Can this be the year of the Duke?

[Ponyboy]

Quick Look: Duke Nukem Forever

*sigh*

It certainly doesn't excite me... yet.

 

[Balthus Dire]

For all the crying about the "bad graphics," I think it looks fine. COD's MP graphics are way worse and nobody cries about that.

 

[Matt Mortem]

The graphics don't look bad IMO. The game itself does

 

[jacobed]

This game unfortunately was a huge waste of money. I wasnt expecting much and I got even less.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

For all the crying about the "bad graphics," I think it looks fine. COD's MP graphics are way worse and nobody cries about that.

I kind of agree with you there, tried abit of Black Op's MP and it looked terrible. No idea why that got a pass.

 

[jacobed]

Because its fun and its a bit of exagerratiob saying this looks better than cod because it doesnt. Its multiplayer maps look like something from the ps2 era.

 

[Balthus Dire]

As much as it kills me I'm going to wait until this comes down in price. I'm a huge Duke fan and I was really excited about this game, and I know I'll still end up buying it eventually, but not at $60. Sad face.

 

[zeptron]

As much as it kills me I'm going to wait until this comes down in price. I'm a huge Duke fan and I was really excited about this game, and I know I'll still end up buying it eventually, but not at $60. Sad face.

Same here.

 

[Matt Mortem]

I'm waiting till its in the bargain bin. This is not a full price buy

 

[terry78]

Played some multiplayer earlier today, it's not that bad. I'm not a big FPS dude anyways so I don't give two ****s about all that, but the tongue in cheek humor helped.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Has anyone heard anything about the supposed DLC packs coming up for the game?

Something about a 15 level single player expansion pack?

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Gearbox is usually quite generous with addon content so it wouldn't be surprising.

 

[terry78]

I would like some levels from 3D done in the current graphics style as a couple extras.

 

[Matt Mortem]

I would like ALL of 3D done with current graphics. But I'm greedy like that

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Don't know if any of guys have heard about the Twitter debacle that happened yesterday, but Redner (or The Redner Group) had threatened, publicly on Twitter, to blacklist journalists because of the "venom" spewed in reviews for Duke Nukem Forever.

http://www.planetxbox360.com/article_14840/The_Redner_Group_Growls_at_Duke_Nukem_Forever_Reviewers

I read some tweets from journalists, like Jeff Gertsmann, who said he was a really nice guy who was probably under a lot of stress in dealing with the negative reviews that have been hitting since it's release and got emotional.

Either way, the "blacklisting" threat was kinda a big deal. And now there's the fallout of it all.

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/pr-fi...pologizes-over-duke-nukem-review-scores/3387/

So, Redner Group (or Redner himself, who I guess would be the guy in charge) has apologized publicly and privately to journalists.

And 2K Games has now fired the PR firm from representing they're products.

 

[Duke]

I'm definitely going to buy the game, but when it goes down a bit in price.

 

[Benstamania]

Oh I said I'll probably pick it up... just because I want to have the game that took forever to launch, lol.

However, it will have to come down drastically. 19.99 or less.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Got the game yesterday since I had some Best Buy Reward certificates. Haven't even game to the real game yet though, still going through the intro.

Kind of disappointing that two of the things I've been excited for this summer, Green Lantern and Duke Nukem, came out in the same week and both are getting trashed by the critics.

 

[Benstamania]

Ugh, don't remind me of Green Lantern... I was SO pumped for that. I doubt I even see it in theaters now. I have hope that Transformers turns out good (even though I HATED Revenge of the Fallen). Cap BETTER turn out good as well.

 

[Balthus Dire]

So you won't even watch it because you heard it's bad?

 

[StrainedEyes]

So you won't even watch it because you heard it's bad?

Most people don't want to spend money on something that isn't good. For the price of one bad movie in the theaters he could watch a hundred bad movies through Netflix.

 

[Benstamania]

So you won't even watch it because you heard it's bad?

I'm very selective with my movies. They're not cheap anymore... More so the 3D ones. It's not like I read ONE bad review and said "no way bucco!" I've read several... well, pretty much every review.

Green Lantern is about equal to Batman (not exactly) in terms of favorite Super Heroes... and I want to see a film that does the character and lore justice, not pay for crap.

So, I'd rather save that ticket money for something that doesn't (apparently) suck.

 

[Matt Mortem]

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/duke-nukem-forever/review.html?tag=summary;read-review

Gamespot gave this a 3.0. I've rarely seen them give a game a score that low, especially a big release like Duke. WOW. I'm very disappointed in how this game is and is being received.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

It seems weird Randy Pitchford was so beaming about the game. I wonder if it was a massive display of insincerity knowing the game was a failure or he was just living in a galaxy far, far away.

 

[StrainedEyes]

It seems weird Randy Pitchford was so beaming about the game. I wonder if it was a massive display of insincerity knowing the game was a failure or he was just living in a galaxy far, far away.

He couldn't stand there telling the public the game was ****, he had to sell it and he did. Pitchford is a great pitch-man, he always sounds so excited and proud of the stuff he is working on and it's infectious. Also, the guy has an awesome office: http://www.giantbomb.com/the-best-office-in-the-video-game-industry/17-1204/

I don't hold DNF against Gearbox. They just glued this hot mess together, made sure it didn't crash constantly, and shipped it. Good on them for finally shutting the book on this insanity and making some money doing it.