Duke Nukem Forever Out, Anyone Played It?

[Plok 321]

Europe, Australia and Japan have today been blessed with the release of Duke Nukem Forever. Has anyone played it enough to give some opinion?

[Luk3us 63]

Nope, looks kinda stupid to me... But that's a given. I too, would love a first hand opinion.

[Guest Stevie_K]

I too, would love a first hand opinion.

 

Third on that.

 

[Inferno 22]

I torrented a demo a few days back and I must say it's nothing special. No more health packs (health regeneration after so many seconds of not being fired upon) and the combat is just meh. But then again, that was just a demo

[Malevolence 6]

Will try this out for sure, this vs serious sam 3... woohoo!

[Sonic 294]

I got it yesterday. Got the Balls of Steel Edition actually. Its one of the better collectors editions I've seen recently. Played a bit. Visually its no so good. Its using the Unreal Engine, but its really rough in some parts. But the Duke humour is there. Its loaded with jokes. Aiming is hard at times. I'm used to console shooters but something is a little off in this game.

 

Yeah no heath packs, it use the regeneration system. In the game its called your "Ego" and you do things throughout the game to boost your ego. The first time Duke looks at himself in the mirror his ego goes up +1. Later on you can life some weights in the gym and so on. The other change is Duke can only carry 2 weapons, so some realism here. In the old days Duke carried a **** load guns with him.

 

If you played Duke Nukem 3D back in the day or when ever you'll probably be right at home. Something tells me this game will sell big for the next few weeks or so but I expect the price to plummet and see it head for the bargain bin.

 

Found this video, the first 45 minutes of the game....

 

[Malevolence 6]

That above video seems quite negative about the game, before I want to try it. Oh well.

 

Seems like the game full of interesting easter eggs and references.

 

Check it out.

 

Edited June 11, 2011 by Malevolence

[Guest Rabbit]

Yeah, I watched the whole video just now. I agree with you Sonic. This game won't last long if it is all like this video.

[Malevolence 6]

I think probably leaning towards its rival Serious Sam 3 and hope that FPS is a better title.

[Plok 321]

If you played Duke Nukem 3D back in the day or when ever you'll probably be right at home.

Whew.

The controls shouldn't be a problem to me, as I'm faithful to my PC.

[Inferno 22]

Yeah, I watched the whole video just now. I agree with you Sonic. This game won't last long if it is all like this video.

I also watched the entire video, but that's just because the brit is hilarious

[Sonic 294]

As seen in on the video Malevolence posted. Some amour from Halo.... look closely as the helmet, the Nuke logo is in the middle

 

 

Forgot to post this pic before. A quick look at the Duke Bust from the Balls of Steel Edition. Sorry for crappy cellphone camera pic though.

 

[Doctor Destiny 41]

If anyone expects a visual masterpiece, they're stupid. The game is using close to 14 year old graphics since Gearbox didn't touch them up that much I don't think. And really, who gives a ****? If the game is at least playable (and being Duke Nukem, funny), the game will be just fine. However, I'm like Plokite_Wolf, I'll be getting this on the PC so aiming will be tits. Besides, the game is actually out. It's not vaporware anymore.

[Luk3us 63]

Judging by some reviews out now, its... Average...

[Doctor Destiny 41]

Did you really expect more than average? I mean, it's more of a 14 year old FPS than a new one so of course it'll be mediocre. But that's not why you get Duke Nukem.

[Inferno 22]

Did you really expect more than average? I mean, it's more of a 14 year old FPS than a new one so of course it'll be mediocre.

Well, if the gameplay was equal to a 14 year old FPS, I'd be fine with it.

[Guest Rabbit]

 

The Cynical Brit's review, 5 hours into the game.

[Nmenth 290]

I love exploring for secret caches of loot, highly linear games are really boring. I also greatly prefer being able to carry an arsenal in my magic pocket to a measly two weapons.

 

I am not much of a Duke Nukem fan, I did play the original trilogy and Duke Nukem 2, but I was pondering getting this when the price came down a bit. However, from what I've seen of the gameplay in these videos, it doesn't look very good at all.

[Luk3us 63]

Did you really expect more than average? I mean, it's more of a 14 year old FPS than a new one so of course it'll be mediocre. But that's not why you get Duke Nukem.

 

Well yeah, I did expect better than average. Meh.

[Malevolence 6]

 

Some crazy fan actually made a pre-order of Duke Nukem Forever since 10 years ago, and he managed to redeem it once it's out! 10-year pre-order, EPIC WIN I say!

Edited June 15, 2011 by Malevolence

[Inferno 22]

The Cynical Brit's review, 5 hours into the game.

I like how he points out the things that I hate about DNF.

[PurpleGaga27 39]

I really wanted to play this, but after seeing the reviews, it looks like barely anyone seems to be appreciated with the game due to outdated material and missing stuff.

 

It looks both Duke Nukem Forever and Duke Nukem: Critical Mass have gone down and drain and could become "epic fail" games of the year.

 

Seriously what happened to 3D Realms was due to poor management and timing on developing the game until Gearbox decides to roam it out and finish it anyway with the 3D Realms' source leftovers. Now this latest Duke game does not appear to look polished at all.

Edited June 16, 2011 by zocom7

[Inferno 22]

Whoever called the shots for DN:F, should be shot and quartered. That being said, it's not a bad game.

Edited June 16, 2011 by Inferno

[Luk3us 63]

Its just not a good game either, right?

[Sonic 294]

An interesting write up from Kotaku here....

 

The Problem With Releasing Duke Nukem Forever After All These Years…

 

Luke Plunkett — I've finished Duke Nukem Forever. There are a lot of things wrong with it, which I'll get to next week in my review. One thing I want to talk about today, though, has as much to do with the game as it has the game's publishers.

 

You may have read this elsewhere already, or seen it yourself, but in case you haven't, I'll spell it out now: Duke Nukem Forever is an offensive video game. And not in a good way.

 

Upon completing the game, I was shocked that I had found myself repeatedly, well, shocked. I'm a big fan of "extreme" humour, and can find even the darkest subject matter hilarious if it's spun the right way. And yet here I was, not just failing to laugh at Duke's supposed jokes, but wondering aloud how grown men had seen fit to put them in an expensive piece of consumer media, somehow thinking it was a good idea.

 

The game jokes about things like rape. And abortion. It thinks tampons are funny. And it does so without any hint of parody, or satire, or political or social statement, the only things that can, if not excuse such distasteful subject matter, then at least provide reasonable grounds for a gag.

 

People laugh at South Park because, while it can be vile, it knows what needs to underpin the gags to make them work. People can laugh at racial jokes, normally a taboo, from the likes of Richard Pryor or Dave Chapelle for the same reason. Heck, you can even make good Nazi jokes if you're smart enough.

 

Duke Nukem Forever isn't smart enough. It's not even close.

 

The first half of the game, from alien rape by penis monsters to awkward blowjobs to robotic stripteases, is blatantly misogynistic. And not in a lovable Ron burgundy, Whale's Vagina kind of way. Nor is it ever remotely approaching something sensual or titillating. It's instead misogynistic in the worst sense of the word: like a drunk uncle, a leering stranger, a repeat sex offender.

 

What's maybe worse still is that, despite the protestations of blinkered fans and teary-eyed nostalgics, the bigot on display in this game is not the Duke Nukem people claim (or wish) him to be. Not the Duke we remember, and not the one he has ever been. If you need to check this, the original Duke Nukem 3D is now available for $6 from the Apogee store; play it and you'll see the action hero pastiche on display in the 1996 game bears little resemblance to the monotone pervert on show in the 2011 release.

 

All this made me question why this game has been released the way it has. I will never question the fact it has been released: every game, no matter how ****ty, no matter how questionable someone finds its subject matter, has a right to be released. You want to call video games art, that's how it goes.

 

But I do question why a major developer, Gearbox Software, and one of the world's biggest publishers, Take-Two (through its 2K label), lent their names to the project. It seems slightly irresponsible, given the game's unsavoury content.

 

Both parties will have seen the offensive material in the game, and surely somebody, at some point along the way, thought, "Hey, it's 2011, some of this stuff isn't cool." The game may have been developed elsewhere, mostly at 3D Realms, but both parties still signed off on the thing.

 

In doing so, whether explicitly or not, they are endorsing this kind of content. They're willing to actively promote and make a ton of money off a character whose ridiculous quips and bigoted behaviour (which you can see some of in the NSFW videos in this post) would be hurried out the office of every TV network or film studio executive in the developed world.

 

And that sends a disappointing message. The video game industry, and video game fans, have long been calling for the medium to be treated with a little more respect, that its creative output can be as professional as that produced on the television or silver screen. Take-Two of all companies should be aware of this, what with their constant defence of the excesses of the Grand Theft Auto series, which it also publishes (and which, unlike this game, with its caricatures and satire and quality writing is defensible).

 

For two companies as powerful and influential as Gearbox and Take-Two to completely ignore that in the name of a quick buck is thus very disappointing. To be expected, perhaps, but still disappointing. Especially for a game that wasn't worth it in the first place.

http://kotaku.com/5812816/maybe-gearbox-sh...e-nukem-forever

 

There are parts of this article I agree with, the low brow crude humour kind of leaves you feeling dirty. The poor level design, abundance of crap visuals don't bother me. The horrible load times make it frustrating to play as well. But yeah maybe this game probably should have been left on the hard drives of some old PC at 3D Realms or something.

 

I know I'm going to have to force myself to finish playing this game, and when I do that I don't find them all that fun.