Duke Nukem Forever

[Aidan]

LOL!!!! Okay.. This changes my mind. I'm getting the game now.

[James]

'New' Trailer. (You've all probably seen it)

GOTY. GET HYPE.

shit game

[Aidan]

What a bad pun.

[James]

What a bad pun.

[Aidan]

I gotta remember that one.


I also want to throw some shit around in Duke Nukem.

[Tantalus]

Demo is up, got first access, will post impressions tonight after the 12 hour wait.

[UT]

Tried it, this game is just awesome. Duke Nukem Forever

[Tantalus]

Impressions - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA CAN'T SEE!!!!! GRAPHICS GLITCH!!

But honestly, a good solid shooter from what I've seen with a bit of variety thrown in with 'puzzles' and the like. Quite challenging at points, actually. Worth the wait? No, of course not, are you high?

[James]

Brown FPS
FPS platforming sections
EGO this time around is just regen
Worse graphics than Doom 3 (lookin @ u jaggies)

"BUT THE CHARM, THE CHARM -- IT'S DUKE MAN."
So what?

[Tantalus]

Brown FPS
FPS platforming sections
EGO this time around is just regen
Worse graphics than Doom 3 (lookin @ u jaggies)

"BUT THE CHARM, THE CHARM -- IT'S DUKE MAN."
So what?

"Duke Nukem is the only character that should have regenerating health".

Graphics are fine, when they're not horribly glitched out...but a bit of vibrancy wouldn't go a miss.

Platforming isn't horrific.

A standard 7/10 shooter really.

[Aidan]

Demo probably won't be good representation of the game.

they just drop you in a random part of the story pretty much.

[James]

Demo probably won't be good representation of the game.

they just drop you in a random part of the story pretty much.

The game is out.

[Tantalus]

Demo probably won't be good representation of the game.

they just drop you in a random part of the story pretty much.

No, it represents it fairly well.

And yeah, the game is out. The game looks and behaves like it came from 2006 but that doesn't necessarily make it a bad game.

[Aidan]

Oh is it now?

Well, FINALLY... it's only been "Forever"

Is the multiplayer any good?

[Tantalus]

Haven't tried myself. It's old style which is, again, not necessarily a bad thing.

[Aidan]

I'm just debating whether to spend the money on it or not.

[lfcjake]

I'm downloading it instead. Boom!

[Aidan]

I'm downloading it atm aswell

Good thing, because my EVGA 580 GTX gets here on monday

[UT]

I have it, I will see if Duke Nukem is still awesome as he was before.

[or 1=1]

Pathetic game. If you're not a 12-16 years old american boy then don't buy it.
MP is crap.

[Aidan]

Pathetic game. If you're not a 12-16 years old american boy then don't buy it.
MP is crap.

What you said leads me to believe YOU are 12-16 year old american boy (even though I know you're not lol). Duke Nukem has NEVER been about MP.

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I couldn't agree more with this man. The mainstream media has turned half of gamers into thinking it's utter shit.

It's not a bad game, and people need to stop shitting on it. For the torture this game has been through, people are ignorant, and expect too much out of it.

There are much worse games out there rated the same, or higher than DNF, which I find absurd.

I'm doing my second playthrough atm by the way.

[James]

the game is terrible

[Aidan]

the game is terrible

Yeah, but you think every game is terrible.

[James]

[spoiler]Most games are.[/spoiler]

That is a poor retort, the game suffers from awkward gameplay. The game does play like D3D, yes, fans of Duke will be grateful not much is changed beyond the Gearbox changes. The biggest problem is still the weapons but the game offers enough firepower for you if you didn't pick up the right weapons for fights.

You see, this is also the problem, it hasn't evolved much from a PC shooter from the early-mid 90s. There's an awkward scene or two where aliens get dropped off into battle against you but... they just stand there... waiting despite being dropped off to get you. The map design is almost having you walk in the same direction all of the time, not even DooM had you do that. Something positive to note is that the game shakes it up a bit with levels and the amount of extra content such as the apartment and bar/arcade, but other than that there's really not much to the game itself.

In defence of Duke, the only problem people shouldn't have are the misogynist comments thrown around especially at the hive level. While I admit that scene is awkward it's not as if it hasn't been done before in the series. (see me defending DNF here: http://www.dxalpha.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16938)

While I say this, and not towards Duke's misogynist tit slapping, the humour is absolutely awful in this game. It relies on internet fads from 10 years ago to memes. I miss movie quotes Duke, I would prefer the 80s and 90s film pop culture (which Duke was based on) over this AHHHHH ALL YOUR BASE, ARE BELONG TO US 00s internet pop culture (make Duke a faggot nerd then).

The game is an utter disappointment for the 5 years of this build in development, let alone the 12-14 years. Sorry, do you want me to be more constructive with each post highlighting how terrible games are?, let me go ahead and do that.

[Aidan]

I'm enjoying it, and it's fun. The only thing i wish they'd have changed is less puzzles. Through the brutal hell this game has been through, I hadn't expected much from the getgo, therefore I am not dissapointed.

If you find it a dissapointment, then good for you.

[James]

STOP HATING GAMES I LIKE!

Honestly you have nothing to deny about any of my points? How did it live up to standards?

[Aidan]

Why are you trying to make me hate it?

[James]

OH SHIT? LOL

[Aidan]

...well what do you want me to say??

[James]

people are ignorant

Take this back.

I don't see why you can't at least agree with the lackluster encounters, shit humour compared to D3D and extremely linear map design. No one can defend that.