Duke Nukem Forever

[Kbu Chan]

It's not a pile of shit and it really deserves better. Playing the pc version btw.

[Chux]

Shit guys, he said it wasn't a pile of shit, lets go buy it.

[Yoshi]

Does it support stylus aiming?

[Opaque]

It's not a pile of shit and it really deserves better.

This man is lying.

I tried playing this game and I just couldn't do it and I'll play almost any FPS to completion usually. It's crappy looking and crappy design with stupid decade old humor that wasn't even funny in the first place and certainly doesn't compete with Bulletstorm.

[Diff-chan]

It's not a pile of shit and it really deserves better. Playing the pc version btw.

It'd be better on the 3DS with a stylus amirite

[Frogacuda]

It's really not that bad. When it's good it's actually a lot of fun. Every level is incredibly different in style and usually gameplay. They did a lot right.

My biggest issues are still shoehorning a cover-centric healing system into a game not designed for it at all and the two weapon limit. Also, it seems to have trouble putting more than 3 enemies on screen at once, Doom 3 style. I actually enjoy the pacing, which is very Half Life 2 inspired, with sudden changes between puzzle and combat. I also like that they haven't forgotten that platforming was an important part of Duke 3D. There are some levels that drag, like The Hive, with its awful pill bug pushing, but most of the levels end before they get boring.

I don't know, I'm kind of thrown by the over-the-top hatred of this game. It'm not saying it's great, but if Duke Nukem Forever ever meant anything to you, I think it'd be worth a rent.

Of course I heard the last few levels are the worst and I haven't gotten there, so maybe that's part if it.

[James]

My biggest issues are still shoehorning a cover-centric healing system into a game not designed for it at all and the two weapon limit. Also, it seems to have trouble putting more than 3 enemies on screen at once, Doom 3 style.

God, I hate modern FPS design. Wake me when the new Serious Sam comes out.

Can we put DNF and the next Serious Sam in a blender, filter out the nasty bits, and play that instead as the proper Duke 3D sequel?

James

[EvilMog]

Finished this today. It was crap but not
OMG worst game ever crap. Cost $4 in redbox rental. Worth it.

[Frogacuda]

The main thing that redeems this is that it's genuinely different from other games out there right now. The weird Alice in Wonderland shrinking stuff and platforming and HL2-style physics stuff is just such a change of pace from CoD stuff.

[kedawa]

Anything is better than single player brodude FPS.