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Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive

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Re: Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive

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Post by cburgas »

ineedtosleep wrote: post #3
andrewvc wrote: post #2

Its 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.

The "Quick"look on Giant Bomb is a nice overview over some of the levels for people who want to see more than the demo. http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-duke-nukem-forever/17-43...

For those who don't have the 50min to watch it. Both of the guys commentating don't like the game at all. It's supposed to be boring and archaic, and then there's the lazy humor...

Re: Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive

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Post by jaquis »

andrewvc wrote: post #2

Its 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 you're really missing out the second paragraph from that review.

Re: Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive

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Post by whalesalad »

I went to high school with a lot of people who weirded me out. This one particular breed was a combination of a lack of social skills, misogyny, and self pity. I always wondered what would happen to people like them... now I know they're making video games for Gearbox.

Re: Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive

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Post by GeneralWaste »

redthrowaway wrote: post #21
andrewvc wrote: post #2

Its 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'm waiting for Yahtzee to rip into it. He has a knack for separating the merely pedestrian from the truly terrible. If he can't laugh at DNF, there's a good chance I won't be able to, either.

Quite. My reaction to reading the Ars Tech article was 'I need a second opinion' followed by checking Zero Punctuation to see if a video was up yet.

If you are looking for a ZP review a genuine one isn't up as of this exact minute - there is a review of DNF on the site but it's a 'tribute' of sorts from September 2010. I look forward to Yahtzee's take on the real thing.

Re: Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive

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Post by redthrowaway »

GeneralWaste wrote: post #34
redthrowaway wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm waiting for Yahtzee to rip into it. He has a knack for separating the merely pedestrian from the truly terrible. If he can't laugh at DNF, there's a good chance I won't be able to, either.

Quite. My reaction to reading the Ars Tech article was 'I need a second opinion' followed by checking Zero Punctuation to see if a video was up yet. If you are looking for a ZP review a genuine one isn't up as of this exact minute - there is a review of DNF on the site but it's a 'tribute' of sorts from September 2010. I look forward to Yahtzee's take on the real thing.

The DNF review was done as a "viewer's choice" piece, and was, ironically, released shortly before it was announced that Gearbox would finish DNF.

Re: Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive

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Post by krschultz »

andrewvc wrote: post #2

Its 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…

There's a difference between witty but offensive, and just offensive for offensive sake. Just being offensive is juvenile humor, and isn't all that funny. I can watch some comedians stand on stage and say a bunch of things that make me think, 'I can't believe he just said that', but I'll be laughing the entire time. Or I can watch a movie that just plays one poop joke after another and not laugh once. His review sounds like he thinks the game is the latter. I don't see how you can extropolate from that to 'the reviewer has no sense of humor'.

Re: Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive

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Post by mcorrientes »

I just finished DNF and I actually liked it.

It's not a game I would like to play more than once but in my opinion, it was worth his pre order price. I was entertained about 8-10 hours with mini games, some jokes and first person action.

There're parts which appear unfinished and can't be missed, but DNF can be a entertaining game if you can look over it.

Re: Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive

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Post by ordinary »

psykotic wrote: post #17
DarkShikari wrote: post #5

A 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?

> 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. This is not what happened. Please don't spread lies. The single player game is exactly what 3D Realms had developed and Triptych finished following 3DR's demise. Triptych consisted of a bunch of 3DR guys who wouldn't let the game die and spent close to a year working out of someo…

There's no reason to call someone a liar when it could just as easily be a simple mistake. Don't attribute to malice, etc.
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