Gearbox-Made Duke Nukem Forever Confirmed at PAX

[Flamma Man]

I'm seriously going to laugh if the game, after years of development, turns out to be half decent.

 

[FinalHeart95]

I want the game to come out just so it can come out. Don't really like Duke Nukem, but it should be funny to see another game take over the reigns as the "eternal vaporware" game. Probably Episode 3.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

So, when DNF bombs, can we bury it next to Daikatana and Romero's career?
Ugh... I'm sorry I love Duke and all but I gave up on this game long ago and honestly, I'm not going to get excited over it.

 

[Miumaru]

Ive been playing Duke Nukem 3D too much to not buy it on day 1. As long as it has that Duke charm, I think I will like it.

 

[Sarah Kerrigan]

I truly don't believe it's finished....

sorry.... .-.

 

[Wardnath]

Obligatory:


OT: It's about fucking time.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

I wouldn't say ALL FPSes are a juvenile power fantasy, plenty tell great stories (Halo and Half-Life come to mind), it's just that some are still as juvenile. Painkiller, Team Fortress 2, Borderlands and some others.

Halo? A faceless unstoppable space marine kills all the aliens ever. Half-Life? A nerd kills everything ever and (probably) gets the girl. The narrative itself might be about something but that doesn't stop the game itself from being a power fantasy. I do not even mean this as some sort of insult to the genre, just as a simple observation.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

I wouldn't say ALL FPSes are a juvenile power fantasy, plenty tell great stories (Halo and Half-Life come to mind), it's just that some are still as juvenile. Painkiller, Team Fortress 2, Borderlands and some others.

Halo? A faceless unstoppable space marine kills all the aliens ever. Half-Life? A nerd kills everything ever and (probably) gets the girl. The narrative itself might be about something but that doesn't stop the game itself from being a power fantasy. I do not even mean this as some sort of insult to the genre, just as a simple observation.

You do realize that John was kidnapped by the military at the age of six, put through hellish training for years (starting from when he was kidnapped), augmented through a process that killed or maimed many of the people he had come to know as family, watched his best friend sacrifice himself due to an armor breech and slowly saw almost everyone he knew die, right?

And yet, that never has been a story point in the Halo games. Besides, even if it were present in the games, my point remains the same regardless.

 

[Misterian]

As far as I'm concerned, that's the story of Duke Nukem Forever, an eternity of 'almost theres'.

I bet the next thing we'll know, it'll get delayed AGAIN.

 

[SelectivelyEvil13]

Well now they've finally announced it and even proven its existence. Now when are they going to prove if it's even worth a damn? They're going to have to do something pretty unique now that practically every other game is an FPS copying off of another FPS in some copy-cat-continuum.

I wouldn't say ALL FPSes are a juvenile power fantasy, plenty tell great stories (Halo and Half-Life come to mind), it's just that some are still as juvenile. Painkiller, Team Fortress 2, Borderlands and some others.

Halo? A faceless unstoppable space marine kills all the aliens ever. Half-Life? A nerd kills everything ever and (probably) gets the girl. The narrative itself might be about something but that doesn't stop the game itself from being a power fantasy. I do not even mean this as some sort of insult to the genre, just as a simple observation.

You do realize that John was kidnapped by the military at the age of six, put through hellish training for years (starting from when he was kidnapped), augmented through a process that killed or maimed many of the people he had come to know as family, watched his best friend sacrifice himself due to an armor breech and slowly saw almost everyone he knew die, right?

That's actually quite an interesting backstory. I just wish they touched on that side of the protagonist in the actual games (I only played 1-3 and read none of the stories). Many people, like myself, would not otherwise know much at all about the Master Chief and just assume he has the personality of a lunch tray just because there is not much exposition into his character through the three games.

I do not know much about Duke Nukem in general, but my guess is that in contrast to Halo's credit, the story's depth for DN would struggle to match an article in Playboy. Who knows, it may not be a deep or meaningful story with backstory, but entertaining nonetheless.

 

[RowdyRodimus]

Well that sounds...

...Wait a minute. Randy Pitchford... Where have I...? Oh God no!


Something tells me that he was a bit persuasive with development team in order to get them to release on time.

I'm sorry to be off topic, but that is the most epic fucking sales pitch I have ever seen. Ok, I know the GOTY edition is coming out, but I am so tempted to go buy the bare bones version now it's unreal...(didn't even notioce I used epic and unreal in a statement without it being about Cliffy B)

 

[Ldude893]

It took a whole decade for them to release the game. I wonder how long it will take for Valve to release Episode 3?

 

[The Rockerfly]

Huh, that was quietly done. I'm surprised they managaed to keep it this quiet but as much as I loved Borderlands it's going to be crap and here's why:

The gameplay will be massively out of style and out of date. This will be for the engine, textures, voice acting, script, plot and just general gameplay style

It will be over developed. Remember Too Human? It was shit, really shit and it had long term development problems too, 8 years if memory serves me right. You'd think with 8 years under it's belt it would kick so much balls but it was badly developed on an old engine and had a very bad selection in gameplay. I want to really point out that it took 8 years while say Halo 3 took 3 years

 

[Mackie Stingray]

That's actually quite an interesting backstory. I just wish they touched on that side of the protagonist in the actual games (I only played 1-3 and read none of the stories). Many people, like myself, would not otherwise know much at all about the Master Chief and just assume he has the personality of a lunch tray just because there is not much exposition into his character through the three games.

Not much character exposition, perhaps, but the setting is active within the games and drives a story along.
It's not Marathon. Pity, really; with Marathon, their priority was to tell a story, and it shows. Still, Halo's story certainly isn't bad. And sure your job is to shoot aliens, but it's oversimplifying to say that your job is to shoot every alien everywhere ever. The factionalization becomes clear in Halo 2, and you fight beside at least one while the enemy's logic comes apart at the seams.
As I recollect. I've not really read the books, played the games, or done much of anything except shake my fist at folks who can afford systems as advanced as an X-Box or PS2.

Anyway, this is far too much effort on my part, and I'm convincing nobody. By the same token, while I may buy this game if it comes out just because I'm amused by the entire notion, you'll notice I still use the conjunction "if." It's not out 'til it's out.
I have to admit, though. I'm listening. They have my attention. Even though I expect it to be an April Fools joke too many months in the making.

 

[Kimosaber]

I am so damn happy about this I have literally been screaming and jumping around like a madman for about a half-hour.

If this is ANYTHING AT ALL like Duke 3D, I will love this game to absolute pieces. Bar fucking none.

ALWAYS BET ON DUKE

 

[Redworld13]

I will piss my pants laughing if this turns out to be anything like daikatana, however il still probably buy it, duke introduced me to strippers when i first played it as a little boy. So il have to pay respect to him for that alone! >D