Duke Nukem Forever Angry Review
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Platform: Xbox 360, PC, PS3
Developer: Gearbox Games
Publisher: 2K Games
Genre: FPS
Players: 1 Offline Player, 16 Players Online
After many delays, rewrites, and graphical upgrades Angry Joe finally releases his review for Duke Nukem Forever. Should you always bet on Duke? Watch to find out!
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215 thoughts on “Duke Nukem Forever Angry Review”
Duke Nukem DIED forever…shame though id rather play the old 1.
But i can still buy it for 5 bucks and piss on it looks rather fun.
But to be serious…ive played the DEMO and kind of thought a bit about Half-Life ……..BUT the SUCK way. Did you see the explosion of that alien spacejet or whatever? it was like bleh….splat on the ground so yo could walk over the wreckage…..the funny quotes were the only thing that gave me flashbacks to Duke Nukem 3D……come on gearbox START OVER….and dont let it be GAME OVER for Duke man shiiiiit. I used to love the commentary Duke gave PLUS the rest!!! Like JOE said a BAG full of weapons LIKE the old ones AND Half-Life. Stop trying to follow the kraut…………….OMG hahaha i mean crowd :p sorry im dutch ahaha …shit
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i bought it for my brothers birthday and that was just so funny
The game was ok. But the graphics and physics were terrible. It’s like after 12 years in the making, they didn’t even try to make it look good.
i didnt mind it, but then again, i never played any duke games previously to this
I’m just hoping that with this out of the way, Gearbox will make a next gen Duke game from start to finish by themselves without the bullshit 3D Realms started all those years ago.
I f****** can’t believe that i bought this game, played a little….and discovered that this game fliped me off good, because of what i heard and saw the other videos, i thought that this game would bring the king back…. but no, now we will call him “king of BS” because this game killed a legend in games history. R.I.P. Duke Nukem, we will never forget your glory days in the past, this soldier salutes to this former american hero (althought i’m not from USA xD, i’m from Portugal).
Bought the full game for a bare minimum donation-like prize (5$).
Duke so or so. This game is nothing more than a decent or worse fps.
Even the dlcs worths more. No. I go underneath. Even the game engine
worths much than this.
Honestly, The Hive level completely ruined the game for me, I mean REALLY ruined the game for me, seriously, the aliens have kidnapped and raped all these women and all you can really do for them is leave them to rot or kill them out of mercy, that not Duke Nukem, THATS MESSED UP SERIOUSLY MESSED UP, I mean sure in previous games they kidnapped women but it was never implied that they were raped, all in all I’d rate Duke Nukem Forever Messed up.
I said it before on youtube 3d realms development hell the lead designer changing engines every time a new came ruined this games potential. I loved it personally but i understand grave mistakes were made but now that thats out the way the new owners of the ip can make it shine again
Regenerating health didn’t bother me much, but the aiming sucked, most of the weapons looked like crap (why couldn’t they replace that three barreled abomination with a normal assault rifle?) and felt clunky, there weren’t that many, multiplayer was bare bones, and enemy AI was pretty bad.
I liked exactly four things: The fact that Duke actually has to reload his guns, Duke’s gold plated M1911 (I hate Desert Eagles…), how Duke feels about keycards, and the fact that some of the aliens looked kind of cool.
FYI that three barreled abomination was supposed to be the assault cannon from earlier Duke games, one of the COOLEST machineguns in any game ever.
Don’t even try it on pc! I did and ill regret it forever… This game is so annoying and so poorly designed that it’s just pissing me off every second i’m playing with it. The charm of being duke the badass is just not in it anymore. Its more like grabing Postal and CoD and putting it in a mixer than pissing in it for the taste. Didn’t beleave u Joe when u said it full of turret sections and car driveing… i’ ll never doubt u again. Great review, sadly all u said its true + few more brainless things what i saw in it.
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Nice review Joe I was really shocked when I first saw how shitty a game 13 years in the making cod be untill I saw your review witch was one of your best reviews but I am a little disopinted taht you did not really mention or rate Duke Nukem 3D from 1996 witch is one of the best FPS ever made I am also shocked to see taht you ahve not made a review of Portal 2 yeat witch is really sad because Portal 2 is one of the best and most origenal games I have ever played you should really try it out and I would love to see your parody of it and if you are looking after the first Portal game then just bye The Orange Box witch is one of the best collection of games you IL ever find it has Half Life 2 Half Life 2 Episode 1 and Episode 2 and Team Fortress 2 I don’t remember if it had the first Half Life game from 1998 but you should still bye it and you can find Portal 2 on Steam I don’t know why I am telling you all of this because I am pretty sure that you already know it well taht is all taht I ahve to say Go Joe and Go Angry Joe Go
um….portal 2 the most “original” game? You know there was a portal 1 right?
This is your best review yet Joe Vargas
This is somewhat my favorite review of them all
Thanks for it Joe
duke is like bill rizer he cant be in a bad game, this is not duke!
well at least i got to see duke even though it was like seeing him in rehab
Just another average shooting game again getting bored of them now.
I thought this game was… okay, not bad not good. It was fun for a while then it get’s boring. I liked it for for about an hour or two and I don’t really consider myself a Duke fan because this was the first one I played.
C’mon the game wasn’t bad at all.. just a few flaws Joe.
I’m sorry Joe but this is probably one of your worst reviews :\ Spoken as a AJS fan.
also you gotta admit a game puts you on a quest to get a condom, some popcorn, and a vibrator is going to remain in your memories for a long time to come.
to me it succeed in being a “duke nukem game” its offensive, vulgar, and full of crass humor, but it fails at being a good game basically and it does nothing new that other fps have already done, though i did like how it pokied fun at other games like halo, portal, and itself for its development hell.
Strange if someone in the comments says like ” OMG WTF HAX Duke FORevEr Sux!!” They get like 5 thumbs up but if someone disagrees with their “almighty angryjoe”. The get like 10 thumbs down. some people are huge fanboys here.
Well… I think I can explain that, at least in this case…
The thing is that… this game actually sucks, I agree with Joe, and disagree with you if you tell me that DNF is a good game.
Anyway, I think that we should thumb down only offensive or evidently stupid comments and thumb up which you agree with or which are particularly funny… at least that´s what I do.
(PS: sorry about my english)
I agree with at least 90% of the review, but the Halo references and gameplay-like mechanics were really expected to me. You see, while the game had belonged to 3D Realms before being turned over to Gearbox. 3D Realms technically was Gearbox, seeing as after years of work there, Randy Pitchford branched off of 3D Realms to become CEO of Gearbox. However, not only are the Halo references not insults, but the same can be said about every Easter egg. After Gearbox was formed, the first games they made, were collaborations with “Valve” to make “Half-Life” and they would eventually go on to collaborate with Bungie to create Halo. Now, i’m not making excuses for the game because I for one found the game very disappointing and i love the show, i just felt like explaining some of the backstory behind the easter eggs.
Hey Joe, thanks for the review, you deserve all the credit for this!
Haha, trolls, what can ya do but laugh at they’re stupidity?
The game is bad yeah, my personal rating is 3/10.
The loading times are too boring to enjoy the rest of the game!
By the way… what´s the point with all theese trolls and haters? I don´t get it…
Does anyone know from which movie Joe took scene in 1:30?
I think the thing that pisses most people off is, we can see a good game in here a REALLY good game, its just flooded by so much padding and childish and rape jokes its the worst thing ever. I havent played it but a friend of mine ownes it and i wtched him play. It looks alot like alot of fun, just no dalivorey.
Duke isn’t dead but this is pretty close to being the fatal blow. I only hope that they’ll make a better game and not spend 12 years screwing it up.
For the satisfaction of being a part of gaming history; this game is a must play for me!
As soon as it gets to the discount bin of $20 or less.
NO ONE SHOULD COMPARE THIS TO COD not even close so id go with butter mans comment
i am a serious DN fan and there have ruined it with this crap game, i have played it and then i smashed it with my dads sledgehammer because it was that bad. this game is a waste of money and spending 12 years to make this is a waste of time, the duke nukem on PS1 was better than this version, this is not like duke nukem
Thankfully, my digs hasn’t been touched by anything other than textures popping up
Duke is Dead, long live Serious Sam 3 (out this summer).
The hive and impregnated alien women were in duke 3D as well.
Did anyone else notice the elevator music from Goldeneye during the “Technical Difficulties” segment?
I’m sorry , but NO Duke Fan Should be Defending this game. I’m a real DN Fan. I’ve played the First Duke Nukem for Windows 98 to the ps1 games and all those other games are WAY better then this game.
I’m just as mad and as upset as everyone else is. Waiting for like 12 years for a game JUST to play it and finding out that it sucks =_=.
Anyone whose is trying to say that this game is good is completely in denial. I would be in denial too, if I wasted 60$ or about 70$ for Pre-ordering this crap. Duke Nukem 3D is the best DN game out there. Play that instead.
Duke isn’t the same in this game and pc is no better . So what if the loading is like 5 seconds faster and the graphics are a little better . That doesn’t make it a good game at all! I shouldn’t have to get it for a PC so it could just ease the pain of the gameplay by 10%.
And please people ….STOP TRYING TO COMPARE THIS TO COD!!!!!! Its not even close to COD.
NO WAY IN HELL THAT THIS GAME IS LIKE COD.
Yes , theres shooting but thats like saying Bioshock is like to Bulletstorm…..
Yea…thats stupid.
On side note that not all games are going to work or play well on PC or Console.
Stop trying to be a troll and start a console or pc war. I have all 4 (xbox360, ps3, pc, wii
so I know.
The ONLY reason games SUCK this days IS and will ALWAYS be the PIECE OF SHIT consoles. The game indeed sucked, but only because it was designed for the RETARDED console. If you don`t have to use a idiotic gamepad rather then a keyboard, we could at least enjoy the FULL DUKE ARSENAL, not 2 stupid weapons, and 2 more useless explosives that you only use about 3 times the entire game. However, it was clear that the game should receive a 6/10 score, but i guess it`s hard to figure out that the entire game is a self parody. I`m sure the developers knew it was crap, but counted on duke to make it clear that it IS a parody, not something you should take seriously. Sad but TRUE. As for the fucking XBOX, you owners deserve what you are getting since, like duke, you literally PLAY WITH SHIT. I`m sick o bad games that are ONLY a shitty port of WORST games on XBOX. I hate all consoles, even the playstation, even if the ports form it are better. I`m dying for a game that is EXCLUSIVELY on PC. I am certain of the fact that DNF would not syck as bad if consoles didn`t exist. On the PC the game is better, and on MY PC, there are NO BUGS. Multiplayer still SUCKS. Still, a 6/10. If we had the duke arsenal and NEW weapons and NPCs, and of course, ALIENS plus a better storyline with more shooting, less driving, the game would be at least an 8/10, even by Joe`s standard.
Anyway, good review Joe. I want your opinion o the self parody part. And one more thing: MAKE REVIEWS FOR BETTER GAMES !!!! I was waiting for bulletstorm for weeks. I bought it on pc and it was GREAT. Looking forward to Red Faction Armageddon in your next set of reviews. Best of luck!
That has got to be the most idiotic things i’ve ever heard!!
How the hell is it the Xbox’s fault??? The games development pre dates the Xbox you fool! The fact is that DNF is not a very good game because “it’s not a very good game” deal with it! In fact pretty much all Duke’s games have sucked on some level, even DN3D & Time To Kill.
Only a moron would come out with stupid comment like that..so i guess that explains it..
Think before you type!.. The game engine for DNF is dated, the programming is sub standard and the gameplay is pretty much 2 generations old. It’s not consoles fault that Duke can only carry 2 weapons and that bugs exist, poor loading times and so on… DNF IS SIMPLY A POORLY MADE GAME.. It’s thanks to Microsoft and Xbox that we have Bioshock, Gears and Halo amongst others and they turned out ok.
One problem with that statement: exclusive pc games DONT SUCK. NONE OF THEM.
As for xbox and play station ports, over 90% are BAD. I actually gave serious thought to my argument. I`m NOT a duke fan, but this game proves my point. As for Halo and Bioshock, the games sucked. I actually went to all the trouble of buying Bioshock for pc, and it was mediocre at best. The controler makes EVERY game simplistic because, NO controller can have as many buttons as a keyboard. The game was originally designed for PC, but these days, consoles come first. And fewer games of GOOD quality are produced each year. Too bad.
One more thing, show me a RETARDED console that can perform better than MY PC on ANY level. Trust me, you can`t. It`s my JOB as a hardware specialist to know these things.
Duke Nukem Forever was REMADE from scratch to accommodate the consoles FIRST. You can defend the consoles all you like, but know that their limitations prevent ALL OF US from playing great games. If 3 or 4 good game per year is all you need, than good for you. I want at least 20 times as many, since most good games are under the radar, but fewer each year, if their name does not include: halo, gears, bioshock, call of duty, left 4 FUCKING dead (i can`t believe that is what we get in stead of half life ep 3 or half life 3), and so on …
Believe what you want. I`m not the one getting FUCKED IN THE ASS by a console. If you feel good about loosing money and time on CRAP designed for consoles, GOOD FOR YOU.
Dude your wasting your time, these fan boys will swallow anything thats spoon fed from this ass hat will say. No one here wants to think and review these games for themselves they want jackass here to do it for them.
You’re job as a hardware specialist huh? You mean you work at Best Buy? LMAO I guess that makes you an expert. And seriously, no PC exclusive game has ever sucked? Cant think of a single one? How long have you been gaming anyway? A few days?
Fact is fella, consoles have and have had some of the best gaming ever, true that PC is the same, but let’s face it, pc gaming is good for rpg’s, rts’s and sims. And that’s it… I agree that shooters work best with keyboard and mouse though.
No-one has the right to say consoles are shit ect.. if it wasn’t for consoles then gaming probably wouldn’t exist at all.
So what if your pc is so powerful..that power comes at a price, and in 3 months it”ll be out-dated.
dukenukem 3d wasnt all that bad, it was classic,
Don’t even bother feeding that troll.
Yeah consoles suck guy? There the reason games suck these days right? Why is it at the end of your ignorant little rant you say Bulletstorm is a good game “Which just so happened to be developed for consoles as well” and then go on to comment on fucking Red Faction Armageddon. Yet another game not only developed for consoles but is part of a series that originated on a console. LOL You’re a damn idiot Malkev.
It makes me sad as a PC gamer to hear ignorant elitists who think there choice of games is superior to someone elses and be stupid enough to think that consoles have nothing to offer. Do me a favor Malkev go play a Legend of Zelda game…then shut the fuck up.
Its sad but true D.UKE N.UKEM F.OREVER sucks to the max and i am no longer a Duke fan at all… all i want was the game from 2001 this one looks awesome… the Duke is dead and he should stay dead 4 ever… seriously even the stupid Serious Sam games gives u more fun then this piece of sh.t!
YOU SUCK DICK JOE PIG CUNT LOSER NERD!! GO CHANGE YOUR POOPY NAPPY LIL BABY! THIS VIDEO SUCKS! ALL OF YOUR VIDS DO INFACT NERD!!!!
These idiots will drink any kool aid this sniviling like skid mark will say, its sad that people have dumb them selfs down to the point of sloth like man animals, letting this blue waffel walking joke represent them to Geoff Keighley, Id rather have W.Bush represent humanity to aliens then this duck fucking poser man child represent gamers. You people should ware a helmet when you walk and life jackets when you eat soup! this stuck up obnoxious butt nugget should do his review in a classroom full of autistic ADD simpletons like him self or just in front of a mirror in his bathroom with is toy ducks.
FUCKING LOL
Play on the PC and stick that shitty XBox up your ass, consoletard
You got your name right.
hey joe! cant you please make a game review about oblivion? you never made one, and it is one of the best games i have ever played, and i know you like it too, so i would like to hear your opinion on the fantastic game.
I really wish someone told me what’s so great about Oblivion, I’ve played it and… it’s kind of bad.
WHY, why let this little shit review a game that you like, you wanna hear him say all the shit you want to hear so you can feel good about your self?! or are you just a retard. quit giving this guy credit! he does NOT deserve it! fucking fan boy.
Meh, I played through it on PC. If the single-player was extended 3 hours just by load times alone on 360, then that is crap, sorry to hear it.
The PC version (depending on your specs, I’m sure) doesn’t have these sorts of glitches or load times. I like your reviews because they’re funny, but there were a few things wrong with this review, and this is not coming from a Duke fan, but rather an FPS fan:
1.) I don’t see the issue with the physics. The running movement was smooth, but that’s about it.
2.) The Ripper had some serious impact too, as well as the Devastator and even the alien weapons. I don’t see how people keep saying the weapon impact isn’t noticeable.
3.) I was able to walk through the game with two weapons without requiring just the rocket launcher and shotgun, though I did stick mainly with the Ripper and whatever alien weapon was available at the time. Whenever a boss does show up, they give you an explosive weapon to use, so there’s no need to carry the RPG around.
4.) I’m not sure you were playing Duke Forever if there was “not that much shooting.” It was pretty steady throughout most of the game, excluding of course the intro, strip club, puzzles and driving sequences.
5.) I’m sort of surprised you’d mention the staleness of Forever’s Dukematch when Call of Duty: Black Ops doesn’t have much else in the way either, yet it’s constantly played.
The intent of this is not to give you flak, but honestly I’ve seen a lot of reviewers shit on this game, mostly due to the offensive content in it (yes, wallboobs are fucking creepy). You at least give mechanical reasons why, and you hit on two of the biggest points that are problems with the game: its linearity and the fact that the Duke attitude is, in many ways, gone. Sure, he still loves his babes as many ways as he can, he still kicks some serious alien ass and he still throws out one-liners like nobody’s business, but ever since 3D he’s been turning into a character that just isn’t Duke. 3D defined him, in every other release afterwards he’s suffered from sequelitis.
Granted, I still enjoyed my $45. It was a fun 9 hours, excluding wallboobs.
You seriously compared COD BO with the mutliplayer of DNF? That’s just sad.
COD has a ton of different mods, weapon balance, and all around good design.
You make it sound like he rambled on about offensive content, the entire review were “mechanical reasons why” but your defense of these is “well other games do it so it’s ok” but that’s nothing but a defense maneuver.
There were some simple design changes that could have made this game great, instead they made a cookie cutter halo clone and tried to justify it by making a few pop culture “jokes” that even family guy would think are stale.
I thought i was the only person that thought this game was trash. I didn’t even buy it and i knew it was a piece of shit. I didn’t expect anymore from duke. I always thought duke was a faggot. I hope they won’t ever consider even making another duke game because all duke games are shit stains in gaming.I bet duke would a fucking virgin in real life. Nobody could possiblily like this guy in real life.Fuck all duke nukem fans you are all a bunch stupid shits.