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Laodamia wrote:I have but one concern with this new game: the graphics look like they come straight from the Stone Age.

Oh come on, they're not that bad. Or would you rather they go on hiatus for another 2 years so they can update them again, and restart the vicious cycle?

I can think of a number of games that Duke Nukem outshines graphically. Yet no one complains about said games' appearances.

metallifan wrote:

Laodamia wrote:I have but one concern with this new game: the graphics look like they come straight from the Stone Age.

Oh come on, they're not that bad. Or would you rather they go on hiatus for another 2 years so they can update them again, and restart the vicious cycle?

I can think of a number of games that Duke Nukem outshines graphically. Yet no one complains about said games' appearances.

Because said games don't face the same expectations from the gamers. Nor did they make the gaming community wait 12 years for a sequel.

The Duke games won a huge support from the gaming community. Now DNF has to live up to this reputation.

Personally, i'd rather wait and have updated graphics. If I can wait for 12 years for a full game, then I can certainly wait for 2 more (if it even takes that long) so that I can enjoy it graphically.

I didn't care much for Halo graphics, because in the small handful of years it took for the sequels, I knew it wouldn't be a huge upgrade, but when you take a game that has been 12 years in the making... well, you sort of expect that everything possible has been polished.

Look at DNF's history before you judge too harshly.

The original project was all but completely scrapped when Gearbox picked it up from 3DRealms. Since they scooped it up, it's been getting solid development. A large part of the 12 year wait isn't the fault of Gearbox Software, it's 3DRealms. They were the ones constantly retweaking it and putting off release because "it wasn't good enough". Gearbox on the other hand, took the game, decided it needed to be bloody finished, and did just that.

And I really don't see what's wrong with the Graphics. The water coming out of the showerheads looks a tad off, and the lack of blood pools from dead enemies is a bit disappointing, but otherwise I think the game looks great.

Graphics seem fine to me.

Hell perfectly fine, Ill be able to run them in high, and others will be able to run them without having to upgrade their gaming PCs or deal with gakky console hardware hamstringing them.

Pretty much my thoughts Melissia. TBH though, I'm suprised you'd want to play with the Duke .

The two things I noted could be fixed with a patch or mod easy-peasy. Besides, a game is never about the graphics, unless they're the only thing holding the title up (Read: Call of Duty series, any movie-to-game hellspawn, etc...). I can't say that anyone of the mindset 'graphics make the game' has enough merit to serve as a judge of quality.

I like The Duke. He's a hilarious character. The difference between, say, Duke Nukem and, say, some random douchebag that nobody remembers the name of from Medal of Duty: Call of Honor on the Homefront Battlefield, is because they just honestly don't stick out and don't have any real personality.

But... The Duke has no such lack.

Stop and think about it: People have been waiting for Duke since 1998. Why? No one waited for a Hexen sequel, for example. Why? Because it's Duke. It's not the game, it's the character. That spoof of the over the top 'macho' man. It's part of what makes the game fun, and, frankly, gearbox, for the games other faults, pretty much nailed the important parts on the head.

I think the graphics update was pretty good actually.

I hope there's no regenerating health.

Cheesecat wrote:I hope there's no regenerating health.

We're not sure.

We DO know there's a sort of ego shield thing. Bullets don't hurt Duke, but they do insult his ego, and he get shis ego back through various feats.

This might be a shield thing, or it might be actual regenerating health. Dunno.

When my copy arrives, I'll head to a urinal and find out!

The Ego is his health. And when it runs out, he dies. But it does regenerate. Though in the game's defense, you can easily get your arse handed to you, even on the easiest setting.

I cant remember but didnt you regain ego back in the old games by killing enemies?

Played through the demo over the weekend:

1. I have no problems with the graphics. They're certainly not up to Crysis standards or anything, but they're not complete crap either.

2. Game play is pretty straight forward. Your "health" is your Ego. Sort of like the original Halo, if you don't get shot for awhile it comes back. Not sure if doing particularly awesome things gets you Ego back immediately or anything. Guess I could check.

3. The Car isn't nearly as hard to control as I feared it would be.

4. I am super pumped and can not wait for the full game to arrive. I ordered the Balls of Steel edition back when it initially went on sale on Amazon.



My only real complaint is that you can only carry two weapons at a time. Would have really liked it to harken back to Duke 3D where you carried around a crap ton of weapons.

As long as it isn't "modern" then I am happy. Duke shouldn't need cover or band-aids or anything. Give him a gun and an alien to shoot at and I am a happy person. Oh and the shrink ray was amazing.

Melissia wrote:We're not sure.

We DO know there's a sort of ego shield thing. Bullets don't hurt Duke, but they do insult his ego, and he get shis ego back through various feats.

This might be a shield thing, or it might be actual regenerating health. Dunno.

I did not know this. From what I remember of the older ones, it was just like any other action oriented FPS, health with health kits.

Still going to be worth it.

Is it just me or does it seem strange that right now, everyone is talking about Duke Nukem, Mortal Kombat and X Men. Did I travel back through the wormhole to the 90's again?

BaronIveagh wrote:Is it just me or does it seem strange that right now, everyone is talking about Duke Nukem, Mortal Kombat and X Men. Did I travel back through the wormhole to the 90's again?

There was a thread a few days ago complaining about the Star Wars prequels, so I'm thinking yes, some kind of time anomaly has occured.

What about Lara Croft?

She is an old woman; a dinosaur of a forgotten time, who has surfaced and is once again (possibly) relevent.

That's true, they announced a reboot just called 'Tomb Raider' didn't they?

Maybe I should go talk to the old man by the lamp post and find out what's what before we stat playing with the glowing bucket over there.

Will be downloading the demo when it is available to everyone... does anyone know when that is?

I think the public demo comes out during the weekend. It doesn't tell much about the game though. You get the idea that 'yea, it's totally Duke', but that's about it.

Also, I found that turd and tossed it around a bit. It's definately just as amusing as it was in the trailer.

The only 2 guns bit bugs me a little. I liked having a gak ton of guns. Don't make me choose between pipe bombs and the freeze gun!

Judging by the reviews this game is getting right now, (4-6/10) I'll get it when the price drops. A LOT.

Huh. So far most of the ones I've seen were 8/10

Joystiq gave the 360 version a 4, and, reading the review, I can see why. If you didn't like Duke to begin with and hate low brow humor, then, YES, you will probably not like DNF.

It's sort of like saying 'I HATE JRPGs and Final Fantasy in particular, now here's my review of Final Fantasy 7 and why it SUCKS" Haters gonna hate.

+5 internets for the first person who make a Duke Nukem diorama shooting Greyknights and tyranids in the face.

hopefully I'll be able to preorder tomorrow...

Cheesecat wrote:I hope there's no regenerating health.

There is.

There's an easter egg in which Duke calls MC a certain epithet, but the game is basically a reskinned Halo.

dogma wrote:

Cheesecat wrote:I hope there's no regenerating health.

There is.

There's an easter egg in which Duke calls MC a certain epithet, but the game is basically a reskinned Halo.

Yeah, I heard about that either way the game sounds pretty "meh".