Go to a taco bell and buy 5 99cent tacos on taco Tuesday.
Then go play a game that is actually good.
Then go play a game that is actually good.
Poll: So Duke Nukem Forever is $5 on Steam....
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if your expecting an amazing and all time hilarious revitalisation of old fps games don't get it.
If you want a duke nukem game and have $5 spare then get it.
If you want a duke nukem game and have $5 spare then get it.
Too all the people bashing on Duke Nukem: Forever.
Post links to your steam account library through Value my steam account or you holding the case and prove that you actually own it.
I want to know how many of you are on the bandwagon with this one, so much over exaggeration.
I may buy it myself, any game is worth $5 at the end of the day.
Post links to your steam account library through Value my steam account or you holding the case and prove that you actually own it.
I want to know how many of you are on the bandwagon with this one, so much over exaggeration.
I may buy it myself, any game is worth $5 at the end of the day.
Duke Nukem Forever is not a good game.
To be clear, it's not the worst game ever made. It doesn't crash your computer (well, it didn't crash my computer, at least.) It is possible to get from beginning to end. It doesn't generally require a strategy guide just to progress. I'll even grant that it has moments that approach being entertaining, though not very many.
But it's a tragic example of poor design choices on so, so very many levels. It misses the mark on both what it tries to carry over from the old games and what it tries to update for the current generation. Its levels are painfully linear; bad guy drop-ins are so obviously scripted that it breaks suspension of disbelief. It's poorly paced, and its sense of progression and reward isn't well implemented at all. It's offensive enough to be uncomfortable without being daring or well-considered enough to feel either audacious or sexy. Its lack of confidence in its own graphics are made obvious by the amount of time you spend in shadows or looking through green-white night vision.
I've never played the infamous Daikatana, but what I've read suggests DNF isn't "Daikatana bad"- it doesn't game-over you because a stupid henchman got himself crushed by the terrain, it doesn't force you to sit through long, tedious narration (only the occasional short tedious narration), it doesn't make you spend the first fifteen minutes fighting frogs and mosquitoes.
And thus, it's not the kind of game that's going to give you tons of fun stories of the horror of having had to play it. It's just kind of depressing that so many people spent such an extended portion of their lifespan painfully bringing it into being.
If you really have an academic interest in examining how a game goes wrong, or if you're the kind of person who has to rubberneck at a traffic accident with everyone else, DNF might be worth $5. Otherwise, there are tons of games on Steam and GOG that will provide you with far more enjoyable experiences, even for $5. (The Binding of Isaac keep sucking me in, if you want a suggestion.)
To be clear, it's not the worst game ever made. It doesn't crash your computer (well, it didn't crash my computer, at least.) It is possible to get from beginning to end. It doesn't generally require a strategy guide just to progress. I'll even grant that it has moments that approach being entertaining, though not very many.
But it's a tragic example of poor design choices on so, so very many levels. It misses the mark on both what it tries to carry over from the old games and what it tries to update for the current generation. Its levels are painfully linear; bad guy drop-ins are so obviously scripted that it breaks suspension of disbelief. It's poorly paced, and its sense of progression and reward isn't well implemented at all. It's offensive enough to be uncomfortable without being daring or well-considered enough to feel either audacious or sexy. Its lack of confidence in its own graphics are made obvious by the amount of time you spend in shadows or looking through green-white night vision.
I've never played the infamous Daikatana, but what I've read suggests DNF isn't "Daikatana bad"- it doesn't game-over you because a stupid henchman got himself crushed by the terrain, it doesn't force you to sit through long, tedious narration (only the occasional short tedious narration), it doesn't make you spend the first fifteen minutes fighting frogs and mosquitoes.
And thus, it's not the kind of game that's going to give you tons of fun stories of the horror of having had to play it. It's just kind of depressing that so many people spent such an extended portion of their lifespan painfully bringing it into being.
If you really have an academic interest in examining how a game goes wrong, or if you're the kind of person who has to rubberneck at a traffic accident with everyone else, DNF might be worth $5. Otherwise, there are tons of games on Steam and GOG that will provide you with far more enjoyable experiences, even for $5. (The Binding of Isaac keep sucking me in, if you want a suggestion.)
How do you know that when you haven't played it? Oh, wait, you're just saying what the internet told you to say. Okay, let me play along.Sewer Rat said:
*ahem*
Anybody who plays first-person shooters is a moron.
Final Fantasy VI is an obscure, underground niche title that only I have heard of.
Final Fantasy VII ruined video games forever.
Call of Duty is a more prominent tragedy than the World Trade Center bombings.
The Legend of Zelda doesn't recycle a damn thing from one game to the next. Every installment is fresh and new in every way.
In all seriousness, Duke Nukem Forever is a thoroughly average first-person shooter that's enhanced slightly by its kitschy sense of humor. I'm of the opinion that an 'alpha male' is pretty much the worst thing a person can be, so a game that lampoons the concept as delightfully as this one did will be a winner in my book, even if it's just barely a winner. Call it a seven out of ten, if you want my opinion expressed numerically.
i choose 'give the money to staving children', because, its a better use of money, so's the cornetto actually, anything is generally a better use of coin then buying dnf
Trust me the Cornetto will be much more satisfying. I wouldn't even buy it for $1. Not when I could buy a Snickers bar instead.
Fair enough. It was an error on my part not to break the sentences up as follows.Popeman said:
Those are in fact two separate statements But the sentiment is the same really. The consensus on the game is fueled more by irrational dislike and an audience that was simply unable to relate to the game than actual negative qualities. So if the consensus has an irrational dislike of the game, then its not good to just take the word of the masses. Dont think I told him to not listen to other peoples opinions, I was trying to express that its not a good thing to listen to malformed opinions because honestly I guarantee you there are infinitely more people who will tell you DNF is the worst game ever, than there are copies of the game sold, rented, borrowed or pirated for that matter.
you know all the fun jokes from 3D?
replace those with dead and unfunny meme,s.
although I feel less ripped of about DNF then COD Black Ops (I bought both around launch day)
replace those with dead and unfunny meme,s.
although I feel less ripped of about DNF then COD Black Ops (I bought both around launch day)
you sir win a cookieMonkeyman O said:
If you want to play it and are just hesitant because of how badly the game got slammed, go for it. Heck, it doesn't get much cheaper if you rent the damn thing; if I hadn't already satisfied my academic curiosity about it shortly after release I might get it myself.
As it stands, I already played DNF and know for sure it's not a game I'd play ever again.
As it stands, I already played DNF and know for sure it's not a game I'd play ever again.
I've kind of been thinking about buying it, just to fling poop at people and for all the nostalgia packed inside of it. By nostalgia I mean hookers and poop-flinging.
Where is this mythical $5 Duke Nukem Forever on Steam? All I see is 75% off at $12.49USD a copy.
Really, I am sorry, but I completely have to disagree with you here. First off, we have to look at the humor from DN3D in comparison. Was its humor any more elevated? No it wasnt. DNF's humor stayed consistent with the tone it was supposed to evoke and it had to be on an equal level of offensiveness scaled for the desensitization that had occurred in the decade. It was never intended to have gone through some sort of high brow evolution of char to meet the maturity level of the audience. Duke is supposed to be a caricature of chauvinistic ignorance.Buretsu said:
That was the mark it was aiming for, and it essentially hit on it. It might be in poor taste, but if you werent looking for crude juvenile humor, why even bother playing Duke in the first place? I mean really if you started playing Conkers Bad Fur Day and got offended because you think the crude humor diminishes the gameplay do you think the developer should completely retool the character. to accommodate your personal sensibilities? Or should you simply go play Banjo Kazooie instead?
Just because you appreciate high brow humor does not preclude you from appreciating low brow humor as well. Honestly I can enjoy the standup of say Henry Rollins just as much as I can enjoy the comedy of Beavis and Butthead. I really dont think comedy has ever been or ever will be an all or nothing proposition.-
No when it came to the humor you had a joint diversion. You had one group who grew up with the original and ended up growing up themselves to having more mature and refined tastes in humor. To them they were disappointed the humor did not mature along with them, but if it had, it simply would not be Duke. Then there is the younger crowd who did not grow up with Duke who just happens to have this ideology that is more willfully accepting of political correctness to which Duke would come across as insanely insensitive and offensive to their sensibilities and seems downright alien because the humor doesnt revolve around someone who is apathetic, completely socially awkward and drenched in self depreciation.
Honestly, if I wanted to see that tedious trope, I could see Scott Pilgrim, Larry David, Arrested Development, Seinfeld, The office, Loads of recent British comedies(Poor UK, Comedy really went downhill since dear Mr Hill died), Basically any Aptow film or tons of other horribly humorless examples.
So personally I am DAMN glad that Duke in essence managed to stay true to the character Duke Nukem, because by staying true to the char would be less offensive than pandering to such thin skinned people. I mean if they humor WASNT offensive, then exactly what was the point of making the game anyway? Honestly might as well just reskinned Duke, and rewrite the dialog to be completely serious and straight.
Yet Can you imagine the sheer outrage at the char deviating drastically from the Duke of days of old.
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