The feral pig cops are a good example of this - they are unarmed, but will charge at you just out of range, only to jump past the player and melee your back at the last moment, dealing huge amounts of damage. The standard run and gun combat that operates as the filler in between mission way-points and event triggers is competent and at times a lot of fun, and yet at other times is completely ruined by bad enemy encounter-design and attack patterns that are more annoying than challenging. These chunks work well in isolated bursts but fall apart when played in extended stretches.
On the surface, DNF contains many gaming staples we are familiar with. Though it pains me to say it, after 14 years, Duke Nukem Forever is still not ready. It should come as no surprise that a game that spent 14 years in developmental chaos popped out on the other side a fragmented mess of half-realized ideas, thematically disjointed level design, and visuals of widely-varying quality. Gearbox software, most recently of Borderlandsfame, picked up the rights to Duke Nukem Forever, and vowed to finish the game once and for all, closing the lid on this 14 year long odyssey.īut was the wait worth it? The short answer is no. The development time was so unnaturally long that 3D Realms actually went bankrupt and the rights to the game were sold. Since that time, Duke Nukem Forever has undergone several engine changes and endured feature-creep the likes of which only a handful of other games have seen. I was an avid fan of Duke Nukem 3D, and could talk to you at length about how it marked one of the biggest breakthroughs in interactive gameplay history and changed the FPS gaming world forever.įollowing in the trails blazed by Duke Nukem 3D, developer 3D Realms rapidly began working on Duke Nukem Forever. Until last Tuesday the name itself was synonymous with the term 'vaporware,' and rightly so. I must admit there was a tangible sense of anxiety as I loaded up Duke Nukem Forever for the first time. Steve Pendlebury of Game Rant reviews Duke Nukem Forever
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