For the last fucking time, I'm NOT "Above" it. I just don't find it funny. There is no way to make yourself find something funny, apart from removing a part of your brain in hoping it changes your personality. I never said I was 'above' it. I DO enjoy stupid stuff. Farting innapropriately makes me giggle. Other immature stuff does too.Dr Snakeman said: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.
But Duke Nukem does NOT. At all.
There's a difference between being 'above' something and just not finding it funny. Everyone has different tastes.
Finally, someone who hasn't accused me of being an arrogant prude, or is still convinced their is some way I can enjoy Duke.Gordon_4 said:Well mate, for those of us whose first exposure to the FPS genre was Duke Nukem games, you might forgive us for wanting a return to the kind of game were saving the world from aliens is FUN.
Both styles will have their place, under the right hand a game like CoD could be a tight, geo-political thriller in the cutscenes and stunning, balls to the wall gunfights in the gameplay.
But sometimes, you just wanna be the guy, who snaps off a one-liner while he blows away hordes of aliens with a giant blasty bollocks canon and saves hot chicks. This game is our A-Team: the protagonists having fun, is a good way to allow us to have fun.
Ok, I can understand why people want to play it.
I fully agree, both styles do have their place, and I've been (And still am) loving the absolute shit out of Bulletstorm.