Duke Nukem Forever Rated "M" For Immature

[wildpeaks]

And I was hoping for "Rated M for Manly", aww

 

[Jegsimmons]

im not going to say much except this game looks extremely stupid, now there are game like GTA4 that have similar stuff, but it doesnt THRIVE off of it. now this is just my opinion, but Duke was stupid in 97 and its stll stupid now.

 

[Lord Kloo]

I don't see why they're worried about the bits in which Duke can urinate from 1st person.. Every man on Earth wakes up and has that perspective every single day.. and probably women too although I'm not sure of the angle.. I'll shut up now..
And we all know that we played with your poop as children, if you didn't you had very attentive parents..

OT: can't wait for the awesomeness of Duke to release himself upon us.. although I still probably won't get it as my bank hates me and will give my money to the tax man if I try to buy anything..

EDIT: To all those skeptics out there who say duke is immature, you just have to compare the game to something that is immature but we all regard it as still good and funny, like say, the Simpsons..

 

[wildpeaks]

also what,s this kind of captcha?

Do you prefer this one ? :-D

 

[Dr Snakeman]

There's immaturity, then this. How fucking ridiculous.
I'm definately not getting this, and I stand by my prediction in a post I did a couple of weeks ago that Duke will simply not live up to the hype. Either that, or it will, and then everyone'll sort of sober up from the 15-year-long hype and then realise it's a shit game. Which I think it will be. Go on Duke, prove me wrong, with your mediocre graphics, stupidly simple gameplay and less maturity than a 7-year-old.

See, what you don't understand is that the game is a parody of itself; it's supposed to be violent, sexist, and immature. That's its charm; it's the "Grindhouse double feature" of video games.

That's why I'm getting it: it's rated M for Manly.

 

[Captain Pirate]

No offense, but can you at least wait for say, a trailer, at the least, before you slate on it?

Where did you get the idea that I'd never seen a trailer before?
I watched the E3 reveal demo, or, I dunno, some game event, think it was E3 though, and I watched a recent trailer.

I have watched a trailer and a gameplay demo, and I am 'slating' it on that, and everything else I've heard.

 

[Kroxile]

There's immaturity, then this. How fucking ridiculous.
I'm definately not getting this, and I stand by my prediction in a post I did a couple of weeks ago that Duke will simply not live up to the hype. Either that, or it will, and then everyone'll sort of sober up from the 15-year-long hype and then realise it's a shit game. Which I think it will be. Go on Duke, prove me wrong, with your mediocre graphics, stupidly simple gameplay and less maturity than a 7-year-old.

u mad.

OT: Fuck yea, classic duke returns in all his glory!

 

[Dogstile]

No offense, but can you at least wait for say, a trailer, at the least, before you slate on it?

Where did you get the idea that I'd never seen a trailer before?
I watched the E3 reveal demo, or, I dunno, some game event, think it was E3 though, and I watched a recent trailer.

I have watched a trailer and a gameplay demo, and I am 'slating' it on that, and everything else I've heard.

Ugh, as i wrote it I was thinking "I bet there was a trailer and I missed it".

Seems like I was right. Fuck, nevermind then.

 

[Captain Pirate]

u mad.

No, I'm not.

See, what you don't understand is that the game is a parody of itself; it's supposed to be violent, sexist, and immature. That's its charm; it's the "Grindhouse double feature" of video games.

Sorry, what?
How is it a parody of itself? I couldn't give a shit if it's a parody or not, I don't enjoy, or find funny, the immaturity, or the sexism.
I understand fully that it's supposed to be those things, I mean seriously, that's the most obvious thing about the game.
That doesn't mean I like it.

 

[ImprovizoR]

Placing bets on Australia ban - NOW.

There's immaturity, then this. How fucking ridiculous.
I'm definately not getting this, and I stand by my prediction in a post I did a couple of weeks ago that Duke will simply not live up to the hype. Either that, or it will, and then everyone'll sort of sober up from the 15-year-long hype and then realise it's a shit game. Which I think it will be. Go on Duke, prove me wrong, with your mediocre graphics, stupidly simple gameplay and less maturity than a 7-year-old.

That's kinda the whole point of the game. You see, games these days, FPS games in particular, take themselves way to seriously. We need something immature and just pure mindless fun shooting aliens like in the 90's.

 

[t_rexaur]

The urinating thing was to be expected since you can do it in Duke's other games, but the poop throwing thing seemed like a bit of a curve ball. Not that I have anything wrong with that, I have utmost trust in Duke, it's just that it doesn't seem very practical for fighting aliens with. So what, does he just throw crap around for the lulz? Is he just trying to prove that there's literally nothing he can do to make himself seem less badass?

I do hope that the poop throwing has some practical application. Something like:
In bathroom, pig cop bursts in.
Throw poop in it's eyes, hands go up to wipe eyes.
Mighty boot to the groin, pig cop crumples.
Shoot it in the face. Insert witty Duke One-liner. MASSIVE EGO BOOST.

 

[funguy2121]

Wow. They actually finally released it. I wonder if it will be as horrible as its predecessors were when they came out, or if it'll as blatantly rip off Raimi and Campbell

 

[GiantRedButton]

I'm quite surprised ESRB accepted it! Well the question now is will it actually release? reach other countries' censors.

Germany and Australia will probably ban it from idle conversation, let alone store shelves.

OT: I can't say I'm surprised, this *is* Duke Nukem we're talking about here. If it was mature then we would be crying foul like a losing football player.

Sex is a big thing in the usa and china, in germany violence against humans is .
Actuall nudity is something you get in standart tv at any age and is 16+ in videogames.
And were speaking of actuall nudity, not implied nudity like in duke nukem.
If the violence is only against aliens and robots it might get a 16+ rating.
For banning you need Postal style violence against realistic humans, only about 9 games ever got banned.
So no it won't get banned unless they splash Heil Hitler over the screen after each kill or sth.

 

[Dfskelleton]

Wait... an FPS that doesn't take itself more seriously than brain surgery?

I'm glad this is finally made. Duke Nukem has always been fun because of the fact that it KNOWS how lame it's storyline is and uses that to help achieve it's ultimate goal: be extremely crude and violent.
I still can't wait to see how the news reacts to this.

 

[tobuji]

duke nukem forever? Rated M? no shit! it's duke nukem. there's strippers, there's killing everything on your sight. there's the ability to piss in a toilet. no shit it's rated M, i knew it was going to be M when i first found out about the Duke Nukem Series.

 

[Shinigami Fire]

Just sayin, Okami let you piss and crap on enemies, and it even gave you bonuses for it. JUST SAYIN'

Edit: Thrown up only as comparison, because no one really cared. Everyone loved Okami. That kind of aspect was overlooked. I think society, and the ESRB, has matured enough to not care as much about that kind of stuff. Toilet humour has become so prevalent in society, we care a lot less about it. Even sex is commonplace now. Yeah, it's over the top, but I don't think they'll get a ton of controversy outside FOX and other sensationalist reviewers.

 

[Dr Snakeman]

u mad.

No, I'm not.

See, what you don't understand is that the game is a parody of itself; it's supposed to be violent, sexist, and immature. That's its charm; it's the "Grindhouse double feature" of video games.

Sorry, what?
How is it a parody of itself? I couldn't give a shit if it's a parody or not, I don't enjoy, or find funny, the immaturity, or the sexism.
I understand fully that it's supposed to be those things, I mean seriously, that's the most obvious thing about the game.
That doesn't mean I like it.

How is it a parody? Well, for starters, Duke has an "Ego" meter, not a health bar. It's pretty much lampshading the fact that the only way any of this makes sense is by willing suspension of disbelief, even by the main character.

The trick to enjoying stupid stuff like this is to get over your own sense that you're "above" it. You aren't: everyone is an immature twelve-year-old deep down inside. Just relax and enjoy the goofy, tasteless fun.

 

[mikespoff]

I'm still expecting this to get pulled at the last minute. History's on my side, for the gods will it!

Yeah, I'm still in the "I'll believe it when I see it" camp. Not yet entirely convinced that it isn't all just a big marketing hoax...

 

[McShizzle]

The urinating thing was to be expected since you can do it in Duke's other games, but the poop throwing thing seemed like a bit of a curve ball. Not that I have anything wrong with that, I have utmost trust in Duke, it's just that it doesn't seem very practical for fighting aliens with. So what, does he just throw crap around for the lulz? Is he just trying to prove that there's literally nothing he can do to make himself seem less badass?

I do hope that the poop throwing has some practical application. Something like:
In bathroom, pig cop bursts in.
Throw poop in it's eyes, hands go up to wipe eyes.
Mighty boot to the groin, pig cop crumples.
Shoot it in the face. Insert witty Duke One-liner. MASSIVE EGO BOOST.

I'm sure it will be a practical and tasteful application of the gamplay mechanic, which will most definitely be handled maturely. Here's mud in your eye. XD

 

[Super Toast]

Oh Duke, don't ever change.