Posted June 03, 2011
PoSSeSSeDCoW
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Gersen
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Posted June 03, 2011
On PC, at the highest difficulty level, the only time you actually have to be careful is when fighting the dropship, otherwise you don't need to hide behind cover anytime, heck if you are using the railgun you don't even need to dodge.
Mentalepsy
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Posted June 03, 2011
And here I thought that a three-minute trailer dedicated exclusively to smearing poop on the walls was meant as a joke to poke fun at the game's own man-child image. I guess I should have known that it was actually something Gearbox was very proud of.
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Pros:
+ Interactive whiteboard
+ Beginning was a rip-off of the first level from Halo, but that kinda worked for it
+ Graphics were acceptable
+ Main theme is awesome
+ Jon St. John
+ Native G15 applet
Cons:
- First boss battle it was pretty much impossible to get hit and is incredibly boring
- Blur makes it difficult to see anything more than 10m away
- Linear level design
- Puzzles easier than those in DN3D (relates to linear level design)
- Duke's personality went from Ash to Superbad
- Only carrying two weapons
- Regenerating health changes the gameplay to the worse
- Minecart physics felt really off
- Guns felt "off"
- The vehicle handling was horrible
- The vehicle sections were boring
- Music for the second level was mediocre (don't remember music in the first level)
- Gunship battle was just pop out, lock on, fire, get back into cover. It needed more variety
- The enemies you fight after getting the gas can were tedious, not particularly fun or challenging
- Already 3 sets of DLC off
- Duke controls like the CoD4+ characters, not like Duke should
That's all I can remember for now.
+It's supposed to be Duke playing his own game thus the end of the last game being the start of the first...and it's from before Halo(the level it's based on I mean) so more like Halo ripped it off perhaps.
+They are at that, and remember it's using 2006 graphics btw
+Yup, Duke grabbag at it's best.
+There can be only ONE Duke.
+Sounds cool.
-Again, it's a tutorial bit and so it's supposed to be easy so you can do all the extras before killing the "bosses" on that level.(Did you shoot the blimp yet?)
-Shut off motion blur/other stuff and try again
-Duke has always been mostly linear......even in D3D. The levels back then were just arranged to act like you had a big choice of what to do/where to go.
-Puzzles are secondary, buttkicking primary....plus there's plnety more interaction in this one
-It's not that bad....Duke will get more polish and time to shine in the full game, imo.
-Two weapons but plenty of chances to pick up more or swap them in-game.....and it's Duke...does he NEED more than two at a time to take the baddies out?
-Regen health is semi-meh but try on hardest diffculty and don't hide behind cover and see what happens. Also i'm betting the AI will be improved in the full version and your regen health won't be much help then.
-I agree a bit on the minecart
-The guns need a bit of tweaking as well.
-Vehicle handling is easy once you get used to it, and it was WAY worse in the original PAX demo.
-Music ain't that bad, but quality could be amped up a nudge.
-DLC isn't the end of the world, man.
On PC, at the highest difficulty level, the only time you actually have to be careful is when fighting the dropship, otherwise you don't need to hide behind cover anytime, heck if you are using the railgun you don't even need to dodge.
And here I thought that a three-minute trailer dedicated exclusively to smearing poop on the walls was meant as a joke to poke fun at the game's own man-child image. I guess I should have known that it was actually something Gearbox was very proud of.
Post edited June 03, 2011 by GameRager
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Posted June 03, 2011
And honestly I'd accuse you of being a paid shill but your attempts at damage control are so ham-handed it's clear you're just an overexcited fanboy.
Post edited June 03, 2011 by PoSSeSSeDCoW
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And honestly I'd accuse you of being a paid shill but your attempts at damage control are so ham-handed it's clear you're just an overexcited fanboy.
Look at it this way.....I see you dissing the game left and right & I don't call you a MW/COD fanboy or competitor shill now do I? Show some decorum, for god's sake.
Post edited June 03, 2011 by GameRager
Gersen
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Posted June 03, 2011
You post reviews of the demo and when peoples say that they disagree with some of the review points your answer is "it's just a demo wait for the final game", make up you mind.
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You post reviews of the demo and when peoples say that they disagree with some of the review points your answer is "it's just a demo wait for the final game", make up you mind.
PoSSeSSeDCoW
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Posted June 03, 2011
Look at it this way.....I see you dissing the game left and right & I don't call you a MW/COD fanboy or competitor shill now do I? Show some decorum, for god's sake.
2. It's only an ad hominem if I'm attacking you to invalidate your arguments. If I invalidate your arguments then attack you, it's just a good ol' fashioned insult.
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Look at it this way.....I see you dissing the game left and right & I don't call you a MW/COD fanboy or competitor shill now do I? Show some decorum, for god's sake.
2. It's only an ad hominem if I'm attacking you to invalidate your arguments. If I invalidate your arguments then attack you, it's just a good ol' fashioned insult.
Oh but you are doing it to invalidate my arguments, even if you're trying to deny it or just don't think you are for some reason.
PoSSeSSeDCoW
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Posted June 03, 2011
Oh but you are doing it to invalidate my arguments, even if you're trying to deny it or just don't think you are for some reason.
and I'm glad you "know" my intentions. Your argument is weak enough on its own. I kinda just like insulting you on occasion.
Taleroth
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Oh but you are doing it to invalidate my arguments, even if you're trying to deny it or just don't think you are for some reason.
and I'm glad you "know" my intentions. Your argument is weak enough on its own. I kinda just like insulting you on occasion.
Oh just piss off if you're just here to poke me with a stick.
jsdratm
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Registered: Dec 2008
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Posted June 03, 2011
I pre-ordered and tried the demo this morning. I thought it was fun and crude, which is about what I'd expect from Duke Nukem. For all of you saying the graphics look old, I would agree, but it is because they are old. This game was finished by a skeleton crew of people from 3D Realms and I doubt they wanted to start over with a new engine again. Personally, I'd rather have a chance to play the game instead of having it tossed in a rubbish bin somewhere, even if it isn't the fanciest tech. The game will bring closure and nostalgia, which is the main reason I bought it .