Pheace: DNF price is dropping like a rock though, shortly before release and now after even more it seems. From the threads I read people are generally either not so impressed or seem to think it's ok/fine for a Duke game (mostly working on Nostalgia).

Delixe: I think a lot of people are just happy to say they own Duke Nukem Forever. That's something a lot of people never thought they would be able to say.

FraterPerdurabo: First of all - there is simple economics of price elasticity. Your game costs 120 dollars instead of the usual 50? Not going to buy it. I'll buy the other game instead. That's called competition, and it forces prices down. If it didn't, why don't we have games going for hundreds of dollars already? The demand for video games is very elastic.

And the next thing - politicians investigating shops to bring prices down? Are you serious? Perhaps in the Soviet Union. Politicians aren't autocrats, they have very clearly defined powers as to what they can or cannot do. Your average politician doesn't have more power than that of the vote. If "they" wanted to bring prices down, this would have to be done through legal means. Your equivalent - going through both houses and being signed by the President. And what is this bill going to say? We just spent a week on the job naming THE CORRECT price for Duke Nukem Forever. Budget cuts be damned. Free market be damned.

GameRager: Again, it seems like you're just not getting it or don't want to. To some they only have the option to buy a game they want in a store and if the store is outrageously priced they're SOL. Is that fair?

And yes, if free market means gouging is acceptable then screw it and regulate it. Or are you more for stores making obscene profits at the expense of everyone else? As to how: Pass a blanket bill saying anything charged for in a RETAIL store that's new(as in not antique/etc) would have a ratio limit of how much above cost they could charge for it.....say double what they paid(adjusting for other store costs like utilities and employees)and no higher. Then have a gov't agency either created or made to acommodate policing this.

FraterPerdurabo: GameRager, I don't want to be a dick, but it is apparent that you have absolutely no grasp of politics, economics, or the rule of law, so let's just leave it at that.

stonebro: IGN basically slams the game. That's - IGN. Slamming a game. Not looking good for Duke, this.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/117/1175194p1.html

GameRager: PC Gamer loved it:
PC Gamer DNF Review

stonebro: Wow, not two minutes before the apparently countering reply from the world's biggest duke groupie.

But, upon reading the review you linked, there's this:

"Don’t expect a miracle. Duke is still the hero we love, but struggles to keep up with modern times. Crude humor and classic weaponry keep him in the game."

Okay, so juvenile crap is what is keeping him in the game, and not the gameplay. Yeah, I'm not really trusting that review beyond the fact that the reviewer is 16 years old.

GameRager: I didn't diss your review source, so stop dissing mine....m'kay? Or are you too "childish" to be able to do that?

stonebro: You said that "PC Gamer lover it" and then link a review.

When reading the review though, the sentence I posted is the conclusion. Which basically starts with "Don't expect too much".

Doesn't sound like they loved it to me.

Sounds like another fairly generic FPS, just with an ungeneric main character. Judging the game for what it actually is, it's probably no more than average.

So you can stop salivating now, DN:F unfortunately can't hold a candle to DN3D. As I expected.

Stuff: Another review

I haven't kept up with DNF, what kind of DRM is it using?

GameRager: PC Gamer loved it:
PC Gamer DNF Review