Can this be the year of the Duke?

[Solidus]

Well I decided against getting it. Maybe when it is 20 bucks I will get it more so as Jeff G. said at Giant Bomb to see a piece of "history" so to speak. There are too many great games out there to play, I have not even gotten to open Infamous 2 yet so I will be busy with that.

Sad that this game ended up this way, but man I wonder how George B. from 3D Realms is handling this, really if there is blame, it should go to him, not Randy.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Pitchford is the one who pitched it. I don't think he should be absolved.
He's somewhat piddled on his cred and made Gearbox look bad imo.

 

[Solidus]

Eh I always thought he seemed reserved about it to a point. But that is what a pitch man does, sell even the worst products. In the end 3D Realms should be ashamed even with Gearbox working for 2 years on this game, that they could not make it good. I feel sorry for the guys that spent almost 15 years working on that game to see this.

 

[Franklin Richards]

So anyway...


I've been having great fun with this. Love killing pigs with my shotgun. And I love the movie theater map. Reminds me of the old school map.


I'm loving the multiplay and so far the campaign is fun.

 

[StrainedEyes]

Pitchford is the one who pitched it. I don't think he should be absolved.
He's somewhat piddled on his cred and made Gearbox look bad imo.

He was selling the game that his company bought and worked on. I don't understand what you expected him to do, **** all over the game and tell people not to buy it?

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Make a better game? Not sell a turd as gold? I respected him before, now I don't.
In the long run this will effect my opinion of his games also. He's a bad person.

 

[StrainedEyes]

From Randy Pitchford's Twitter:

With sales data, It seems like *customers* love Duke. I guess sometimes we want greasy hamburgers instead of caviar...

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

He should look at metacritic or gamespots user reviews.

 

[Soapy]

It would be really interesting to know how many of these customers have traded DNF in a month from now.

 

[StrainedEyes]

Eh I always thought he seemed reserved about it to a point. But that is what a pitch man does, sell even the worst products. In the end 3D Realms should be ashamed even with Gearbox working for 2 years on this game, that they could not make it good. I feel sorry for the guys that spent almost 15 years working on that game to see this.

Yeah, seriously, wtf were 3D Realms doing?

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Here's a story about the guy who pre-ordered DNF almost 10 years ago

http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/06/17/061711-apps-virtuallife-nukem-1-2/

 

[Balthus Dire]

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.

Why do you have a quip for everything I say?

"Good" is subjective. What one person might think is total crap another might actually like. Just make up your own mind rather than letting someone tell you what sucks and what doesn't.

 

[Benstamania]

I'm sure SOMEONE out there likes Batman & Robin....

I'll probably watch Green Lantern, heck... I'll probably buy the BluRay, but I'm not going to pay 15 bucks per ticket to see a movie that I could, potentially, dislike.

Films come to BluRay (and DVD) extremely fast anymore. I'll just buy it for 15 bucks on Amazon Prime and make my own mind up then....

 

[Balthus Dire]

Fair enough. As long as you make up your own mind that's all I care about.

 

[Soapy]

The quality of something is not subjective. You can judge something as "good" or "bad" independently of liking it or disliking it. Example: I can watch The Godfather II and see that it's clearly a great movie, but I just don't like it. The Room is a terrible movie, but I love it. Etc.

 

[Benstamania]

I'll actually probably see this in theaters at some point. I'm to much of a Green Lantern fan not to. :-/

 

[Coca Cola Duracell Franklin.]

I'll actually probably see this in theaters at some point. I'm to much of a Green Lantern fan not to. :-/

You have ruined this website.

 

[Benstamania]

Yup. I did.

Go cry more.

 

[Balthus Dire]

The quality of something is not subjective. You can judge something as "good" or "bad" independently of liking it or disliking it. Example: I can watch The Godfather II and see that it's clearly a great movie, but I just don't like it. The Room is a terrible movie, but I love it. Etc.

I never commented on the quality, bub. I said he should form his own opinion, not base his opinion on the likes and dislikes of others. Thanks for the grammar lesson, though.

 

[Darkness Falls]

playing through it atm
are certain levels bad..... yea

but its DUKE

 

[jacobed]

Just about the only thing they did right in this game are the references to movies and stuff. They were pretty hilarious, lots and lots of easter eggs to be found. Other than that, its crap, I've already sold it and regretted buying it.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Make a better game? Not sell a turd as gold? I respected him before, now I don't.
In the long run this will effect my opinion of his games also. He's a bad person.

A bad person...? Seriously...?

It's hard for me to toss even half of the blame on Gearbox. 15 Years, man...

It would be really interesting to know how many of these customers have traded DNF in a month from now.

Can't you say that about most games that aren't Halo or COD?

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/take-two-ceo-threatens-the-world-with-more-duke-nukem/3404/

Looks likes Duke will be getting a sequel out of Take-Two.

Which makes sense.

 

[StrainedEyes]

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/take-two-ceo-threatens-the-world-with-more-duke-nukem/3404/

Looks likes Duke will be getting a sequel out of Take-Two.

Which makes sense.

I am willing to listen to the idea of a Duke game made from scratch by Gearbox.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

I'm looking forward to Yahtzees review.