Duke Nukem (Took) Forever!
I don't know anything about it, except:
- It's from 3D Realms.
- It's Duke Nukem.
And, really, that's all I need to know.
Anyone getting it? Can it possibly live up to the wait? Does anyone even care at this point?
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- It's from 3D Realms.
It's partly from 3D Realms. The studio no longer exists, the unfinished game and IP was purchased by Gearbox and they finished it.
Funny when you hear Gearbox talk about it though because they seem to feel like they had to do this, almost like a public service or something. Personally, I'm not expecting much out of this one, but Gearbox bought the IP so I'll be interested to see what they do with it in the next game as I think they are a better dev studio than 3D Realms ever was.
You're right, Kirk, it's almost like a personal crusade for these guys to close one of the biggest chapters in gaming history. I still have an old gaming magazine from, like, ten years ago with the original announcement of the game, so I'm thinking about getting it framed. Did you hear that Gamestop will still honor pre-order slips if you've kept them? One of those should entitle you to a free collectors edition or something.
As for the quality of the game, I dunno. Whenever a game takes years upon years to come out, people usually fall into one or two camps. Either, "This game took forever - it's going to be awesome!" or "This game took forever - it must be total garbage!" In my experience though, they typically end up just being okay (like Too Human, another one of those six-seven year titles). At this point, there's no way the game can live up to the legend of its development cycle, so it probably doesn't matter either way.
But yeah, I'll probably check it out. If only to see proof that it's actually finished.
-Chris Lewis Carter-
Personally, I'm waiting for it to be on a STEAM sale. I really don't want to spend $60 on it, and I feel that this must be played on PC.
It's kind of like Chinese Democracy, by Guns N' Roses. Or was that just Axl Rose? 3D Realms or Gearbox? Things get so confusing after a decade wait.
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I'll probably wait until used copies start showing up for under $40. A week or two, I figure. Still, I *am* interested in giving it a play.
"Tuffy, you're a Dalek, but only because you're only being kept alive by metal, science and hatred." - ScubaSteve1729
Its Duke Nukem, you're not going to get an award winning game play experience. You're going to get tits, crude humor and over the top gun fights. And You bet your ass its going to be fantastic and horrible all in one go.
I remember playing the original side scrolling 2d Duke on MS DOS.
i'll be getting it. there's a 13 year old boy somewhere inside the thirty year old which i have reluctantly become, that still thinks (read: is rather convinced) that this will be the coolest shit ever.
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Read some reviews from people who played the demo and apparently the game plays a lot like CoD.
Only able to carry 2 weapons, regenerating health, die easily, etc.
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See? That's how I felt about Chinese Democracy. 
And then I listend to it. 
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Guess what guys?
The game sucks: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/10/duke-nukem-forever-review-fail-to-the-...
"My April fools joke: A rabbi and a priest walk into a bar. The rabbi orders a beer. The priest orders a whiskey. They have an engaging conversation about the world economy because they are both educated on such matters. Richard Dawkins walks in with a pack of savage scientists, and yells: "I AM HERE TO HAVE AN ORGY OF SCIENTIFIC REASONING IN THE FACE OF YOUR QUAINT SUPERSTITIONS." The priest and the rabbi finish their drinks and quietly leave the bar as Richard Dawkins begins to masturbate." -Phil Jourdan
dude, that article is complaining about the things that make duke who he is, primarily the overall world view the game has, and the purposely dated 'quips'. it's apparent to me that the reviewer on this site has no idea what he's talking about. furthermore, comparing duke to bulletstorm is a little more than blasphemous.
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“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin
At the end of the day, dated is still dated, and Duke Nukem is a fucking dinosaur.
"My April fools joke: A rabbi and a priest walk into a bar. The rabbi orders a beer. The priest orders a whiskey. They have an engaging conversation about the world economy because they are both educated on such matters. Richard Dawkins walks in with a pack of savage scientists, and yells: "I AM HERE TO HAVE AN ORGY OF SCIENTIFIC REASONING IN THE FACE OF YOUR QUAINT SUPERSTITIONS." The priest and the rabbi finish their drinks and quietly leave the bar as Richard Dawkins begins to masturbate." -Phil Jourdan
right, but people who buy this game are like people who go to see the stones. they dont care about the new shit. they're paying sixty bucks to hear an eighteen minute version of satisfaction.
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“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin
Right. If I wanted Gears of Honor 4, I'd buy that.
"Tuffy, you're a Dalek, but only because you're only being kept alive by metal, science and hatred." - ScubaSteve1729
I prefered Serious Sam.
Leisure Suit Larry anyone?
"Tuffy, you're a Dalek, but only because you're only being kept alive by metal, science and hatred." - ScubaSteve1729
the new leisure suit larry was awful. gameplay wise
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“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin
I was just dredging up a game from the past.
"Tuffy, you're a Dalek, but only because you're only being kept alive by metal, science and hatred." - ScubaSteve1729
ok, i spent about an hour or so with DUKE NUKEM FOREVER today, and i understand people's issues with it. i dont agree (at all), but i can see where the super nerds, and the ever-politically-correct review industry have run afoul of this.
yes: the graphics are subpar when compared to even other gearbox games. i get it.
what really matters is: is it fun? does it make you smirk? is it true to the spirit of what it's supposed to be? YES!
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“...There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. You ought to have some apprehension that the man you see before you was once even younger than you are now and arrived at his present wretchedness by imperceptible degrees.”
-James Baldwin
Meh.
"My April fools joke: A rabbi and a priest walk into a bar. The rabbi orders a beer. The priest orders a whiskey. They have an engaging conversation about the world economy because they are both educated on such matters. Richard Dawkins walks in with a pack of savage scientists, and yells: "I AM HERE TO HAVE AN ORGY OF SCIENTIFIC REASONING IN THE FACE OF YOUR QUAINT SUPERSTITIONS." The priest and the rabbi finish their drinks and quietly leave the bar as Richard Dawkins begins to masturbate." -Phil Jourdan