Calm Down About "Duke Nukem Forever"

[Saulkar]

After beating the game, it unlocks video footage of the different versions of the game.
This version was developed mostly by Triptych (though they remade some material visible in the 2001 trailer). Gearbox fixed a few bugs and developed the multiplayer part.

Actually Piranha built the multiplayer.

 

[Treblaine]

it's only to be expected that when a game that took 14 years to develop turns out to not be all that, they'll leap on it and attack it brutally without thinking things through

They didn't do that for Team Fortress 2

Seriously, Team Fortress was made in 1996 and they worked on the sequel for ELEVEN YEARS before it was finally released in the Orange Box and you know what... it was gooooood! And people had nothing but praise for it, to spite a decade of speculation, teasing and constantly moving release dates.

People were VERY keen for Duke Nukem Forever when they heard it was committed to be released, it was only when we came to learn what it actually entailed that the forum rage began.

Gearbox want to have their cake and eat it, they want to simultaneously claim that they are a throwback game for old-skool gamers and also a modern Halo type game for the much younger generation.

 

[Dapz]

it's only to be expected that when a game that took 14 years to develop turns out to not be all that, they'll leap on it and attack it brutally without thinking things through

They didn't do that for Team Fortress 2

Seriously, Team Fortress was made in 1996 and they worked on the sequel for ELEVEN YEARS before it was finally released in the Orange Box and you know what... it was gooooood! And people had nothing but praise for it, to spite a decade of speculation, teasing and constantly moving release dates.

People were VERY keen for Duke Nukem Forever when they heard it was committed to be released, it was only when we came to learn what it actually entailed that the forum rage began.

Gearbox want to have their cake and eat it, they want to simultaneously claim that they are a throwback game for old-skool gamers and also a modern Halo type game for the much younger generation.

I only said they'll do that when the game ends up not being that good, which it USUALLY does, but not always!

 

[PureChaos]

the only thing i'm looking forward to about the release of this game is Yahtzee's review of it

Wednesday cannot get here fast enough, it's going to be hilarious.

i've not looked forward to a review so much since Brawl

Sadly, it will probably be next week seeing as it just came out internationally and he needs a week to get through the game. This week will probably E3

he's done games on the week of release before but E3 is the most likely contender. Infamous 2 will probably be on his 'to do' list, too

 

[Treblaine]

it's only to be expected that when a game that took 14 years to develop turns out to not be all that, they'll leap on it and attack it brutally without thinking things through

They didn't do that for Team Fortress 2

Seriously, Team Fortress was made in 1996 and they worked on the sequel for ELEVEN YEARS before it was finally released in the Orange Box and you know what... it was gooooood! And people had nothing but praise for it, to spite a decade of speculation, teasing and constantly moving release dates.

People were VERY keen for Duke Nukem Forever when they heard it was committed to be released, it was only when we came to learn what it actually entailed that the forum rage began.

Gearbox want to have their cake and eat it, they want to simultaneously claim that they are a throwback game for old-skool gamers and also a modern Halo type game for the much younger generation.

I only said they'll do that when the game ends up not being that good, which it USUALLY does, but not always!

Hmm I didn't think you meant "not be all that" as "not being that good".

"all that" I interpreted as like, not the best bestest ever. And also isn't that kind of obvious, of course if any game isn't good people are going to say that, with the hope the developers will learn!

DN:F has gotten a lot more attention and hype than Brink (a similar meh title) just like Modern Warfare 2 that failed to deliver (though in less obvious areas like campaign pacing and multiplayer balance) and got rage for to spite being only 2 years in production.

The more attention a game gets, the more people are going to have an opinion they want to share. If it is a poor game, the opinion isn't going to be good.

When $60 is on the line - a lot of money to most people - if a games is merely "not good" then it is BAD, as with a high investment is high expectations.

 

[Audio]

Slowly making my way through the game on hard mode (do one chapter per day to get the most out of it) and it's 'ok' actually. The button mashing can gtfo and the overdose of graphics but yeah..it's ok.
Not worth £30 though :X

 

[Olikunmissile]

I'm just curious as to how everyone is playing and panning a game that isn't due for release in another four days.

Are those sirens I'm hearing in the distance?

It's on the shelves of shops here and it's available on Steam.

 

[Baneat]

I'm just curious as to how everyone is playing and panning a game that isn't due for release in another four days.

Are those sirens I'm hearing in the distance?

It's on the shelves of shops here and it's available on Steam.

UK and Australia specifically.

I can't bring myself to finish it! And I wanted to write up a review on it

Slowly making my way through the game on hard mode (do one chapter per day to get the most out of it) and it's 'ok' actually. The button mashing can gtfo and the overdose of graphics but yeah..it's ok.
Not worth £30 though :X

Overdose on graphics? Clarify?

Oh, HUGE tip to PC gamers. Turn the "Mouse precision" setting to 1 and disable Post-Processing effects (They're garbage)

 

[natster43]

I don't really care. I didn't find the demo fun at all. It was really boring and bland. Why would I want a game like that? It is definitely not a game I would buy at full price.

 

[Wolfram23]

Honestly from what I've played so far it's rather fun and certainly different than recent FPS games. The graphics are... adequete. Not that great but ok. Animations are a bit bad, though - particularily girls walking (the twins at the start just look sooo terrible when the walk off).

The gameplay is fine though, lots of run and gunning and sillyness. Granted I'm not exactly far in it, I played for maybe 30 minutes but this is my first impression.

The one issue I hate is that Vsync turned on makes the game input super choppy. The mouse is completely unacceptable. With Vsync off, it's nice and smooth, but runs at 150fps and causes a lot of CPU and GPU usage which is totally unecessary (CPU 50%+ GPU 80%+. For comparison with Vsync on my GPUs are at around 20% usage... CPU I don't know but my fans never sped up (they did with vsync off).