Duke Nukem Forever

[Wrigleyvillain]

Not as cool as the Portal 2 ads which took up the whole sides and rear of the bus except for those front 3 side windows but still got a kick out of seeing:

Sure this bus is big...but I've got something bigger"

 

[hellrazor]

So I hear it'll have dedicated servers (unsupported, but available anyways).

 

[whitrzac]

would pay $texas for one of those adds...

 

[Mindweaver]

Hahaha 25 foot monitor.

Thanks, didn't notice that XD!

No problem bro!

Railgun is imo lame. Looks like an egg with a scope and its killing effect looks like a Microwave weapon from Soldier of Fortune (secondary fire). It blows up heads of pigs till they explode. Why!? Railgun doesn't do that.
It has no punch like the railgun in Quake 3 Arena and that makes it boring. And most of weapons feel like that really. Only weapon that feels good is that 3 barrel machinegun. Which is useless at range.

Pistol from original Duke was awesome because it had some punch and reload animation was kick ass. Shotgun had awesome sound, 3 barrel machine gun is good now as well apart from range, shrink gun feels like it's too weak and enemies that are shrunk seem to deliver same punch with weapons as they are full size which makes no sense. The rocket churning two hand weapon that you get in the beginning of the demo doesn't feel glorious like it did in original Duke. And the RPG, donno. It's sort of the same as in original.
I hope they will have a freezing weapon which was fun as well.

Weapons are the most common mistake done by game companies and Gearbox didn't do a great job here. In FPS games, weapon is what you view and use 99% of the time.

It requires good model (quite frankly almost all home made weapon mods on FPSBanana look better than any ingame models even in the best games), good sound (applies the same as for weapon models), great reload animation which is not too long but needs to be interessting and preferably variable from time to time so it doesn't get repeating. And weapon needs a punchier feel to it. If you manage to capture all this, you are in for a winning combination on this end. Unfortunately not many are able to capture such feel and Duke is no exception. Which is a shame.

I totally agree with you.. I was disappointed in the weapons... but I really hope they fix them in the final game. If not then i hope mods will make it what it should be...

 

[xBruce88x]

Not as cool as the Portal 2 ads which took up the whole sides and rear of the bus except for those front 3 side windows but still got a kick out of seeing:

Sure this bus is big...but I've got something bigger"

http://i.imgur.com/YZSij.jpg

as badass as that ad is... it doesn't quite top this one

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Korea...Starcraft...just wow.

 

[RejZoR]

Starcraft is by far the most played game in Korea. And Koreans play it far more than anyone else in the world. That's why it's on a Korean Air aircraft.

@Mindweaver
You can forget that. They won't be changing weapons for the final version as it's just too late to do that.

 

[Kreij]

as badass as that ad is... it doesn't quite top this one

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/08/koreanair.jpg

Pffftt .... That's just a small ad on a plane.

 

[1Kurgan1]

That takes the cake, thats awesome.

 

[Mindweaver]

@Mindweaver
You can forget that. They won't be changing weapons for the final version as it's just too late to do that.

Too late? That demo is over 9 months old.. We just got it late.. They should be able to fix that in a day... If they don't then I bet someone will. You know?

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Oh I know all about Starcraft and Korea...it's ridiculous.

Damn Kreij where is that? Milwaukee? Awesome!

 

[cadaveca]

Preloads available on STEAM!!!

 

[Widjaja]

0_0

I think I would be able to fit just the eye of the warrior on a wall in my study in the Skyrim poster.
EPIC.

 

[1Kurgan1]

Damn Kreij where is that? Milwaukee? Awesome!

Looks like New York, bottom of the building says CBS. Nevermind, guess its in L.A. right next to E3.

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Ah that makes sense. Ya CBS is just the billboard owner/provider.

 

[RoutedScripter]

Pffftt .... That's just a small ad on a plane.
http://img.techpowerup.org/110609/Skyrim-hotel.jpg

"the elder scrolls" being barely visible ... but i think the pic is not so good in the firstplace

 

[CDdude55]

You can now preload Duke Nukem Forever on Steam!

 

[HookeyStreet]

I'm playing this on the 360. Good so far. VERY cheesey, just how a DN title should be!

 

[AltecV1]

he passes out

 

[MilkyWay]

The graphics kinda remind me of FEAR or Prey (well it should). So is the game any good? I mean in technical terms, good AI and shooting mechanics ect.

 

[qubit]

The graphics kinda remind me of FEAR or Prey (well it should). So is the game any good? I mean in technical terms, good AI and shooting mechanics ect.

Yes, it's fine. I'm happy with it.

 

[1Kurgan1]

So far Metacritic for PC is showing DNF as a 76/100, about what I expected, we'll see as it lands in America and more reviews come out.

 

[qubit]

So far Metacritic for PC is showing DNF as a 76/100, about what I expected, we'll see as it lands in America and more reviews come out.

A little higher would be nice, but 76% sounds reasonable.

I do love the one-liners. For example, you can get Duke playing pinball, which of course has his brand all over it (huge ego, remember ) and whenever Duke loses, he says in a really disappointed voice, "I have balls of fail ".

The Duke can also go up to a mirror and look at himself. You can then press E to "admire" and every time you do, Duke utters something hugely ego-centric and very funny.

It plays in a very linear way and reminds me of Half-Life 2 in this respect, which I quite like. The style, atmosphere and execution is very different though, as you'd expect.

I could imagine a movie being made of this game and if done well, would really work.

 

[AltecV1]

Its pretty Fu..ing fun so far,just saw how Duke made fun of Master Chief

 

[MilkyWay]

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/10/duke-nukem-forever-review-fail-to-the-king-baby/

Joystiq basically said its a terrible game. Ive yet to play bulletstorm but they say its better. I mean i want to try it but it sounds kinda crap. I think i might try and if its crap its crap i can just stop playing.

"NPCs even lack shadows." :shadedshu