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Duke Nukem Forever
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After approximately fourteen years of development, the heavily infamous sequel to Duke Nukem 3D was finally released, in which the macho Duke must damper yet another alien invasion.
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"Duke Nukem Forever is a sad mess of a game, but hey, at least it finally came out, right?"
5 ★ (1)
4 ★ (10)
3 ★ (23)
2 ★ (25)
1 ★ (10)

Dnf is a revolutionary game,,much like hl2 was;))

Goodgame butridiculous long loading time,ridiculiouslyhugelevels,arenas,and hard getting you to hit the target sometime rnrnAwesome game ;D this game take some time to finsih,,from start to finish...t… Read more

Alright! Duke is back!

The only reason I didn't give it a 1 star is because I'm a Duke fan boy. The bugs are crazy but not game breaking... sadly. It looks so bad. Like most people... I'm holding out hope for a better Duke… Read more

My god, it finally came out.

GET SOME! Random Duke quotes beside, this is not a very good game. However, the legendary story of the making of this game makes the mere presence of this title a must have. It's taken 14 years for it… Read more

Duke is back and it's time to go old school

I'd never thought I would ever play Duke Nukem Forever,It's been in devlopment hell for so long that people have made jokes like Did not finish.Well Duke is back and He's still out of gum.I was hoping… Read more

Misfortune and Severe Time Issues create dissapointment

I have not really played the original Duke Nukem, and it has been a long time since I have touched Duke Nukem 3D. I also did not pay the original retail price for Duke Nukem Forever. Considering these… Read more

It's Fun Because Shut Up

Hail to the king, baby. Duke Nukem is an episode taken right out of a children's television show, where a character becomes famous and eventually ruins their fame by taking what made them famous and r… Read more

Will remain to be a curious but tainted piece of gaming history

Reading this review is unlikely to make much a difference if you've already got a clear mindset on Duke Nukem Forever. I suppose, given the fourteen years' worth of hype and anticipation, the writing… Read more

Duke Nukem Forever Review: Fail to the King Baby

After 14 years in development and becoming a long running joke, Duke Nukem Forever has actually released and is on store shelves. Its been a long time since 1997, so how has the icon of shooting games… Read more

Balls of the Past

In 1996, Duke Nukem entered the vastly unknown realm of the three dimensional first person shooter. He gave us witty one liners, great action, and some fun multiplayer thanks to weapons that allowed y… Read more

Duke Nukem Forever Review

NOTE: This review covers PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3 versions of Duke Nukem Forever. However, I only had time to play the Steam (PC) version for the purpose of this review. If you have your mind m… Read more

Nuked out.

Where to start ? It was meant to be the game we were waiting for, the game we deserved. Duke was to return and triumphantly reclaim his throne as the king of games. Well let’s not jump the gun on that… Read more

Not worth the wait

Back in the day, I enjoyed the original Duke Nukem , Duke Nukem II , and Duke Nukem 3D . I waited patiently for a while expecting to play Duke Nukem Forever once it came out, but as the years passed s… Read more

Never bet on Duke

The long awaited Duke Nukem Forever has finally arrived, and has certainly been a rather polarizing game. It has garnered poor critical reception almost universally (with a few exceptions), but has a… Read more

Duke Nukem ran out of gum.

After years of thinking this game wasn't going to come out, if finally hit. This is the real sequel to the original Duke Nukem 3D, a terrific example of how great old school shooters really were. Sure… Read more

Often Bet on Duke

I can't endorse the, "Always." Duke Nukem Forever is okay. I don't think it deserves the apoplectic hate its receiving from -- well, pretty much everybody that's played it -- but I'm not so forgiving… Read more

Too Much Gum

Duke Nukem Forever is out, the reviews are in and the game — failed. Miserably. The game is certainly playable, though it plays like a game made seven or eight years ago, even looking so in 2011. Afte… Read more

Duke Nukem Forever Review

Let me start off by saying that this is one of those games that had been in development for so long that no one was quite sure what would happen. This game also went into a momentary state of being th… Read more

Some things should just stay Vaporware

This is the moment that I thought would never come. I must admit, I was quite skeptical that this game would ever show up - even as I put the disc in my 360, I couldn't believe that this was actually… Read more

Flawed, But Fascinating

(Please note that this review only covers the single player component of the game) Gearbox’s President and CEO, Randy Pitchford, once referred to Duke Nukem Forever as “The Unshippable Game.” As I was… Read more

horrible

i looked at the e3 demo and it looked awesome, badass gore and all the goodies you want from a fps. well i got the game its horrible. bad graphics, horrible weapon interaction feels like your shooting… Read more

Pros and Cons: Duke Nukem Forever

Since I was six years-old, Duke Nukem Forever has been in the works in some way or another. Now, after what seemed like forever (Huh? Yeah? You like what I did there? Alright, let's move on.) and quit… Read more

Duke Nukem Forever Review: Fail to the king

After 14 years in development and becoming a long running joke, Duke Nukem Forever has actually released and is on store shelves. Its been a long time since 1997, so how has the icon of shooting games… Read more

14 years and its gone nowhere

(Before I review this game I would like to say that I did not finish it and this is why) About 14 years ago the fine men and women at 3D realms were working on a game called Duke Nukem: Forever. Howev… Read more

Blood from the mouth

----Round two---- Duke can an will bring the Man character you have been neglecting to play through, Egotistical Maniac. It's not at all in a narcissistic way nor does it fail by falling flat like the… Read more

14 Years Later, Duke Still Makes Poop Jokes

There was once a time when Duke Nukem Forever could have been the next big thing. That opportunity was 14 years ago. When the sequel to 1996 first-person shooter Duke Nukem 3D was first shown at E3 19… Read more

Not Terrible

I have not written a review for any game in a long time so here is my first one in over a year. Good: -Dukes one liners are just as memorable as his previous ones -The story is complex and well writte… Read more

Its a Duke Nukem game that's all

The game been in development for 14 years and 4 developer companies worked on, the game that could have full-blown documentary be made for, Duke Nukem Forever has finally come out. Some people had big… Read more

Well, it's a game.

Duke Nukem Forever excels at one specific thing: Making the act of alien genocide fun as hell. All of the weapons have a great feel to them, and even the starting pistol packs a punch. Unfortunately,… Read more

It's Not A Bad Shooter

My memories of Duke Nukem 3D are vague, I was too young at the time of its release and all I remember was some older kids playing it on the Nintendo 64, therefore, I didn’t have many expectations for… Read more

Brand New...Yet Old

I'll avoid the usual list of things that have happened since Duke Nukem Forever was announced (OK, just for giggles, I'll remind people that President Clinton got impeached since the game was announce… Read more

A sloppy game

The shooting is super boring. Duke Nukem Forever is totally out of place with modern games. The game is stuck in the past were first-person platforming and interacting with sinks are major gameplay me… Read more

It's not great, but it's far from bad.

Original Box art. Duke Nukem Forever is a game that became a myth and legend as time progressed in the gaming world. The game was hyped as not only the sequel to Duke Nukem 3D , one of the most celebr… Read more

Duke Nukem Forever is a bland, boring and all-around ugly shooter

Apparently, this is what we have spent the last decade and a half waiting for, a shooter so boring and ugly it makes you wonder why you even cared about the Duke Nukem series to begin with. Because wh… Read more

No Review Will Ever Explain This Game

There's the very occasional game that defies conventional review. A lot of the time, this goes for games with highly unusual gameplay or something so out there that traditional review criteria aren't… Read more

Duke is Back, and He's Gotten Old

I'm sure there's a joke about size not mattering I'm missing here. Duke Nukem Forever is finally out. That is a statement that most gamers thought they would never hear. After being stuck in developme… Read more

Duke Returns in a Flawed but Fun Piece of History

While I was much more of an occasional gamer in 1996 I did play Duke Nukem 3D and remember it fondly. Not long ago I played through the game using eDuke, a free engine source port that makes the game… Read more

Come get some....or not.

The back of the box states that I should be prepared to embark on "the most bitchin' and bodacious time you're likely to ever have." If you were to use the words "bitchin'" and "bodacious" in front of… Read more

Duke Nukem Forever Single-Player Review

Duke Nukem Forever —a game that, for many years, had been a videogame industry joke for constantly promising its release, but never actually coming out… for 15 years. First revealed in 1997, DNF was a… Read more

Forever in the making, but still not sure of its identity

A few years ago Duke Nukem Forever was dead. Sent to the doldrums of many a cancelled game, destined to never see the light of day. And yet here we are; the year is 2011 and Duke Nukem Forever is actu… Read more

Duke is back at last, but is it a bad thing?

Duke Nukem 3D was a game that didn't really add anything new to the FPS genre, but it took what was out and made it super awesome. It took the gameplay of Quake and fused it with the puzzles of Doom,… Read more

Small Victories

Duke Nukem Forever is a real product that can be purchased from store shelves. In a way, that seems like enough of a victory for the troubled shooter. The sad, but perhaps inevitable reality is that e… Read more

It isn't the greatest game ever made, but it's a damn good ride.

Finally, after 14 long years of development, the longest-running joke in the game industry has finally come out. Duke Nukem Forever has been one of the most anticipated games in the history of video g… Read more

Forever Probably Should Have Stayed Forever.

I will be upfront and say that I did not hate Duke Nukem Forever, nor do I have the sick passion for hating this game as much as everyone else seems to. However, with that being said, Duke Nukem Forev… Read more

I've got Balls of Average Material

A million years ago in 1996, an fps came out of nowhere to change the rules and shake everything up, Duke Nukem 3D. The Duke brought with him: swearing, comedy, and nudity - all things greatly lacking… Read more

The sad ending to a long-running joke.

Just not thrilling. That's really the most one can say about this game, a 12+ year mess of development hubris. Considering there are likely people who were way too young to play Duke Nukem 3D who are… Read more

Long time No See!

Why, Why, Why, Could this have not been awesome? Its not like its too much to ask! I mean, it has been in development for 14 YEARS! This complete mess of a game is not worth any money out of your pock… Read more

Turns out practice does not make perfect

Duke Nukem Forever is quite possibly the best example of game design evolution ever conceived. From the antiquated character design and minimal plot to the inconsistent pacing and repetitive gameplay,… Read more

Honestly Guys

Personally, I do believe that this game delivers exactly what it promises, a Duke Nukem game. Gearbox and 2k never made any real use of the hype machine other than saying, 'Yes, it's finally coming ou… Read more

It's a game

If you haven't been following the game industry for the past 5-10 years, these words will appear meaningless: Duke Nukem Forever has been released. Those of us who, at least tangentially, have kept up… Read more

No longer the King, Duke returns

How long has it been? Well, 2 generations of consoles, we finished the fight(or so we thought), we traveled throughout the Fallout wastelands of Washington D.C., and New Vegas, Call of Duty and World… Read more

After 14 years, the Duke finally returns. Is that a good thing?

No. No its not. I just finished it on PC, the version with fast loadtimes. The game is not so terrible that its good, its just a mediocre tedious piece of software. All I can really say about it, posi… Read more

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