Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive
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Re: Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive
#2Its hard to trust a humorless judgement of humor.
While I haven't played the game myself, I'd like to point out to the author of the article that if attempting to describe why a something isn't funny, the best weapon in your arsenal would be humor, not simply sticking up your nose in disgust (though one could mix that in).
That said, a lot of the jokes in the game sound pretty straightforwardly shitty and weird. However I'm trying to imagine the author describing a Louis CK comedy set, a dirty comic I find hilarious, and I'm fairly sure he could ruin that in short order, so I'll hold off on my judgements.
Re: Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive
#3Its hard to trust a humorless judgement of humor. While I haven't played the game myself, I'd like to point out to the author of the article that if attempting to describe why a something isn't funny, the best weapon in your arsenal would be humor, not simply sticking up your nose in disgust (though one could mix that in). That said, a lot of the jokes in the game sound pretty straightforwardly shitty and weird. Howe…
I'd suggest you play the demo before sticking with how you're describing the article.
I'm a fan of nearly all types of comedy and don't mind the mindless, 'tasteless' humor types. That said, the demo was tasteless AND unfunny. Considering Gearbox and 2K's recent track record, it's not too surprising -- they've been relatively mediocre at best lately.
Re: Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive
#4Its hard to trust a humorless judgement of humor. While I haven't played the game myself, I'd like to point out to the author of the article that if attempting to describe why a something isn't funny, the best weapon in your arsenal would be humor, not simply sticking up your nose in disgust (though one could mix that in). That said, a lot of the jokes in the game sound pretty straightforwardly shitty and weird. Howe…
I'd suggest you play the demo before sticking with how you're describing the article. I'm a fan of nearly all types of comedy and don't mind the mindless, 'tasteless' humor types. That said, the demo was tasteless AND unfunny. Considering Gearbox and 2K's recent track record, it's not too surprising -- they've been relatively mediocre at best lately.
Hey, I can believe that the game sucks in a painfully humorless way, never said it didn't. I'm just talking about the writing style of the article. If it was that unfunny, there should have been plenty of material in the article for the author to riff on.
As is, he sounds like a straight laced bore.
Re: Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive
#5A game is in development hell for years. It "officially dies", then in a matter of a year or two, a sequel is whipped up by another studio using the inherited rights to the name.
Did anyone really expect this to be anything besides a cheap cash-in on the last gasp of the Duke Nukem franchise?
Re: Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive
#6I'm not really comfortable about the fact that dozens of adult people have spent several years of their work and milions of dollars so that other people can run in virtual environment and throw shit around.
Re: Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive
#7Its hard to trust a humorless judgement of humor. While I haven't played the game myself, I'd like to point out to the author of the article that if attempting to describe why a something isn't funny, the best weapon in your arsenal would be humor, not simply sticking up your nose in disgust (though one could mix that in). That said, a lot of the jokes in the game sound pretty straightforwardly shitty and weird. Howe…
I think that people who played Duke3d remember one of two things: badass non-stop action and a lack of bubblegum, or fantastically misogynistic humor. He clearly falls into the former category. However, even with this I fail to see how he can think it's that far off Duke3d in its humor. It was always toilet humor, we're all just older now...
Re: Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive
#8Its hard to trust a humorless judgement of humor. While I haven't played the game myself, I'd like to point out to the author of the article that if attempting to describe why a something isn't funny, the best weapon in your arsenal would be humor, not simply sticking up your nose in disgust (though one could mix that in). That said, a lot of the jokes in the game sound pretty straightforwardly shitty and weird. Howe…
I'd suggest you play the demo before sticking with how you're describing the article. I'm a fan of nearly all types of comedy and don't mind the mindless, 'tasteless' humor types. That said, the demo was tasteless AND unfunny. Considering Gearbox and 2K's recent track record, it's not too surprising -- they've been relatively mediocre at best lately.
Gearbox didn't make the game, just took the existing almost-finished version that 3D Realms abandoned and polished it as much as they could.
Re: Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive
#9A game is in development hell for years. It "officially dies", then in a matter of a year or two, a sequel is whipped up by another studio using the inherited rights to the name. Did anyone really expect this to be anything besides a cheap cash-in on the last gasp of the Duke Nukem franchise?
I think everyone expected an underwhelming "meh" game that would at least be worth some nostalgia value.
I'm not sure how many people expected just plain Daikatana bad.
Re: Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive
#10Its hard to trust a humorless judgement of humor. While I haven't played the game myself, I'd like to point out to the author of the article that if attempting to describe why a something isn't funny, the best weapon in your arsenal would be humor, not simply sticking up your nose in disgust (though one could mix that in). That said, a lot of the jokes in the game sound pretty straightforwardly shitty and weird. Howe…
I think that people who played Duke3d remember one of two things: badass non-stop action and a lack of bubblegum, or fantastically misogynistic humor. He clearly falls into the former category. However, even with this I fail to see how he can think it's that far off Duke3d in its humor. It was always toilet humor, we're all just older now...
I am currently playing Duke3D and no, it is not a game reduced to that. It has varied explorative(!) levels with humor tacked on, eg a poster here, a monster on the toilet there, a vocal sample by Duke later. There were strippers in the first map but not anymore so far (5th map now).