Can this be the year of the Duke?

[cky]

I am genuinely surprised somebody recognized my avvy. Hail the Villain kicks some major ass

Yeah, been a fan of them since they were called Farenheit. That reminds me I need to chat with Joe about something.

Anyways, that's a shame about all the reviews. But I'll still rent it and hopefully enjoy it for what it is. I'm not expecting a AAA title at all from this, just looking to have fun with the game.

 

[Superhero 101]

Ouch i just saw the Review at IGN did not see that coming

 

[StrainedEyes]

I played a crazy amount of Borderlands and loved every minute of it. It had some issues but overall it was a lot of fun.

Gearbox is a great company and unfortunately they will have a not-great Duke game as part of their legacy from now on. Though, anyone who pays enough attention to know who Gearbox is, probably knows the story behind this game and how little fault is at Gearbox's feet.

 

[StrainedEyes]

Eurogamer Review: 3/10
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-06-12-duke-nukem-forever-review

In the end, you feel every year of Duke Nukem Forever's ridiculous, fractured development seeping out of each unsatisfying frame. With four studios sharing title space in the opening animation, and end credits which run for almost 10 minutes, the weight of so many false starts, dead ends and endlessly revised design documents proves too much. For all his muscle and bravado, Duke Nukem is actually a fragile creature. His legacy is based on a specific combination of time and technology and a mercurial element of fun that simply doesn't lend itself to repetition, especially after so long in limbo.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Gearbox is a great company and unfortunately they will have a not-great Duke game as part of their legacy from now on. Though, anyone who pays enough attention to know who Gearbox is, probably knows the story behind this game and how little fault is at Gearbox's feet.

Exactly.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Wow, I have yet to see a good review.

 

[Alchemyst]

5.5 on IGN looks like I wont be getting this until sometime later down the line. Not worth 60 bucks at the moment

 

[Matt Mortem]

5.5 on IGN looks like I wont be getting this until sometime later down the line. Not worth 60 bucks at the moment

I'm with you. It's definitely not worth full price. I'd rather get LA Noire or Crysis 2

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

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[Lord]

It's a shame this wasn't released earlier, from what i read some time after Half-life 2 was released this game was considered ahead of its time, but they changed it and made the game look older.

 

[Soapy]

I'm very familiar with the story of the development of Duke Nukem Forever, which I happen to find much, much more interesting than the game itself. Which is why I think Gearbox went about this all wrong.

Instead of dragging it out at every event, releasing it at full price (even going so far as to make a "special edition") with all the pomp and circumstance normally reserved for AAA games and generally making a spectacle out of it, Randy Pitchford should have just said "Hey, we inherited this thing, and we kind of like Duke so we're going to put it out at a budget price for posterity's sake."

Maybe they could have even got George Broussard to write a candid book about the development process or made a documentary or something about it and included that with it. I know it's not the flashiest way to release a game, and they probably wouldn't have made as much money that way, but I feel like that's the best possible they could have approached it. I know I, who otherwise have no interest in Duke Nukem, would have bought it if that were the case.

 

[Benstamania]

^Exactly.

When I played the demo the game seriously FELT 12 years old... just a little better looking. The best part of the demo was the opening that was a throw back to one of the bosses in Duke Nukem 3D.

From there it fell completely apart.

5.5 on IGN looks like I wont be getting this until sometime later down the line. Not worth 60 bucks at the moment

With it getting low scores I'm sure we'll see this in the budget bin in no time.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

It's going to be hard to take Randy Pitchford serously now.

 

[The Morningstar]

I was thinking of getting this today... then I decided to pick up Dead Space 2 and The Darkness for a cool 20.

 

[Lord]

It seems like there's no poiint in getting the balls of steel edition exept for the development of the game itself and the statue.

 

[Nathan]

I'm not surprised. And I'm not blaming Gearbox for this. All they did was to take on the task of putting a ****ty game together that would have never seen the light of day otherwise.

 

[Benstamania]

It may not be Gearbox's "fault" but they should have done exactly what Soapy said. I also believe that they should have just canned Forever and started development on a completely new from the ground up Duke Nukem. I wonder if they'll do that now since they own the rights to try to redeem the Franchise/Character... or if they'll just let it rest?

 

[Lord]

There were some cool stuff from early versions of Forever, i wonder if they'll keep them in the game.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Gearbox is a great company and unfortunately they will have a not-great Duke game as part of their legacy from now on. Though, anyone who pays enough attention to know who Gearbox is, probably knows the story behind this game and how little fault is at Gearbox's feet.

Gearbox's legacy will be that they were the ones that slayed the Duke Nukem dragon and did the impossible.

They shipped the game. The un-releasable game was released. By them.

I think they're "Duke Legacy" might not be done yet. This isn't going to be the final Duke Nukem game. They could wind up working on the next one, though I don't know how large that studio even is.

It may not be Gearbox's "fault" but they should have done exactly what Soapy said. I also believe that they should have just canned Forever and started development on a completely new from the ground up Duke Nukem. I wonder if they'll do that now since they own the rights to try to redeem the Franchise/Character... or if they'll just let it rest?

They won't let it rest.

What would be the point of inheriting this thing, if they could make a new one later?

 

[Benstamania]

True.

Regardless of how the game is received Gearbox WILL be known as the company that released the unreleasable game.

I get a kick out of the Nukem games for the most part. I'd like to see what Gearbox had to offer with a completely new game made completely by them.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

I think that has to be the plan. To get this out of the way, and then work on they're own thing. Wasn't there leaked paperwork that there had been a "Duke Nukem Begins" in the works? Maybe they'll run with that idea.

The crazy thing is, it took over a decade to get this one done. Watch them make a new Duke Nukem game, built from the ground up, and released in two years or something.

 

[Nathan]

I have no interest in Duke Nukem whatsoever. But if a new game gets made entirely by Gearbox, I might actually give it a try.

 

[Benstamania]

I think CAD says it best...

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

But it doesn't play like a game from 1998.

 

[Benstamania]

Felt like it to me. It played like a "meh" FPS from 1998.