The Duke Nukem Forever thread

[Bravetriforcer]

They need to release a patch with my new hypothetical weapon, "The Poo Launcher."

 

Trust me, it'll be a hit.

 

Did you know that there's a rumored 4th DLC for DNF that will have a theme of "Poo and all the crazy shit we can do with it"? /Sarcasm I hope

 

Speaking of DLC.

 

http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=127803

 

http://www.gearboxity.com/images/web/townscreenshot1_720.jpg

 

http://www.gearboxity.com/images/web/twofortscreenshot1_720.jpg

[The Hamburglar]

They need to release a patch with my new hypothetical weapon, "The Poo Launcher."

 

Trust me, it'll be a hit.

 

Did you know that there's a rumored 4th DLC for DNF that will have a theme of "Poo and all the crazy shit we can do with it"? /Sarcasm I hope

 

dohohohohohoho

[Alyxx Thorne]

Oooh, I want that DLC more than the 4-weapon patch. XD

[The Hamburglar]

The new DLC actually seems like it's going to be a vast improvement over the game.

[Bravetriforcer]

The new DLC actually seems like it's going to be a vast improvement over the game.

 

Indeed, because it's actually going to be parodying shit instead of the "Duke played straight in a silly world that isn't really silly we just say that so we can make a bunch of innuendos" we got. There's nothing wrong with that per se, but there was no real sense of parody other than "LOOK AT THIS! THIS IS A MODERN GAME REFERENCE! WE ARE NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO PARODY IT BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A CRACK AT THE SERIES ANYWAY! LAUGH YOU SHEEP!".

[Alyxx Thorne]

I feel like the only person on earth who truly enjoys the vanilla game.

[Bravetriforcer]

I do enjoy the Vanilla game. But it has alot of flaws. But DNF is one of the few games I actually respect as well as enjoy. Because despite having far more flaws than most games I've played, I've had far more fun playing it than I've ever had playing an FPS (Not counting TF2). All the flaws come together into what should be a whirpool of bad, but rather creates a cyclone of "Holy shit. This is awesome".

 

But the game lacks real parody, Duke doesn't communicate with everyone, two-weapon limit, and a really random form of spacing out the levels and load times are real problems. The 1st DLC has the parody fixed, the patch is (To EVERYONE'S surprise) fixing the two weapon limit, and hopefully that 3rd DLC whose achievements got leaked will fix the other problems. And before you say anything, I only use the phrase "Fix the weapon limit" because this is Duke Nukem. No matter what you say otherwise, if you can only have as many guns as you have eyeballs, max, you're not playing Duke Nukem right.

[Alyxx Thorne]

I only felt it made him more human and believable, even with the regen health thing. And it just calls for a different playing style than in previous games. How that is a bad thing is beyond me. No real person would walk around with 10 guns on them. That would look impossible when you think about it.

 

Duke is not a god, he's an action hero. No action hero walks around with 10 guns on them. We have to get past that assumption that an oldschool shooter needs to have that weapon system. DNF is by no means a realistic game but the 2 weapon limit adds a lot of welcome change to the gameplay. If you hate it, play Duke 3D instead.

 

To me, these new DLC and patches are not fixing the game, just adapting it to the fans' general taste. The game is not broken just because it's different.

[Bravetriforcer]

Duke Nukem? Human and believable? The whole damn point of the game is to have a game hero who is superhuman and unbelievable. That's what they've been selling it as ever since they revived it last September. It's not that the two-weapon thing is different that makes fans mad. It's that it clashes with Duke and just kind of sucks as a whole. I mean, you can say that it adds choice and consequences, but it is also really boring.

 

A new game that's selling itself as old-school doesn't have to use a 10-weapon wheel, yes. But it also shouldn't be using a weapon system that is the very DEFINITION of "Bland modern games that the game is promising to get us away from". It added change alright, but as almost every fan, non-fan, "reviewer", and regular jerk-off will tell you, it isn't very welcome change as far as Duke Nukem goes.

 

I already have played DN3D. It's a good game with solid gameplay but with some really shitty map design at points. But it still holds up very well to this day. We want to play DNF now. But DNF made some choices that left a bad taste in my and many other peoples' mouths. I was more willing to go along with it than the guys whose job is making their opinions look more important than mine (Reviewers).

 

How is actually parodying stuff "Adjusting to peoples' tastes"? As far as the 4-weapon system goes, let me put it this way. Now I can actually have choice in what weapons I pick up (The 2-weapon limit's main selling point), but will still have a large variety of options available to me in actual combat (A staple of old-school games and Duke Nukem in general). Best of both worlds, I say.

[Alyxx Thorne]

I think the main point is that we both had lots of fun with the game, regardless of these flaws. And I think in the end what makes a game great is your individual experience with it.

[The Hamburglar]

I'm reminded of Sin Episodes: Emergence. In SiN 1 Blade just wouldn't shut the fuck up but in Episodes he doesn't even grunt when shot at.

 

I don't know why this reminds me of that but it does.

[Bravetriforcer]

http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=128056

 

They DO care.

[Alyxx Thorne]

Oh yes. Finally!

[Bravetriforcer]

All of my gripes with gameplay are now cleared. Now if only we could get Duke to actually talk to people and to get a healthy dose of parody in there.

[Alyxx Thorne]

Yeah, the game is definitely better with expanded weapon inventory. I mean, I don't think there was anything wrong with 2 weapons only but now that I have the option... well... it's just better.

[Bravetriforcer]

Like I said, best of both worlds. We have choice and consequences with our weapon choices, but now we don't feel like we're playing a version of Halo where Master Chief talks.

[Alyxx Thorne]

Like I said, best of both worlds. We have choice and consequences with our weapon choices, but now we don't feel like we're playing a version of Halo where Master Chief talks.

Yeah, I see what you mean now. It made a great game more playable.

[BTGBullseye]

Just finished my first playthrough... Other than a few interesting ways to get an Ego boost, the only really fun parts for me were the topless girls.

[Alyxx Thorne]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr2rrhHWudA

 

Part one of my "minimal ego" playthrough, basically playing through the SP campaign with no ego boosts other than the mandatory ones.

[Axeldeath]

It looks a bit better than the demo.