Dev admits DNF was dumbed down for consoles.

[JohnDoey]

Wait, what?... They dumbed down the amount of weapons due to controller restraints? I remember Resistance: Fall of Man have a weapon wheel that worked quite well. As for the mighty boot... I'm assuming thats some kind of kick?. Like the one in Bulletstorm maybe?.... What the hell..

Exactly same as half life 2 on consoles, ratchet and clank and several other games they were just being lazy.

 

[ultimateownage]

I miss the mighty boot.

 

[mrwoo6]

huh? what's that? DNF Is a bland boring FPS with poor design choices?

I am one the few people who thought thats how it was going to be just from viewing the trailers? Because it sure surprises me the amount of "DNF isn't a good game! gasp!" threads that have been popping up.

Glad I've still got my money.

 

[Mr Somewhere]

I don't care for the game. But this doesn't read as a problem with porting the game to consoles, seems more like a cop out from the developers. These problems are easily adaptable. They obviously didn't care enough.
Honestly, the more I read about this, the more interested I am in the final results. The critical reception will be worth keeping an eye out for.

 

[SyphonX]

smfh

They got rid of the kick.

..Does that stand for "So Much Fucking Hate"?

Shaking my f-in head. Usually just smh.

F for emphasis.

 

[ultimateownage]

huh? what's that? DNF Is a bland boring FPS with poor design choices?

I am one the few people who thought thats how it was going to be just from viewing the trailers? Because it sure surprises me the amount of "DNF isn't a good game! gasp!" threads that have been popping up.

Glad I've still got my money.

I new about that back when they released the first trailer after the teaser which showed a god-awful Duke Nukem character model. The trailer showed him with only two weapons and never kicking.
I still bought it anyway, for laughs. Besides, I got it on PC so it could probably be modded.

I know this is off-topic but...YOuR AVATAR IS AWESOME

Why thank you.

 

[Morgan Howe]

So how many weapons could you hold in Half Life 2?

ALL OF THEM

 

[Shoggoth2588]

In the later half of the video posted by Admiral Stokov, Duke is killing Pig-men (those aren't cops) and he says "Porkchop Sandwiches"

...

It took me about 10 seconds to remember that video and I find that kind of sad...and at 30:09 he mentions a freaking crowbar?! GAH! You have a boot dumb-ass!!

 

[Zhukov]

It's impossible to dumb down a Duke nukem game. That would be like trying to kill a dead person.

Besides, plenty of console games allow for more than two weapons. Bioshock had... what, seven? Hell, even Bulletstorm let you carry four.

 

[Realitycrash]

For those of you interested of how the demo looks, here's a playthrough of it:

Yatzee is going to tear Duke a new one. Seriously, two weapons only?

 

[Realitycrash]

smfh

They got rid of the kick.

..Does that stand for "So Much Fucking Hate"?

Shaking my f-in head. Usually just smh.

F for emphasis.

Oh. I think I like "So Much Fucking Hate" better.

Btw, you're allowed to swear on the escapist.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

One important distinction though, the market for AAA shooters is bigger on consoles, overall the pc market is bigger, because you have mmos etc. Activision makes about 70% of their money on pc. (actually thats just wow, sc 2 and multiplatform titles etc aren't included)
And you don't need any expertise to buy a gaming pc, just buy a ready made mid-low range pc it'll look better then consoles.
didn't used to be that way but hardware has almost halted for 4 years.

Well we can't really include MMOs when talking in relation to consoles since they aren't on consoles but if you want to them yes the PC market dwarfs the console's market. That is due to the fact that MMO have very low technical requirements.

You do need technical expertise if you want to buy a decent PC/not be ripped off. As if you want to buy a decent ready made PC the cost will be near extortionate. So while on consoles here is a bit of a standstill on tech PC games are still having increasing minimum requirements. So I don't think a low range PC would cut it. If you were going to buy a PC you would be better off getting a half decent one anyway. I am not saying a low-mid is not possible though just you would be much better off taking the same money looking up a video on youtube and getting a mid-low high tiered PC.

Consoles have MMOs, but they are so dumbed down no PC gamer plays it, and no console gamer wants to buy it. Look at DC Universe, its entire population of an entire fucking continent can fit on ONE SERVER. Hell there are only 4 servers left.

Which why they aren't worth mentioning every single MMO on a console may as well not exist not not even be counted as there is no market for them. Same as you may as well ignore that the PS 2 had online gaming as hardly anyone used it. The market is so small it may as well not exist on consoles.

 

[Togs]

Sounds to me like they made a shit game and are trying ot cover their tracks by going for the latest red button issue.

 

[Lazy Kitty]

I wonder how long it'll take before someone makes a mod that fixes it...