Zero Punctuation: Duke Nukem Forever (for real this time)

[Electric Alpaca]

First.

Oh, just missed it.

I think I prefer the fake Duke Nukem Forever review thinking about it. I unfortunately didn't find this one too amusing, its almost as if Ben has been superceded by the torrents of abuse formed from the festering pool of expectations and hope.

 

[zombie711]

In battle feild BC review Yahtzee said
"duke nukem all is forgiven"
so Is it forgiven or not

 

[masticina]

Could be worse

I mean it has been 14 years, obviously they have taken the 2007 idea of the game and polished up what was left by the old developers. Simple said the current developers couldn't help that the basic game was how to say old.

But hey for all duke fans he is back.. the game itself is hardly special but at least the duke finally has returned.

So I can support all the 7 out of 10 reviews..even those lower.. those higher then an 8 though seriously? How blinded can you be it is not the worst game it is well what you expect.

 

[Srdjan]

The first was funnier

 

[DarkhoIlow]

Great episode,was looking forward to this.

Thank you for pointing out all the faults of this game to further the fact that this was a big disappointment after so many years in development.

 

[LordXel]

It's sad that this game has been panned because of the long history. It's like they were building up what could have been a really good game but they come with a fart joke and say that is all we get, an awkward silence of dissapointment follows, and the game just disappears in the corner.

 

[Formica Archonis]

Wow. Yahtzee seemed to feel sorry for the game and went easy on it.

Not as funny as the other DNF 'review' but still as big a landmark!

 

[Athol]

Bad or not I'll still probably rent it for the lulz.

 

[k-ossuburb]

Let's just hope Serious Sam doesn't disappoint in the same way is all I can say.

 

[viggih7]

Wow, Yhatzee was really holding back on the rage, propably because he felt sorry for the old man(Duke).
Well, I suppose that you need you show old people some respect

 

[Dfskelleton]

I do kind of agree with Yahtzee. It is a bit sad to see Duke return saying "Did you miss me?" and then being pelted with rocks from every review site in existence who loved him about 13 years ago. Yahtzee's reviews are cynical and sarcastic, but it would be foolish to deny that he can make some very good points.
I've said this on many other threads, so I'll say it here too where it's actually nessecary: I like Duke Nukem Forever. The load screens were hell and some of the shooting sections sucked, but really, I'm just glad to see Duke back. Even with the limitations like regenerating health and two weapon limit (which really didn't bother me, Duke will always be thought of as that badass with a jetpack flying through a strip club with an RPG, kicking aliens in the face, and spouting out one liners. Duke Nukem in DNF is still the person we all love, he's just gone with the flow. Still, DNF gets honor in my book for being funny. There were quite a few parts in the game when I actually laughed out loud, something that only one other series can do: Portal. Yes, I will laugh when I'm having ridiculous amounts of fun and just wasting enemies into nothing (Prototype, Doom, Mortal Kombat), only the Portal games and the Duke Nukem games can make me laugh from humor alone. Yes, Portal appeals more to the twisted, dark sense of humor I have, immature humor is always funny. Okay, some could disagree, but really, who hasn't laughed at a well made immature boner joke once? Duke takes that to the extreme, and I can respect extremes.
8/10 is my rating of the game. It's not getting my personal game of the year award (which is probably going to end up with Portal 2 or MK9), but it offered me what I wanted: more Duke Nukem.

 

[NKnight]

Maybe it shouldn't have come out. At least that's what I would tell if I ever cared for the series at all. Duke represents everything that's being holding this industry back for years. Brainless, aimed for teenage-boys, chauvinist games.

It's like Two and a Half Men meets Twilight.

In my opinion it's a good thing for games in general that this series had such a dissapointing final chapter. If successful, we would be walking backwards in game development right now.

 

[duchaked]

I really did try to like it...but in the end, ironically, it was waiting for the endless loading screens were what truly deferred me from having the desire to keep playing more and more haha

...guess I'm not THAT patient

 

[xdiesp]

He still liked it better than Halo.

 

[Aptspire]

pretty good review (though it did feel like you were going a little too easy on it)
this meatball was at least 9 years past its prime, therefore let us all move on to better things :O

 

[BlackWidower]

Gee, considering all the scathing reviews this game's gotten across the web, I thought he'd evicerate it. If you ask me, he went too easy on it.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Oh Yahtzee I feel you held back on this one.
And I also feel your pain this game brings, also the controls are equally shit on all platforms.

I think it deserves it's own pedestal tho: "Why games should not be developed for 14 years"

 

[katsabas]

Yahtzee depressed ? I'll be damned...

 

[brinvixen]

Sigh. I suppose in the back of my mind I was expecting this, but part of me still hoped that Yahtzee would do inFamous 2 instead. What hasn't already been said about DNF? And considering how much he enjoyed inFamous (faults and all) I was hoping to get his take on the sequel. Instead of the DNF critique with highly predictably content. Nonetheless, this was entertaining. And perhaps inFamous 2 is on the way next week.

 

[Hungry Donner]

I'd say I thought Yahtzee pulled his punches but when something is already on the ground half-conscious and twitching kicking it a couple of times just doesn't have the same satisfaction.