First Aussie review of Duke Nukem Forever (sort of)

THE critics might still be waiting to play it, but there is one organisation that's been given a sneak peak at the Duke's return.

After more than a decade in development — and despite a last-minute delay — Duke Nukem Forever will soon see the light of day.

So what's in store for gamers? More sex, drugs, violence and toilet humour?

Precisely that, according to the Australian Classification Board, which granted the game an MA15+ rating last month.

Below are some of the highlights from the Board's Decision Report, containing descriptions of the game's smuttiest moments.

Be warned, there are spoilers — but it's worth it. You can read the full Classification Board decision report here (PDF).

An example of crude humour includes playable elements which enable Duke to "piss" and "throw" faeces.

In various bathroom locations throughout the game, the player can have Duke "piss" in urinals and on occasion, in these same venues can also pick up faecal matter from a toilet bowl and throw it about.

Dialogue contains various crude reference to "pissing" and when throwing faecal matter Duke is heard to utter "what sick motherf---er picks up wet faeces" and "what am I? A monkey?"

The Board also notes the player ability, in a final climactic scene when Duke kills the alien general, to implicitly urinate into the defeated creature's eye socket.

Violence

The game contains violence that is strong in impact and justified by context. Constant battle with robot-like alien creatures is present throughout the game and is therefore strong in viewing impact.

Battles incorporate the use of futuristic weapons such as a Freeze Ray, Shrink Ray, other super-sized guns, grenade launchers and hand-to-hand combat.

In one of the game levels, Duke enters an alien lair to "rescue" kidnapped Earth women who have been implicitly impregnated by the alien enemy.

These women are rendered with a mannequin-like appearance, and appear torso nude and partially cocooned either suspected from a cave-like roof or against walls.

In order to "spare" the women's suffering Duke has the ability to shoot the women resulting in small blood bursts. Those he does not shoot are seen implicitly exploding as the alien "baby" matures.


The game contains implied sexual activity that is strong in impact.

In the level Duke Lives, the player sees a first person perspective of Duke's lounge room, as he implicitly sits on a couch, playing a computer game on a big screen TV.

Off-screen, sexual noises are heard and the shot widens to reveal two women rising up from a kneeling position just below Duke's waist line. Fellatio is implied as the women wipe their mouths and giggle.

In the level Titty City, Duke enters a strip club where he meets a stripper who invites him to locate (among other items) a vibrator and a condom.

In the men's toilet, Duke can enter a toilet cubicle with what appears to be a "glory hole" in the cubicle wall. A cartoon image of a woman's face is on the wall with a hole evident in the drawing's mouth and the word "Yum" beside it.

Upon the successful completion of this level, Duke is given a "special" lap-dance by the stripper. The breast nude female is depicted in a first person perspective implicitly gyrating on Duke's lap.

The Board notes a facility also exists for the player to "jiggle" the stripper's breasts during this scene.