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DUKE NUKEM FOREVER |OT| Spank One For The Good Guys
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B_Rik_Schitthaus
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go into the little half room to the left and bunny hope to avoid some of the fire from the little ones, take them out before going after the boss, after doing this a few times the big one blows the little half room up and then sends massive blasts were ever you are, on thing to remember is the area of the blast is smaller then it looks so pick a direction to dodge and stick with it.Neuromancer said:
BobTheFork
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meh, that's the easy, joke answer. Enough people saw the writing on the wall. The people who were that hyped didn't even break stride, they still love it.ArjanN said:Found this amusing:
darkpaladinmfc
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Contradiction? Old design = open ended levels.Quicksilver4648 said:
Rated-Rsuperstar
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Neuromancer said:
They'll keep spawning so you gotta attack both.
BobTheFork
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I heard people who were ready to play it but didn't end up liking it. Pretending anyone said they didn't care at all how broken it was but then it was just too awful to handle is just satire from a webcomic.animlboogy said:
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
So, finished it up. It's.. a strange game, really. It's sort of some inbetween game, where it's stuck with one foot in the 90s FPS style, and another in the modern FPS style, stuck inbetween the two different styles, making the game design almost schizophrenic.
The level design is overall disappointingly linear, and the one level they actually did make sort of open was that goddamn underwater level where Duke drowns unless you find bubbles every 30 seconds or so. Compared to the very open-ended levels in Duke 3D, DNF is a very restrictive game in terms of level design. Also, Duke's one-liners are very hit or miss ('I'll ninja this'? You can blow it out your ass, Duke).
It's by no means a great game or a worthy successor to Duke 3D, and it hasn't been worth the insanely long wait (14 years!), but.. I had fun with it. I liked it for what it is, warts and all. I don't think it deserves all the hash reviews, as it's by no means a 3/10 game. Personally I'd give it 6.5/10-7/10, but objectively it should be around a 6/10.
Thast said, I'll always be hailing to the king, baby. If there's DLC for DNF, I'll buy it.
The level design is overall disappointingly linear, and the one level they actually did make sort of open was that goddamn underwater level where Duke drowns unless you find bubbles every 30 seconds or so. Compared to the very open-ended levels in Duke 3D, DNF is a very restrictive game in terms of level design. Also, Duke's one-liners are very hit or miss ('I'll ninja this'? You can blow it out your ass, Duke).
It's by no means a great game or a worthy successor to Duke 3D, and it hasn't been worth the insanely long wait (14 years!), but.. I had fun with it. I liked it for what it is, warts and all. I don't think it deserves all the hash reviews, as it's by no means a 3/10 game. Personally I'd give it 6.5/10-7/10, but objectively it should be around a 6/10.
Thast said, I'll always be hailing to the king, baby. If there's DLC for DNF, I'll buy it.
Freeza Under The Shower
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BlackDove said:
Sales-age says different.
Wish it wasn't, but that doesn't change things.
Freeza Under The Shower
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rogue_pigeon said:
I did a full playthrough from the third level on. It was also my first enocunter with encoding video, so you may find the image quality somewhat lacking though (assuming you're used to 720 on youtube).
Quicksilver4648
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It sounds like you and I felt the same way about the game. I feel that all of the critics just wanted to trash it because of its history. In my book a 3/10 is unplayable. There are game breaking bugs and it is technically impossible to actually complete the single player.Combichristoffersen said:
Not only was DNF very playable, but I not once experience any bugs during my single playthrough and I enjoyed myself. If I want to go in and review as a casual fan then I would rate it a 7/10. The dialog was funny and I enjoyed a number of parts. If I want to put on my critic hat then I would rate it a 6/10 due to the visuals and narrow gameplay.
I don't give a shit about scores, I just don't really see why people say this is broken or even NEAR unplayable. It's fun, fairly difficult, and there's nothing wrong with the game at all beyond the shitty ass loading on consoles. I haven't run into any actual glitches either.
I beat it earlier today and found almost the entire ride fantastic. The difficulty really ramps up during the last fourth of the game and I, consequently, I found myself biting it quite a bit. That and the load times really tested my already saint-like patience but I pulled it through and really enjoyed myself. I'm currently going back through and collecting some trophies I missed the first time.
Over the last few months I've played some fantastic FPSers: Portal 2, Prey (Cherokee difficulty), Killzone 3 (which I really didn't like at first), Half-Life 2, Resisitance 2, and the original Duke 3D. I'd have to say that Duke Forever was the most fun to play through from beginning to end. With Resisitance 2 coming in a somewhat close second.
to all the haters.
Over the last few months I've played some fantastic FPSers: Portal 2, Prey (Cherokee difficulty), Killzone 3 (which I really didn't like at first), Half-Life 2, Resisitance 2, and the original Duke 3D. I'd have to say that Duke Forever was the most fun to play through from beginning to end. With Resisitance 2 coming in a somewhat close second.
to all the haters.Gave this thing two hours of time from renting this from the Gamefly for PS3...
I feel embarrassed for anyone that has a professional affiliation with this game. It's one of the most pointless and boring games I've played in recent memory. The loading, level design, graphics, and shooting all feel half baked and undone.
I feel embarrassed for anyone that has a professional affiliation with this game. It's one of the most pointless and boring games I've played in recent memory. The loading, level design, graphics, and shooting all feel half baked and undone.
quinntendopower
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finally beat "damn i'm good" tonight.
most of the game wasn't bad, a lot of it just involves moving back to a safe spot and being methodical.
most of the game wasn't bad, a lot of it just involves moving back to a safe spot and being methodical.
czk said:
IMO Prey, a FPS from a few years ago, is a much better game.
Don't forget that it, too, had a similarly tumultuous development. I think it was first announced at around the same time as DNF was - although to be fair, it also wasn't teased every single year from then on!
Da DreadLord
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I finished it in about 8 hours I think.
It's not a 'classic' by all means, but I must say I enjoyed it overall.
Graphics were ok, gameplay was ok, humor was good, story.. do we really need a story lol
Prey was indeed better, especially since it used some cool things like walking on walls/ceiling. Also the portals were nicely done.
Something 'inventive' like that was missing from DNF maybe.
Also: hi!
It's not a 'classic' by all means, but I must say I enjoyed it overall.
Graphics were ok, gameplay was ok, humor was good, story.. do we really need a story lol
Prey was indeed better, especially since it used some cool things like walking on walls/ceiling. Also the portals were nicely done.
Something 'inventive' like that was missing from DNF maybe.
Also: hi!
It was a pretty different situation, though. 3D Realms abandoned Prey not long after announcing Duke Forever and I believe the IP sat around collecting dust for years until Human Head came in and created the Prey that was released. The game was completely different from what 3D Realms had been working on as they designed it from the ground up.mclem said:
This is completely different than Duke Forever in that what we received was created by the original creators during the development of the game. This is the game they were making, while Prey was an original Human Head production.
Da DreadLord said:
I think the Mini-Duke parts were suppose to be DNF's gimmick, and I think they've been some of the funner, more interesting parts. Can't think of too many FPSes that have done anything too similar.
Da DreadLord
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You're in the DNF topic.. of course you doraphier said:
You are right. The mini duke stuff was nice but somehow I felt that just wasnt enough? Might just be me thoughtedtropy said:
So I had never played a Duke Nukem game, but I saw this at redbox over the weekend and picked it up. I played through on Normal. Wow this game was just bad. Everything was just off from graphics to aiming nothing felt right. I did get a chuckle out of the posters in the strip club and every once in a while Duke made a comment that made me laugh, but overall the game was easily forgettable.
BlackDove said:
True but my point is that I've felt compelled to actually play through the storyline of this FPS "failure" as opposed to one that's considered to be more successful. And if you want to say COD is more about multiplayer, I'll offer up that i've been willing to play through DNF more than I played through Bioshock2. (Again this may not be seen as a high quality game but it would be considered better than DNF by many)
Neuromancer
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Beat the Octaking, I'm on the home stretch baby! Wooo!
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
ThatHurt said:
Game of the
Forever
Neuromancer
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It certainly gets the "Spirit Award" from meThatHurt said:
TheHakku
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Congratulations. Probably the worst part on Come Get Some difficulty for me. Enjoy the rest!Neuromancer said:
Going to attempt Damn, I'm Good difficulty... eventually. Grabbing all those max Ego boosts is necessary, I'm sure. At least I know now when NOT to have the RPG equipped.
Freeza Under The Shower
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Neuromancer said:
So Tommy went to the spirit world and back over and over during Prey and DUKE gets the spirit award?
silent rage.
Neuromancer
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Prey probably would have won the Neuromancer Annual Spirit Award when it came out in '06.Zeitgeister said:
Hey there's a good piece up on CVG by Will Porter about this game:
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/308104/duke-nukem-forever-disappointed-but-the-kings-not-dead-yet/
Neuromancer
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Well, yeahMNC said:
Anticitizen One
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I have a 2011 imac (w/ windows 7) as well as a ps3 and 360. What system should I get this game for?
Q
Queen of Hunting
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Does anyone else think more games will start using a similar health system. Where you have to do certain things to increase your health, like interact with things like in this ?
Arrowgigantic
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Answer: Nope. Duke is #3 in its second week of release in the UK, behind Zumba Fitness at #1 and Ocarina Remake at #2.Matthew Gallant said: