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Duke Nukem Forever Video Review (PlayStation 3)

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  • Posted Jun 15, 2011

Duke Nukem Forever will forever have taken hours of Kevin VanOrd's life; find out how to avoid a similar fate in this video review.

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969 Comments

  • rhan12

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 8:39 pm PT

    who wants to count the number comments Gelugon_baat has

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 8:30 pm PT

    @inaka_rob

    You wrote:
    I bet you Bethsada wont play the media game that Activision does.

    Oh indeed, Bethesda, who paid GameSpot to air ads of Brink during its launch period and paying GameSpot to host launch centers for the Fallout 3 and New Vegas, is not "playing the media game".

    You wrote:
    ... there is some sweet swag to be given away for "free"

    You keep equating their promotional activities with impropriety, then.

    That said, this is a comment thread for Duke Nukem Forever - not a vehicle to air your misgivings about GameSpot, or IGN.

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 8:29 pm PT

    @inaka_rob

    You wrote:
    you HONESLTY dont think big game companies do favors for these game companies.

    I don't "think" that they do this because I don't have proof to think otherwise. Do you have proof other than what you believe is "evidence" of impropriety, e.g. reviews that you don't like and the huge number of exclusives that very rich publishers like Activision shell out not just for GameSpot?

    You wrote:
    Gamespot even admitted that they were ANGRY at brink purblisher for not giving them their copy sooner than other reviewers.

    And they shouldn't be angry? That said, where did you get the information that other reviewers got "their copy sooner". Is it this Reality Check article that Justin Calvert wrote? If it is, Justin didn't say anything about other review sites.

    You wrote:
    just look at Bethsadea games. All of them over the last 5 years. they ALL get below average ratings from gamespot.

    Oh indeed, they all got below average ratings. The Elder Scroll games scored "below average", and the Fallout remakes did too.

    And do please don't bring Brink into a thread about Duke Nukem Forever. They aren't even similar games.

  • SANDMAN201

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 8:28 pm PT

    Wow, I didn't expect this, it looked good. Thanks GameSpot for helping me avoid this piece of crap.

  • fel_rossi

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 7:10 pm PT

    Very Nice. lol

  • kolmak7

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 6:40 pm PT

    I like how they give it a low score, yet still advertising it on their site

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 5:49 pm PT

    @ThAdEa82

    You wrote:
    ... because it shows an undeserved score ...

    Then, do please elaborate. Otherwise, your statement is little more than a simple thumbing-up or thumbing-down. The comment thread for this video review is not here for this.

  • chaosbrigade

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 4:22 pm PT

    I have no idea who in the right mind would think it's a good idea to bring back a severely out-dated, immature, offensive and 1 dimensional character and his equally awful series to the 21st century. If anyone thought this game would be a major success, you are delusional.

  • dutchy_bruz

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 2:47 pm PT

    Was gonna sell my Duke Nukem 3D atomic edition since i've had since release around 1996 and get Forever but it looks like I will be holding onto the original and the best, unless I get it for free ofcourse...

  • KILLZoneKILLall

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 2:00 pm PT

    LOL i knew it. Wasn't fooled for a second. Never liked DUKE any damn way

  • ecobacon

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 1:54 pm PT

    epic fail.

  • megasuper1

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 1:34 pm PT

    it's funny,other reviewers try to be generous with 6,5,and 4's
    but GS REALLY shows no mercy to this game.why Duke WE LOVED YOUR GAMES!

  • Laughin-boy

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 12:25 pm PT

    I was really looking forward to the crude humour of this game. Dukes one liners, movie quotes, digs at other games etc. But none of it feels right or Duke-like. Most of the one liners are ruined because he doesn`t say them right, or the ones he gets right are just repeated from previous games. So much wrong with this game it just kills the atmosphere.
    Man i wish there was something to like about this game, i really do. Loved the original games and even some of the spin-offs.

    Eff it im gonna go cry myself to sleep now

  • Laughin-boy

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 12:14 pm PT

    Randy Pitchfork.... used to be a name that meant something in the business....
    I don`t think anyone expected DNF to be amazing given the development hell this game has been through, but to hype it like it will be the next big thing in shooters, and a re-imagining of the Duke brand.... b*tch please!
    You (Randy) and the other numbnuts working on this game must`ve known this would be a pile of sh*t. But instead of being honest and treating us like we have half a brain, you hyped and lied, then sat back and waited for the money to come rolling in from the Duke name alone. Disgusting behaviour in my opinion.
    I for one will avoid anything with your name on it in the future. You guys destroyed Duke as we know him, and in my eyes destroyed your reputations aswell. I only hope you don`t try again with Duke or some other classic IP.
    And to all you saying this is not a fair review - you need your heads tested! Every review site and real gamer hates this for what it is - a slap in the face to gamers and fans of the franchise.
    I played this steaming turd for 20 minutes, removed the disk, snapped it in half, threw it in the bin, AND spat on it.
    And don`t get me started on the remarks Duke makes towards other games, like he`s still their superior.......... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr mofo i will kick YOUR arse and chew bubblegum.

    Sorry for the rant i just had to get that off my chest *sigh of relief* that`s better.

  • ThAdEa82

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 10:37 am PT

    @Gelugon_baat - because it shows an undeserved score...

  • penpusher

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 10:36 am PT

    @THUGDRAFT isnt quite how I meant that to sound I guess, what I mean is yeah I agree that to some people a game thats not enjoyable is enjoyable to them but there are times when a game just stinks of lazy development which is bad no matter how you look at it and I beleive duke nukem forever is one of those cases

  • Cybrggame

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 10:31 am PT

    Janky!

  • InfestedHunter

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 9:55 am PT

    I see this game being 20 bucks in a few months, and the company who made it will never get a shot like this again. It's too bad they couldn't just put more effort in the game, and make a name for the company.

  • InfestedHunter

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 9:52 am PT

    LOL Elbows that can cut a side of beef with haha

  • alien100000

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 9:37 am PT

    I feel bad for the people that have waited so long for this crappy game.

  • the22for4

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 9:30 am PT

    OMG it is bad did 2k games does not has a video cards to paint the Graphics or make is better this is so disappointment !o!

  • Exia2004

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 9:18 am PT

    haha it sucks i knew it

  • commander1122

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 9:14 am PT

    agree with this review duke nukem forever is nth like DN 3d...so stop bah bah bah

  • jjjrrr11211

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 8:25 am PT

    i guess gearbox and 2k did not pay gamespot for a good review

  • jjjrrr11211

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 8:23 am PT

    I guess gearbox and 2k did not pay gamespot for a good review

  • Poodlejumper

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 8:01 am PT

    @Lov3IsPAiN

    Dead serious. I've played every BioWare game since they started. I had to force myself to finish DA2...and cannot bring myself to replay it. DA2 is not a "great game"...calling it "mediocre" is being generous. That company is supposed to spit out gems on a steady basis but DA2 was spit out early, without TLC, and it shows. It was an insult to console players and PC Gamers alike. I think a lot of younger gamers are being denied the chance to play somthing like Baldur's Gate II is skewing their expectations towards a lesser product.

    Now Duke...well it had nowhere to go but down. All those years in the Dev cycle weren't spent making "the ultimate game"...they seem to have been spent in a quandry of "uh oh...we may have not made a good game...let's rethink things". "The bastard child of a thousand developers" fits the mold in a perfect sumation. Too much time in the oven can be as detrimental as not enough time...especially when the vision keeps changing.

    In software development when you change your base requirements of the end product late in the game it can murder your end product and cost far more than even a successful product might glean.

    I have no glee in panning either product...but I know a good game when I see one...neither is a good game...but I expected Duke to be bad. DA2...not so much. Both were bad but for two very opposite reasons.

  • professorXzaver

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 7:10 am PT

    50 Cent Blood in the Sand is a GREAT game that I'm playing now. It's really worth buying if you want something with very brutal/crude humor.

  • Rammone-X

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 7:09 am PT

    @Avi1231: Ignorance is bliss.....

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 6:44 am PT

    @a_tiger101

    You wrote:
    I'm sticking to user reviewing sites from now on cause I'm done with all these crappy gaming sites ...

    Do please do that then. Good luck having the user reviewing sites keep telling you what you want to hear though - especially when these sites host reviews for games that you seem to like but seemingly everybody else disliked. I doubt that you are not going to call these user reviewing site "crappy" too.

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 6:21 am PT

    @inaka_rob

    You wrote:
    y 10 year step son came to me and asked why Gamespot and IGN give such fun games so many bad scores!!! Even my 10 year old can see with his own two eyes that the reviews posted by Gamespot and IGN are totaly crap half the time.

    I would say that the two of you - you and your step-son - have yet to learn that GameSpot - and IGN - aren't there to tell the fans what they want to hear. They tell what THEY want to tell - and you are faulting them for this? Call them "run by cash?"

    You wrote:
    Half the reivews on metacritic say the game is crap, half say its fun.

    I personally wouldn't consider Metacritic to be the final say on any game. Remember Portal 2 on Metacritic? That showed that Metacritic is WIDE open to spam-scoring by angry fans - the angry, angry words of fans, who believe that they are always right.

    The irony is that Metacritic is even more dependent on viewership than GameSpot or IGN is, because it has mainly metascores to offer - metascores that are affected by fans, and which fans LIKE to see.

  • redorb3333

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 6:19 am PT

    jaja, so many people waited for this game for so much that now that is finally out and its a total crap, they get angry with the reviewer for saying what was obvious since the previews, the game is CRAAAAP and if you want to say that is not so bad, thats fine, whatever help let you sleep at night jajaja CRAAAP

  • plm3d_basic

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 6:19 am PT

    @Brokenhope69
    LMAO. Is that you George Broussard or are you a former employee of 3-D Realms? I'm being ignorant? Really? Prey 2 hasn't even been released and you're already calling it a success. John Romero left idsoftware, formed ion storm and then created one of the worst games in history which caused his company to go belly up, while he was out messing around with some fresh tart. Their Dallas offices were closed and many people found themselves to be unemployed. The failure was so epic that Gamespot did an extensive article which chronicles the failure and written by Gametrailer's host Geoff Keighly. Everyone should read it. It's sad and shows what not to do when developing a game. George Broussard and his team at 3-D Realms followed the exact same path. "Greatness of DNF?" LOL. Dude, that's funnier than the entire game including the first one.

  • Brokenhope69

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 5:57 am PT

    Who here has played it from beginning to end and still thinks its bad?

  • theslimdavylp

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 5:36 am PT

    Damn you Gearbox... I wish somebody else would've picked this title up and did it the right way

  • Vortec33

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 5:21 am PT

    So glad I didnt pre pre order this POS

  • warhawk-geeby

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 4:44 am PT

    I didn't really have high hopes for this game due to the amount of time it's been coming, but actually from what I can see the game doesn't look THAT bad. I haven't played it but I doubt it deserves a 3, probably a 5 at least.

    I did have to turn the sound down though.. Not because of the game, but because of the guy reviewing it. Man his voice is aggravating.

  • what00kya

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 3:49 am PT

    I'm quite baffled by the general response by reviewers about DNF - sure it's not ground breaking, sure it's not the best game around - I do agree that there's a massive difference between the visual quality of the console versions when compared to the pc version - and for that the developers should prob get a slap on the wrist.

    But the game as a whole plays just like all the previous DN games, and I've played em all, even games like Red Neck Rampage which wasn't a mile off from the DN style gaming.

    This game has all the elements that make up a game, they might not be super serious, ground breaking or pushing the bar in any way - but this is a DN game - it's rude, crude and has sully humour - anybody that expected anything else are just plain stupid. This game gave what Duke gave us back in the day - and if you play it with that same silly mind set that the original Duke games had then this game is nothing more than an expansion of the Duke universe.

    All these "worst game ever" and "I'll never get the time back" us all crap - the game plays, it works, there's boss fights - and the whole game is all about what old school fps's where like. It's a great nod of the head to the classic DN games, and it's fun.

  • jeremy- posted Jun 20, 2011 2:51 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    jeremy-

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 2:51 am PT (hide)

    It was a mistake for somebody gay to review this game as the entire joke system is based around sexism and over the top male stereo types. I'm not saying this reviewer is bad I find him an expert game reviewer and he made some valid points. But you must realise most straight men will laugh at this game and wont necessarily call it boring. You seem to form a strong bias for this game and that made you exaggerate how bad this is. Considering some of the 8+ ratings you have given boring as hell other games you did this game a disservice.

  • tman410

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 2:07 am PT

    Must warn other countries about this bad game.

  • JoonasJ86

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 1:10 am PT

    According to Metacritic:

    Based on 26 critics score is 58/100

    Based on 400+ gamers the score was 61/100

    Just means that it should be totally playable and theres not that many who believes it's totally crap. I'm gonna buy it and play it eventhough it's not ás good as like MW2 (well yeah, different games but blabla).
    Btw, i thought those jokes were funny!

  • tman410

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 12:59 am PT

    Gearbox Software president, try ed to sell us a crap game. Randy Pitchford shouldn't be able to show his face anywhere. Not the market, not the strip club, not even at work.

  • tjmic1

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 12:56 am PT

    "It's like having some boring random dude tell a joke in a monotone voice, but then never deliver the punchline."

    BAHAHAHA!!! THE BEST LINE EVER!!!

  • ryzrocks

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 12:56 am PT

    Kevin did a great job with this review...though the game wasn't a big hit...hmph they should have done a better job..

  • contentxcontext

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 12:19 am PT

    People, just because someone writes a review on a game that gives out a score or comments you do not agree with it does not mean that person is bad at their job. I dont agree with every game review here mostly becuase i have my own mind. I still dont think the people writing the review or the site they are working on is bad because of it. Also i suspect that most of you are hating on the review without having played the game at all. Even the short demo released before it finally came out showed off a multitude of flaws that should have been blatent from the off. If your not going to agree thats fine, just dont spend time you could be doing something good complaining about a reviewer personally, it's rude for no reason and its silly. If your going to use a different site for this stuff just do that, its not like your so important that it has to be announced to the world.

  • contentxcontext

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 12:13 am PT

    @a_tiger101 professionals are idiots? they why are they being paid for doing these reviews and you are complaining about an honest opinion with bad use of the english language for free?

  • contentxcontext

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 12:10 am PT

    "same there there." ?? sorry sir you should really just look over what you write before you post, just to prevent your point being muddied down by bad misakz

  • contentxcontext

    Posted Jun 20, 2011 12:09 am PT

    "It was a TON fun." ??

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