Dnf To Be Released, May 2011

[bozodos]

still waiting on my damn pre order :///

[iamhe77]

Those damn aliens must've stolen it

[.:: GimpS-R34 ::.]

Those damn aliens must've stolen it

mexicans?

[bozodos]

got it today

loving the references to the previous games and the humour, however they did consolise it WAY too much, feels like a port of a 360 game

there are also huge discrepancies in the textures; some things look awesome (like the enemies and the chicks), and other things look blurred to the shithouse. Also not a fan of having to wait around during overly long cutscenes when restarting levels etc.

[babyskyline]

Yeh the worst thing is definitly the waiting times. Especially once you crank it up to the hard difficulties and die a few times.

Still the most fun i have had for a while playing a shooter

Im sure the next one will be a bit better and have a lot better direction from the start.

Way too much time was wasted on this one doing absolutely nothing.

[boiracer]

the blur is weird. bit seems intentional. as it becomes more the faster you move. Load times only seem to be a console issue.

i doubt its a Port as the console load times seem to be very excessive, and its made by Gearbox/ex 3D realms guys who obviously went for the nostalgia angle, which means PC all the way.

it's by no means a Crysis2, but i think thats great as it means even peeps without a stonking new uber computer can run it full detail and smoothly, which in turn will hopefully create more players for online madness!!

Played MW2 the other day after playing this........did well, almost won a few games, but it bored/annoyed the crap outta me....lol

[EeLeYe]

Gameplay overhaul patch

I don't know what to say about this but gearbox head honcho has considered the bad reviews and everyone's complaints about dnf; And has confirmed that the team is working on a major overhaul patch.

Sounds kinda stupid after reading the article.

Also, I don't know what to expect anymore.

[bozodos]

played through more of the game today, have enjoyed it a lot more despite stupid things like having to use checkpoints and the bloody load times!

[babyskyline]

Gameplay overhaul patch

I don't know what to say about this but gearbox head honcho has considered the bad reviews and everyone's complaints about dnf; And has confirmed that the team is working on a major overhaul patch.

Sounds kinda stupid after reading the article.

Also, I don't know what to expect anymore.

strange i cant seem to find any other sources at all that say anything about a patch. Also a bit funny how its all worded too as i doubt very much the head honcho would talk like that about his game

[babyskyline]

just like this one sounds legit too

http://sarcasticgamer.com/wp/index.php/2011/06/randy-pitchford-offers-all-duke-nukem-buyers-full-personal-refund.html

[.:: GimpS-R34 ::.]

Gameplay overhaul patch

I don't know what to say about this but gearbox head honcho has considered the bad reviews and everyone's complaints about dnf; And has confirmed that the team is working on a major overhaul patch.

Sounds kinda stupid after reading the article.

Also, I don't know what to expect anymore.

Yeah sounds legit. Did this part not make you think that these guys are trying to do a "the onion" type stories

We had a thought – what if he actually managed to get his hands on some gum? We held a focus group with a whole bunch of gamers and they all gave us one clear, consistent message. Going out and buying gum would be a more entertaining pastime that putting up with the drudgery that is kicking ass in Duke Nukem Forever.

[ClutchBurndout-:(]

Yeh the worst thing is definitly the waiting times. Especially once you crank it up to the hard difficulties and die a few times.

Still the most fun i have had for a while playing a shooter

Im sure the next one will be a bit better and have a lot better direction from the start.

Way too much time was wasted on this one doing absolutely nothing.

lolwut

sure the next one will be good

IN 46 YEARS WHEN ITS RELEASED

[oweban]

But what investor would give them money after how DNF was essentially roasted in reviews? Bit of a shaky business decision.

[iamhe77]

But what investor would give them money after how DNF was essentially roasted in reviews? Bit of a shaky business decision.

Yeah, but Gearbox didn't start from scratch on DNF did they?

If they didn't, they may have earned the benefit of the doubt making a Duke game completely of their own.

[BigDirtyJase]

I think Gearbox Software brought the Duke Nukem franchise. They got all the devlopment work that 3D Realms did and got Triptych Games (who are ex 3D Realms guys who kept working on DNF) to help them finish the game (also got Piranha Games to help Gearbox with the X360 and PS3 versions)...Gearbox just released what was done with some minor tweaking of their own...

You can tell this game should have been done and released around 1999 (when it should have been) to about 2004.....the graphics are very dated and just looks wrong on today's PC's...

This is basically what happens when George Broussard kept messing around with the game...change engines mid build which would force to start again from scratch and bascially adding stuff in because other games did that just so they can have in DNF...

You can see why Take-Two Interactive got pissed of with 3D Realms was doing and finally had enough....took DNF from them gave it to Gearbox and pretty much said "Give it a small tweak...and release the damn thing"

I would say that Gearbox will do something good with the Duke Nukem franchise...let's just hope it doesn't take another 14 years for the next one to come out

Edited June 21, 2011 by BigDirtyJase

[oweban]

Yeah, but Gearbox didn't start from scratch on DNF did they?

If they didn't, they may have earned the benefit of the doubt making a Duke game completely of their own.

Oh I don't doubt that at all. From what I understand, Gearbox basically finished off what 3DRealms had done and made it how they (3DR) wanted it, and then released it. They just supplied the grunt, as it were.

In their own right though, they might be able to come up with something awesome; who knows? And while I hope a lot of people/investors realise this, you've gotta admit there'll be a lot of people very wary and maybe not willing to give them a go, just being cautious.

If they manage to get another DN game out and it's actually good, then they'll blow everyone's socks off.

[EeLeYe]

Well, fingers crossed that if they do release another dn game, they consider ALL of the lessons learnt from dnf. I'd be willing to give them a go.

[boiracer]

MW2 did that to me for the COD franchise......havent payed for one since....

no such issues here for me with Duke. you guys think too much.

[syfon]

Graphics are shit. Compared to say BFBC2 or other current games (or even games from 2-3 years ago), the graphics are plain shit. Gameplay is quite enjoyable.

Downloaded it from bitsoup.org

Screw paying for games haha

[doyl]

Graphics definitely aren't on par with current gen games, because it's not a current gen game.

Gameplay is pretty average but the experience as a whole is pretty enjoyable.