I hate to agree but yeah there is a lot of "poor taste" stuff in this game. Having played all the way to the strip club scene the generally retarded I.Q. of all the NPCs in the game are beginning to grate on me... if they had just spent a LITTLE time on writing decent dialoge that would have increased the value of the game play tremendously.
*Spoilers ahead... not that it matters really*
Also I hate the fact that I have to shoot girls in order to "save them" that really sucks. I mean I could understand a couple instances to prove the urgency of the situation. I know what they are trying to go for... the whole underground bit hearkens back to the "Aliens" movie. But I would have liked to have been able to save at least some of the girls... it would make me feel slightly better about blowing the others to pieces with my shotgun.
That was probably the part that got me the most. Also I agree with the whole "Ego bar" and 2 weapon thing really taking away from the game. Duke could have at least had the nostalgia game play with health packs and life like what we had in the 90s... there was something about that type of gameplay that seemed more visceral and fast paced. Also the 2 weapons thing sucks. I want my 7 weapons of destruction dammit! If you're going to kill the realism don't go with a lame "ego bar" give me the ability to cart around a ridiculous arsenal of guns!
While the shooting is pretty decent there is something "off" about it that I can't quite lay my fingers on. Probably the 2 gun thing but I can't be sure.
Other than that its pretty cool. some of the minigames are very interesting. Playing pool to boost my ego was one of the most frustrating things ever but it was rewarding when I finally did it (although I wish it had been a little more of a sizable increase)
I like the many references to movies too. Most of the people that play the game won't get them but pretty much everything Duke says is a reference to something. "Groovy" and "good... bad... I'm the guy with the gun" are some pretty funny references to "Army of Darkness" there is also a reference to Predator and a variety of other 80s and 90s movies in there as well as a few modern references too. Did anyone catch the spinning top from "inception"?
Anyway I'm about halfway through, while I don't know that this game will really have much replay value I'm enjoying overall. It's a mediocre to disappointing game to most but for those who played the first game it's falls in the "decent" category for it's few fun moments. You just gotta deal with a whole lot of really bad cheesy lines that fall flat most of the time... and if I hear one more Muther F@#$ker say "wow duke, you're so badass I wish I could be as cool as you" I'm going to vomit... so basically I got a lot of vomitting left to do... but in between bouts of regurgitation I'm expecting to have some fun here and there.
*Spoilers ahead... not that it matters really*
Also I hate the fact that I have to shoot girls in order to "save them" that really sucks. I mean I could understand a couple instances to prove the urgency of the situation. I know what they are trying to go for... the whole underground bit hearkens back to the "Aliens" movie. But I would have liked to have been able to save at least some of the girls... it would make me feel slightly better about blowing the others to pieces with my shotgun.
That was probably the part that got me the most. Also I agree with the whole "Ego bar" and 2 weapon thing really taking away from the game. Duke could have at least had the nostalgia game play with health packs and life like what we had in the 90s... there was something about that type of gameplay that seemed more visceral and fast paced. Also the 2 weapons thing sucks. I want my 7 weapons of destruction dammit! If you're going to kill the realism don't go with a lame "ego bar" give me the ability to cart around a ridiculous arsenal of guns!
While the shooting is pretty decent there is something "off" about it that I can't quite lay my fingers on. Probably the 2 gun thing but I can't be sure.
Other than that its pretty cool. some of the minigames are very interesting. Playing pool to boost my ego was one of the most frustrating things ever but it was rewarding when I finally did it (although I wish it had been a little more of a sizable increase)
I like the many references to movies too. Most of the people that play the game won't get them but pretty much everything Duke says is a reference to something. "Groovy" and "good... bad... I'm the guy with the gun" are some pretty funny references to "Army of Darkness" there is also a reference to Predator and a variety of other 80s and 90s movies in there as well as a few modern references too. Did anyone catch the spinning top from "inception"?
Anyway I'm about halfway through, while I don't know that this game will really have much replay value I'm enjoying overall. It's a mediocre to disappointing game to most but for those who played the first game it's falls in the "decent" category for it's few fun moments. You just gotta deal with a whole lot of really bad cheesy lines that fall flat most of the time... and if I hear one more Muther F@#$ker say "wow duke, you're so badass I wish I could be as cool as you" I'm going to vomit... so basically I got a lot of vomitting left to do... but in between bouts of regurgitation I'm expecting to have some fun here and there.
