Duke Nukem Forever Review

Cian · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:48 am�� Post subject: Duke Nukem Forever Review

Duke Nukem Forever Review by Cian

PALGN Review: Oh Duke, how you've aged...

macca macca · Status: Offline Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 178 $poons: 4.80

I am surprised about this. Only because i was expecting a 4 or below score.

Smurf80 · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:08 pm�� Post subject:

Im not really suprised to be honest but at least the thing is out there now and for people like me who gre up play Duke Nukem it will be a trip down memory lane where games were different to what they are now.

I will def pick this up but after reading this I might finish what I am already playing and pick it up at a later date.
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Dreamcazman · Status: Offline Joined: 03 Jun 2008 Posts: 129 $poons: 9.00

Couldn't have said it better myself. Good review Cian.

RWS · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:29 pm�� Post subject:

I want to read a review, of this game, from someone who loves watching B-Grade films like Evil Dead. Duke Nukem has always been a homage to those movies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPdboqzvzoE

Graphics not so good? I wasn't aware of B-Grade movies having the best special effects.

Frankly, this game performs and plays out exactly as I would have hoped, and I think it's a fantastic game. Maybe most everyone didn't see past what Duke Nukem actually was back in the 90s, just saw Duke Nukem 3D as a game you'd shoot alien pigs and give money to strippers to see some pixelated boobies, and it was all in good fun. Nowadays video games try to set their foot in the similar sort of niche big blockbuster films set, more realistic, better stories and plot, better voice acting.

I only had two issues with this game: the long loading times, and the clunky aiming... The aiming I fixed by reducing the sensitivity of the joysticks in the options menu. But the loading times are just the same.

If you were looking for a big blockbuster game, you obviously were expecting the wrong series of games to be revived. If you were expecting and hoping for a B-Grade style game, you've got it! And boy does it deliver!
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behrpaws · Status: Offline Joined: 11 Jun 2011 Posts: 1 $poons: 0.00

What a terrible game. This crap should not have been released, what a weak display... Playing on the minds of people who played the original during the good days. The developers should be ashamed of themselves.. Maybe go whiddle some wood instead and make some statues. Glad I pirated this piece of crap.

BurnZ · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:05 pm�� Post subject:

Cool story Bro.
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drinniol · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:09 pm�� Post subject:

Heh. Behrpaws having a sense of entitlement to a game he stole.

Appel · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:17 pm�� Post subject:

It's like when you see people on torrent sights having a go at the original uploader in the comments section because they can't get something working.

grim-one · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:31 pm�� Post subject:

This isn't a game. It's a piece of history! The game industry's longest running joke is over...

I'm still looking forward to getting this. I know it'll be mediocre-terrible, but I'll love every minute of it.
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GooberMan · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:34 pm�� Post subject:

PixieGirl · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:37 pm�� Post subject:

This is why nostalgia sucks and I don't have any for anything :]

I think the huge ammount of people buying this game just because it reminds them of the "good old days" can't possibly be a good thing and means the developers can just be lazy and rerelease old stuff with a new coat of paint. These are likely the same people complaining that the Call of Duty games sell so well. My 2p ♥
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PixieGirl · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:44 pm�� Post subject:

Yeah I just edited out that bit, because it doesnt really apply to all old games and it was a bit blunt. But yes actually its a lot uglier and stupider (I just remembered thats not even a word, yay the irony) than Call of Duty in my opinion. Not unintuitive though... Most old games however are incredibly unituitive. First person shooters havent really changed much in that way though.
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sobriquet835 · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:56 pm�� Post subject:

I have never played Duke 3D, but honestly I'm having more fun with this than other modern shooters I've played. I've never liked the feel of Battlefield or COD, and while Homefront had an interesting story, the rest was bleh. Sure, this game doesn't have the prettiest graphics, but honestly, that doesn't make a lick of difference. I'm just glad to see something that in my opinion plays well and isn't damn near identical to every other fps out there.

That being said, I'd probably say the same thing if ID released doom 4 using the same engine as the first 2 games.

Edit: also, the sound. This game sounds awesome.

Gamesta · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:51 pm�� Post subject:

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Cyph · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:25 pm�� Post subject:

Thanks for the review Cian, I'll stay away from this junk (which is just as I thought it would turn out).

Frozencry · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:57 pm�� Post subject:

While the critic in me bags the game out for being broken and awful, I can't help but genuinely laugh my arse off at the gameplay footage of it with commentaries on youtube.

See I'm torn now. Duke3D was farkin awesome back in the day (and hell it still is, plays great), and this game is much like Too Human where so many rehashes and delays have torn it to pieces, but at the same time, I really just want to play it for the lols.

Hmm.
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XtremeXfactor · Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:32 pm�� Post subject:

I have not started it yet (seems to be a running theme, i havn't immediately started several games i have purchased over the last month), hesitant with doing so. I should play it for myself, but i am being swayed by both sides. My expectations are not sky high, just wanting a different game other than COD. If i don't get motion sickness (which hindered my enjoyment of Borderlands another Gearbox title), i will be really happy.

I do hope that if they choose to move forward and continue the franchise with a NEW entry, that they work out what they want the game to be - and go from there (just not another 14 year development period).

It has given me an even bigger retro hit, i have been playing the pc version of Duke 3D a lot lately.

Ken_Gooner · Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:17 pm�� Post subject:

The game feels as though it was rushed to be honest.
It feels like Gearbox tried to make it playable on current systems as quickly as possible without ironing out issues and spending the time to make it properly.

It's feels like a beta game.
Still fun though and I'm glad I got it, a good change from COD.

I hope they come out with another one and spend some time to make the game properly.
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Sanguineu · Status: Offline Joined: 12 Jun 2011 Posts: 1 $poons: 1.00

I cannot put down in words how awfully wrong you are with quite everything you say about the game. Your conclusions are wrong, your basic arguments are wrong, your explanations are wrong and your whole analysis makes me nothing but angry.
This is unquestionably the worst review I've read in my entire life.

Frozencry · Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:50 pm�� Post subject:

Cian · Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:53 pm�� Post subject:

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