Comments on: Randy Pitchford: Duke Nukem Forever generated massive loving fan mails, it’s really an “anomaly”

By: LastHour1

LastHour1 — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 06:27:18 +0000

Honestly, I thought the single player was terrible. Just didn’t click well with me. I played on PC, by the way.

HOWEVER, that said, the multiplayer I found to be okay, for what it is. With friends, it can be pretty crazy!

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:01:59 +0000

I have to say, I thought the game was pretty poor in a lot of ways, but still fun. I still have a lot of fun occasionally in multiplayer because its not a game people take too seriously. I recently installed the high res mod for the old Duke3d, and that game is still more fun and more expansive than many games released today, although the sprites are hilarious. I hope a new release comes out of this and restores dukes deserved status.

By: mehely

mehely — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:59:01 +0000

I liked the game but then again i enjoy the half life style of progression in FPS which is what turned off alot of people off the game
Console ports are a load of piss though
6/10
Not worth the wait but enjoyable as a rental or a buy when you see it on a discount

By: charles2029

charles2029 — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:05:57 +0000

Nice work Gearbox, you took an in-progress game, finished it up, and threw a little polish on it. It may have reviewed poorly, but it didn’t prevent fans from picking it up.

By: Lolcatspeterson

Lolcatspeterson — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:18:38 +0000

Everyone, please keep in mind that Gearbox only FINISHED Duke Nukem Forever. They added the few final touches and let it loose upon the world. Don’t assume that because DNF was bad, that Gearbox makes bad games. That is not the case. 3D Realms makes bad games. DNF was not a “from scratch” Gearbox title like Borderlands is. So don’t let DNF shift your opinion about the developers.

Also, my thoughts on DNF are this. Mediocre is not bad. Mediocre is okay, average, or maybe a little below average.

DNF was not “bad” like “Big Rigs Over the Road Racing” was bad. DNF is not ET bad. DNF is not Superman 64 bad. It is a completely playable game with many sloppy elements, but a complete, and playable game nonetheless. It follows many basic rules of game design, and while it fails to differentiate itself from those games that it mocks, it still is a game worthy of at least saying that there is some entertainment value in.

I think those who bashed the game were a little out of line because there is a huge gap in quality between Superman 64 and DNF. Or hell, lets take an even more modern game, Aquaman, the spiritual successor to Superman 64. DNF still is more enjoyable than that piece of garbage. Garbage, and words similar to it, should be reserved for games that deserve it. DNF is not one that deserves those titles.

By: Shbito

Shbito — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:32:21 +0000

To say the game was garbage is retarded. The style was deff oldschool, in that the A.I is decently brain dead and you’re just running through gunning stuff down… but the mechanics behind the game itself are solid. Just because it’s story was meh and it’s style very oldschool FPS doesn’t mean it’s bad. Just not what people were expecting.

By: DutchmanDavid

DutchmanDavid — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:24:28 +0000

Even though the game was mediocre at best, it was still fun for nostalgia’s sake. Not to mention that it did have a few nice memorable moments (Drawing a penis on a white-board “That’s… GENIUS!”, getting shrunk and driving around in a small car, the Three Boobed Queen…). If I think back, I liked it more than I thought I would have (hearing all the “DNF SUUUUUUCKS” comments).

I for one will be secretly waiting for DNF2 and hope they’ll fix the weapon system (I can only hold 2 guns? REALLY?) and the extremely scripted feel to it all (The games WASN’T worth replaying) and I’ll buy it within a heart-beat.