Duke Nukem Forever

[Frogacuda]

It's not like a movie trailer where they clip stuff together, you actually played the game.

If you didn't like playing it for 20 minutes you won't like playing it longer.

There are plenty of underwhelming demos of great games. Don't act like it doesn't happen.

I've read one good and one bad review of Duke so far. My expectations are in check so I don't think I'll be too badly disappointed. I have to play it either way, so it's not a matter of whether to buy or not anyway.

[GohanX]

Well yeah, I must have the game as well, but if it sucks I'll wait until it's $30.

[Chux]

Guys, I saw people running nails through their dicks online, I know it's probably going to be the worst shit ever, but after all this time I still have to do it.

[Doc Holliday]

Well... at least there's this:

It’s been leaked that the upcoming Duke Nukem Forever game (which, admittedly, has been “upcoming” since 1997) has a multiplayer mode, and one of the activities in this mode is a game called “Capture the Babe.” As the name might suggest, it’s capture the flag where the “flag” is a woman. But it’s not enough that women be picked up and thrown around literally like a toy. If she “freaks out” (and what woman wouldn’t when a random man decides to sling you over his shoulder), the game’s solution is to have the player give her a smack.

http://whereisyourline.org/2011/03/d...mps-the-shark/

[Frogacuda]

Well yeah, I must have the game as well, but if it sucks I'll wait until it's $30.

To be clear, I will not have to pay for this game. If I did, I'd still play it, but it'd be a rental.

[bVork]

It isn't quite $30, but you can get it for $36.49: http://www.greenmangaming.com/games/...nukem-forever/

[Brisco Bold]

Well yeah, I must have the game as well, but if it sucks I'll wait until it's $30.

Give it a few weeks.

[GohanX]

PC Gamer gave the game a more favorable review from someone old enough to have enjoyed Duke 3D back when it was new, which is somewhat refreshing. He still only gave it an 80 out of 100, but he seemed to enjoy it despite the game's flaws.

Has anyone heard yet if there are differences between the 360 and PS3 versions? The PC version is superior, I'm sure, but that's not really an option for me.

[Diff-chan]

PC Gamer's review was firmly apologist.

This is a bad game. There's no reason to buy a bad game just because it is the end result of 14 years of bumbling incompetence. And let's be honest - Duke was in one good game. Not even a great game, a good one. We're not talking about the return of Ultima or something.

[Frogacuda]

Has anyone heard yet if there are differences between the 360 and PS3 versions? The PC version is superior, I'm sure, but that's not really an option for me.

The PC version is kind of buggy and stutters like a motherfucker. I'd bet money on 360 being the better version.

I think it's safe to say this game is a mixed bag, but I have a feeling a lot of reviews are either going to be too soft or too hard on the game based on its history. The truth is almost surely somewhere between the two.