Poll: Duke Nukem - Why?
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Im buying it. Why? Because Ive waited 14 fucking years for it. That and its a game of nonsense and self-parady that is a rather refreshing breathe of fresh air, like Bulletstorm.
DNF is not going to set the medium back, technological or culturally. Thats only what Fox News is telling you (remember how Bulletstorm was going to make kids rapist for playing it?) DNF is just going to be another game made this year, and to assume that it will have serious repercutions is like assuming the world was going to end on the 21st of May... Also, if DNF DOES have any effect, it will be on FPS games alone.Ryan Griffiths said:
Not every game has to be a work of art. Some games just have to be fun. And on that front, The Duke most certainly delivers.Ryan Griffiths said:
I'm not going to buy it because I'm not really interested. Certainly I don't have a problem with them making it. It's certainly better than outright avoiding controversial games for fear of Fox News. Games are still only a recently-popular medium; in a few years they won't be 'new media' any more. Then it'll be more like the film or publishing industry, where complaints are levelled at individual products rather than taken to represent the industry as a whole.
Overall: Ignore the whiners, they're just old. They'll retire soon.
Overall: Ignore the whiners, they're just old. They'll retire soon.
There's nothing wrong with a game of less artistic merit excisting in the same world as Mass Effect or Heavy Rain. For every Black Swan and Scott Pilgrim, there are 50 American Pies and Expendables. Mozart and Bethoven can exist in the same world as Rebecca Black and the Biebster. Whether any of them are good or not is a subjective matter, but I doubt they're trying to acheive the same things.Ryan Griffiths said:
Duke Nukem is a throwback to old school shooters and that's fine. I want to buy it because I like that sort of thing. I really like Duke Nukem 64 so this might be more of the same.
It's OK, Calumon. Just people blabbering about things about perspectives they don't fully understand. I believe it's called xenophobia, but I could be wrong. "Don't worry, be happy" as they say.Jack and Calumon said:
Thank god somebody said this! What the hell happened to the good ol' days of being fun? Most of the crap we have is 'Artful,' 'immersive,' and 'philosophical;' but what the hell happened to the actually important question, "Is it fun?" I admit I'm buying the game for nostalgia's sake, but what I'm really looking for is something that's fun.
yeah there was also a guy in england that created molds of womens vagina's and put them up on the outside of his studioXzi said:
OT:i want to get it but getting ocarina of time remake instead mostly because i love zelda more than the duke but i will pick it up eventually
To the OP...
I get what you are saying, and yes, games like Mass Effect and Heavy Rain are bringing some serious cred to video games. However, whats wrong with going back to something less serious, and childish, if its a fun break from everything that IS serious?
I played Duke back on the PC in what.... 90? 91? I had a blast with it then, and thats one of the reasons I plan to get this one. I am not looking for anything serious, and if this game TOOK itself seriously, I would be highly disappointed. I want some brainless, anti-politically correct fun, and I think this game will deliver in that department.
Call it a break from all the seriousness. In this day and age, I think we all need a little of that, to be honest.
I get what you are saying, and yes, games like Mass Effect and Heavy Rain are bringing some serious cred to video games. However, whats wrong with going back to something less serious, and childish, if its a fun break from everything that IS serious?
I played Duke back on the PC in what.... 90? 91? I had a blast with it then, and thats one of the reasons I plan to get this one. I am not looking for anything serious, and if this game TOOK itself seriously, I would be highly disappointed. I want some brainless, anti-politically correct fun, and I think this game will deliver in that department.
Call it a break from all the seriousness. In this day and age, I think we all need a little of that, to be honest.
You can be fun without being offensive, crass or downright stupid. =p Ask Katamari Damacy, or Portal.Super Toast said:
Probably not, seeing as though I never grew up with the originals and it just does seem like my cup of tea to be honest.
I'm buying it, and let me tell you why (dear lord I must have said this a million times already):
Duke Nukem 3D was literally the second game I ever played. I spent hours trying to find and use every gun on everything. I loved the one-liners, even if I didn't get them all at the time. I was genuinely sad when the news broke that Duke was dead forever. Now, I'm not some super-obsessed fanboy, but I remember the days of Duke, Quake, Doom, Heretic, etc. I fell out of gaming for awhile, and when I got back in, do you know what greeted me? Halo. And then they modernized Call of Duty. Flash forward...jesus, over five years now...and I am so sick and tired of shooters trying to be real life. Is a gun that shrinks your enemies so you can then step on them realistic? No, but it's effing funny. Is it in depth, fleshing out characters through cutscenes, revealing their backstories and motivations and hopes and fears? Hell no. And it doesn't need to. When they released Duke Nukem 3D on XBLA I was estatic. When I loaded it up, suddenly I was six again, actually using a book to prop myself up to see the computer screen, playing my dad's games even though I wasn't supposed to.
So in short, yes, I will buy Duke Nukem Forever. And my only thing to say about it is thus: 3D Realms, if I can't carry more than two guns and have to use ironsights, we are going to have problems. /rant
Duke Nukem 3D was literally the second game I ever played. I spent hours trying to find and use every gun on everything. I loved the one-liners, even if I didn't get them all at the time. I was genuinely sad when the news broke that Duke was dead forever. Now, I'm not some super-obsessed fanboy, but I remember the days of Duke, Quake, Doom, Heretic, etc. I fell out of gaming for awhile, and when I got back in, do you know what greeted me? Halo. And then they modernized Call of Duty. Flash forward...jesus, over five years now...and I am so sick and tired of shooters trying to be real life. Is a gun that shrinks your enemies so you can then step on them realistic? No, but it's effing funny. Is it in depth, fleshing out characters through cutscenes, revealing their backstories and motivations and hopes and fears? Hell no. And it doesn't need to. When they released Duke Nukem 3D on XBLA I was estatic. When I loaded it up, suddenly I was six again, actually using a book to prop myself up to see the computer screen, playing my dad's games even though I wasn't supposed to.
So in short, yes, I will buy Duke Nukem Forever. And my only thing to say about it is thus: 3D Realms, if I can't carry more than two guns and have to use ironsights, we are going to have problems. /rant
You want to know why I am buying it? It is not in the hands of a bunch of monkeys. Randy seems like an awesome man, and not an idiot.
The fact that people think that stupidity, over the top violence, one liners and immature humour is somehow less artistically relevant makes me laugh.
I see more art contained within DNF than the likes of Heavy Rain or Mass Effect. Can't wait for this game to come out so I can throw lumps of shit at the walls, kick bitches in the face and shoot rockets at pigcops while I laugh my ass off the entire time. \o/
I see more art contained within DNF than the likes of Heavy Rain or Mass Effect. Can't wait for this game to come out so I can throw lumps of shit at the walls, kick bitches in the face and shoot rockets at pigcops while I laugh my ass off the entire time. \o/