Duke Nukem Forever
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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I will probably buy this game. I want a silly shooter. One of the last shooters I actually really enjoyed was Painkiller (I bought it half a year ago), but even there it got a bit too brown (even if the design otherwise was great).
What we need from this game is cathartic violence, and if my wishes could be true, a jet-pack. Jet-packs are cool.
What we need from this game is cathartic violence, and if my wishes could be true, a jet-pack. Jet-packs are cool.
Oh Yahtzee, you say that you're looking forward to this game (I think...), but we all see that you're loading your shit cannon right behind you while you say it.
Don't get me wrong Yahtzee, I do welcome a change of pace from the brooding antiheroes of today. My question is though does that really make the macho meat head self assured heroes of yesterday appealing? I mean really you could say that this is all still the evolution of the same damned ideas. Macho guys runnin' around shooting stuff real good. In other words The Expendables. In other words trash.
I'm just playing the devil's advocate here mind you. I'm mildly-to-moderately excited for the return of Duke. It is simple dumb fun. But in terms of theme, is it me or is every hero in every mainstream contemporary video game lately some analogue or another of Schwarzenegger in his Conan days? Are people that into this archetype that no one can make time for dare I say another James Sunderland, or what?
I'm just playing the devil's advocate here mind you. I'm mildly-to-moderately excited for the return of Duke. It is simple dumb fun. But in terms of theme, is it me or is every hero in every mainstream contemporary video game lately some analogue or another of Schwarzenegger in his Conan days? Are people that into this archetype that no one can make time for dare I say another James Sunderland, or what?
yes! If duke can pull off the same fun as the original dooms + comedy, it will win game of the year hands down.Stabby Joe said:
Tits!
It would be interesting to see a modern shooter where the protagonist is a swift bullet-sponge with a shell of Kevlar and balls of steel. Or, should I say, it will be interesting.
It would be interesting to see a modern shooter where the protagonist is a swift bullet-sponge with a shell of Kevlar and balls of steel. Or, should I say, it will be interesting.
I'm pretty sure even DNF understood that video. I am also getting sick of the same ol' same ol' "gritty" plots and cover-based shooting. We do need to have at least SOME series that are pure run and gun.
Half-Life killed 'fun FPS' because after THAT intro, everything had to have a serious story. The genre needs to de-evolve into being mindless again. DNF won't be the game to end all games but maybe it will tell designers what a FPS is suppose to be all about.
More hordes of enemies, more OTT weaponry and less caring.
More hordes of enemies, more OTT weaponry and less caring.
I gotta agree here, that would be a huge let down if they develop a game because of nostalgia but then break that effect by using the conventions of and making it like every other shooter out there at the moment. This worked great for Serious Sam, bucking the current trend in favour of old Doom 2 style action, and that was way back in 2001.
As long as people aren't willing to temper that hype with a degree of reservation (and do they ever?) then no, it won't live up to the hype. I think I tend to enjoy games a lot more because I really never get on the hype wagon. I never expect much, and I'm frequently pleasantly surprised.Jaredin said:
Oh God. How the hell did those take off? I perused my local Best Buy's PC section, having spent the last two years shopping on nothing but Steam, and noticed a ton of those "hidden picture" games. The worst part is that they make themselves out to be a wealth of intrigue and story-telling and as soon as you see the term "hidden picture" you realize that you're going to be staring at an (admittedly pretty) enormous picture looking for a few pixels that lead you ahead in the game and you wonder where the actual "game" is supposed to take place.Yahtzee said:
Not that I can talk about simple puzzle games, since I lost a couple of hours of sleep last night playing the new Professor Layton game, but the charm of those always gets me satisfied.
Fancy a non serious one then?Mackheath said:
Yahtzee is looking forward to a game?
Happy?
Calumon: Not really. I didn't get any cake.
Will it be worth the wait? maybe, probably not.
Will it change/revolutionize the genre? meh. still probably not.
Will it be fun? I think it's safe to assume that's a "yes".
Its nice to see Yahtzee's cautious optimism. (or maybe that's just his cover while he reloads, only he knows for sure.)
I'll finish by echoing his sentiment:
Will it change/revolutionize the genre? meh. still probably not.
Will it be fun? I think it's safe to assume that's a "yes".
Should you buy it? Well, lets wait and see how it looks at release. But so far all signs point to "yes".Duke Nukem said:
Its nice to see Yahtzee's cautious optimism. (or maybe that's just his cover while he reloads, only he knows for sure.)
I'll finish by echoing his sentiment:
Yes. Yes it/they would, Yahtzee. Cheers *raises beer*Extra Punctuation: Duke Nukem Forever said:
The problem is that it will most likely never happen now that its been announced for consoles as well. I wont be suprised if the speed is nerfed down to Alien Vs Predator (the new one) level and we get chest high walls everywhere. I dont really have words for how sad this will make me.8bitmaster said:
The actual REAL release of DNF has made me go from total excitement to being incredibly skeptic.
I just hope gearbox dont ruin this to please slow moving, slow aiming console players
PS: I own a PS3, and previously an xbox360 before it died, but I have to date not played a fps on consoles that has been even remotely satisfying.
I guess it's cool that this is finally coming out since people obviously love the games. Never played 'em myself. But when I read the plot outline about aliens kidnapping babes, I kept thinking, "Seriously? SERIOUSLY? This is a thing I am reading, that has been made, and people are going to pay money for?" It sounds like the sort of plot you'd find in a D-grade sci-fi porno comedy like Flesh Gordon. Or an April Fool's prank. But that's what people like about it? Apparently? Maybe? Man.
I guess it just isn't something I "get". Oh well. I hope everyone who's been looking forward to it enjoys it.
I guess it just isn't something I "get". Oh well. I hope everyone who's been looking forward to it enjoys it.
It wont be worth the wait, but as you said, if we forget about the wait and treat it like any other game, there may be a chance, as it'll hopefully be a breath of fresh air from previous games. Fingers crossed anyway.