As I've said before: If it turned out to be really great, then you'd likely have said "It was always going to be great!" instead of "It was always going to be crap!"
I wish it had at least turned out to be good. I don't need a 10/10 must play experience, just a bit of a nostalgia trip. However, if I'm going to be bored half the time I don't want to bother even when it gets to the bargain bin.
The game just doesn't feel like a Duke game. It's more of your average shoot em up except a little more bland. The reviewer seems to think graphics make a game better, I think not, I play games for their style & story. DNF is unique in the sense it's very humorous but lacks anything other than follow this this & this.
Compare the level design to Duke3D and you will be astonished there is much much more to the levels as D3D than in DNF. I think the devs have being incredibly lazy in terms of the level design. 50/100 seems about right but as above, not happy that the score maybe based on the gfx.
I think this review was far to nice because ive played this steaming pile of crap and i would struggle to give it even 20/100. This was one of the worst first person games ive ever played. And the whole nostalgia angle doesnt work for me either since i wasnt a fan of the original. You should never poke a corpse with a stick just leave useless old dead games in the grave where they belong.
TBH, I was unsure of the score you'd give it, anywhere between 20 to 95%. It seems the only review site that gave it anything amounting to a positive review was PC Gamer, which quite frankly makes one wonder if money changed hands.
The review is spot on. I'm annoyed that I paid £30 for it, but at the end of the day I had to see what had taken 14/15 years to make!
Well I actually enjoyed the game. Yes it's long overdue and graphics aren't as nice as I'd like, but the game is fun and it's 100% Duke Nukem. The obscene stuff is meant to be there and if you find the nudity embarrassing then you obviously have never played Duke Nukem 3D. And if you have played DN3D and still find the nudity embarrassing then there is something wrong with you.
I was a big fan of Duke Nukem back in 1998 when i played Duke Nukem: Time to Kill.
This is my first outing with Duke in 3D and it's just plain boring.
I loved the obscenity, the nudity and everything Duke but the game play didn't start getting interested until like a few hours in (the kitchen stage in the Burger bar) and even then i got bored at the monster truck driving stage after that and switched off.
Graphics didn't seem that bad to me, not as good as Bulletstorm or Metro2033 but certainly acceptable, in fact the female models were the most realistic i've ever seen in a game (hehe), i think at least 5 years of work went into those, lmao
Overall, disappointing game, let's hope they make another one with proper nerve racking action with unlimited weapon selection and collectible health, proper old school like it should of been!
Well I'm going to go against the grain and say I loved this game. Thankfully I never quite got angry at it taking so long and forgot about it in patches. In ways it kind of feels like a hybrid between FEAR 2 and Half Life 2. I went into it expecting pretty much nothing.
I really didn't have a problem with the long levels because I really did enjoy every moment. But then I really don't like war games and all we seem to have had over recent years is sequel after sequel to war games. Sure Crysis 2 wasn't a war game but it also wasn't very good. I preferred Duke in every way.
This game 'feels' and pretty much looks like it should have been direct competition for Doom 3 and Half Life 2. And IMO it would have comfortably sat between the two. If I'm completely honest here (and I am rather eccentric) then I could say that since those two games I have been waiting for this one. I have enjoyed a handful of games since that era though.
I do want to say thanks to Bit-Tech. Whilst the game did not recieve a good score (I wasn't really expecting it to) the review was fantastic. It did not start out with the lines "The gameplay and graphics are dated". I like the dated gameplay and I have found the graphics to be more than adequate and at times very pretty. There really isn't anything wrong with the game and if you are a bit childish and enjoy tongue in cheek humour Duke has it in abundance.
Thanks guys. I really enjoyed your very fair take on this game. It makes a change from some one with a 10+ year axe to grind who was just waiting to spit out their massive reserves of venom.
I've played 10h+ on it, and I'm liking it... the "Boss battles" (so old school), the jokes, the levels where Duke is a small dude, the kitchen level was aweeesomee!! It's just different, if it came out 3 years ago It would be a great game.
But I only play it for the fun, and it delivered... (after the first 30min, that was soo bad that I wanted to delete it from my PC), I just got to an underwater level, but I didn't have the time to go on...
It has good levels, we can see that it's has a great wide of variety in it, I'm liking it and I'm not sorrow for my 45eur that I paid in Steam.
Hope that Gearbox makes a new Duke game, this one was to close the cycle, so many years in development, it just had to be delivered.
Originally Posted by mpr Question is, can the modding community fix it and make it the ultimate sleeper hit of the year?
It really isn't broken to be honest. You just need to imagine that it's 2004, Doom 3 and Half Life 2 have come out and you have finished both and then use this as the progression. The console versions are awful which (sorry to sound spiteful) I was quite happy about. It's about time we got the premier and not the sloppy seconds.
I suppose it's either glass half full or half empty, long memory or fickle. Thankfully I can cast myself back to when this game released and enjoy it for what it would have been then, rather than what it is now.
It seems like the jokes about the length of its development were more fun than the actual game. I'll give it a miss at least until its on sale for under £5.
Hope that Gearbox makes a new Duke game, this one was to close the cycle, so many years in development, it just had to be delivered.
They've definitely set it up. If you watch the guy die just before you fight the leech Duke says "Well, I guess he won't be in the sequel"
I haven't got there yet, maybe tonight :D I'm really enjoying it, I want to finish it, It took 14 years to be here and I want to honour it :D
I'm trully happy with it, I've played lots of games, but they all get dull real quick for me, the Duke scared me at first with the RC Car crap, but then it got good.
And I'm curious about the DLC in the main menu, in 14 years of development there has to be looots of scrap levels and stuff that they didn't include in the final game, I hope that Gearbox releases those levels.
I really enjoyed it. Played through in one sit in and was happy with it: Immature over the top humor as I was expecting, and it delivered. Take it seriously and you won't enjoy it at all, take it as the character: Duke Nukem and you'll love it.
Ive played all the way through this and....i really enjoyed it too, I seriously think this game has been given an unfair, lets jump on the wagon and agree with other reviewers 'bashing'. As for you a**holes that haven't even played the game, yet feel its your right to comment anyway, well, no wonder the country is in the state its in morons
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ReplyThere was no way on earth DN:F was going to be considered a 'good' game by any modern standards.
Compare the level design to Duke3D and you will be astonished there is much much more to the levels as D3D than in DNF. I think the devs have being incredibly lazy in terms of the level design. 50/100 seems about right but as above, not happy that the score maybe based on the gfx.
The review is spot on. I'm annoyed that I paid £30 for it, but at the end of the day I had to see what had taken 14/15 years to make!
This is my first outing with Duke in 3D and it's just plain boring.
I loved the obscenity, the nudity and everything Duke but the game play didn't start getting interested until like a few hours in (the kitchen stage in the Burger bar) and even then i got bored at the monster truck driving stage after that and switched off.
Graphics didn't seem that bad to me, not as good as Bulletstorm or Metro2033 but certainly acceptable, in fact the female models were the most realistic i've ever seen in a game (hehe), i think at least 5 years of work went into those, lmao
Overall, disappointing game, let's hope they make another one with proper nerve racking action with unlimited weapon selection and collectible health, proper old school like it should of been!
An opportunity very much wasted, as im sure i can speak for all the DN fans, that this was something i was looking forward to.
I wont be parting with my hard earned cash for this..... :(
But I guess The MGS series has spoiled me with days and days of gameplay. But 9 hours is simply dissapointing.
I really didn't have a problem with the long levels because I really did enjoy every moment. But then I really don't like war games and all we seem to have had over recent years is sequel after sequel to war games. Sure Crysis 2 wasn't a war game but it also wasn't very good. I preferred Duke in every way.
This game 'feels' and pretty much looks like it should have been direct competition for Doom 3 and Half Life 2. And IMO it would have comfortably sat between the two. If I'm completely honest here (and I am rather eccentric) then I could say that since those two games I have been waiting for this one. I have enjoyed a handful of games since that era though.
I do want to say thanks to Bit-Tech. Whilst the game did not recieve a good score (I wasn't really expecting it to) the review was fantastic. It did not start out with the lines "The gameplay and graphics are dated". I like the dated gameplay and I have found the graphics to be more than adequate and at times very pretty. There really isn't anything wrong with the game and if you are a bit childish and enjoy tongue in cheek humour Duke has it in abundance.
Thanks guys. I really enjoyed your very fair take on this game. It makes a change from some one with a 10+ year axe to grind who was just waiting to spit out their massive reserves of venom.
But I only play it for the fun, and it delivered... (after the first 30min, that was soo bad that I wanted to delete it from my PC), I just got to an underwater level, but I didn't have the time to go on...
It has good levels, we can see that it's has a great wide of variety in it, I'm liking it and I'm not sorrow for my 45eur that I paid in Steam.
Hope that Gearbox makes a new Duke game, this one was to close the cycle, so many years in development, it just had to be delivered.
It really isn't broken to be honest. You just need to imagine that it's 2004, Doom 3 and Half Life 2 have come out and you have finished both and then use this as the progression. The console versions are awful which (sorry to sound spiteful) I was quite happy about. It's about time we got the premier and not the sloppy seconds.
I suppose it's either glass half full or half empty, long memory or fickle. Thankfully I can cast myself back to when this game released and enjoy it for what it would have been then, rather than what it is now.
They've definitely set it up. If you watch the guy die just before you fight the leech Duke says "Well, I guess he won't be in the sequel"
I haven't got there yet, maybe tonight :D I'm really enjoying it, I want to finish it, It took 14 years to be here and I want to honour it :D
I'm trully happy with it, I've played lots of games, but they all get dull real quick for me, the Duke scared me at first with the RC Car crap, but then it got good.
And I'm curious about the DLC in the main menu, in 14 years of development there has to be looots of scrap levels and stuff that they didn't include in the final game, I hope that Gearbox releases those levels.
Bottom line, I'm happy with the game
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