Duke Nukem Forever Review
Duke is the bastard son of a thousand game developers - and it shows.
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Duke is the bastard son of a thousand game developers - and it shows.
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Duke Nukem Forever Review
- Thread starter Russ Pitts
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Somehow I knew this was going to get a terrible review. After a game has been in development hell this long, I barely see a chance of it being good.
Still not going to deter me from picking it up tomorrow, though I am sad that this isn't the Duke that I grew up with.
Still not going to deter me from picking it up tomorrow, though I am sad that this isn't the Duke that I grew up with.
I'll fish it out of the bargain bin when it goes below $20.
This doesn't like it'll take very long to drop in price, really.
This doesn't like it'll take very long to drop in price, really.
So, is it going to be 10 dollars on Steam by Friday bad, or is it going to take until July?
I could see Gearbox earning hate by dumping a ton of these on Desert Bus.
I could see Gearbox earning hate by dumping a ton of these on Desert Bus.
If I had the slightest interest in the game, it just died.
If I wanted to see naked women, I could just look on the internet. I don't need a game to do that for me. And throwing poop? Really Duke?
Good review though.
EDIT: Fail to the King, baby!
If I wanted to see naked women, I could just look on the internet. I don't need a game to do that for me. And throwing poop? Really Duke?
Good review though.
EDIT: Fail to the King, baby!
Well, there's always Bulletstorm.
If you're disappointed with DNF, get it instead. Captures the 90s run and gun fun much better.
If you're disappointed with DNF, get it instead. Captures the 90s run and gun fun much better.
They could have had something good, if they hadn't taken ideas from every other shooter out there to make their game more brown and gritty while simultaneously having no sense of quality humour. If you're going to make a ridiculous game, make the gameplay equally ridiculous. No one wants Duke Cover-Shooterem.
Well this is just disappointing. I was holding out some hope for this, having been a big Duke fan back in the day.
"Recommendation: If you are stuck on a deserted island with only this game to play, go fishing instead. Worth playing so that you may be able to say that you did, but otherwise imminently forgettable and not worth your time."
I'm not one to beef about scores too much, but what would a game have to do get a 1-star rating, I mean Jesus Christ xD
I'm not one to beef about scores too much, but what would a game have to do get a 1-star rating, I mean Jesus Christ xD
I will never understand why so many people are buying this knowing full well its a modernized turd. Sends the wrong message to the developers to put out crap like this.EcksTeaSea said:
Im sure they thought...Well lets just put out whatever we have because people will buy this crap just because its been so long.
And you are proving them right. Go buy 3-6 indie games instead that are worthy.
It is like having someone on life support for 12 years, and one day, he just gets up and walks, and makes a good game, too. You know, just for the shizz and giggles...
Theres an idea. You could still have had "healthpacks" as well, like autograph books or dvds of Duke around to collect. Salvagable system. Grunting and flying backwards when hit by a shrunken enemy like its a freightrain is just broken.Abandon4093 said:
I bought it on day 1 (well technically a day before the release date) but I did not expect anything mind blowing or great even. I expected some silly and fun to play (at least fun for me). Like some other people before me said the game isn't utterly bad, neither is it a good game. I love blowing up stuff with heavy weapons.
The nice parts, indeed the monster truck level are great and feels very fun to play(the truck reacts nicely(at least it doesn't react/turn like a ton of bricks like in Alone in the dark)). The part before you reach the truck was very fun as well blasting aliens with the choppergun. Lot of interactivity in the game world
Less good bits, close to pixel perfect jumping (failing will result in death). That got really annoying in the Duke Burger Kitchen bit. I hated jumping on small objects when they did it with the very first Turok game ages ago. It still is annoying to jump onto something small in 1st person view.
It is indeed a shame that you can only have 2 weapons at one time(and do not blame consoles for that if perfect dark and goldeneye on the n64 can handle multiple weapons a game on this current generation should really be able to do it(plus it was possible with duke nukem 3d xla version)). Only being able to carry 1 item means you have to really plan using them, dunno if that is a good or bad choice. The fact that when you execute a monster will refill your ego meter does make sense(makes more sense then hiding and getting it refilled that way.
The nice parts, indeed the monster truck level are great and feels very fun to play(the truck reacts nicely(at least it doesn't react/turn like a ton of bricks like in Alone in the dark)). The part before you reach the truck was very fun as well blasting aliens with the choppergun. Lot of interactivity in the game world
Less good bits, close to pixel perfect jumping (failing will result in death). That got really annoying in the Duke Burger Kitchen bit. I hated jumping on small objects when they did it with the very first Turok game ages ago. It still is annoying to jump onto something small in 1st person view.
It is indeed a shame that you can only have 2 weapons at one time(and do not blame consoles for that if perfect dark and goldeneye on the n64 can handle multiple weapons a game on this current generation should really be able to do it(plus it was possible with duke nukem 3d xla version)). Only being able to carry 1 item means you have to really plan using them, dunno if that is a good or bad choice. The fact that when you execute a monster will refill your ego meter does make sense(makes more sense then hiding and getting it refilled that way.