The duke is coming, May 3rd

[Veho Nex]

http://www.dukenukemforever.com/#?age_gate


I still cant believe it.

[TinCow]

Man, that really puts an emphasis on just how inept 3D Realms were. Gearbox FTW!

[rajpoot]

Finally.
It's been delayed long enough.

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I bet this is going to change the definition of badass

[Subotan]

I'm going to be criticised for this, but I'll say it anyway:

I have a horrible feeling Duke Nukem:Forever is going to be a disappointment. Hyped up for so long, I think it's going to inevitably disappoint a bit, but the game could very well feel and play very dated that a game that didn't have such a popular franchise attached to it wouldn't get away with. I don't want it to do that, and I hope it won't, but I think it's a big possibility.

[TosaInu]

Duke Nukem Forever? Wasn't that one announced almost a decade ago?

[lars573]

I'm going to be criticised for this, but I'll say it anyway:

I have a horrible feeling Duke Nukem:Forever is going to be a disappointment. Hyped up for so long, I think it's going to inevitably disappoint a bit, but the game could very well feel and play very dated that a game that didn't have such a popular franchise attached to it wouldn't get away with. I don't want it to do that, and I hope it won't, but I think it's a big possibility.

The game was scrapped half finished and started again at least 3 times over the decade.

[A Nerd]

I read an article about it in PC Gamer a few months back. Updated with recollections to Duke Nukem 3D. New story however. 'Time to kick *** and chew bubblegum!'

[Husar]

I watched the trailer and wasn't impressed. At all.

[rajpoot]

This game has had a tough development cycle and it's an achievement in itself that it is being released at all.
Also I think that people will have to approach the game in a correct manner. This might turn out to be more like a Serious Sam type of shooter. And I don't think the fans will mind.
Hell, Duke Nukem is to FPS what Clint Eastwood is to Westerns......who watches a Clint Eastwood movie and says that the acting was bad?

[Fragony]

I'm going to be criticised for this, but I'll say it anyway:

I have a horrible feeling Duke Nukem:Forever is going to be a disappointment. Hyped up for so long, I think it's going to inevitably disappoint a bit, but the game could very well feel and play very dated that a game that didn't have such a popular franchise attached to it wouldn't get away with. I don't want it to do that, and I hope it won't, but I think it's a big possibility.

Ya. Will be ok, 7,5 material. It can't afford to not to be a mindless shooter, how can you expand on that. Serious Sam did something new with massive levels and hundreds of enemies. What's going to set the Duke apart

[Veho Nex]

Duke Nukem Forever? Wasn't that one announced almost a decade ago?

Better be damn good, 12 years of waiting.

[TinCow]

The ONLY reason I'm interested in this is that Gearbox are the ones releasing it. They did such a good job with Borderlands that I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, even with a game as troubled as DNF.

[Fragony]

Borderlines is great fun, just wish there was more enemy variety

[Veho Nex]

[Veho Nex]

Took me 20 minutes but i beat the demo on the hardest difficulty. All I can say is, I don't think i can wait 11 more days...
Its kind of interesting how they do life. You have ego, and more you get hit the lower your ego gets. I can't tell for sure, but it looked as though the more I killed the higher my Ego got. Devastator feels just like it did in D3d same with the shrink ray. Even though i only had it for a couple of seconds I loved using my chain-gun cannon

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Took a few screen shots too. As in 18 of them. Here are my favorites.
First shot of the duke once you can control him


These guys come up with some great strategies.


Duke vision, cause night vision was so last week.


If this guy wanted to live he wouldn't be standing on the tracks.

[Graphic]

[rajpoot]

Those screens look quite decent, specially considering that I've been hearing so many people whine as to how the graphics will be old and outdated.

[Fragony]

Those screens look quite decent, specially considering that I've been hearing so many people whine as to how the graphics will be old and outdated.

They do look dated imho, it has nothing on the likes of let's say Crysis or Killzone. But if gameplay is good I'm happy

[Ice]

* OS: Windows XP/Vista/7- XP
* Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.0 Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ 2.0 Ghz- P4 3.0 Ghz Hyperthreading
* Memory: 1 Gb- 2 gigs... uh decent ram back in 2004 or so... can't remember the speed
* Hard Drive: 10 Gb free - Enough
* Video Memory: 256 MB - 256
* Video Card: nVidia GeForce 7600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600- X800 XT

* Sound Card: DirectX Compatible - Yes


Is it worth trying? Will I be able to play this on the minimum settings? I can run SC2 on low if it means anything.

[rajpoot]

@Ice
I'm no expert but I think it'll work. When I said that graphics looked decent I meant average, and far as I can tell you can run at medium settings.
Then again to be on the safe side, you should try the demo before buying...I'm sure they'll release it for the general populace soon enough.

[Krusader]

Played the demo on PS3. Nice details Gearbox have added.
Noticed quickly that enemies are damn accurate and also that no matter how much I practice I never managed to aim as good with a gamepad than keyboard+mouse so no FPS games on console for me.

[rajpoot]

Found a review on the PC Gamer website.

The game is what it was expected to be, slightly outdated, average run and gun shooter, carried only because it features the Duke.

[naut]

I'm going to be criticised for this, but I'll say it anyway:

I have a horrible feeling Duke Nukem:Forever is going to be a disappointment. Hyped up for so long, I think it's going to inevitably disappoint a bit, but the game could very well feel and play very dated that a game that didn't have such a popular franchise attached to it wouldn't get away with. I don't want it to do that, and I hope it won't, but I think it's a big possibility.

You predicted it. Eurogamer gave it 3/10. IGN was also less than complementary.

[rajpoot]

Critics might pan the game but I'm sure fans will still love it.

I'll be getting it just because hearing the Duke's one liners again will be like going back in time.

[Fragony]

You predicted it. Eurogamer gave it 3/10. IGN was also less than complementary.

That it would be this bad comes as a surprise though, I don't know what's more baffling, that it is a technologal mess, or that it's simply uninspired. No new enemies, no new guns wtque. The 'I hate Valve puzzles' part is simply emberassing, especially since the same joke was in the now mostly forgotten 'Sin' over a decade ago 'Don't play withe Valves'. Sin was a good game at the time though

[Subotan]

You predicted it. Eurogamer gave it 3/10. IGN was also less than complementary.

Yay! I was right!...Oh, wait, I just made myself feel bad.

[Ice]

@Ice
I'm no expert but I think it'll work. When I said that graphics looked decent I meant average, and far as I can tell you can run at medium settings.
Then again to be on the safe side, you should try the demo before buying...I'm sure they'll release it for the general populace soon enough.

I can't run the game. It requires pixel shader 3.0; my card only supports 2.0b :(

[naut]

I can't run the game.

You're lucky.

[Crazed Rabbit]

So it would seem, especially from the Ars Tech review;
Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive

CR

[Ice]

So it would seem, especially from the Ars Tech review;
Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive

CR

What a shame. I grew up playing this and doom as a kid.