Why the hell is there a Duke Nukem game coming out in this day and age? (Because people demand a First Person Shooter that isn't so dead serious, and Duke Nukem 3D is one of the greatest FPS games ever) Duke is a like a cool stoner friend that you had way back when, as a teenager. You go away, stop speaking and when you did some growing up, got a job and you bump into him and its really awkward. (I see where you're coming from, but you can still have an awesome time with that person through childish fun. Just because you're physically growing up doesn't mean you have to stop doing everything you enjoyed beforehand when you were younger. Also, why a stoner?)
You know what, I'll put it out there and admit that I actually played through two Duke Nukem games on the PS1, (There's your problem, you're eating the fat off the big juicy steak and judging the steak as a whole based on that bit you've tried. Try Duke Nukem 3D. It's awesome) and they weren't that funny then, and its going to be...controversial at best today. (FOX is already on this. We've been over it.) I'm not saying that this game shouldn't be made, because there are some people who are curious about it, or that loved the old games, hell - most of the people who play this game will probably be 16 year old teens, who shouldn't be playing anyway. (Duke Nukem 3D was released 15 years ago and sold at least 3 million copies at the time, not including the GoG sales and the people who pirated it when there was the time before GoG and after you couldn't get it, and cemented Duke in gaming history. I think the people who've played that game will be the main audience, and they would not have been 1 year old when playing it.)
I just want to go on the record and say "I really don't care if someone under the age restriction plays or watches something they shouldn't" - for the most part anyway.
My biggest problem with this game is that it undoes everything that the games industry, (lolwut?) those hard working individuals and teams behind some truly amazing work. Games like the Uncharted series, Heavy Rain (I know not fantastic gameplay, but stay with me here) and Mass Effect. Games that moved away from just being "childrens toys". (Hold up, hold up. Are you saying that no media can have it's over the top, bad-ass action genres anymore? Are you saying that it can't be silly and enjoyable, whilst also taking the piss? What the hell are you on about? Movies have been doing this for years and they're regarded as art. Don't look at the state of the music industry, when it was considered the highest class of entertainment 100 odd years ago and now divulged into what it is today, you may just fall over) Developers that thought outside the box, giving the player something that can enrich their experience. These games demonstrate that you can have movie quality like content within a game and take it further, make it unique and it'll last a lot longer than a film. You watch a film thats an hour and a half, two hours for a longer film, 9if you watch Lord of the Rings, but a short game game could last you up to 20 hours. (No, a short game is considered less than 10 in my book, and we're getting a lot of those games. A LOT of those games. Ones that last 20 hours may appear, but they are getting increasingly rare) I've gone off topic---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Right, Duke Nukem. Whenever I talk about it, my friends all say, "I remember how fun it was" and I think, well, it was fun...but I was young and stupid back then. I thought Akhmed the puppet was funny back then. Then I grew up and I thought - wow...this really shouldn't be sold mainstream, or even at all. I know theres a market for it, but how many law suits do you think are going to come out of this game "having a laugh" is going to cause? (About as many as South Park does, but people still like that, because Duke and South Park have one key similarity. They are satirical and are poking fun. Everything in the world is a joke! When Duke Nukem 3D came out, there was a billboard that said "Guilty?" as a clear reference to the OJ Simpson Trial, as well as all the stripper movies that were in the Cinema in the first level.) Everyone with their brand stamped on this are walking a tight rope about this - if its as bad as it could be, then bankruptcy is not a far fetched idea. (No. Bankruptcy will not happen. Unless Duke puts on a white hood and burns crosses, nothing like that will happen from the content of this game)
I suppose 2K didnt help themselves out when they decided to release this the same year as Mortal Kombat. (Oh I see now. I see why you've only just brought this up.) Now if you look at how far the industry has come as a whole and then how far back into immaturity we've gone this year...yeah...not good is it? (Listen, you've taken two games, which you probably haven't played, and you've said they are damaging the game industry. Mortal Kombat is doing it's thing straight faced, except some of it's sillier aspects, like "babality". Duke Nukem is not. It takes EVERYTHING as a joke. Nothing Duke does is meant to be taken seriously. The entire game is taking the piss, I can't emphasise that enough, but we like it because of that. We want to see someone who is taking the piss, have a piss then shoot an alien in the face. Just because Yahtzee has argued that Mortal Kombat is trying to send us in the wrong direction of gaming, doesn't mean it applies to every game that pushes the boundary of the rating system.)
Judge for yourself anyway, I've got to play it to review, but I'm not looking forward to that one. Wow...boobs. Yeah smack that butt. BFG! C'mon, just go watch porn and then play some TF2. Same damn result. (Nope. Different result. No Shrink rays, no Freezethrowers, too many hats. Multiplayer only. What I'm getting at here, is that Duke is different to pretty much every FPS out there because of Duke and the world he lives in. The weapons, the aliens, the people in the world and the man himself make the game.)
