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ARS - Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive

ARS - In the first few moments of Duke Nukem Forever, your character pees in a urinal and then earns an achievement for reaching into a toilet and extracting a piece of human excrement. Why does the game reward you for doing this? I have no idea. It's not part of a joke or important to the story; the designers of the game apparently feel that you the player would miss out by not holding some poo in your virtual hand.

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The Meerkat5130d ago

Rampantly Offensive?

15 years ago it would simply have been called bad taste, you saw it and either laughed or didn't. Then you moved on.
Nobody took offense!
Offense was something that was reserved for the likes of Mary Whitehouse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

DeadlyFire5130d ago

Whiny little bitches.

A game in development for 15 years is always gonna get a bad wrap. Expectations are so high. Its never gonna match them like that. What I hope for is a sequel to revamp and improve Duke even more in a shorter development window. That would equal huge success if done right.

Pozzle5130d ago

Ouch. I'm starting to feel kinda bad for the makers now. I know Gearbox should have tried better if they wanted a better game, but I remember before the game out how Randy Pitchford genuinely thought they had made a good game. It must suck having so many people saying your work is actually shit.

Though the reviewer brings up a good point about the map. It's funny that a game that came out in 1993 is much more exploratory than one that came out in 2011.

Soldierone5130d ago

That was most likely just marketing on their behalf. From what I have seen this game was tossed together as fast as possible, probably using interns or newly added members.

You see all the studios churn out stuff like that unless they are smaller like Insomniac or Naughty Dog, where the interns and new people work on smaller portions of the games.

Duke has a name, people are simply going to buy it for that name. They could of tried to make a groundbreaking game, but nothing would live up to the years it was supposedly in development so why bother? Reviewers were going to destroy it one way or another.

Pozzle5130d ago (Edited 5130d ago )

True, but Randy said in many interviews that the reason his team picked up Duke Nukem Forever is because he was a massive fan of the original games.
Even though it was tossed together fairly quickly after the original cancellation, I think Randy really believed they had a great game with DNF.

TimTebo5130d ago

Err..what are you talking about?

Gearbox didn't make this game, 3D realms (the company that shutdown from bankrupcy) did. All Gearbox did was aquire the Duke Nukem rights, and port what the 3D realms team did over to the ps3/360/PC.

So, leave Gearbox out of this. 3D realms are the ones to blame...if you really want to blame anyone for a game that is older than my house.

NYC_Gamer5130d ago

i blame gearbox for picking up the rights and releasing this 50% done project

Soldierone5130d ago

That makes no sense. Even if its entirely true they should still have quality control over the port. Its them that released the title and its them making money off every purchase. They deserve to be blamed just as much as anyone if the game does indeed suck.

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2D Sidescrolling Version of Duke Nukem Forever Leaked

Duke Nukem Forever originally began its life as a sidescroller instead of a shooter back in 1996, and that canceled version has just been leaked.

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Rancegamerx915d ago

Very cool, but i don't know how real this is... I'll check it out later to find out.

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Duke Nukem Forever “remaster” restores Gearbox FPS to original glory

Duke Nukem Forever, the troubled FPS from Gearbox and 3D Realms, has been restored to more traditional 90s shooter thanks to a sweeping “remaster” mod

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XiNatsuDragnel1015d ago

Awesome this needs to be released

Venoxn4g1015d ago

It is out already, there is a download link inside the article too.

Aaroncls71015d ago

kinda of a misleading title.

Mod features:
Sprinting removed and faster player movement
Jump height increased
Swim speed is much faster
Player can now hold breath underwater for 45 seconds instead of 15
Weapon rebalance and screen shake when shooting removed
2/4 weapon limit completelly removed
Quicksaves (F5 by default)
Depth of Field removed and new post processing effects
Driving sections are now in first person perspective
yw.

Dandizzle1015d ago

God damn Megadeth Duke Nukem anthem is the best.

Snookies121015d ago

It is pretty amazing, I remember being so hyped that they covered the Duke theme back when it happened haha. I still quite enjoyed Forever though personally.

Venoxn4g1014d ago

It is great, you should check out Eric Calderone - Duke Nukem meets metal .. thats proper as well

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Duke Nukem Forever was ahead of its time, but nerfed before launch

Duke Nukem Forever, the infamous and controversial FPS from 3D Realms, apparently looked much better before launch, as modders discover various cut features

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masterfox1057d ago

"so wrong yet so right"

Only a few will know what Im talking about lol :D

porkChop1057d ago

Wow, that advanced lighting makes a huge difference to the visuals. I get that Gearbox tried to slap everything together and release a finished product. But it seems like they cut out a lot of content that would have made the experience more enjoyable. That's a shame.

ZycoFox1056d ago

Nerfed due to consoles.. and not the first time it has happened.

-Foxtrot1057d ago

Kind of amazing the difference a lighting engine makes

ZycoFox1056d ago

Same, the AI could be pretty dumb but the bosses were fun. I thought the levels (mostly) got better later in the game too.

XiNatsuDragnel1057d ago

Devs nerf a game man best quote I've ever heard.

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