Duke Nukem Forever [Archive]

Verbose Minch

09-03-2010, 06:10 PM

Finally coming out. That is all.

Xero

09-03-2010, 06:15 PM

People are going to be so let down once this comes out.

Savio

09-03-2010, 06:25 PM

what will come out first Detox or this?

Verbose Minch

09-03-2010, 06:41 PM

People are going to be so let down once this comes out.

You clearly are not betting on Duke.

Mooияakeя™

09-03-2010, 08:10 PM

It's only cos 3D fucking Realms finally let the thing go. Fucking useless past Duke Nukem 3D. they did like 1 more game? Shadow Warrior and that was shit.

Verbose Minch

09-03-2010, 08:29 PM

It's only cos 3D fucking Realms finally let the thing go. Fucking useless past Duke Nukem 3D. they did like 1 more game? Shadow Warrior and that was shit.

They did Prey, also.

Mooияakeя™

09-04-2010, 02:55 PM

lol, yeah and that took them at least 5 years from start to finish. WTF is with these guys. Did they even finish that game or did they pass it on... as usual?

Droford

09-04-2010, 03:01 PM

People are going to be so <del>let down</del> pissed off for spending $60 on a pile of shit once this comes out.

fixed

Xero

09-04-2010, 03:02 PM

lol, yeah and that took them at least 5 years from start to finish. WTF is with these guys. Did they even finish that game or did they pass it on... as usual?
lol

Mike the Metal Ed

09-04-2010, 03:08 PM

Mooияakeя™

09-04-2010, 03:48 PM

http://www.dandel.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/duke_nukem_3d_06.jpg

LoDownM

09-05-2010, 12:37 AM

http://g4tv.com/games/xbox-360/43893/duke-nukem-forever/articles/72043/Duke-Nukem-Forever-Hands-On-Preview-Yes-Really/

Xero

09-05-2010, 12:48 AM

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g122/sandman3g/Duke-Nukem-Forever-screenshots-from.jpg

Saw this and the first thought in my mind was "I wonder if he get to see Duke's penis".

Really excited for this again. Probably because I was never really into the hype years ago. Would be hilarious if it actually doesn't come out, though. Or if there was a major glitch at launch that prevented the game from being played.

Drakul

09-05-2010, 01:53 AM

The games looks like it could be fun but I'll wait until I can see a video of actual gameplay that isn't recorded over someone shoulder at PAX.

Duke's penis

If Duke was a real guy, I'd be inclined to guess he would have an embarassingly small penis. He's ripped as hell, drives a huge monster truck, has huge guns, smokes cigars and is loud and aggressive. Pretty much everything a guy can do to compensate for having a small penis.

I'd also think he was in denile about his real sexuality. He seems a little too interested in making it clear he's manly and that he likes girls and boobs and sex with girls with boobs. Smoking cigars is a clue given everything else he does. A long, firm penis shaped thing he gets pleasure from sucking on. Cigars on their own are just cigars but with Duke, it seems like it's more than just a cigar.

So, yeah, I think Duke is a gay guy in denile with a small penis. The game might be fun, though.

Droford

09-05-2010, 02:10 AM

Oh yes, a lone screenshot of the piss control mechanics.

#BROKEN Hasney

09-05-2010, 02:24 AM

When I was on my plane to Seattle, getting ready to play some games, meet some gamers, and prepare for tomorrow's Destructoid LIVE panel, I never thought I'd be leaving the first day of PAX with the ability to say that I have played Duke Nukem Forever.*

Sometimes things happen that are so bizarre, you don't know how to process them.*

I played Duke Nukem Forever today, and I liked it.

[Note: Please excuse the poor quality of the photographs. We were caught short and had to improvise with my video camera.]

Do you know how you can tell that a game is going to be something special? When it starts with a tutorial telling you how to piss into a urinal. That's how the demo for Duke Nukem Forever starts, and it really doesn't get much more highbrow than that.*

At its core, Duke Nukem Forever is a solid first-person-shooter. The controls at this stage feel a little loose, but the fundamentals are sound. As you might expect, the gameplay doesn't exactly have a modern feel, but that's part of the charm. It feels like a Duke Nukem game -- rough and ready, but it absolutely does the trick.*

The demo was full of weaponry, ranging from the standard pistols and shotguns to the explosive Devastator, the machine-gun like Ripper, the sniping Rail Gun and the all-important Shrink Ray. Shrinking a porcine alien and then squashing him with a deft melee attack never felt so satisfying.*

Duke is capable of performing finishers if he can cripple an alien into a dazed submission. A simple button press and the chewer of bubblegum will perform a gruesome execution. As if ticking all the FPS boxes, there are also gun turret sections. This is not a game that intends to innovate. It just intends to kill loads and loads of bipedal pigs.*

As well as the shooting, Duke will also get to drive a logo-branded vehicle. Controls for the driving sections are decent and do a good job of getting our hero from A to B, although the car itself is a little bit bouncy, and there's plenty of risk of flipping it. Fortunately, Duke can get out of the car and flip it back. In any case, it's a fun break to just mow down enemies in your car, and at this early stage, with vehicular sections blended into the main gameplay, it doesn't look like this new form of play will intrude.*

One of the highlights of the demo is a huge boss fight against a one-eyed monster, the same fight you may have seen in screens leaked from the game's long-winded past. Armed with explosive missiles, it's a pretty easy first boss fight, although when it starts boosting toward Duke and kicking him over, things get a little hairy. The fight takes place in a football stadium, which comes into play during the battle's grand finish, when the boss's eye falls out, and Duke proceeds to kick it over the goal in a glorious finisher.*

And that, right there, is the kind of thing that is making Duke Nukem Forever look so very promising. As a game, it looks very standard, with graphics that look like they belong in a game that started development twelve years ago, and shooting foundations that don't feel evolved. As a piece of shameless, crass, unapologetically immature cavalcade of humor, however, Duke Nukem Forever may very well be genius.*

Gearbox Software is possibly insane for taking on this project, a game which has twelve years of expectations and notoriety behind it. However, the studio has risen to the challenge and created a game that feels so incredibly Duke that you have to respect it no matter what. This is Duke Nukem at his puerile finest, and just from the demo, I was laughing out loud. It's not even that it's particularly witty. The humor is just so incredibly stupid that it starts to take on the illusion of brilliance, and that's what matters.

Do you know how you can tell that a game is going to be something special? When its demo ends with the main character getting his dick sucked by twins, then admits that his game better be good because it "took twelve fucking years" to make.*

Duke Nukem Forever is something special indeed. Tits and pigs and kicking eyes like footballs conspire to make this a serious game of the show contender for me.

http://www.destructoid.com/i-played-duke-nukem-forever-today-what-the-f-ck--183108.phtml

Fuck... Yes..

LuigiD

09-05-2010, 12:58 PM

I really hope this game delivers.
I hope it doesn't end up being the Guns N Roses of video games.

Sixx

09-05-2010, 01:20 PM

http://www.dandel.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/duke_nukem_3d_06.jpg

I like how it says "WEAPON RAISED" when he gets to see the tits.

Rammsteinmad

09-05-2010, 01:25 PM

What is the appeal in taking a piss during a game? Sure, it's probably funny the first couple of times...

#BROKEN Hasney

09-05-2010, 01:32 PM

It regenerates health too.

Not as good as Postal 2's pissing on people until they puke, but still.

Sixx

09-05-2010, 01:37 PM

What is the appeal in taking a piss during a game? Sure, it's probably funny the first couple of times...

It was superfun for a 10 year old me.

Reavant

09-05-2010, 01:50 PM

BALLS OF STEEL

NoJabbaNoBogRoll

09-05-2010, 01:57 PM

Xero

09-05-2010, 03:55 PM

lol

NoJabbaNoBogRoll

09-05-2010, 04:14 PM

Not Duke Nukem related, in the least, but I like this one:

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Xero

09-05-2010, 04:27 PM

:rofl:

Swiss Ultimate

09-05-2010, 10:11 PM

It's only cos 3D fucking Realms finally let the thing go. Fucking useless past Duke Nukem 3D. they did like 1 more game? Shadow Warrior and that was shit.

Me and my dad liked Shadow Warrior...even if it was only a Duke 3D mod.

LoDownM

09-05-2010, 10:31 PM

Lo Wang was awesome :'(

Drakul

09-06-2010, 12:18 AM

What is the appeal in taking a piss during a game? Sure, it's probably funny the first couple of times...

If the game has online multiplayer and we can piss on beaten opponents, I can see it becoming very popular with children and idiots everywhere. It's like a step up from teabagging in Halo.

If they wanted to, they could give it a "useful" purpose. Pissing in an enemies petrol tank to sabotage their vehicles, drowning shrunken enemies in your piss etc. I doubt it, though.

LoDownM

09-06-2010, 12:34 AM

You could piss in 3D, never did anything, won't in DNF.

#BROKEN Hasney

09-06-2010, 01:36 AM

Yes it did, it gave you health back.

LoDownM

09-06-2010, 01:48 AM

Pretty sure it didn't only remember breaking it and drinking the water giving back your health.

#BROKEN Hasney

09-06-2010, 02:05 AM

Too lazy to actually check right now but still sire you can.

http://dukenukem.wikia.com/wiki/Health

LoDownM

09-06-2010, 02:50 AM

Hm, must not of ever been low on health when I used it. Seriously didn't know, and I played the hell out of that game back in the day.

Tom Guycott

09-06-2010, 02:53 AM

Lo Wang was awesome :'(

"Whooo wants some Wang?"

V

09-06-2010, 06:37 AM

I was 12 when this game was announced. More than doubled the amount of years I lived since then and it still isn't out.

Mooияakeя™

09-07-2010, 06:57 PM

Fignuts

09-07-2010, 10:10 PM

I do not understand why so many people are talking about this so much.

It's pretty obvious that by today's standards of call of duties, and halos, that it is going to be competent at best. Like, I'm not saying it's going to suck outright, but fuck, I just don't get the hype. And I played the shit out of the original when I was younger.

Verbose Minch

09-07-2010, 10:51 PM

I do not understand why so many people are talking about this so much.

It's pretty obvious that by today's standards of call of duties, and halos, that it is going to be competent at best. Like, I'm not saying it's going to suck outright, but fuck, I just don't get the hype. And I played the shit out of the original when I was younger.

You haven't been betting on Duke, that's why.

This game has taken over 12 years to make, I've had a pre order for almost 7 years. Duke Nukem Forever coming out will be the end of an era.

Vietnamese Crippler

09-07-2010, 11:42 PM

I do not understand why so many people are talking about this so much.

It's pretty obvious that by today's standards of call of duties, and halos, that it is going to be competent at best. Like, I'm not saying it's going to suck outright, but fuck, I just don't get the hype. And I played the shit out of the original when I was younger.

You just don't get "it."

Drakul

09-08-2010, 08:50 AM

I do not understand why so many people are talking about this so much.

It's pretty obvious that by today's standards of call of duties, and halos, that it is going to be competent at best. Like, I'm not saying it's going to suck outright, but fuck, I just don't get the hype. And I played the shit out of the original when I was younger.

I don't like Duke as a character but DN3D was quite good.
I think DNF has a couple of things over CoD/Halo. Firstly, the game isn't taking itself seriously like Halo and CoD. Those games act like they are "serious business" but DNF knows games are about fun first and foremost and seems like it will give us that in spades in it's own stupid way.
DNF also has character, something neither CoD or Halo seem to have at all. One is a generic army FPS the other is a generic Sci-Fi FPS.
DNF may not be revolutionary or a 5 star game but it looks much more interesting to play through than Halo and CoD ever did to me.

Although it's most probably something to do with everyone wanting to see if the 12 year development can give us anything other than a subpar game.

Mooияakeя™

09-08-2010, 02:29 PM

I do not understand why so many people are talking about this so much.

It's pretty obvious that by today's standards of call of duties, and halos, that it is going to be competent at best. Like, I'm not saying it's going to suck outright, but fuck, I just don't get the hype. And I played the shit out of the original when I was younger.

I played CoD 4 clanned, and I had WaW and MW2. I have to admit, they're not that good tbh. I agree that DNF will probably be shit, but please don't compare to COD series. I know that will get flamed cos there's too many fan boi's on COD and I'm not actually saying it's totally shit, but there's better out there. I point to BF2. I think the BF series is great, it even took me time to get into 2142 but I love that, I'm not the biggest fan of BC2, but it still shits on COD. Still amazes me how BF2, 5 years after release, for what it does and even what it looks like, still owns pretty much everything.

M-A-G

09-08-2010, 02:37 PM

I'm gonna have to put this one in the "Believe it when I see it" file.

#BROKEN Hasney

09-08-2010, 04:15 PM

No self regenerating health. Picking up medi-packs :heart: and a sense of humor :heart:

For me, this will likely be much more enjoyable than Halo or COD, much in the same way I prefer Serious Sam HD to Halo Reach and MW2.

Verbose Minch

09-08-2010, 04:22 PM

Don't see why people are saying the game will be shit. Read the reviews of the guys that played the demo, they're saying quite the opposite.

#BROKEN Hasney

09-08-2010, 04:42 PM

Not entirely. I think a lot of people are blinded by HOLY FUCK DNF IS PLAYABLE to see the flaws, but they're there. Shacknews said they had a blast with it, but:

Okay, here's the bad news. The engine looks dated. The color palette felt dull and the game appeared blurry at times. Since the game is scheduled for next year, it's likely that the engine will be even more outdated when it (finally) releases. I don't need it to look like Crysis, but I'd just a bit more clarity than what I saw. Hopefully, this is something that will be addressed by Gearbox...

Unfortunately, I was only able to carry two weapons at a time. I was hoping to carry Duke's full arsenal, but it looks like we're going to be dealing with weapon juggling. I'm not sure how this will play out. It could encourage using a variety of weapons, but it could fall flat, angering fans of classic PC FPS games. The other warning sign is that I was only fighting two to four enemies at a time, maximum. I hope this is based upon that level that I played and not a larger issue.

They better not go to that lame "only hold 2 guns" rubbish...

Xero

09-08-2010, 05:08 PM

http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/998614351_Qx65i-L.jpg

Gerard

09-08-2010, 09:35 PM

No self regenerating health. Picking up medi-packs :heart: and a sense of humor :heart:

For me, this will likely be much more enjoyable than Halo or COD, much in the same way I prefer Serious Sam HD to Halo Reach and MW2.

It does have regen health, dissapointing in that respect. :(

Also you can only carry 2 weapons at a time, apparently that was designed with controllers in mind, George Broussard said they went through a few designs for the controllers to have the old weapons system of duke 3d and it just wasn't comfortable, so its carried over to the pc version as well.

#BROKEN Hasney

09-09-2010, 02:11 AM

It does have regen health, dissapointing in that respect. :(

Also you can only carry 2 weapons at a time, apparently that was designed with controllers in mind, George Broussard said they went through a few designs for the controllers to have the old weapons system of duke 3d and it just wasn't comfortable, so its carried over to the pc version as well.

So it's a generic FPS with outdated technology and a few laughs.

Screw this. Considering how much Perfect Dark and Duke 3D I've played since they hit XBLA, I was really looking forward to a new classic FPS.

Gerard

09-09-2010, 06:23 PM

So it's a generic FPS with outdated technology and a few laughs.

Screw this. Considering how much Perfect Dark and Duke 3D I've played since they hit XBLA, I was really looking forward to a new classic FPS.

After looking around the forums people seem split on the issue, some are saying its regenerating health, others are saying it uses the ego system from "duke nukem manhattan project" and that health or ego only regens if you kill enemies, save girls etc. So hopefully the latter and not the standard bullshit of "hide behind wall for 5 seccs to receive full health".

Regen system is something i really fucking loathe :mad:

As for the tech, its using unreal engine 2.5 but supposodly totally modified by 3d realms so its essentially a totally custom engine that keeps up with newer engines.

Emperor Smeat

10-05-2010, 07:04 PM

2k and Gearbox giving away early access to the Duke Nukem demo with the purchase of Borderlands GOTY edition for Xbox 360, PS3, or PC. PC version is $10 less than the other versions.

Its the same demo that was shown in Europe and shown on Youtube afterward.

http://kotaku.com/5656287/duke-nukem-forever-demo-first-access-included-in-borderlands-goty-re+release

Drakul

10-07-2010, 09:09 AM

The Naitch

10-07-2010, 05:09 PM

guy up on stage sounds like a total douche

Mooияakeя™

10-07-2010, 05:36 PM

Jesus. Just wait Jack Thompson gets a hold of this. Fucking hate when kids get hold of 18 games then we get rage for games that as adults we should be allowed to play and own. Fucking cocks.

Savio

10-08-2010, 12:21 AM

glad they spent 12 years perfecting virtual white board technology.

I kid, it looks pretty good.

LoDownM

10-08-2010, 01:47 AM

Hmmm, kinda pissed they kinda reused the ending of DN3d for a level.

dronepool

10-08-2010, 03:31 AM

Looks good.

Verbose Minch

10-08-2010, 04:36 AM

Hmmm, kinda pissed they kinda reused the ending of DN3d for a level.

That's an odd thing to be upset over. Referencing an earlier game?

LoDownM

10-08-2010, 10:55 AM

It's supposed to be a new game, not a remake. Seems lazy after 12 years, they are basically showing the end of the N64 version of Duke3D with pretty graphics for their demo. Not saying I won't get the game or enjoy it.

Boomer

10-08-2010, 10:59 AM

I believe they've said in interviews it was just meant to show off the engine. It's a demo, and hits the nostalgia factor just the way they want it to. I wouldn't get upset over it, as it shouldn't be in the final product.

Verbose Minch

10-08-2010, 12:24 PM

It's supposed to be a new game, not a remake. Seems lazy after 12 years, they are basically showing the end of the N64 version of Duke3D with pretty graphics for their demo. Not saying I won't get the game or enjoy it.

Oh right, one scene is a remake now.

You must have been really upset when they showed Duke using the Devastators.

LoDownM

10-08-2010, 12:31 PM

:roll: Weapons are fine, I don't want to do a level I did 12-13 years ago...

Verbose Minch

10-09-2010, 01:39 AM

But it isn't a whole level, it's the end of the level. The rest of it is new.

You should be upset about weapons, they're clearly clinging to the past.

#BROKEN Hasney

10-09-2010, 07:54 AM

lol, god forbid they have 10 mins or so of old content as a refresher after 784838362 years from the previous game.

Eklipse

10-09-2010, 02:17 PM

I had duke nukem 3D on pc...it was good for the time...even though the nipples on the strippers' boobs were severely pixelated.

Savio

10-10-2010, 11:35 PM

Heard it might get rated AO and have to be delayed again.

Xero

10-10-2010, 11:45 PM

lol

V

10-11-2010, 10:37 AM

just for the sake of the lulz i really hope this somehow doesn't come out

Sepholio

10-12-2010, 09:42 AM

"I'm looking for some alien toilet to park my bricks. Who's first?"

Xero

01-21-2011, 09:47 AM

May 3rd release date for the US.

#BROKEN Hasney

01-21-2011, 09:48 AM

I reckon Gearbox will announce a dealy before then and only delay it until May 4th for a laugh.

Xero

01-21-2011, 02:33 PM

Droford

01-21-2011, 02:44 PM

Fast forward to May 3rd

"WE WAITED 12 YEARS FOR THIS SHIT?"

Drakul

01-21-2011, 10:28 PM

Looks like fun, actually. Idiotic, mindless fun but fun none the less.

I likely wont get it for launch but I think I'll pick it up not too long after.

G

01-21-2011, 10:51 PM

Fast forward to May 3rd

"WE WAITED 12 YEARS FOR THIS SHIT?"

pretty much. anything with this much hype won't live up to it. it's impossible. shit has been set was too high for it

Sixx

01-21-2011, 11:11 PM

pretty much. anything with this much hype won't live up to it. it's impossible. shit has been set was too high for it

Hey, remember Daikatana?

G

01-21-2011, 11:22 PM

never heard of it

Sixx

01-21-2011, 11:25 PM

Look it up. Like the biggest flop in the history of FPS games.

Fignuts

01-22-2011, 06:09 AM

lol daikatana

Drakul

01-22-2011, 09:06 AM

A lot of people on YouTube and Gametrailers are saying the graphics look terrible. Am I watching the wrong video or something? Graphics look good to me so I've no idea what is wrong with those people. The only conclusion I have is that they are really sucky trolls.

Not that graphics matter as much as some people seem to act as if they do.

#BROKEN Hasney

01-22-2011, 09:09 AM

They look alright, nothing special but that doesn't concern me.

At least the trailer kind of lays to waste my concerns about regenerating health and 2 weapon carrying. It's still going to be balls-to-the-wall hectic.

Drakul

01-22-2011, 09:12 AM

Yeah, it's just some people are acting like it has bad PS1 graphics or something.

Looking at the end of the trailer, I'll be surprised if they didn't sell a 360 pad like Dukes either seperatley or as part of a Limited Edition style package.

Grablot

01-22-2011, 10:17 PM

I liked Daikatana, sure it wasnt amazing but it was a good mindless shooter to pass some time. The ancient greece and norway levels were great.

Drakul

02-11-2011, 12:58 PM

Duke Nukem Forever: Balls of Steel Edition

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2011/02/dukenukemballs.jpg

■ Collectible bust of the greatest alien ass-kicker of all-time
■ Numbered, limited-edition certificate of authenticity
■ 100-page hardcover book: The History, Legacy & Legend: Duke Nukem Forever Art from the Vault
■ Duke Nukem Forever postcard series
■ Duke Nukem Forever radioactive emblem sticker
■ Duke Nukem Forever collectible comic book
■ Duke Nukem Forever foldable paper craft
■ Duke Nukem Forever poker chips
■ Duke Nukem Forever mini-card deck
■ Duke Nukem Forever radioactive emblem dice

Costs $99 according to Gamestop. UK price is £75.

Drakul

02-11-2011, 12:59 PM

Drakul

03-04-2011, 10:40 AM

Someone on another forum posted an articile from OXM with some Multiplayer screens and info. I've not read the full article yet but here it is anyway.

Page 1 (skipping page 2 because it's just a giant image of Duke.)
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/2541/duke1d.jpg

Page 3
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5025/duke3.jpg

Page 4
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/3937/duke4.jpg

Page 5
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/724/duke5.jpg

Page 6
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/8516/duke6t.jpg

Page 7
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/5274/duke7.jpg

Grablot

03-04-2011, 10:43 AM

This game is gonna be crap and cant hold up in a world where FPS games have gone through innovation because of games like Halo and Call Of Duty...it just wont hold up to the new standard.

Drakul

03-04-2011, 10:45 AM

I'm sure it can hold it's own in a world where every FPS game involves playing as a cookie cutter All-American-Soldier and shooting anyone with a tan or funny accent.

#BROKEN Hasney

03-04-2011, 10:49 AM

This game is gonna be crap and cant hold up in a world where FPS games have gone through innovation because of games like Halo and Call Of Duty...it just wont hold up to the new standard.

And thank fuck for that. I hate the "standard".

NoJabbaNoBogRoll

03-04-2011, 11:53 AM

This game is gonna be crap and cant hold up in a world where FPS games have gone through innovation because of games like Halo and Call Of Duty...it just wont hold up to the new standard.
:|

Extreme Angle

03-04-2011, 12:12 PM

This is going to be such a sick game :yes:

Drakul

03-04-2011, 12:21 PM

I forgot to update the Balls of Steel post with a UK price but the UK price is £75.

Xero

03-04-2011, 12:45 PM

This game is gonna be crap and cant hold up in a world where FPS games have gone through innovation because of games like Halo and Call Of Duty...it just wont hold up to the new standard.

Oh no, a game that doesn't play like a current gen shooter.

Oh, right, that's a good thing.

VSG

03-04-2011, 12:50 PM

Oh boy, I got a serious Duke crush going on here now.

Gerard

03-04-2011, 03:31 PM

This game is gonna be crap and cant hold up in a world where FPS games have gone through innovation because of games like Halo and Call Of Duty...it just wont hold up to the new standard.

LOL innovation? Call of Duty and Halo are about as linear as it gets.. Cod especially where in the sp campaign enemies will continually respawn untill you hit an invisible trigger.

Drakul

03-11-2011, 07:51 AM

The official theme for DNF.

<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-crAVoilZFc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Tom Guycott

03-11-2011, 08:51 AM

I'm sure it can hold it's own in a world where every FPS game involves playing as a cookie cutter All-American-Soldier and shooting anyone with a tan or funny accent.

Oh, you mean <s>The Taliban</s> "Opposing Force/Op40" ???

Drakul

03-15-2011, 02:33 AM

Droford

03-15-2011, 03:01 AM

I was laughing at the possibility of the nuclear crap happening in Japan causing the game to be delayed because of the "nukem" part and the extensive use of the radioactive symbol.

Doubt it would happen but it would be hillarious if it did.

NoJabbaNoBogRoll

03-21-2011, 11:39 AM

#BROKEN Hasney

03-24-2011, 08:10 AM

DEALAYED :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek::roll: :eek:

http://www.destructoid.com/duke-nukem-forever-delayed-197138.phtml

JUNE 12TH

Drakul

03-24-2011, 09:10 AM

5 or 6 weeks isn't that big a deal. I was thinking it would get "delayed" on April 1st as a joke.

GAME still has it listed as a 6th of May release but that'll probably change later.

GAME have an exclusive preorder bonus:
Preorder Duke Nukem Forever on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 or PC to receive GAME Exclusive unlockable content - Duke's Big Package!

This includes access to the following:

- Ego Boost: Extend Duke’s 'ego' health bar
- Big Heads! Have big fun with oversized characters
- 6 In-game T-shirts: Change Duke’s clothes to suit your mood

I'm wondering if they'll include that in the BoS edition or if it's just for preordering the standard version.

Boomer

03-24-2011, 09:11 AM

Seriously good marketing from Gearbox there.

Drakul

03-24-2011, 09:18 AM

DAMN iNATOR

03-27-2011, 03:38 PM

DEALAYED :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek::eek::roll: :eek:

http://www.destructoid.com/duke-nukem-forever-delayed-197138.phtml

JUNE 12TH

Hmm, that's interesting as it appears that here in the US and/or North America that it's now due out 6/14.

Drakul

04-01-2011, 01:00 PM

Drakul

04-02-2011, 11:42 AM

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Drakul

04-02-2011, 11:54 AM

Another thing, it looks like the crap is in multiplayer as well. Gearbox said jetpacks are online available in MP and in the crap video there is crap next to a jetpack.

Swiss Ultimate

04-02-2011, 12:59 PM

I actually hope that this game is as revolutionary as the predecessor. It looks fun.

The Rogerer

04-02-2011, 03:59 PM

I do actually feel like supporting the game Because it has the feel of that sort of grand project, unlike modern fps games where the single player is this strange obligation and you have people still pretending that's what the game is for. DNF is trying to be the biggest game it can be.

Emperor Smeat

04-02-2011, 04:42 PM

Another thing, it looks like the crap is in multiplayer as well. Gearbox said jetpacks are online available in MP and in the crap video there is crap next to a jetpack.

I thought the crap videos were just an April Fools joke or at least what Kotaku and IGN had listed as jokes.

Drakul

04-02-2011, 05:04 PM

No, it's real. In an interview a while back, the guy in charge of Gearbox said you could pick crap out the toilet and throw it around. I think the video is in this thread. It may have been another interview but they also mentioned "interactive" gloryholes are in the game.

#BROKEN Hasney

04-02-2011, 07:49 PM

I thought the crap videos were just an April Fools joke or at least what Kotaku and IGN had listed as jokes.

Lol, IGN and Kotaku.

JOURNALISM!

Drakul

04-10-2011, 04:46 AM

Somewhat NSFW
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Funky Fly

04-10-2011, 05:31 AM

13 Year Old Boy: The Game. Seriously, this shit is so ridiculous. Not even talking about gameplay, just all these trailers.

Kane Knight

04-10-2011, 05:57 AM

13 Year Old Boy: The Game. Seriously, this shit is so ridiculous. Not even talking about gameplay, just all these trailers.

DUH?

Drakul

04-10-2011, 06:10 AM

13 Year Old Boy: The Game. Seriously, this shit is so ridiculous. Not even talking about gameplay, just all these trailers.

I think they're trying to start some kind of "controversy" by showing all the "inappropriate" stuff off. Get it on Fox News etc.

They already got a bit of attention for the "Capture the Babe" mode letting you spank women.

Drakul

04-17-2011, 12:11 PM

A couple of months old but, still. NSFW btw.

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Drakul

04-22-2011, 12:27 AM

An actual trailer instead of those "Wash your hands" babes/faeces videos. NSFW:
<div style="width: 640px;"><embed width="640" height="391" src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:moses:video:gametrailers.com:713153" quality="high" bgcolor="000000" name="efp" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="autoPlay=false" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><div style="font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana; text-align: center; width: 640px; padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: black; height: 32px;"><div><a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.gametrailers.com" title="GameTrailers.com">Video Games</a> | <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.gametrailers.com/game/duke-nukem-forever/360" title="Duke Nukem Forever">Duke Nukem Forever</a> | <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.gametrailers.com/video/come-get-duke-nukem/713153" title="Come Get Some Trailer HD">Come Get Some Trailer HD</a></div><div style="padding-top: 3px;"><a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://xbox360.gametrailers.com/" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a> | <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://ps3.gametrailers.com/" title="PS3">PlayStation 3</a> | <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://wii.gametrailers.com/" title="Wii">Nintendo Wii</a> | <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://pc.gametrailers.com/" title="PC Games">PC Games</a> </div></div></div>

Droford

04-22-2011, 08:04 AM

I still can't wait for all the "We waited 13 years for this shit?" reviews

Swiss Ultimate

04-22-2011, 09:08 AM

So what if this is like a really fun game that kind of introduces a lot of new game play features to the genre of shooters but doesn't change everything?

FearedSanctity

04-22-2011, 04:31 PM

People are so used to hyped titles having to be groundbreaking and graphically realistic that they forget about it just being fun. That is my only expectation for this game. After 13 years I just wanna be able to play it and have fun doing so

Drakul

04-23-2011, 01:32 AM

Well DNF is going to the next step as far as interactivity goes.

If you see a pool table or pinball machine, you can play them. You can work out at any gyms you come across. You can turn out lights, drink beer, drink from a fountain, use the toilet, draw/write on things, get lap dances, use a glory hole, pick up crap and I'm sure a lot more. Not to mention that the surroundings seem to react to certain things, like throwing crap at a ceiling fan brings physics into play and the fan begins to swing.
That's all pretty interactive for an FPS.

Plus it's bringing a lot of "adult" themes to mainstream gaming, even if it is in an immature way. Nudity, sex, booze, smoking, violence, language etc. Yeah, most games have a couple of them but it's usually only just in a certain part of the game or in a few different scenes. DNF has them all pretty much through out, as I understand it.

Content like that wasn't something you'd usually see on a store shelf. So for those two reasons, I'd say it is somewhat groundbreaking in the sense that it's opening up the freedoms of what games can do and contain.

In the end, it is just about fun. One of the reasons I don't like these war FPS games is because the fun has been sucked right out of them to make them "real" and "gritty" etc. Plus they all look so much alike graphically and in gameplay that I can't even distinguish between them.

DAMN iNATOR

04-27-2011, 12:05 PM

Well DNF is going to the next step as far as interactivity goes.

If you see a pool table or pinball machine, you can play them. You can work out at any gyms you come across. You can turn out lights, drink beer, drink from a fountain, use the toilet, draw/write on things, get lap dances, use a glory hole, pick up crap and I'm sure a lot more. Not to mention that the surroundings seem to react to certain things, like throwing crap at a ceiling fan brings physics into play and the fan begins to swing.
That's all pretty interactive for an FPS.

Plus it's bringing a lot of "adult" themes to mainstream gaming, even if it is in an immature way. Nudity, sex, booze, smoking, violence, language etc. Yeah, most games have a couple of them but it's usually only just in a certain part of the game or in a few different scenes. DNF has them all pretty much through out, as I understand it.

Content like that wasn't something you'd usually see on a store shelf. So for those two reasons, I'd say it is somewhat groundbreaking in the sense that it's opening up the freedoms of what games can do and contain.

In the end, it is just about fun. One of the reasons I don't like these war FPS games is because the fun has been sucked right out of them to make them "real" and "gritty" etc. Plus they all look so much alike graphically and in gameplay that I can't even distinguish between them.

Only games I can recall coming anywhere close to that level of interactivity would be GTA: San Andreas and GTA IV.

Drakul

04-27-2011, 01:41 PM

It's being said you can visit 69 floors of Dukes casino and that the game will have 300+ easter eggs. Now, what is meant by "easter eggs"? To me, easter egg would be a secret like a hidden reference under a hidden rock.
I'm not sure if that's what they mean by easter egg or if they mean easter egg as in everything we can interact with.

DAMN iNATOR

05-01-2011, 03:04 PM

It's being said you can visit 69 floors of Dukes casino and that the game will have 300+ easter eggs. Now, what is meant by "easter eggs"? To me, easter egg would be a secret like a hidden reference under a hidden rock.
I'm not sure if that's what they mean by easter egg or if they mean easter egg as in everything we can interact with.

Not sure, either, but given the Duke's long history in videogames they'd be crazy not to put in at least 1 easter egg referencing a previous game in the series.

Or so you'd think anyway...guess we'll all find out this June.

Drakul

05-07-2011, 11:03 AM

New trailer - Shrinkage

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DAMN iNATOR

05-09-2011, 02:34 PM

New trailer - Shrinkage

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LOL @ the girl who goes "I know right where I'd stick him...":lol::rofl:

Also, decided to go "all-in" and get the BoS package since I never pre-order special edition games. This one sounded way too cool to pass up though.

LoDownM

05-09-2011, 03:04 PM

He dropped his pistol when he picked up the shrink ray, could've swore I read that this was more like Duke3D and not modern shooters that only let you use 2 weapons.

Drakul

05-09-2011, 03:22 PM

Duke can only carry 2 weapons at a time, apparantly. Health or "Ego" recharges as well.

It seems a bit strange to make an "old school" FPS and include the two least popular traits of modern FPS games.

Drakul

05-10-2011, 03:41 AM

Interview and MP footage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Q-RUgL6H8).

Embedding is disabled and trying to embed from Gamespot doesn't show up. We see some of the costumisation we can use on Duke and I just know MP will be full of people in Uncle Sam hats.

Never knew about the "mutators", sounds cool.

Emperor Smeat

05-12-2011, 06:55 PM

Duke Nukem almost had a sidekick character to help him in the game and it would have been a gay robot as a way to show how Duke would interact with someone who had different views. No exact reason to why the robot was removed was given although the story revolving the two characters was mostly done by the time of the change.

The robot would also have played a bigger role in the story where the robot sacrifices itself so that Duke could escape and continue the game.

http://www.videogamer.com/news/duke_nukem_nearly_had_gay_robot_side-kick.html

Drakul

05-13-2011, 06:33 AM

27 minute interview with Randy Pitchford (http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/dukenukemforever/video/6312950/duke-nukem-forever-interview-with-randy-pitchford?tag=related_video%3Btitle%3B1#toggle_video).

Drakul

05-14-2011, 02:42 AM

The demo leaked on modded/Jtag 360s, whatever that means.

Videos of gameplay are put up and taken down just as quickly.

Isn't Hasney usually able to get this stuff? If he could and he does, I need to know if the games text is readable on an SD widescreen TV.
I'm not sinking £68 in a limited edition of a game if I can't play it.

#BROKEN Hasney

05-14-2011, 03:20 AM

Nah, not JTAG stuff I'm afraid, sorry brah.

Drakul

05-14-2011, 04:51 AM

I've no idea what a Jtag console even is.

I'm hoping videos start to surface long enough to view. You'd think people would realise "I should upload this else where. YouTube just removes it."

Someone should just make a video, upload it to a file site, link people to it and let it spread that way.

Drakul

05-14-2011, 01:30 PM

Guy uploaded the first level of the demo. The other levels are corrupted. Watch it while you can:
<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RB4wSaIgelE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

LoDownM

05-14-2011, 01:39 PM

I've no idea what a Jtag console even is.

A jtagged 360 makes it so you can play anything that you don't buy, games, xbla games, dlc and does other things, like booting games without the need for the disc. Compared to a flashed 360 that just lets you play burned games.

Drakul

05-17-2011, 02:43 AM

Emperor Smeat

05-17-2011, 06:51 PM

Demo will arrive on June 3 only if you pre-ordered the game but its possible everyone else would get access to it 1-2 weeks later.

The playable demo finally arrives on June 3 but only if you've pre-ordered the game, which grants you access to what the studio is calling "The First Access Club." Here in the US, Amazon and GameStop are the retailers handing out the codes needed to be first in line for Duke Nukem Forever's demo.

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/duke-nukem-forever-demo-drops-june-3-if-you-pre-order/3204/

Drakul

05-17-2011, 07:05 PM

Yeah, that's what the above video was announcing. Some people think it's a bad sign that the demo isn't out to the general public until after release.

Anyone that plays the demo, let me know if text is readable on an SDTV.

Drakul

05-18-2011, 01:29 PM

The Rogerer

05-18-2011, 02:18 PM

The demo leaked on modded/Jtag 360s, whatever that means.

Videos of gameplay are put up and taken down just as quickly.

Isn't Hasney usually able to get this stuff? If he could and he does, I need to know if the games text is readable on an SD widescreen TV.
I'm not sinking £68 in a limited edition of a game if I can't play it.What video cable are you using? S-Video or proper RGB SCART or whatever will make a big difference. Also what size is your TV and what are your eyetest results?

Drakul

05-18-2011, 03:16 PM

I use the RGB Scart. The other one is for HD only, isn't it?

My tv is about 32 inches.

There are two kinds of "hd only" games. The ones like Dead Rising and Mass Effect which genuinely are unreadable on anything other than an HD tv and there are the ones like Fable III where you can get barely readable text if you change your 360 display settings to "normal" rather than "widescreen".

LoDownM

05-18-2011, 03:26 PM

S-Video is below hi def.

Drakul

05-21-2011, 04:54 PM

Randy Pitchford took questions from the Xbox UK community, answer questions about DNF. Here are some things worth mentioning:

- Duke Nukem Forever wont be the last Duke Nukem game (obviously).
- There will be no splitscreen in DNF because it's not possible to render more than one screen at a time.
- The story mode is about 15 hours long. (I'm assuming that's not counting messing about with stuff)
- It's likely but not 100% that DNF will get DLC.
- The interactivity is bigger than we've seen. The interactivity we've seen in videos is just the tip of the iceberg and he doesn't think we'll even find everything we can interact with because there is so much.
- The demo is only available to First Access Club Members and everyone else will get it after release.
- The demo isn't the only reward FAC members will get.

LoDownM

05-21-2011, 06:56 PM

wtf no split screen? That was one of the best things about the N64 port of Duke3d...

Drakul

05-24-2011, 01:53 PM

Duke Nukem Forever has finally gone...
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/05/dukegold.jpg

DAMN iNATOR

05-27-2011, 11:22 AM

Duke Nukem Forever has finally gone...
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/05/dukegold.jpg

So it was the King who saved us from the May 21 apocalypse and not Macho? Or did they work together? Now I'm confused...:shifty:

Drakul

05-31-2011, 05:29 AM

Supposedly, IGNs review of the game leaked briefly. If the review did leak, that means IGN will score the game 9.5.

Convieniant screen capture someone took of the score (http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/7237/dukenukemignreview.jpg).

DAMN iNATOR

05-31-2011, 10:41 AM

Supposedly, IGNs review of the game leaked briefly. If the review did leak, that means IGN will score the game 9.5.

Convieniant screen capture someone took of the score (http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/7237/dukenukemignreview.jpg).

I know you said supposedly as a qualifier, but still. Guessing that's photoshopped as IGN probably doesn't even consider writing reviews for new releases until a week or less before the release date.

#BROKEN Hasney

05-31-2011, 01:04 PM

I know you said supposedly as a qualifier, but still. Guessing that's photoshopped as IGN probably doesn't even consider writing reviews for new releases until a week or less before the release date.

Erm, they're usually written way in advance, just have a legal NDA until a certain date.

DAMN iNATOR

05-31-2011, 01:46 PM

Just seems a little crazy to write the review, say a month or even a half-month out (or longer), especially when that can leave the window open 4 so many delays and all...something that this game is quite infamous for.

FearedSanctity

05-31-2011, 02:54 PM

Isn't that the point of games going "gold"? They go "gold" a month or so before release when production and distribution of the game itself starts. I'm sure reviewers get their copies then and agree not to release their review until the game drops

DAMN iNATOR

05-31-2011, 03:20 PM

Well, I suppose. Guess we'll have to wait another couple weeks to find out if IGN really thought the wait was worth it that much and what other reviews have to say by comparison.

Drakul

06-01-2011, 08:52 AM

Duke Nukem voice actor Jon St. John has teased plans for some interesting sounding DNF post-release DLC.

Speaking to VoicetheDream, he revealed he's done around "seven or eight sessions for Duke Nukem Forever" and has "some still to go".

He went on to talk about additional content with new features, perhaps including singing.

"Even though the game is still finished, of course there will be special add-on packs and features including... I don't know if I am allowed to talk about this or not... something that may involve singing. I'll leave it at that."

Duke Nukem Forever releases in the UK on June 10, with a demo due on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on June 3.

Source (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/304034/news/duke-nukem-voice-actor-teases-dlc/?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS).

Emperor Smeat

06-01-2011, 06:35 PM

Gamestop announced it will honor the old pre-orders of the game when it done before Gearbox took over development duties for those who still kept the receipt. Also the same stuff that was to be offered will still be given.

Game Stop sent out this message to IGN to get the word out:

"With a long-anticipated release like Duke Nukem Forever, we encourage customers who pre-ordered more than a year ago to verify their reservation with their local store prior to launch. Provided the customer has a receipt, we will honor even those pre-orders taken long ago."

These older pre-orders will also include "Duke's Big Package," which comes with Big Head Mode, a free t-shirt and some more extra goodies.
http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/Old-Duke-Nukem-Forever-Pre-Orders-are-still-valid

DAMN iNATOR

06-02-2011, 10:51 AM

No offense, SM but that's not really huge breaking news or anything. I mean why the fuck wouldn't they honor pre-Gearbox pre-orders and give those people the same pre-order bonus content?

I mean, I know it's just meant for those who specifically were in that particular situation and may have been wondering/hadn't asked at the GS where they pre-ordered, but still...

Drakul

06-02-2011, 12:55 PM

Launch trailer (NSFW) :
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Xero

06-02-2011, 01:59 PM

lol thought the song was Hardcore Country for a second. :'(

Drakul

06-02-2011, 02:06 PM

Launch trailer (NSFW) :
<div style="background-color:#000000;width:520px;"><div style="padding:4px;"><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:moses:video:gametrailers.com:714507" width="512" height="288" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="." flashVars=""></embed><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;padding:4px;margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Tags: <a href="http://www.gametrailers.com">GameTrailers.com</a>, <a href="http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2011-duke-nukem/714507">E3 2011: Launch Trailer HD</a>, <a href="http://pc.gametrailers.com/">PC Games</a>, <a href="http://ps3.gametrailers.com/">PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="http://xbox360.gametrailers.com/">Xbox 360</a></p></div></div>

It was the last post on the previous page so, to make sure no one misses it because most people jump to the latest page, thought I'd stick it here too.

Drakul

06-03-2011, 07:59 AM

The demo is out for anyone that is a FAC member.

I've read both good and bad opinions about the demo with bad opinions seeming much more common.

It's worth mentioning that the demo is the same demo as it has been at all the trade shows (the stadium lockeroom demo) so there is a chance it's an out dated version of the game and not representing the quality of final product.

Anyone here with the demo, opinions would be great.

Edit: The demo seems to be about 9 months old as it's the build from PAX East last year. Clearly the full game will have been improved since then but I've no idea why they decided to release such an old demo.

Unless they had plans for a new demo but couldn't pull it off in time so had to go with the old PAX demo.

G

06-03-2011, 05:34 PM

Free Duke Nukem Access Codes!
<hr style="color:#373b32; background-color:#373b32" size="1"> Just head over to the link below

http://www.amazon.com/Duke-Nukem-For...7099257&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002I0HAC6/ref=nosim/cheapassgam08-20)

Pre-order Duke Nukem forever and once you place your order you will instantly receive a first access code to redeem here:

http://www.dukenukem.com/access/

Then just cancel your pre-order.

Joystiq says that you get the first multiplayer DLC for free if you're a member

Xero

06-03-2011, 05:48 PM

Unless they had plans for a new demo but couldn't pull it off in time so had to go with the old PAX demo.

That's fitting.

As a joke they should have gotten a late-90s build out of mothballs and released that.

G

06-03-2011, 09:04 PM

I pretty much knew it from the hype, but after playing the demo, I can safely say that people are going to be very disappointed. Just another average FPS with Duke's personality.

But isn't that what it has always been?

DrA

06-03-2011, 09:11 PM

I've been looking forward to this game for a while. I can't wait to give it a play.

Drakul

06-04-2011, 03:43 AM

Free Duke Nukem Access Codes!
<hr style="color:#373b32; background-color:#373b32" size="1"> Just head over to the link below

http://www.amazon.com/Duke-Nukem-For...7099257&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002I0HAC6/ref=nosim/cheapassgam08-20)

Pre-order Duke Nukem forever and once you place your order you will instantly receive a first access code to redeem here:

http://www.dukenukem.com/access/

Then just cancel your pre-order.

Joystiq says that you get the first multiplayer DLC for free if you're a member

I tried it and didn't get an access code. Can't see anywhere else in the UK doing it now.

People are noticing more things to prove the demo is a very old build. Examples being the shadows in the demo aren't as defined as they are in recent trailers and that the sticky bombs have different textures to the sticky bombs in recent screen shots.

I've no idea why they thought releasing this build was a demo would be a good idea. It would have been smarter to say "Sorry guys, we have no recent demo due to time and resources but we'll give you this bunch of other DLC free!"
Releasing a 9 month old, low quality, glitchy, buggy demo is only going to drive away the customers that were definitly going to buy it before the demo put them off.

Extreme Angle

06-04-2011, 08:18 AM

Downloaded the Pc demo, had a laugh on it, not sure if its a day one buy for me tbh...
Hilarious game.

Drakul

06-04-2011, 08:36 AM

How does it play?

Extreme Angle

06-04-2011, 09:07 AM

Abit sketchy tbh, no real framerate issues. Just feels a little clunky...

G

06-04-2011, 09:17 AM

i had a bunch of framerate issues

must be that superior ps3 hardware :-\

Majunior

06-04-2011, 02:39 PM

Saw this and the first thought in my mind was "I wonder if he get to see Duke's penis".

Really excited for this again.

Xero, Xero, Xero... :rofl:

Jokes aside, I'm apprehensively excited for the game.

Drakul

06-04-2011, 04:57 PM

The good news is that it's pretty much confirmed to be an older build.

Moreover, demos are supposed to be advertisement tools so people can try the game before they buy it. As mentioned, this particular demo is hideously outdated. The PC version for example is exceptionally console-orientated. It doesn’t even have a mouse pointer on the menu screen. Me and Dave played basically the final game a few weeks ago and that had a greater range of options, including mouse control on the main menu. This demo isn’t just an insult to fans who got caught up in the hype, it’s also poor marketing. You need to blow people away with a game’s demo, and this simply doesn’t do that – mostly because almost the entire thing’s been on YouTube since 2010.

Source (http://www.plughead.net/impressions-duke-nukem-demo).

Verbose Minch

06-04-2011, 09:29 PM

I wasn't particularly upset by the demo, given how old the build was. I wish there was actual iron sight aiming, I think at this point it's just outdated. But then again, if anybody could hip fire with extreme accuracy, I'm sure it would be Duke.

I'm 100% sure the actual game will have a much more refined feel, and really deliver on the Duke experience.

#BROKEN Hasney

06-05-2011, 01:48 AM

I'm glad there's no iron sight aiming, Way too much of that dull shit right now.

I'm still gutted Duke can't carry a million weapons.

PorkSoda

06-06-2011, 06:13 PM

Anyone know if this game will have multiplayer?

Multiplayer Deathmatch in particular? For Live?

Verbose Minch

06-06-2011, 08:50 PM

Anyone know if this game will have multiplayer?

Multiplayer Deathmatch in particular? For Live?

Yes, Live multiplayer is confirmed. As far as I've read, deathmatch and Capture the Flag (Capture the babe) are both in.

Drakul

06-07-2011, 01:03 AM

The game has Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, King of the Hill and Capture the flag. All with their own "Duke" theme, obviously.

Drakul

06-07-2011, 02:22 AM

I had the BoS edition preordered but, due to a long wionded series of events to do with "failed" payments and sites jacking up the price. I've had to settle for the standard edition.

On the bright side, I'm saving £30 and the outlook for the game isn't that good, right?

Drakul

06-09-2011, 06:19 AM

Australia broke the stret date and you can go buy it now from EB and something called JB.

On top of that the games leaked in other ways. I'm reading that the game is much better than the demo.

I'm £7 short of getting the game :(.

Edit: I've finished L.A. Noire so, do you think it's better to keep that or trade it in for DNF? CEX are giving £30 for exchanging it.

Drakul

06-09-2011, 07:27 AM

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LoDownM

06-09-2011, 10:58 AM

It leaked on the internet the other day, I am out of dvd's tho so I won't be playing it before it gets released.

Drakul

06-10-2011, 05:55 AM

If anyone in the UK is picking the game up, get it from ASDA. They are selling it for £33 new, which is the cheapest I've found the game and might be the cheapest I've found any game on release day.

I've not played it yet because I'm waiting for it to install on my hard drive.

I got a cool t-shirt too. It's black with the Duke radioactive logo on the front and the DNF logo on the back.

Tommy Gunn

06-13-2011, 07:45 AM

With the average reviews I'm guessing it may drop in price over the summer, which will be when I shall pick it up!

Funky Fly

06-13-2011, 01:47 PM

Buddy of mine pirated the shit and said its crap.

Funky Fly

06-13-2011, 01:49 PM

He is a die hard Quake player and hated Team Fortress 2 and Brink, to give you some insight into what he typically plays. He said the maps are super linear like modern shooters.

RoXer

06-13-2011, 02:25 PM

hated Team Fortress 2

fuck him

LoDownM

06-13-2011, 02:45 PM

He said the maps are super linear like modern shooters.

So were Duke Nukem 3D's levels... Was he expecting Fallout or some shit?

DAMN iNATOR

06-13-2011, 02:53 PM

He is a die hard Quake player and hated Team Fortress 2 and Brink, to give you some insight into what he typically plays. He said the maps are super linear like modern shooters.

I didn't HATE Brink, but it could really have used some more time being developed. Everything story-wise is "Hack this" or "Defend X". So vanilla. I'd probably rate it about 6.5 out of 10, just for the effort and the show of untapped potential.

Drakul

06-13-2011, 03:10 PM

Not a spoiler but I gave a run down of my opinion so far and it got sort of long. Set to spoilers incase anyone would rather skip over it.

Ok, I finally got to actually play the game after messing around with it on release and then not being able to play it until just now.

I've barely started but I can say it's not "crap". It's by no means perfect but it's not crap.

The world is pretty interactive, which I like. There are small things like using vending machines and eating/drinking just for the hell of it, there are distractions like pool and pinball and there are things that give you the Ego boost like clearing the pool table, looking in the mirror, curling weights etc.
Some interactions do seem really pointless like the ability to spin an office chair. It doesn't trigger a one liner or anything, it just spins the chair.

Dukes animations aren't that great. If you look in a mirror and jump, he jumps as if he was river dancing with his arms by his sides.
Enemy deaths are weird. A pig cop leapt at me, I blasted him in the face and he just fell straight down. There is a chance there was going to be an animation like in the trailer where Duke is holding a pig cop by the tusks and I just happened to shoot just before that animation started up, causing the momentumless drop to the ground.

You can use items from around you as weapons. I picked up a body building trophy and threw it at an enemies head, killing him. The thing about these items is that they seem to get an instant kill on an enemy no matter where you hit them. I hit an enemy in the leg with a trophy and he died.
I picked up a gas canister, threw it at a bad guy and shot it, causing flames to bellow out of it before it exploded, blowing the bad guy to bits.

As for damage, Duke only really takes 3 or 4 shots before he's "critical". Then he can, oddly, take a hell of a lot more punishment after his health goes into the red.

It's a fun game, it's no Perfect Dark or TimeSplitters 3 but it's not as low as Turok (360) or Perfect Dark Zero.
I've only barely begun the game and I'm really just at the first "level" of the fire fights in the bowels of my Casino so the game might get better or worse.

It's "old school" in the sense that it's about shooting things and screwing around and not super serious squad tactics and such.

The game starts pretty open. You can mess around in your pent house and a stuff. The game gets linear when you get to the fire fight section so I'm assuming that it'll open up again at some point.

So far it seems good, fun but not drop-to-your-knees-and-weep-tears-of-joy awesome like everyone seemed to think it would be as if the longer the dev time, the better the game.
It could get better or worse, I'll have to wait and see but I'm optimistic.

If someone pirated it, there is a chance he's got the unfinished version which is probably more like the PAX demo and not the final thing.

LoDownM

06-13-2011, 03:40 PM

I feel this is gonna get a lot of shit because people are going to go in expecting something mind blowing and they are not going to get it. Kinda like people with L.A. Noire, people buying that thinking they were getting GTA Cop Edition, don't like L.A. Noire.

I've enjoyed my DNF playing so far. Even if it's not the best game ever, I love the shots it takes at Halo, Gears of War and even Valve.

DAMN iNATOR

06-13-2011, 05:25 PM

I think critics are just blasting the game because they feel like it's 14 or 15 years overdue or some such shit, and seeing how long it took to develop, everybody, instead of appreciating the game for what it is, is like "WTF is this crap?"

I'm gonna go and get my copy (originally just had the game, but upgraded to BoS ed. for all the cool bonus stuff) from the local GameStop where I have it reserved and just enjoy it.

Drakul

06-13-2011, 06:11 PM

Ok, I've played some more and the game is getting better as it goes on. It didn't start badly in my opinion but it is getting better.

I think the momentumless death of a pig cop was a one off glitch after all. Blasted another one in the face as he leapt towards me and he went flying across the room.
I'm liking the AI as well, actually.

Looking forward to getting some more time with it tomorrow.

I think a lot of people will hate on the game partly because they expect too much and partly because it's the thing to do.

Ermaximus

06-15-2011, 12:44 AM

Loving this game so far. The inside jokes make it even better.

Drakul

06-15-2011, 05:22 AM

Anyone found the reference to Dead Space yet?

.In the underground alien place, the first one you visit thats green. There is a dead end you can get to and it has a space marines corpse and his severed head. The head looks a lot like the head of the main character from Dead Space and Duke says. "That is one dead space marine.".

#BROKEN Hasney

06-15-2011, 05:26 AM

This is the worst thing I have played in some time.

So they take an old-style FPS game which is basic as fuck, then add in linear corridors, 2 weapon carrying and regenerating health and it's like it straddles itself between the worst traits of 2 generations of FPS games.

I am so fucking glad I decided to download the game before I bought it. I'd feel ripped off if this was in a Steam sale at 59p.

Drakul

06-15-2011, 05:53 AM

If it's the demo you've downloaded, you're playing an outdated version. If you're playing the final full game, I don't know what to tell you.

The only thing I don't like is the 2 weapon limit but it's not that big a deal to me.

I'm wondering why the interactivity seems to have stopped.
At the start of the game, pretty much everything I walked up to had some form of interactivity to it. Now, there isn't really anything.
Maybe it's because of where I am in the story.

Just so you know, the game breaks away from corriders after a little while.

Fignuts

06-15-2011, 06:25 AM

So were Duke Nukem 3D's levels... Was he expecting Fallout or some shit?

No, they weren't. Non-linear doesn't mean sandbox.

#BROKEN Hasney

06-15-2011, 06:28 AM

No, they weren't. Non-linear doesn't mean sandbox.

Exactly. It's more something like this which is the difference.

http://static.arstechnica.com/Gaming/leveldesignclassic.jpg

Fignuts

06-15-2011, 06:37 AM

I am actually playing through ultimate doom right now, and that picture is right on the money. When was the last FPS with truly expansive levels?

Prey, maybe?

#BROKEN Hasney

06-15-2011, 06:46 AM

Pretty much and even that was several years old in terms of design when it came out.

Thank god Serious Sam 3 is sticking to it's guns

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16-player co-op too :heart:

Emperor Smeat

06-15-2011, 06:37 PM

Gearbox's publisher 2k Games fires its PR firm involved with the Duke Nukem Forever game after making it appear in a tweet that 2K Games was blacklisting companies and reviewers from early copies of their games and news as punishment for harsh DNF reviews.

2K Games clarified the statement came from the external PR firm without 2K Games knowledge and the PR firm has since apologized for the comment and its mistake.

Publisher 2K Games has severed links with its external US public relations and marketing agency after the outfit Tweeted that it was considering blacklisting sites that gave Duke Nukem Forever a particularly rough ride.

A post on The Redner Group's Twitter feed earlier today read: "Too many went too far with their reviews...we are reviewing who gets games next time and who doesn't based on today's venom," followed by another stating "Bad scores are fine. Venom filled reviews...that's completely different."

Much internet ire duly followed, and 2K has just chimed in, announcing that it's given Redner its marching orders.

"2K Games does not endorse or condone the comments made by @TheRednerGroup and confirm they no longer represent our products," read a post on its own Twitter feed.

"We maintain a mutually respectful relationship with the press and will continue to do so. We don't condone @The RednerGroup's actions at all," a further post added.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-06-15-2k-sacks-us-pr-over-duke-review-row

Shaggy

06-16-2011, 03:27 AM

Multiplayer has its hits and misses for me...more misses than hits..and the only reason I continue to play it is because of some friends who are playing it.

Story Mode I love...I pretty much laugh at everything and havnt really had any major problems with how it plays other than its a clunky but it plays just like Duke Nukem should. Only problem I have is the one driving level I have reached so far plays like shit.

Drakul

06-16-2011, 03:36 AM

Yeah, multiplayer is ok but not great for me.

Maybe it's because I'm not an online FPS kinda guy but it's pretty hard to hit people online for me.
They get a bullseye pretty much everytime when they shoot me, though.

I don't like how fast your health goes down when someone has a good aim on you, especially when they don't come at you head on because then you don't know they're there and you can't turn around in time to shoot back.

Unless health increases as you level up.

Ermaximus

06-16-2011, 09:55 AM

Those cocksuckers killed my babes! FUCKERS!

Drakul

06-16-2011, 11:31 AM

I just remembered that I was playing last night and, half way through the intro (I was showing my brother it), the game autoskipped it and a message came up saying I had downloaded DLC and had to restart the game for it to activate. So I did and I couldn't see anything added.

I hadn't downloaded DLC so it was probably a glitch. Has anyone else had this or is it just me?

Ermaximus

06-16-2011, 11:36 AM

I just remembered that I was playing last night and, half way through the intro (I was showing my brother it), the game autoskipped it and a message came up saying I had downloaded DLC and had to restart the game for it to activate. So I did and I couldn't see anything added.

I hadn't downloaded DLC so it was probably a glitch. Has anyone else had this or is it just me?

This happened to me as well yesterday. I had downloaded Magic 2012 for my xbox and got this same message after it had finished downloaded.

Drakul

06-16-2011, 11:40 AM

Maybe a minor update?

Ermaximus

06-16-2011, 11:45 AM

Or a completely random occurance? If you download DLC or something for ANOTHER game, it shouldn't tell you that your game just got new DLC. Granted if Duke Nukem was weird like that and let me have powers from the DLC/Arcade games I download. That would be badass.

"Wait what? Aliens stealing my babes? Fuck that, I summon a million Zephyr Falcons to save my babes and then tap 3 mountains to cast incinerate on the Alien Queen. Your move!"

DAMN iNATOR

06-16-2011, 12:39 PM

Yeah, multiplayer is ok but not great for me.

Maybe it's because I'm not an online FPS kinda guy but it's pretty hard to hit people online for me.
They get a bullseye pretty much everytime when they shoot me, though.

I don't like how fast your health goes down when someone has a good aim on you, especially when they don't come at you head on because then you don't know they're there and you can't turn around in time to shoot back.

Unless health increases as you level up.

Your health bar is actually measured in "Ego" in-game, and you increase it by interacting with certain things in the environment (admiring yourself in the mirror for example), and there are certain things you can interact with that you may from time to time see hints as to what to do/how to interact with that item.

RoXer

06-16-2011, 12:52 PM

He's talking about multiplayer, claminator

Drakul

06-16-2011, 05:41 PM

Yeah, talking about MP. I knew about the EGO bar extending with interactions and stuff in SP.

Ermaximus

06-16-2011, 05:46 PM

That pinball ego boost is going to be a bitch. I'm terrible at it. Did the pool, slots, poker, and alien abortion with ease. Going to give air hockey a try today, but it's so sluggish that it might also be an issue.

Verbose Minch

06-17-2011, 12:57 AM

That pinball ego boost is going to be a bitch. I'm terrible at it. Did the pool, slots, poker, and alien abortion with ease. Going to give air hockey a try today, but it's so sluggish that it might also be an issue.

Air hockey is really tough. I did it for about a half hour straight and I still can't get it.

The most I've gotten for pinball is like 300,000 points.

Ermaximus

06-17-2011, 10:29 AM

Air hockey is really tough. I did it for about a half hour straight and I still can't get it.

The most I've gotten for pinball is like 300,000 points.

Managed to get the ego boosts for both last night, but screw the achievement for getting 1,000,000 points on pinball.

The air hockey is only hard because the controls are so sluggish that half the time you knock the puck into your own goal by mistake. Granted so does the idiot you're playing. It also doesn't help matters that the guy you're facing hits like a fairy and half the time the puck glides back to his side of the table.

Drakul

06-23-2011, 01:49 PM

Donald Faison from Scrubs and a bunch of other people playing Team Duke Match.

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Ermaximus

06-27-2011, 08:21 AM

Beat it on insane so all I have left is that pinball shit now.

Found a nice easy way to beat the energy leach though. Just take the freeze ray and fire it once. Yes, it'll put you near death too, but it'll also put the boss as flashing red. Then just fire a rocket, swim up, and hit the action sequence. Takes like 30 seconds.

Kris P Lettus

07-11-2011, 10:39 AM

Got to the boss at the Hive and started playing Mass Effect 2 again.. its fun and good for some nostalgia but the 2 weapon limit is brutal specially when it comes to picking specialty guns.. I'm a sniper rifle kind of guy but do I really want to carry the rail gun over the rocket launcher??

I'm sure i'll end up beating it but for now its on the back burner..

Emperor Smeat

07-27-2011, 06:19 PM

Gearbox announces more DLC content for the game is coming later this year with a DLC pack being called "Hail to the Icons Parody Pack" for the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3.

The, "Hail to the Icons Parody Pack" will feature four new multiplayer maps, including a COD parody dubbed, "Call of Duke" and a Team Fortress 2 parody called, "2Forts1Bridge."

This pack will also include three new modes and some new weapons like the Mini-Gun.

Members of the First Access Club will still have the DLC for free while no price was given for non-members as of yet.

http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAttack-News/More-Duke-Nukem-Forever-content-coming-this-fall

Tommy Gunn

07-29-2011, 12:12 PM

I thought the demo of this sucked, and the reviews put me off even further.

However, I rented it and have spent all week playing it. Only need to finish 9 more levels on Insane for the platinum trophy.

The loading times are horrible and you'll die a couple of times due to the low response rate of the controls, but the humor alone is enough to carry this entire game and make it a fun experience.

Drakul

07-29-2011, 03:06 PM

The game is being patched on the PC to allow you to carry 4 weapons instead of just 2. No word on if they will do this for the console versions but I'd imagine they would.

Tommy Gunn

07-29-2011, 08:19 PM

I like having 2 weapons, plus pipe bombs, explosives and roid rage fists :)

On a gamepad at least, it's easy to quickly switch to your second gun knowing exactly what it is. If Duke had 6 guns on him you'd die all the time cycling through weapons trying to find your shotgun in a tight spot. On PC you probably wouldn't have that problem.

Pintint

08-21-2011, 10:38 PM

Am I the only person who actually liked it? All the reviews when the game came out were bad so I held off on playing it until now. Man, good thing I dont listen to reviews...this game is awesome.

Sure, there are some (valid) flaws that reviews pointed out, like the 2 gun limit, but other then that, the game is the most fun I've had with a single player FPS in years. The 2 gun limit doesn't really affect the gameplay that much.

It's just an extremely fun game and I've had zero problems with it so far.

Or do I just like bad games? (I liked Gothic 3 more than Oblivion so...http://www.sharkyforums.com/ubb/confused.gif)

Captain of Fun

08-21-2011, 10:41 PM

None of the reviews were bad, it's just that it wasn't seen as a particularly great FPS. I tend to agree with them. The over the top humor doesn't really do anything for me, and without that, it's a pretty average shooter, imo.

Verbose Minch

08-21-2011, 10:42 PM

I enjoyed Duke Nukem Forever a lot too. I think if it had been released a couple years earlier, it would have received a lot more praise.

A lot of the negatives are pretty hypocritical, things like regenerating health and the two gun limit. While games like CoD have those same things, and yet are given loads of love.

The single player reminded me a lot of Half Life, and I loved it. It was just released too late.

LoDownM

08-22-2011, 01:59 AM

I liked it. I won't be playing it again anytime soon because of all the load screens tho.

#BROKEN Hasney

08-22-2011, 02:09 AM

A lot of the negatives are pretty hypocritical, things like regenerating health and the two gun limit. While games like CoD have those same things, and yet are given loads of love.

A lot of us were hoping for a balls-to-the-wall, health pack grabbing, as many weapons as you an carry game with maps that weren't effectively wide corridors. If you want health regen and 2 weapon carry, you have CoD (which I also dislike, I hate that whole mechanic.) Also would have helped if it was slightly funny.

The single player reminded me a lot of Half Life

I... Think I'm going to throw up now.

Verbose Minch

08-22-2011, 02:34 AM

A lot of us were hoping for a balls-to-the-wall, health pack grabbing, as many weapons as you an carry game with maps that weren't effectively wide corridors. If you want health regen and 2 weapon carry, you have CoD (which I also dislike, I hate that whole mechanic.) Also would have helped if it was slightly funny.

I... Think I'm going to throw up now.

I didn't say the single player was Half Life, nor did I say it was as good as Half Life. It had action sections mixed with puzzle sections (Albeit very average puzzles). Thus it reminded me of Half Life, and that's the extent of the comparison.

The game would have been better if the whole thing was like the final boss fight. Just excessively outrageous the entire time. The only other memorable level is being shrunk in the Duke Burger.

I think 3D Realms made the mistake of trying to make Duke like current FPS, which is just something that won't work. Duke is just held to a different standard.

Either way, just consider the new Serious Sam game as Duke Nukem Forever and everything will be alright.

Captain of Fun

08-22-2011, 01:50 PM

I didn't say the single player was Half Life, nor did I say it was as good as Half Life. It had action sections mixed with puzzle sections (Albeit very average puzzles). Thus it reminded me of Half Life.

and every other FPS ever made?

Verbose Minch

08-22-2011, 05:06 PM

and every other FPS ever made?

Yeah, that puzzle section in Black Ops really had me stumped! :roll:

Drakul

08-23-2011, 02:11 AM

I think 3D Realms made the mistake of trying to make Duke like current FPS, which is just something that won't work. Duke is just held to a different standard.

I think 3DR/Gearbox were screwed either way. If they left it as 100% "old school", people would complain that it was outdated and sucked because of it. If they had made it 100% modern, people would complain that they shouldn't have modernized it and say it sucks because they updated it.

I really need to hurry up and finish the game. I think I'm almost done with the story.

Pintint

08-28-2011, 08:56 PM

To be honest, I like it better than Half Life 2. I lost interest in Half Life 2 halfway through because of how insanely annoying the NPCs, mainly Alyx was. I feel HL2 is the most overrated PC game of all time. The driving sections in Half Life 2 annoyed me, while I enjoyed the driving section I played through in DNF so far...

Drakul

10-06-2011, 05:01 AM

Hail to the Icons Parody Pack DLC

Three All-New Modes. Freeze Tag provides some of the most fun team gameplay in Duke Nukem Forever. Players cooperate to freeze and shatter their opponents in succession for huge point streaks and combos. See who can hold on to the babe the longest in Hot Potato and play free-for-all Duke style in Hail to the King.

Call of Duke – Duke engages in modern combat in a war-torn city. Foes don't stand a chance against the Duke when he spams the map with the N00b T00b.

Sandpit – Players take the role of mini-Duke in a giant sandbox with two bases at either end made out of children's toys. This map features Sticky Bombs.

Inferno – Time machine engage! Duke does combat in a hellish landscape of lava and teleporters. Who turned on the 16-bit graphics, and more importantly, where did this DFG come from?

2Forts1Bridge – Hats? Duke loves hats. Give him a minigun and take down all comers.

In addition, updates to the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Duke Nukem Forever will roll out the same day, adding support for the new content along with various optimizations and bug fixes.

It'll cost 800 MSP or $9.99 on PS3/Steam.

I should probably get around to finishing the game. Pretty sure I'm about 98% of the way through SP.

G

10-06-2011, 09:22 AM

Was on multiplayer 2 nights ago, and it was pretty dead. (PS3) :-\

PapaGeorgio

10-09-2011, 03:31 PM

Got this game through Goozex. Put it on the hardest setting because that is how I like to play games. Gives me the old NES feeling of achievement when I pass a difficult section. However, doing that you expect to die a lot in the game. But waiting almost a minute each time after you die made this game unplayable for me. Got through maybe 1/4 of it before getting fed up with the load screen everytime you die.

G

10-09-2011, 03:41 PM

so stop being such a manly man and play it on easy to avoid those ridiculously long load screens

G

10-09-2011, 03:41 PM

i still want to see those stand up videos :(:(:(:(

#BROKEN Hasney

10-09-2011, 03:44 PM

Got this game through Goozex. Put it on the hardest setting because that is how I like to play games. Gives me the old NES feeling of achievement when I pass a difficult section. However, doing that you expect to die a lot in the game. But waiting almost a minute each time after you die made this game unplayable for me. Got through maybe 1/4 of it before getting fed up with the load screen everytime you die.

Play Too Human instead.

G

10-09-2011, 03:46 PM

FUCK THAT ANGEL

G

10-09-2011, 03:48 PM

played 1 level in co op with a guy like 20 levels above me. i was doing exactly zero damage. took us 6 hours to beat that level and i swear to jesus h i got the achievement for dying 100 times. i had died zero times before that. really have no idea why i continued playing after i died the first 5 times. should probably have a mental evaluation.

Swiss Ultimate

11-17-2011, 07:53 PM

I thought the demo of this sucked, and the reviews put me off even further.

However, I rented it and have spent all week playing it. Only need to finish 9 more levels on Insane for the platinum trophy.

The loading times are horrible and you'll die a couple of times due to the low response rate of the controls, but the humor alone is enough to carry this entire game and make it a fun experience.

Am I the only person who actually liked it? All the reviews when the game came out were bad so I held off on playing it until now. Man, good thing I dont listen to reviews...this game is awesome.

Sure, there are some (valid) flaws that reviews pointed out, like the 2 gun limit, but other then that, the game is the most fun I've had with a single player FPS in years. The 2 gun limit doesn't really affect the gameplay that much.

It's just an extremely fun game and I've had zero problems with it so far.

Or do I just like bad games? (I liked Gothic 3 more than Oblivion so...http://www.sharkyforums.com/ubb/confused.gif)


I only recently played the demo and hated it. So is there like a giant leap from demo to actual game?

JimmyMess

11-18-2011, 12:20 PM

"I don't have time... to play with myself"

is that in the game?

NoJabbaNoBogRoll

11-18-2011, 02:03 PM

This game was quite a lot of fun, to be honest.

If you go into it expecting something groundbreaking, you're dumb to begin with.

It's just old school Duke, with a modern touch.

Tommy Gunn

11-18-2011, 04:34 PM

I liked it when I played it, but I wouldn't ever play it again now, especially with so many better choices to spend your money on.

DAMN iNATOR

11-21-2011, 03:44 PM

Wasn't the publisher's fault. They pretty much had to deliver the vision of what had already been created. Probably be much better with the next installment.