Another day, another city overrun by the alien hordes. You start in an apartment, lightly armed, and as you look out the window, you not only get to enjoy some enemies trying to plug you full of holes, you get to enjoy an incredible view.
After learning the location of the alien homeworld. Duke is drawn off course by a distress call from Cerberus station, an enormous deep space platform watching over a nearby darkmatter nebula. His ship is ambushed by several alien fighters which he destroys but at a heavy cost. He must now dock with Cerberus both to find out what happened to it and repair his ship (or secure another one).
You're in Fernocity, the most corrupt city in the world. A level with loads of action, and lots of places to explore: A pier, a strip club, an abandoned power plant, an arcade store, a bank, and even a haunted apartment building! And much, much more!