When the original Duke Nukem "3D" became available for the Playstation 1 in 1996, I was merely 11 years old. Fortunately, being the third child of my beloved parents, they realized that violent video games depicting half-naked women (extremely pixelated half-naked women) would not affect me in any negative way.
As such, I played Duke Nukem 3D with great zeal, and had a whole lot of fun with it. Although, I was only an 11 year old boy at the time.
Simply put, I don't have any interest in the Duke Nukem franchise anymore. I'm not sure what the developers/publishers expect in terms of sales, but I am having a hard time imagining anything earth shattering in the financial section. I have no desire to pay money for garbage games like these anymore.
When I say "garbage" I am of course referring to shallow plot lines, linear levels, little/no replayability and an unacceptably high price tag of what will likely be $60, of course.
I have absolutely no qualms with scantily clad and/or naked women being depicted in video games; that simply isn't what this is about.
Again, let me emphasize, there was a time when a game such as this would instill me with great quantities of glee. The combination of being a "Badass with large guns" running around fighting unambiguously evil monsters whilst ogling at breasts (Now in high definition, to be sure) is something I have long since left behind.
As I have aged, I find myself drawn to video games that have at least half-decent plots, difficult choices to be made, challenging combat, decent control schemes, and most of all replayability. (The latter of which means that said game(s) must not be terribly linear) Obviously, I relish the experiences of games such as those found in the STALKER series, Fallout, Mass Effect, etc...
Bottom line: Does anyone else share any of these opinions?
Feel free to sound off about it.
For better or for worse, the fact that Duke Nukem Forever is finally coming out is "kind of a big deal".
As such, I played Duke Nukem 3D with great zeal, and had a whole lot of fun with it. Although, I was only an 11 year old boy at the time.
Simply put, I don't have any interest in the Duke Nukem franchise anymore. I'm not sure what the developers/publishers expect in terms of sales, but I am having a hard time imagining anything earth shattering in the financial section. I have no desire to pay money for garbage games like these anymore.
When I say "garbage" I am of course referring to shallow plot lines, linear levels, little/no replayability and an unacceptably high price tag of what will likely be $60, of course.
I have absolutely no qualms with scantily clad and/or naked women being depicted in video games; that simply isn't what this is about.
Again, let me emphasize, there was a time when a game such as this would instill me with great quantities of glee. The combination of being a "Badass with large guns" running around fighting unambiguously evil monsters whilst ogling at breasts (Now in high definition, to be sure) is something I have long since left behind.
As I have aged, I find myself drawn to video games that have at least half-decent plots, difficult choices to be made, challenging combat, decent control schemes, and most of all replayability. (The latter of which means that said game(s) must not be terribly linear) Obviously, I relish the experiences of games such as those found in the STALKER series, Fallout, Mass Effect, etc...
Bottom line: Does anyone else share any of these opinions?
Feel free to sound off about it.
For better or for worse, the fact that Duke Nukem Forever is finally coming out is "kind of a big deal".
