Having finally bought Duke Nukem Forever on a Steam sale for 4 bucks a few months ago, I can say ,as a big fan of Duke Nukem 3d,that DNF really, Really, sucks.
This Duke is not the King, baby, but an imposter to the throne.
So much is wrong with the game. Long driving sequences with crappy controls,long periods of just walking around, one liners not anywhere as clever as the original ..and that is one of the big things wrong with the game, It is not anywhere near as clever or funny as it's desgienrs think It is, limited weaponry (a fine approach for some games, but Wrong,wrong,wrong, for Duke Nukem...the Duke without an big arsenal of weapons is, well, just not the Duke) dissapoingting shooting sequences (the only level that is anywhere near as good as the original is the one set in the Old West Ghost Town).
I usually hate the term "Real Fan" or "True Fan" but Real Fans of Duke Nukem hate DNF.\
Fail To The King, baby.
etb: I guess we will see. However I don't have opinions on companies, I have opinions on the products and people who buy them. Companies exist only for making money, so the problem is always in the buying side.
Yes, I am also tired to hear stuff like: company X is doing evil Y. People buy, they are the problem. Companies very quickly adapt if people stop buying crap.
And yes, average sells. Perhaps in DNF was indeed the hype, but think about the point more in general. For example, all the Call of Duty games are basically the same average game.
classicduke: Well yeah there's that series. But look at one of those and you can see why it holds up with longevity. People were loving the Multiplayer. All the techinal stuff being fixed for DNF would have made it last longer and not having to wait for DLC too. Send me a message to continue, okay.
Best thing to do is to forget that DNF ever happened and start over from Scratch.