The duke is coming, May 3rd

[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quite decent, specially considering that I've been hearing so many people whine as to how the graphics will be old and outdated.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quite decent, specially considering that I've been hearing so many people whine as to how the graphics will be old and outdated.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The game is what it was expected to be, slightly outdated, average run and gun shooter, carried only because it features the Duke.

[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