Duke Nukem Forever coming out May 3rd, 2011

[savageone]

I'm curious if there are really people out there that have had this game pre-ordered for over a decade

[The 1 2 P]

I don't completely understand this mentality but then again I imagine my tastes are a little more simpler than yours are. I'll just be happy that this game comes out, lets me play as Duke with modern updated graphics, and has all the amenities that are commonplace in FPS games today. I can't understand the need to put lofty expectations on this game and expect it to raise the bar for the genre overall.

Rest assured I understand what it is you're asking for, I just fail to understand why this game has to have it simply because it's taken so long to come out. Just watching the trailer, I can tell I'm going to have as much fun playing this game as I did the original years ago. If it has a lot of the same bells and whistles that most of the other FPS games on the market have but doesn't really raise the bar, that's fine with me. Saying that, I realize it's easy for the game to get lost in the crowd of the FPS scene and it's certainly possible. However, I think just from the name recognition alone, the game will do just fine.

I'm not saying it should be the greatest fps game of all time(cause it definitely won't be) but beyond the traditions of a normal Duke game I want it to do "something" to raise the shooter bar, if not for all fps games than atleast for it's own brand. Like I said, I'm a shooter fan so I'll be picking it up regardless. But I want it to have something unique where I can say that "I liked that one feature from DNF because they are the first/or only shooter to have it". I mean, it's not like they haven't had 12+ years to come up with atleast one unique feature.

[Overbite]

I came.

Seriously guys, it's DUKE NUKEM and it's by Gearbox. At the very least, it should be worthy of a try.

It's not by Gearbox. 3D Realms did 90% of the work, Gearbox is just finishing it and porting it to consoles.

I'm not saying it should be the greatest fps game of all time(cause it definitely won't be) but beyond the traditions of a normal Duke game I want it to do "something" to raise the shooter bar, if not for all fps games than atleast for it's own brand. Like I said, I'm a shooter fan so I'll be picking it up regardless. But I want it to have something unique where I can say that "I liked that one feature from DNF because they are the first/or only shooter to have it". I mean, it's not like they haven't had 12+ years to come up with atleast one unique feature.

Name 1 other FPS game where you can punch an alien in the balls.

[The 1 2 P]

Name 1 other FPS game where you can punch an alien in the balls.

If you crotch down in front of Elvis in Perfect Dark you can punch him in the balls. And the same thing goes for any Halo game when you crotch down in front of the Covenant and press "melee".

[portnoyd]

It's not by Gearbox. 3D Realms did 90% of the work, Gearbox is just finishing it and porting it to consoles.

Borderlands was so good, I can't imagine even if it's a turd, that they don't polish the fuck out of it.

[Collector_Gaming]

alright name one other fps that you can hand a stripper some money and she shows you her tits?

[PapaStu]

It's not by Gearbox. 3D Realms did 90% of the work, Gearbox is just finishing it and porting it to consoles.

They've been on the game for over a year and they've only contributed 10%? No wai.

Hoping that they do release a LE for this. Either way I'll still buy it.

[The 1 2 P]

alright name one other fps that you can hand a stripper some money and she shows you her tits?

That was in the original Duke games back in the 90's. It is now 2011.

[badinsults]

I like how they make several references to the long development cycle in the trailer.

That said, I'll believe it when I see it.

[Collector_Gaming]

That was in the original Duke games back in the 90's. It is now 2011.

i know that but the fact of the matter is what we are getting at here is

its duke nukem its mindless fun

its like sitting down and watching a Troma horror film

you know its gonna be crappy but its still the best fun you'll ever have with a bowl of popcorn in your lap.

Another good example is when atleast for me

when Zombies ate my neighbors came out for the SNES and Genesis
it had absolutely nothing ground breaking other then maybe killing zombies with a squirt gun. and for my money its one of my most favorite games of all time
why? cause it was fun plain and simple. i personally don't need a game to reinvent gaming.. i just want fun

so basically to put it all in a nut shell

Imo and maybe some others

This game could be a dare i say Doom 3 clone (with out the flash light bs) and still be a awesome game
why cause its duke nukem and duke nukem games are always fun
Hail to the king baby

[Gameguy]

I'm hoping they reference Oprah like they did in the old games.

[The 1 2 P]

i know that but the fact of the matter is what we are getting at here is

its duke nukem its mindless fun

its like sitting down and watching a Troma horror film

you know its gonna be crappy but its still the best fun you'll ever have with a bowl of popcorn in your lap.

Those are the kind of crappy movies that don't even deserve to be put into my dvd player or appear on my tv so I'd never watch them in the first place. But whatever floats your boat.

i personally don't need a game to reinvent gaming. i just want fun

And nobody is telling you how "you" should enjoy your gaming experiences, just like nobody is going to tell "me" how to enjoy mine. I played some of the old Duke games on the PS1 and I thought they were ok for the time. Not great mind you but certainly not the worse games I've ever played. But again this is a new era in shooters. I realize that some people like mindless shooters like Serious Sam where you just blow up wave after wave of enemies. I occasionally enjoy those kind of shooters as well but wouldn't put $60 towards any one of them.

My original post was wondering what new(if any) features DNF would bring to the table and you(and a few others) have the mindset that it doesn't matter because it's a Duke game and thats enough to make "yall" happy. Well theres certainly nothing wrong with having that mindset if you are a Duke fan but I am not a Duke fan--I'm a shooter fan.

[LaughingMAN.S9]

game shows its age, i cant see anyone getting this other than the hardcore ppl who have actually followed this game for the last 10+ years

[retroman]

I'm sold...day one buy for me.

[jdc]

I realize that the game WILL have an online element for sure BUT......if it's a Duke game it's gotta have two things. It's gotta have secret areas....and it's gotta have a Godmode cheat. I can't wait.....but I'll also start rejoicing when it's on the store shelf.

[Dobie]

I got to play the demo at PAX last year... it did nothing to blow my mind, except for the fact that it is coming out. I will buy this. That box art is soooo good. I showed it to my wife, and she goes, "is that a woman's hand?" I reply that it is indeed, and then she says "that's that stupid game you played in college, isn't it?" Yep.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

I don't quite get the box art ... what's supposed to be going on with the woman's hand, is she supposed to be giving him a rim job or something? His pants are pulled completely up with his belt buckled.

Can somebody please explain what the visual gag is supposed to be?

[todesengel]

I don't think the box art is terrible, but it isn't great either. I would have liked it to have been more like Duke Nukem 3d's box art.

[nebrazca78]

I don't quite get the box art ... what's supposed to be going on with the woman's hand, is she supposed to be giving him a rim job or something? His pants are pulled completely up with his belt buckled.

Can somebody please explain what the visual gag is supposed to be?

Duke gets so many rimjobs he has a longjohn-style trapdoor back there. I thought that was common knowledge.

But seriously, I will be getting this title right away.

[Overbite]

BALLS OF STEEL