Duke Nukem - 5.5 on IGN

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/117/1175639p1.html

The review was done on the 360....but still, it's not looking good for Duke fans.

"In most cases, the sections in Duke Nukem Forever that connect the shooting are dull, derivative experiences that feel like they exist for no other reason than to bloat the story mode, and it isn't clear if they're meant to parody video game filler content. It might be if different if Duke approached a puzzle section, laughed, lobbed some curse words at it and moved on, but since we're forced to solve the puzzles to continue it's not tongue-in-cheek satire, unless the joke is on us. "

Not to surpising, i semi agree

More and more lately, FPSes don't seem like they are worth playing.

More and more lately, FPSes don't seem like they are worth playing.

GummiRaccoon

Its sad we really haven't had an fps since bc2 that is really worth playing

I figured looking at the gameplay and trailer. They would get sales just because of the people waiting for the next Duke Nukem game.

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

More and more lately, FPSes don't seem like they are worth playing.

James161324

Its sad we really haven't had an fps since bc2 that is really worth playing

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[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

More and more lately, FPSes don't seem like they are worth playing.

Evz0rz

Its sad we really haven't had an fps since bc2 that is really worth playing

That is an average of about 6.6 so far from the ones added, including the 80 from another thread. (not bad, but thats not all of them either)

That being said, I find myself actually valuing these Reviews less and less each year, Games released a few years ago were reviewed decently, but it has gone downhill bad.. I find myself liking games with lower reviews, and disliking games with higher scores (more often now, and its all of them, not just GS and IGN).

It has gotten to the point to where if the game scores anywhere between a 63-100 (2008-present), I still am willing to give it a chance if the price is right or the right sale brings the price down enough. (Steam Summer Sale migh get Duke for a little off)

Singularity was a nice little Gem, a good little 1 play through game, I actually enjoyed it alot.. The performance was great. (visuals were dated though) but we have seen newer games with not too much better graphics, with considerably worse performance over the past few years, (some of them even got ridiculously high scores despite that)

Im passing on this game, maybe 10 yrs ago it would have been a blastdmb34

[QUOTE="dmb34"]Im passing on this game, maybe 10 yrs ago it would have been a blastFelipeInside

14 years...just saying.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="dmb34"]Im passing on this game, maybe 10 yrs ago it would have been a blastdeathshand707

14 years...just saying.

[QUOTE="dmb34"]Im passing on this game, maybe 10 yrs ago it would have been a blastFelipeInside

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="dmb34"]Im passing on this game, maybe 10 yrs ago it would have been a blastdrinkerofjuice

Haha, totally called it after the demo

Did people really think this game would be good?

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[QUOTE="FelipeInside"] Are people really expecting a first class FPS to compete with HL2 and Crysis? The game is fun... nothing new or spectacular, but fun with Duke and his jokes... Stop being picky people...FelipeInside

14 years...just saying.

That's what happens when you rush games.anolecrabcf

[QUOTE="anolecrabcf"]That's what happens when you rush games.Elann2008

[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="anolecrabcf"]That's what happens when you rush games.FelipeInside

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="Elann2008"] Rush? It had AMPLE development time. Perhaps my sarcasm detector is broken tonight. ;)Elann2008

[QUOTE="anolecrabcf"]That's what happens when you rush games.Elann2008

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="deathshand707"]

14 years...just saying.

Twisted14

Ok...fair enough...but what if:

Lets say i have no clue about Duke Nukem history...and iam new to fps genre...actually i have played only a bunch of fps's like Crysis,FEAR,HL 2 and DooM 3...After playing Duke Nukem Forever am i being entitled to say that this game is crap???As i said lets say i dont know anything about DNF history and i dont have either high expectations or low expectations,i just want to try this new game...or this game only addresses to DNF fans???

[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="FelipeInside"] This release was rushed.... they picked the game up half finished and quickly try to finish just to get it out the door....you can tell by playing it. The whole "14 years in development" is just a title, it has gone through multiple engine modification and developers... it WASNT in development for 14 years...FelipeInside

Yup. I'm going to enjoy it. I thought the demo was fun. :D

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

More and more lately, FPSes don't seem like they are worth playing.

James161324

Its sad we really haven't had an fps since bc2 that is really worth playing

i do hope they try again with a completely new next gen effort.

lmao

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="Elann2008"] Rush? It had AMPLE development time. Perhaps my sarcasm detector is broken tonight. ;)Elann2008

Instead of playing with the idea of Duke as an anachronism, Duke returns in classic form, and he's never felt so old, so out of place, and so embarrassing.

So why do people still like and want to see sequels to '80s action movies? Why are their stars still successful? Why did the people of Detroit (the people!) raised money to build a statue of Robocop? Why are the c1assic action movies that Duke imitates rebooted or sequelized?

There's a lot of fondness for the culture Duke revels in. The only thing that's embarrassing about it are the people that claim we moved past that era's simple pleasures.

Also, why exactly is DNF's alien rape more offensive than Nathan Drake murdering thousands of people and cracking goofy everyman jokes while doing it?

(and LOL at the console version's 30 seconds loading time after each death)

Brink is actually a fun game..Takes team work nothing like cod its why i like it..How ever ill enoy duke for what it is..Im expecting more the next title..Updated graphics same gameplay maybe a new engine..How ever duke is in better hands this time around..Gearbox at least knows what its doing..3do i think had the duke title didnt know how to produce a game..Its a shame what this title went through to getinto the publics hands..Give them a break they did the best they could in a short period of time..Wait and see what the next duke game will be like than yall can comment..This game took so long to come out..That boss battle actually looks like fun the one with the rocket launcher..

3/10 on Eurogamer, but it's the 360 version and they admit it plays much better on PC.

They claim (among other stupid things) that all weapons are from Duke 3D and that there's no new weapon, which is false.

Are they reviewing the circumstances around the game or the game itself? I'm fine with people not enjoying it, but not with lying like that. And what's wrong with having the same weapons as a 15 years old game anyway? You can't find them anywhere else, that's for sure.

Gearbox knew that the game would not be a major seller (they probably even knew it would suck). But they did not have to invest too much to finish the game that 3D Realms started. They knew that just selling this to nostalgic Duke diehards would still be profitable for them. You've heard of house flipping. Well this was game flipping. Put a little money into something old or used that has a market, and make more money.

I enjoyed it. It's not perfect and therehave been bad decisions made in development (only being able to carry 2 guns...wtf)I found it to be a fun game, which is all i really want from anygame,and the first play throughtook more than the 4 1/2hours it took to finish Black ops on hard.

If i was scoring i'd give it 67-70% but there havn't been many FPS games over the last few years i'd score over 80%

Very indifferent about the Duke, I've never played any Duke Nukem games (they were before my time). However, I must say, the writing in the review was absolutely awful. Coming from an unbiased source that doesn't care about the Duke, but I find it hard to take a review seriously when the writing is that bad. Am I the only one that thinks that review was bad?