Poll: Duke Nukem - Why?

[Dr Jones]

I love these high horsed peeps. Duke Nukem is not ruining games, not undoing anything. Neither is Call Of Duty or any other mainstream game that every single pretentious asshole hates because of the success. Duke Nukem is not undoing anything. People out there will still be making "Good" games.

Maybe Duke is a stoner friend you had when you were a teenager, maybe you haven't seen the guy in a long time. But aint a reunion always nice? And if not, then let the next generation of teenagers know the stoner friend, and giggle at his immature jokes.

 

[vviki]

Hail to the King! Of course I bought it. Pre-ordered the Balls Of Steel edition! This game will be awesome whatever it's faults are, because the fact that it came out after all those years gives it +10million points from the start. As for going back... I have no idea what you mean. If the modern FPS-es in all the colors of the dirt spectrum, painted in gun metal gray and dog shit brown are the moving forward in the same way that 3D is moving the movies forward, then please I want to take a step back before most things became scheit and started selling themselves on the fact that they are scheit.

As for Serious Sam 3, I see no reason why I shouldn't get them both . I thirst for exotic weapons and one liners

 

[Vibhor]

And seriously, did you even think before saying "Hollow gameplay"?

I did. That's what an opinion is. They differ.

And yet you mock some other person's post saying otherwise.
Wow, hypocrisy at its finest.

I made note of their lack of effort in posting their opinion - making discussion impossible. They elaborated and I acknowledged their opinion.

Not hypocritical.

But perhaps ironic that you were so quick to jump on my post, when you yourself were incorrect.

Care to explain why I am incorrect,Hippocrates.

Because the claim you made asserting that I had brushed off someone's post as an invalid opinion is untrue. As I explained above.

Ah I see you are the special type.
Well have fun pointlessly arguing with someone else because I don't argue with "special" people

 

[Vibhor]

snip

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.

You can be fun without being offensive, crass or downright stupid. =p Ask Katamari Damacy, or Portal.

But what if the whole franchise depends on balls and tits jokes?

 

[Pedro The Hutt]

It managed to get by just fine without those in Duke Nukem 1 & 2. If you really need boobs to let your franchise survive you should sit up and realise that it's ~really~ lacking in other departments.

(And there's boobs in games, and then there's an excessive use of boobs games, there's a reason why Dead or Alive is a laughing stock these days)

 

[Lionsfan]

I'm probably not gonna buy it, not because I feel like it's "ruining gaming" but because I don't really feel like paying for it. I'll probably rent it though and if I love it I'll buy it then, I just don't think I'll love it. And how is it "ruining games"? Sucker Punch hasn't ruined movies, nor has Transformers or any other blockbuster that is just a whole bunch of action. Twilight didn't ruin books or make them look bad and as much impact as Justin Bieber has had on the world he hasn't made the music industry take a step back. Why do people only think that Video Games are gonna get ruined by immature/poor games? It really insults the industry as a whole when you say that, it's acting like the industry is a weak thing and that bad press might kill it off forever

 

[Ryan Minns]

Given the fact some games as of late are... well, crap Duke Nukem could end up actually being good? regardless of liking it at least Duke has a personality unlike some characters in multimillion sellers

It's nice when a game intending to be stupid comes out instead of the many trying to be serious but are just empty, soulless jokes

 

[Semi-Human]

maybe from the budget bin.

Honestly i didn't get in the the Duke Nukem hype when the game was still relavent let alone now. Not Big fan of FPS, even less of of the dumb over the top ones. Dont get me wrong they have there moments, but i'm not paying 60 bucks for a prettier version of serious sam or postal. I mean if i had the idea that would really be funny i might be tempted, weapons with cool effect that suprise you fine. But now it just looks like a bunch of gimmicks.
If they bring something new,or just does something old REALLY well great i'm all ears. But
i doubt it.

On another note, no mater how good you think it is, does any one honestly expect to see something that justifies the development time?

 

[Pedro The Hutt]

I'm probably not gonna buy it, not because I feel like it's "ruining gaming" but because I don't really feel like paying for it. I'll probably rent it though and if I love it I'll buy it then, I just don't think I'll love it. And how is it "ruining games"? Sucker Punch hasn't ruined movies, nor has Transformers or any other blockbuster that is just a whole bunch of action. Twilight didn't ruin books or make them look bad and as much impact as Justin Bieber has had on the world he hasn't made the music industry take a step back. Why do people only think that Video Games are gonna get ruined by immature/poor games? It really insults the industry as a whole when you say that, it's acting like the industry is a weak thing and that bad press might kill it off forever

The difference is that films, books and music are commonly accepted as valid artforms. In the eyes of the masses, video games are still pubescent macho manboy things that only frat boys could enjoy, DNF gladly helps along in cementing that stereotype.

And frankly, you could have a fun straightforward arcade shooter ~without~ all the stuff that makes DNF as offensive as it is.

 

[SuperToaster]

Sometimes we just need to get away from the games that call themselves serious.
Sometimes you just need some dumb fun, and DNF is here for it.

 

[TheSanityAssassin]

So... you made a new account today, just so you can rage about this?
lol

 

[BodomBeachChild]

I'm going to buy it for sure. I grew up with the Duke. (sorry, Mr. Wayne) Sure, some of the new kids want their Micheal Bay space marine grey games, but Duke is something else. Don't get me wrong I can dig some artsy-fartsy game like Heavy Rain and some bullshit but sometimes it's nice to get behind the eyes of Duke and fuck some stuff up.

Is he "undoing" what very little the game industry has accomplished in a few years. No. And you're a retard for thinking this is stepping backwards. Bulletstorm, Kane and Lynch, Gears of War, Homefront. Those are steps if you ask me.

 

[Zenn3k]

I'm buying it on launch day, midnight release, might even take the next day off from work.

I want my Duke!

 

[Moromillas]

...most of the people who play this game will probably be 16 year old teens, who shouldn't be playing anyway.

These games demonstrate that you can have movie quality like content within a game and take it further, make it unique and it'll last a lot longer than a film.

I know theres a market for it, but how many law suits do you think are going to come out of this game "having a laugh" is going to cause? Everyone with their brand stamped on this are walking a tight rope about this - if its as bad as it could be, then bankruptcy is not a far fetched idea.

Ok, I actually disagree with quite a lot of that. lol

I don't know how you arrived at the majority of players being 16, it just looks way off. Considering that the demographic of FPS players is very wide nowadays, and especially since 16 is very young for one that plays video games, statistically speaking.

Now, saying that a game has "movie-like quality," that's a bad thing. That's a very bad thing for a video game. Not that there's anything wrong with movies. To make a video game into a movie or try and model it after one, is a step down. A step down from what it could be or should be. One of my pet peeves in video games would be when they show an awesome cut-scene where my character does something epic, well, why can't I do that.

If you go to amazon and have a look around, you can actually find a lot of books on rape, and rape fantasy. Now that doesn't necessarily mean that all books are going to be painted as supportive of rape or even seen as how-tos of rape, because A: They don't represent all books, and are just a few amongst a massive sea of books - B: They're completely fantasy land, fake. If anyone does jump up and down over it, they'll mostly be seen as either fear-mongers or out of touch with reality, e.g. the fox news story on it.

 

[Plinglebob]

I'll be getting it if the Demo is good (which I'm really hoping it is!) I've really hated FPS's recently because as someone brought up on the likes of Quake, Doom and yes, DN3D, I really hate how boring and pretensious they've gotten. I loved Bulletstorm and I'm preying to God that this will be worth it.

Even if it is crap, I will still pick it up in the inevitable Steam sale to see what happens to a Game 13 plus years in development.

 

[Kakashi on crack]

It's a game that's supposed to be for shits and giggles, and the developers are on-purpously developing it to be the way it is as a joke towards mainstream views today.

Really, if people don't get that this game is kinda like a "parody" to modern shooting games and such, then I feel kinda bad for em.

Anyways, you can go on hating, I think I'm going to buy it for the simple joy of finding out how they go about it.

 

[Sodoff]

Why not?

 

[Super Toast]

snip

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.

You can be fun without being offensive, crass or downright stupid. =p Ask Katamari Damacy, or Portal.

But sometimes, offensive, crass and downright stupid games are just what the doctor ordered.

 

[Pedro The Hutt]

Now I should point out that I don't mind some offensive, crass or downright stupid material in my games, after all I did enjoy DN3D, but from what I've seen of DNF so far, it simply has too much of that going on this time around. And when you have too much of that it stops being funny and starts being obnoxious. But that's how I feel about it at least.

 

[Nfritzappa]

I love the argument for DNF: "Only 12-16 year olds will love it because thats their sort of thing"

Listen...Do you realize WHO exactly is Duke's demographic?
20-50 year olds who have always loved Duke Nukem and have been waiting for more Duke (waiting is the key word; 12 years is a long time). Duke is an OLD game, and if you're using said argument....YOU'RE the one thats probably too young for the game yourself.