Duke Nukem Forever on Steam

[skace]

I agree with Nitro in several respects. I also picked up Duke for $25 dollars. It is nowhere near as bad as reviews have painted it, I'm sort of ashamed I let said reviews affect my judgement so much.

However it does have several faults. The worst of which is that the graphics engine is pretty wonky. It just doesn't run well. I decided to turn post processing effects off since they seem to go haywire, I'm not sure if it is because I have 2 video cards or not.

While Duke does have some funny lines, it definitely wreaks of trying too hard. For instance, the girls with Duke at the beginning are absolutely annoying. If they had been even slightly tolerable it probably would have changed my entire appearance. I would rather have seen Duke with someone worth having than some complete retards. I know it sounds trivial, but it makes a significant difference on his persona. When I played Duke Nukem 3D, Duke came across as a larger than life hero and a general badass with funny lines. Playing DNF is like finding out that the highschool quarterback who kicked ass still thinks he is in high school at 40. And just so we are clear, that isn't a knock at Duke for doing similar things after 12 years, it is more than that. Duke went from Hero to Megalomaniac. That is the problem with his personality and the jokes that surround him for some of the game.

But, even with those flaws the game most importantly keeps me entertained more so than many other FPS games. And for that reason alone it is worth playing.

 

[sandorski]

The 2 Weapon limit sucks and needs to go if they intend on releasing more Duke games.

 

[manimal]

Any mods that let you carry more guns? I personally have enjoyed Duke though I have not finished. I am playing it in 3d as well and the graphics to me aside from the textures is fine.

I did spend about 2 hours off and on at the strip club playing the mini games.

 

[finbarqs]

any mods so all your aliens are naked women?

 

[Soundmanred]

any mods so all your aliens are naked women?

4 chan

 

[nitromullet]

Oh come on, you're saying you didn't write something hilarious in the book when the kid asked for an autograph, or drew a giant dick on the monster on the whiteboard in the beginning of the game? There was a lot of funnies in it, it's just people have gotten too stuffy and cynical to laugh anymore.

I think you misunderstand me. There are a few chuckles and quite a bit of stuff to dork around with in the game if drawing dicks and playing pinball is your sort of thing. My point was that Duke (the character) is just kind of a jerk, it really doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the content.

skace really hit the nail on the head:

When I played Duke Nukem 3D, Duke came across as a larger than life hero and a general badass with funny lines. Playing DNF is like finding out that the highschool quarterback who kicked ass still thinks he is in high school at 40. And just so we are clear, that isn't a knock at Duke for doing similar things after 12 years, it is more than that. Duke went from Hero to Megalomaniac. That is the problem with his personality and the jokes that surround him for some of the game.

But, even with those flaws the game most importantly keeps me entertained more so than many other FPS games. And for that reason alone it is worth playing.

:thumbsup:

 

[apoppin]

I think you misunderstand me. There are a few chuckles and quite a bit of stuff to dork around with in the game if drawing dicks and playing pinball is your sort of thing. My point was that Duke (the character) is just kind of a jerk, it really doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the content.

What i like about the Duke character is that he doesn't ever take himself seriously - unlike some of the 'critics'

 

[Soundmanred]

 

[shortylickens]

Normally I dont go along with the crowd, but theres a damn good reason this game received tons of hate and shot down in price so quickly.

 

[Lifted]

I just got it in the 2k mega pack on Amazon. I've never played it, and have no desire too, but I'm not sure if I even want to give the steam key to a friend or not. It's sort of like giving a bag of shit as a gift.

 

[Skott]

Poor Duke. They did him so wrong. <sniff>

 

[shortylickens]

Poor Duke. They did him so wrong. <sniff>

At least they finished him.
3D Realms gave birth and then let him sit in the corner with no TV or friends.

 

[Red Hawk]

I just got it in the 2k mega pack on Amazon. I've never played it, and have no desire too, but I'm not sure if I even want to give the steam key to a friend or not. It's sort of like giving a bag of shit as a gift.

Literally, considering the first thing you can do in the game is take a piss and fling crap everywhere.

 

[diesbudt]

I also did fire up the Duke Nukem game for PC I purchased a few weeks back on amazon (activated through steam)


I must say, really like the game so far and am entertained by it, but it is so horrendously bad at the same time.

And If I remember playing the original Duke Nukem on N64, that tutorial/first fight in DNF, wasn't that the last fight in the N64 version? Seemed eriely familier.

 

[diesbudt]

At least they finished him.
3D Realms gave birth and then let him sit in the corner with no TV or friends.

Finished him, then made a joke about it being 12 years at the beginning of the game.

 

[BFG10K]

The two weapon limit was raised to four in one of the patches. I’ll get the game when it’s cheap enough.

 

[monkeh624]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/201...-babe-duke-nukem-reads-e-l-james/#more-116368

lol

 

[Crow550]

I heard the Doctor Who Cloned Me was actually really fun. I believe Gearbox developed it and not 3D Realms?

Anyways it's $2.50 on Steam.

 

[BFG10K]

$4.99 did it for me. I also got the Dr Proton expansion pack for $2.49.