I'd give duke nukem forever a miss

( CowJam, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 18:49, archived)

Is it shit? It looks kind of shit but I had hoped it wouldn't be shit.

( Maffers I flow kinda strange like Spina Bifida footprints, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 18:51, archived)

Yeah, it's a bit shit.
If you enjoyed the original it might be worth picking up when it's down to £15 or less but it's not worth getting now.
( CowJam, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 19:20, archived)

Have you played it yet?
I was excited about the possibility of a good return for Duke, but all I've heard is people saying it's puerile and childish. I thought that was the point of Duke Nukem.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 20 Jun 2011, 18:51, archived)

I'm sure the puerile childishness would have been overlooked or maybe even enjoyed
if the game itself was any good, but everything I've read seems to agree that it's really poorly made as well, considering the 14 year development time.
( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 18:55, archived)

It's a shame
can't win 'em all though. I'll probably still pick it up when it drops below £20, and if it's that bad i won't have to wait too long.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 20 Jun 2011, 18:58, archived)

Shitting hell, I wouldn't pay more than £10 for it, if I was going to bother with it at all.
The biggest selling point seems to be that it contains the odd pair of tits and a few cock jokes.
( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 18:59, archived)

so it's the gaming equivalent of QOTW?

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 20 Jun 2011, 19:02, archived)

There's a few good lines in it that made me laugh.

( CowJam, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 19:16, archived)

and you can grab a shit out of a loo and throw it!
( SoBadItsGood Its only a crime if you earn <£100000, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 19:54, archived)

b3ta.com/talk/7222203
( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 19:57, archived)

Sounds hilarious, reserve me a copy

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 19:58, archived)

They probably had to rewrite it from scratch every time a new platform came out.
And then rushed to finish it before the Xbox 720, PS4 or whatever is next. There's no excuse for spending that long though, considering the resources they must have been able to throw at it.
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 19:07, archived)

That's no excuse for using the same aliens and weapons as duke 3d

( CowJam, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 19:18, archived)

What happened was 3D Realms acted like a teenager who hadn't done their homework for about 12 years
until they all got shitcanned, then 2K and Gearbox came along and made a right fucking hash of it, which they then ported over to the Xbox, badly.
( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 19:20, archived)

Quote taken directly from the back-of-box copy

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 19:29, archived)

If it were released in 1998 the reviews would have said that it was an uninspiring sequel
that brought nothing new to the game.

The first ten or 15 minutes are fun, after that it starts to grind but I'm determined to finish it. There seems to be easy bits then all of a sudden a boss will drop out of the sky and kill you. Then you have to wait an entire minute for the game to reload. After a couple of attempts you'll have found an unlimited ammo crate and a place to hide and then it's a piece of piss.

It's less original than Duke 3d and while I admit it's been a fair few years since I played it DNF seems far more linear with a smaller gaming area.
( CowJam, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 19:15, archived)

I read a review that said it was really bad and quite misogynistic.
Nothing like the brilliant original fps.
( Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 18:52, archived)

Played the demo of the Manhattan Project when it was released on XBLA, turned it off after 20 minutes.
The continual recycling of a few spoken phrases every time an enemy was killed really started to grate. I think, from what I've seen of the new one, this will be much the same.
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 19:10, archived)

Actually the only phrase repetition I've noticed
is when I find a supply crate.
( CowJam, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 19:17, archived)

It speaks volumes though when a software house seems too scared to release a playable demo on XBLA,
insisting that potential customers satisfy themselves with a couple of not entirely representative of gameplay videos and some shoes for your avatar
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 19:31, archived)