Duke Nukem Forever finally available for pre-order on Amazon

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Post by tswicegood » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 10:22 PM UTC

Duke Nukem Forever finally available for pre-order on Amazon
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Re: Duke Nukem Forever finally available for pre-order on Amazon

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Post by coderdude » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 10:47 PM UTC

It's just not the same. It's a game by the same name, but this isn't the DNF that we were waiting for: The possibly end-all be-all of games because it took so long to develop.

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Post by checoivan » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 11:02 PM UTC

Very appropriately launched on Dec 28th, the Latin version of April's fools.

I think I'll wait for retail :)

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Post by Swizec » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 11:10 PM UTC

They have ruined everything! Suddenly "I'll get a date when DNF comes out" lost all its meaning.

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Post by mistrQ » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 11:10 PM UTC

I read this and thought TextMate 2 was out for some reason :)

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Post by bayleo » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 11:13 PM UTC

coderdude wrote: post #2

It's just not the same. It's a game by the same name, but this isn't the DNF that we were waiting for: The possibly end-all be-all of games because it took so long to develop.

I was initially skeptical when Gearbox announced that they were releasing it (I figured they had just scrapped most of what was there and built their own game), but apparently 9 ex-3D realms employees formed their own micro-studio (Triptych) and continued development from their homes until they could muster support from Gearbox to help polish and build the console ports. So far Gearbox/2K has also done a great job of marketing so they will probably see a nice ROI for saving DNF.

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Post by tomdeal » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 11:14 PM UTC

Is anyone expecting more than a mediocre game?

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Post by jessevondoom » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 11:15 PM UTC

I'd actually consider paying the pre-order fee to keep it in a perpetual state of pre-order. Goes from epic vaporware to a whole new vapor-based business model.

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Post by electromagnetic » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 11:16 PM UTC

checoivan wrote: post #3

Very appropriately launched on Dec 28th, the Latin version of April's fools. I think I'll wait for retail :)

Ditto, I'm not even going to believe it when I'm holding a disc in my hand loading it into a drive. I'll believe it when I'm halfway through (what by now should be the first FPS to break the 10+ hour mark, really it should be breaking the 100+ hour mark) and it wasn't a half-complete last-ditch scam to keep the project alive and funded.

I'm serious, until that point I believe DN:F is fake. This wouldn't be the first time a retailer is hosting pre-order before the game actually has a release date set.

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Post by trotsky » Tue, Dec 28, 2010, 11:20 PM UTC

bayleo wrote: post #6

coderdude wrote: post #2

It's just not the same. It's a game by the same name, but this isn't the DNF that we were waiting for: The possibly end-all be-all of games because it took so long to develop.

I was initially skeptical when Gearbox announced that they were releasing it (I figured they had just scrapped most of what was there and built their own game), but apparently 9 ex-3D realms employees formed their own micro-studio (Triptych) and continued development from their homes until they could muster support from Gearbox to help polish and build the console ports. So far Gearbox/2K has also done a great job of…

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