![]() The sequel to 3D Realms' groundbreaking 1996 first-person-shooter Duke Nukem 3D, first announced in 1997, DNF has been the Godot of gaming, second only to maybe Ghostbusters 3 in the pantheon of Messianic Geekery. After 12 years of engagement, anticipation, scrubbed dates, “rocky patches,” juicy gossip, knowing glances between friends and seemingly terminal breakups, gamers can finally book the limo and get fitted for our bridesmaid gowns.ĭuke Nukem Forever is more than simply “long-awaited ” it's the longest-awaited. There's a lot you can do around you besides taking out alien invaders, including talking trash to supporting characters, and more you can do that isn't necessary to the story at all, but as a fixture to the game's crude side.Īside from the critiques from disappointed reviewers, Duke Nukem Forever is worth a playthrough at least once, because it's a game more mature gamers - with an acquired taste of strange humor, of course - have access to after 13 years of speculation.Yes, I'm just going to go ahead with the bridal metaphor to describe my feelings at Friday's announcement of a May 3 release date for Duke Nukem Forever. Perhaps it was worth the wait for a release in the current-gen era, if you think about the technology advancements in gaming, though hardly any changes were made since the game's development in the late 1990s. Being picked up by another company thanks to the demands of fans, it gets the release it finally deserves.ĭuke Nukem Forever isn't your everyday futuristic FPS game about an alien hunter, but about an alien hunter who gets by flirting with the ladies and crude jokes. A little over a decade ago, Duke Nukem Forever would be ready for release, only to be cancelled due to financial woes. It sounded like a very creative attempt by fans to spread rumor of a non-existent sequel to an unusual and underrated game series.
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