Mixed.
For vapourware it's incredible. For a 1998 game it's incredible. For a modern FPS it's not brilliant, but I've had a lot of fun with it so far. It's pretty much exactly what you expect duke nukem to be and the first ten or 15 minutes or so are fucking awesome (don't skip to the menu, watch the full intro).

I'm really enjoying it. I stopped a few hours in and thought I'd play a bit of LA Noire instead but I went for a piss then went straight back to it, so it's got more draw than I expected.

I read a review that says bulletstorm is a more suitable successor to Duke 3D and that may be right, the demo was fucking awesome, but this is duke nukem forever. I've been waiting over a decade for this motherfucker and while it may not match up to the latest shooters it's pretty fucking good and if you played duke 3d you'll enjoy it.

Overall, it's pretty good but it's a decade old. I'm glad I bought it today but as I said I can't help but feel a little bit sad that it's actually happened, it's brought the 90s to an end.
( CowJam, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 1:06, archived)