Scathing DNF review at Gamespot

[Forest Dweller]

This really surprised me. They gave it a 3.0.

http://e3.gamespot.com/video/6319706/du ... deo-review

So did Gearbox/3D Realms forget to pay the bribe money, or is the game really that bad? Anyone had a chance to play it yet?

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

That review pretty much sums it up, yep. Had a few parts I smiled at, but it's not good at all.

 

[Jaesun]

perhaps 2K games is no longer doing ad revenue spots for gamespot?

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

They certainly paid off PC Gamer at least.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/06/10/duke- ... er-review/

 

[xemous]

lol

 

[Malakal]

Gamespot gave it 3? So its good then? I'm torn. I liked DN3D and have abysmal sense of humour accepting penis jokes, I should be fine right?

 

[Angthoron]

If penis jokes combined with shitty gameplay is your sorta thing.

 

[Overweight Manatee]

Gamespot gave it 3? So its good then? I'm torn. I liked DN3D and have abysmal sense of humour accepting penis jokes, I should be fine right?

DNF is the same shitty popamole shooter everything is nowadays, coupled with a whole bunch of trying too hard.

 

[Gerrard]

It plays like a bad modern sci-fi shooter

Then how come all those other bad modern shooters don't get the scores they deserve.

 

[UserNamer]

Gamespot gave it 3? So its good then? I'm torn. I liked DN3D and have abysmal sense of humour accepting penis jokes, I should be fine right?

frow what I've seen is nothing like duke3d gameplay wise. It is very similar to modern shooters, only a little bit shittier.

 

[Darth Roxor]

In related news:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011 ... eviews.ars

"Too many went too far with their reviews...we are reviewing who gets games next time and who doesn't based on today's venom," the company tweeted. "Bad scores are fine. Venom filled reviews...that's completely different," another tweet read.

Hahahaha, oh wow.

 

[Konjad]

In related news:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011 ... eviews.ars

"Too many went too far with their reviews...we are reviewing who gets games next time and who doesn't based on today's venom," the company tweeted. "Bad scores are fine. Venom filled reviews...that's completely different," another tweet read.

Hahahaha, oh wow.

So much butthurt

 

[Angthoron]

I just wish reviewers would be venomous about all the rapes of old games instead of just this one.

 

[Excommunicator]

They need to give the details of this Redner Group to LulzSec

 

[Deleted member 7219]

I wish they had been the same about Oblivion.

It is funny because the Destructoid one is scathing as well, but because it is written by Jim Sterling nobody knows if he's trolling or not.

 

[MetalCraze]

I'm afraid Oblivion is one of the most complex RPGs today.

 

[SoupNazi]

It's not as bad as most similar FPSs today. About 30% better than the likes of, uh, I dunno, Halo or something? Though that doesn't say much.

 

[baronjohn]

Not being a consolefag, I wouldn't really know if it's better than Halo or not.

 

[kris]

In related news:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011 ... eviews.ars

"Too many went too far with their reviews...we are reviewing who gets games next time and who doesn't based on today's venom," the company tweeted. "Bad scores are fine. Venom filled reviews...that's completely different," another tweet read.

Hahahaha, oh wow.

Most interesting in that link was the admittance of the writer in "arstechnica".

"Anyone who has done this job for any amount of time has suffered through a dry spell after giving a publisher a bad review, but this is the first time the threat of a blacklist has been made public."

Basically he says everyone in the business know this if for a fact, but that they never seen it said in the open. So reviewers can't see any reason to give a game a bad rating since they would be against their own interest.

 

[FatCat]

It's not as bad as most similar FPSs today. About 30% better than the likes of, uh, I dunno, Halo or something? Though that doesn't say much.

Not better than Halo 1 on PC.

 

[DragoFireheart]

I'm afraid Oblivion is one of the most complex RPGs today.

Fallout: New Vegas?

 

[Elzair]

So, how does it compare to most popamole shooters nowadays?

 

[UserNamer]

I just realized that duke nukem forever is acting a scapegoat for all the failing of most modern console style shooters.... I mean people is singling this game out, myself included, but I don't think it is any shittier than most fps that follow this corridor formula.

 

[Destroid]

Currently, Duke Nukem Forever has a Metacritic score of 49 on the Xbox 360, the format most commonly sent to the press. For a game with such a large marketing budget and name recognition, that's shockingly low.

HA HA HA

 

[DragoFireheart]

Currently, Duke Nukem Forever has a Metacritic score of 49 on the Xbox 360, the format most commonly sent to the press. For a game with such a large marketing budget and name recognition, that's shockingly low.

HA HA HA

It's only 3 points behind Dragon Age 2 on that site in user reviews. DNF is better than Dragon Age 2?

 

[villain of the story]

I recently saw a gameplay video and went WTF; some of the environments are exactly the same ones 3DRealms built 10+ years ago which I had seen here and there back then. Even the geometry was low-poly with just shader polish to make it look more acceptable.

You know, at least 3DRealms kept this thing back all this time, for whatever reason. And Gearbox thought they could do a SLAMDUNK with this antiquated shit. Idiots.