There will be four gameplay modes which are basic shooter multiplayer tropes including Dukematch (Deathmatch), Team Dukematch (Team Deathmatch), Capture the Babe (Capture the Flag) and Hail to the King (King of the Hill). All multiplayer modes can only support eight players with 4 vs. 4 teams. There will be 10 maps at launch including Dukeburger in which miniature Dukes fight among oversized props, as well as Morningwood, an Old West town, and a Vegas Casino.
The Jetpack only shows up in some multiplayer maps and is not available in single player. Holoduke will cause the player to become cloaked, allowing for sneak melee kills. The Steriods allow Duke to do one hit kill punches and run faster, but Duke won’t be able to shoot weapons. Shrunken Dukes can still use weapons, but only at 10% damage.
The classic Laser Trip Wire makes a return, as well as the Pistol, Shotgun, Ripper chaingun, Pipebomb, the RPG, Shrinker, Railgun, Freezer, and the Devastator. However, unlike the original game, Duke can only use 2 primary weapons at once along with pipebombs and tripbombs.
Like every shooter released since Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, players gain experience for kills to customize their Duke. Players get bonus XP for special kills, like stealth kills with the Holoduke and even killing yourself while killing others. Special kills are only awarded once per match, however.
If you decide to play Capture the Babe, then you may wish to know one tiny difference between it and the normal Capture the Flag game type. When you grab the other teams “babe”, sometimes she’ll start to freak out and struggle as you take her back to your base, so you have to give her a smack to quiet her down. I just wonder if you will smack her in the face or in the behind. I would imagine that you would have thrown her over your shoulder so the behind would be easier to smack, wouldn’t it?
For all you youngsters, this game’s MP will be old school. In other words, lots of circle strafing (as you will do in the SP) and no cover. So you kiddos may not like it, but you gotta remember, this is an OLD franchise and they are doing things like they did back in the day. So you will probably not like the game, but you old schoolers like myself should have tons of fun.
