/

Finally, here's a basic Trophy List:
http://www.yourgamercards.net/index.php/news.html/_/trophynews/duke-nukem-forever-trophy-list-r558

Duke Nukem Forever Review

6 / 10 Banzai!s

The Game:

This simple first-person shooter has, in fact, quite a long history!

Following the success of Duke Nukem 3D in 1996, 3D Realms announced that a sequel was in development. Two years later, a trailer for Duke Nukem Forever was revealed at the 1998 E3 press conference. Just as the hype was growing, news of a release date faded. It wasn’t until 2007 when 3D Realms released a new teaser for Duke Nukem Forever. Then in 2009, the developer was downsized for financial reasons, slowing down its progress on the Duke Nukem sequel. As a result, Take-Two Interactive – who owned the publishing rights – sued 3D Realms for not completing the game they’d promised. As a result, Gearbox Software took over the project, with 2K as the new publisher. Finally, after 14 years, the game hit the shelves in June of 2011. Wow.

So what was the end result of this mess? A very mediocre shooter which scored average ratings of 50% across most online game magazines.

 

What I Liked:

Despite what many other reviewers said, I didn’t have any trouble with the controls. Mind you, back when I played Duke Nukem 3D, I was using the arrow keys on a keyboard and hitting the space bar to shoot. But I found the controls in Forever fluid enough that they didn’t inhibit the game.

Duke Nukem Forever ReviewSome of the “puzzles” were inventive. For example, driving a remote control truck through a maze of shelves to reach a battery, in order to push it through a small opening where you could reach it. Or positioning a statue of yourself to climb and reach the upper level of a room.

I also found some of the shrinking segments amusing, such as running around a hamburger shop, hopping on buns sizzling over a stove while shooting shrunken aliens and dodging splatters of mustard and ketchup.

Duke Nukem himself is an over-the-top caricature of those muscle-bound, Go-America type heroes from films of the eighties. And where would he be without those Schwarzenegger-like one-liners? While some of them might make your eyes roll, a few were quite funny. “Guess he won’t be in the sequel,” he says, after a soldier gives him a long deathbed speech. “Time to kick ass and chew bubblegum…and I’m all outta bubblegum!”

Well, maybe you have to hear the lines in context.

 

What I Didn’t Like:

The biggest problem I had – which many other reviews also stated – was the overall redundancy of the game. It’s a first-person shooter, but there are many moments in which you’re just running down empty hallways and turning corners, with nothing to shoot at. Compared to, say, Uncharted which was also a combination of shooting and puzzles, they alternated between the two fairly. In fact, whenever you weren’t solving a puzzle, you had to watch your step – because each new area brought enemies with deadly weapons and explosives. But in Duke Nukem Forever, it felt like walking through an empty hallway and climbing some ladders was meant to be a stage in itself – because there were so many stages where that’s all you did. In fact, except for a single boss, you don’t shoot anything until level 3! Why? It’s a first-person shooter. I wanna shoot stuff!Duke Nukem Forever Review

The other serious issue I had was the loading time. And Oh-My-God, let me tell you about the loading time! It takes 42.4 seconds to load each scene (yeah, I timed it) and 38.9 seconds to reload a checkpoint each time you die. Maybe that doesn’t seem long, but each individual stage is pretty short. And when you’re playing on Insane Mode, you’ll be dying a lot. Which means, almost half of your game play will be waiting for the damn thing to load! So make sure you’ve got a book or Playstation Vita handy.

Some of the dialogue in the “cut scenes” are ot only long, but boring. After entering the Duke Cave, you have to hear a long speech by the president, then your senior officer, before you can continue the game. The speeches weren’t umorous, nor informative. And there are many other instances of these redundant scens appearing. So I just muted the TV and played AKB48 on my Vita while I waited. You know, that says something about a game; where you need a book or portable console to entertain you while you play it.

And not to spoil the ending (which I don’t think is possible) but between defeating the final boss, and the credit roll, there’s only about 9 seconds of cut-scene. I’ve seen better endings on 1980’s Nintendo games. Believe it or not, the loading time is actually longer than the final ending! Wow. What happened? Did they run out of time? Was 14 years not long enough to tag on a better ending?

 

Overall:

I found Duke Nukem Forever to be a very mediocre game, through and through. While there were a few specific pros and cons which I mentioned above, everything about the game was merely average. The graphics were nothing groundbreaking, but not terrible. The story was typical. The overall fun-level was meh. The game wasn’t bad, but nothing special, either.

I realize my banzai! score is a bit higher than most online reviewers. Perhaps they felt disappointed with a highly anticipated sequel. But to me, it was just a game I grabbed off the shelf without any expectations. I didn’t feel it deserved worse than a six, but certainly nothing higher, either.

To me, Duke Nukem Forever is like a rice cracker. It doesn’t necessarily taste bad, but lacks any real flavour. Maybe it’s better to see what else is in the kitchen.

 

written by Damon Finos