Duke Nukem Forever Hated by Critics, but Loved by Fans.

[QUOTE="NeonNinja"]This PC gamer has no interest in the Duke. Simple as that. Give me Rage or give me nothing. Id Software were the greatest in that era, 3D Realms was nowhere near them and their over-rated Duke doesn't match up to Id's various, nameless space marines.Heil68

[QUOTE="Heil68"][QUOTE="NeonNinja"]This PC gamer has no interest in the Duke. Simple as that. Give me Rage or give me nothing. Id Software were the greatest in that era, 3D Realms was nowhere near them and their over-rated Duke doesn't match up to Id's various, nameless space marines.DarkLink77

I'm enjoying the game a lot.Its a old school style shooter with the typical Duke humor(Its a love-hate kinda thing).This is what DNF was always supposed to be.Not another MW ripoff.Reviewers don't know ****.

Its has its problems but how could it not after 12 years of development?

I called this game awesome two days ago and I still think it is. But if it wasn't Duke it wouldn't be the same, he has a certain personality and no one can take his place. Btw I'm playing the 360 version of this game and am still able to enjoy it, what I like the most is the humor and puzzles/interactivity, being able to just relax and push a few buttons, talk to people and see what they say. The shooting is just filler to me, not as important as the other things I mentioned.

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="Heil68"] That's right! Raven Software made it. Aren't they doing the MP for MW3? :lol:Heil68

I'm enjoying the game a lot.Its a old school style shooter with the typical Duke humor(Its a love-hate kinda thing).This is what DNF was always supposed to be.Not another MW ripoff.Reviewers don't know ****.

Its has its problems but how could it not after 12 years of development?

beganoo

[QUOTE="ChubbyGuy40"]

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

Whoa. Duke is way better than the Doom guy. FACT.

On the subject on DNF, however, I will merely say this:

I was wrong.

DarkLink77

Wrong about wut?

Whats wrong with that? I had to activate Shogun 2 over Steam and thats a GOTY contender!

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="ChubbyGuy40"]

Wrong about wut?

ChubbyGuy40

Whats wrong with that? I had to activate Shogun 2 over Steam and thats a GOTY contender!

[QUOTE="ChubbyGuy40"]

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"] A lot of things. The lack of console and fact that I have to activate the game through Steam has put me off from buying it, personally.DarkLink77

Whats wrong with that? I had to activate Shogun 2 over Steam and thats a GOTY contender!

Did Gearbox take what 3d realms worked on and simply finish it, or did they create Forever from the ground up but in a rushed manner?BodyElite

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="ChubbyGuy40"]

Whats wrong with that? I had to activate Shogun 2 over Steam and thats a GOTY contender!

Ravensmash

i would say so yes

Did Gearbox take what 3d realms worked on and simply finish it, or did they create Forever from the ground up but in a rushed manner?BodyElite

DNF is very much 3D Realms' game. Gearbox got the rights and basically put the pieces together and polished what they could.

[QUOTE="ChubbyGuy40"]

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"] A lot of things. The lack of console and fact that I have to activate the game through Steam has put me off from buying it, personally.DarkLink77

Whats wrong with that? I had to activate Shogun 2 over Steam and thats a GOTY contender!

I buy retail for the pretty boxes :P

Can't wait though, 2 more hours till I have the BoS edition installed and playing it :D

Or it's just "fun". something most gamers/reviewers dont seem to care about. Hence the lack of the good ol "funfactor" criteria. dRuGGeRnaUt

Fun is an entirely subjective notion.

Anyone can have more "fun" with a cup and ball.

Which is why "fun" is the worst way to describe the qualities of anything if you're trying to critique it, or discuss why it's of good quality.

Same reason they force Game for Windows Live on us. It's just another form of DRM. What really sucks is when you buy a game from the store and decide to activate it through steam and STILL have to activate it through Games for Windows Live. It's just ridiculous.

MrSelf-Destruct

[QUOTE="Heil68"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"] That's the rumor. Why Raven of all developers would be assigned to do MP of all things is mind boggling. They should be doing SP, if anything.DarkLink77

I wouldn't call Quake 4 awesome, but it was certainly better than Doom 3. Couldn't even finish Doom 3. Too damn boring.

Quake 3: Arena is spectacular though!

[QUOTE="MrSelf-Destruct"]

Same reason they force Game for Windows Live on us. It's just another form of DRM. What really sucks is when you buy a game from the store and decide to activate it through steam and STILL have to activate it through Games for Windows Live. It's just ridiculous.

skrat_01

All the Duke fans I know hate it thus far. You'll find out what I think soon enough :)

Kevin-V

So when will the review be out Kevin?

[QUOTE="Elann2008"] The game looks good and it's on par with some of today's games. On the other hand, there are some frame rate hiccups here and there, but overall, it's smooth.

Kevin-V

You (and I suggest to others) should download the flawlessws mod. It cleans up the game a lot and makes it look a lot better.

http://forums.duke4.net/topic/4190-flawless-widescreen-updated-what-else-are-you-guys-doing-to-optimise-ya-duke/

Even though I am enjoying DNF, I think in the future I will see why it's getting so much hate. I think back to my time spent on DRIV3R...oh how I loved the Driver series, completing both Driver 1 and 2 on the Playstation and seeing "Tanner and Jones return in 2002" at the end of Driver 2 even though it didn't come out until 2004. I had played GTA III, Vice City and even The Getaway to death and LOVED those games whilst I thought they would just be my fix until the REAL awesome game came out...DRIV3R - oh how wrong I was. I enjoyed the game at the time, purely because I was a Driver fan but looking back...DRIV3R absolutely SUCKED.

I don't care what the reveiwers say. The nights when I was a kid playing duke nukem on my packard bell 120mhz pc takes me back. So, give it a 1/10 I don't care I'm still going to get it and play it till I beat it like 5 times.

What's so bad is I was only expecting a mediocre-at-best game and was somehow still THIS disappointed...

[QUOTE="Kevin-V"]

[QUOTE="Elann2008"] The game looks good and it's on par with some of today's games. On the other hand, there are some frame rate hiccups here and there, but overall, it's smooth.

Xtasy26

You (and I suggest to others) should download the flawlessws mod. It cleans up the game a lot and makes it look a lot better.

http://forums.duke4.net/topic/4190-flawless-widescreen-updated-what-else-are-you-guys-doing-to-optimise-ya-duke/

Gamespy posted their review.They gave it a 2.5 out of 5.

What gaot me was the opening paragraph:

Let's get one thing straight: Duke Nukem Foreverhas a lot of ribald, off-color, politically incorrect, and flat-out gross moments in it. It objectifies women, possibly for comedic effect, possibly because it allows the game to have more boobs in it. It doesn't matter. The game has you grab a piece of poop out of a locker room toilet and hurl it at someone, possibly for comedic effect, possibly because the game's writers are into scatology. It doesn't matter. You may have an opinion as to whether or not these things are funny, or cool, or entertaining, and that's all legitimate -- but what isn't legitimate is trying to take Duke Nukem Forever to task for doing things you find inappropriate. Understand this: When it comes to matters of taste, the simple fact is that "inappropriate" doesn't exist.

Here are some screens for you guys to decide which platform to get it on...honestly i think your best bet is on the pc.

I must put this screenshot in here, it was hilarious.

Played about an hour of it and the game is awesome so far. Retains many of the old Duke Nukem 3D stuff.

The graphics on the PC in FULL HD 1080P with FXAA and 16X Anistrophifiltering and the graphical mod that you can download makes the game look like NIGHT and DAY difference from the console version. Easily hitting 50+ FPS.

[QUOTE="Xtasy26"]

[QUOTE="Kevin-V"] If by today's games, you mean Legendary, or Breach, then... I suppose?

alexside1

You (and I suggest to others) should download the flawlessws mod. It cleans up the game a lot and makes it look a lot better.

http://forums.duke4.net/topic/4190-flawless-widescreen-updated-what-else-are-you-guys-doing-to-optimise-ya-duke/

It's not necessarily a MOD, if I may. It just clears up some of the disgusting blur effects that are in the game and makes it look much, much clear.

Gamespy posted their review.They gave it a 2.5 out of 5.

What gaot me was the opening paragraph:

Let's get one thing straight: Duke Nukem Foreverhas a lot of ribald, off-color, politically incorrect, and flat-out gross moments in it. It objectifies women, possibly for comedic effect, possibly because it allows the game to have more boobs in it. It doesn't matter. The game has you grab a piece of poop out of a locker room toilet and hurl it at someone, possibly for comedic effect, possibly because the game's writers are into scatology. It doesn't matter. You may have an opinion as to whether or not these things are funny, or cool, or entertaining, and that's all legitimate -- but what isn't legitimate is trying to take Duke Nukem Forever to task for doing things you find inappropriate. Understand this: When it comes to matters of taste, the simple fact is that "inappropriate" doesn't exist.

DarkLink77

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

Gamespy posted their review.They gave it a 2.5 out of 5.

What gaot me was the opening paragraph:

Let's get one thing straight: Duke Nukem Foreverhas a lot of ribald, off-color, politically incorrect, and flat-out gross moments in it. It objectifies women, possibly for comedic effect, possibly because it allows the game to have more boobs in it. It doesn't matter. The game has you grab a piece of poop out of a locker room toilet and hurl it at someone, possibly for comedic effect, possibly because the game's writers are into scatology. It doesn't matter. You may have an opinion as to whether or not these things are funny, or cool, or entertaining, and that's all legitimate -- but what isn't legitimate is trying to take Duke Nukem Forever to task for doing things you find inappropriate. Understand this: When it comes to matters of taste, the simple fact is that "inappropriate" doesn't exist.

MrSelf-Destruct

Gamespy posted their review.They gave it a 2.5 out of 5.

What gaot me was the opening paragraph:

Let's get one thing straight: Duke Nukem Foreverhas a lot of ribald, off-color, politically incorrect, and flat-out gross moments in it. It objectifies women, possibly for comedic effect, possibly because it allows the game to have more boobs in it. It doesn't matter. The game has you grab a piece of poop out of a locker room toilet and hurl it at someone, possibly for comedic effect, possibly because the game's writers are into scatology. It doesn't matter. You may have an opinion as to whether or not these things are funny, or cool, or entertaining, and that's all legitimate -- but what isn't legitimate is trying to take Duke Nukem Forever to task for doing things you find inappropriate. Understand this: When it comes to matters of taste, the simple fact is that "inappropriate" doesn't exist.

DarkLink77

Conkers Bad Fur Day and Apparently that game was awesome.

[QUOTE="MrSelf-Destruct"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

Gamespy posted their review.They gave it a 2.5 out of 5.

What gaot me was the opening paragraph:

Let's get one thing straight: Duke Nukem Foreverhas a lot of ribald, off-color, politically incorrect, and flat-out gross moments in it. It objectifies women, possibly for comedic effect, possibly because it allows the game to have more boobs in it. It doesn't matter. The game has you grab a piece of poop out of a locker room toilet and hurl it at someone, possibly for comedic effect, possibly because the game's writers are into scatology. It doesn't matter. You may have an opinion as to whether or not these things are funny, or cool, or entertaining, and that's all legitimate -- but what isn't legitimate is trying to take Duke Nukem Forever to task for doing things you find inappropriate. Understand this: When it comes to matters of taste, the simple fact is that "inappropriate" doesn't exist.

DarkLink77

[QUOTE="skrat_01"][QUOTE="MrSelf-Destruct"]

Same reason they force Game for Windows Live on us. It's just another form of DRM. What really sucks is when you buy a game from the store and decide to activate it through steam and STILL have to activate it through Games for Windows Live. It's just ridiculous.

MrSelf-Destruct

This is easily the worst game I've played this gen. I enjoyed the demo, but holy crap, the full game is terrible. I guess it's hard to judge a game by only playing a 10-15 minute sample of it. I hope that fat slob George Broussard never works in the industry again.

At least we still have Serious Sam. :?

Just to fill you guys on this tool that clears up many of the blur in the PC version of Duke Nukem Forever making the game look MUCH MUCH better.

http://forums.duke4.net/topic/4190-flawless-widescreen-updated-what-else-are-you-guys-doing-to-optimise-ya-duke/

If you get a xxxx.dll error when running the flawlessws tool, download the latest Microsoft C++ redistributable 2010 (I believe that's what it is). After that you have to run the program and the Run Duke Nukem Forever AT THE SAME TIME.

If you run the program and not Duke Nukem Forever the tool will NOT remove the blurry stuff in the game.

I spent a quite a bit of time trying to figure this out, but it was well worth the game looks much much clearer and MUCH better than the regular version and at 1080P with FXAA and 16X Anistrophic Filtering the game looks like a NIGHT and DAY difference.

[QUOTE="LastRambo341"]It is a sequel to Duke Nukem 3D and supposed to play like it. But hey, if it isn't modernized (like COD) then its BAD. loldrinkerofjuice

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[QUOTE="Remmib"]No, the fans are not loving DNF. No one is.NeonNinja

PC gamers are, and I will be tomorrow.

Not this PC gamer.