The single player is not 5hours definitely more than that, total halibut/biscuit gives his thoughts about the game after 5 hours into the game; people call him the Cynical Brit for a reason, his very nic-picky. I've played as far as he did, though I did say previously that the game was dull, it starts to grow in me. The game is so-so la, old school linear shoot-em up.

I think that the game has a slow start thats all. Though you can only carry 2 guns at a time, you don't have to worry bout that as there are plenty of guns laying around for you through-out the campaign.

So far all I can say is that it's a game launched too late.

i m fine with 2 guns as long as it carries plenty of ammo to shoot at. Something i hate about out from old fps, very limited ammo, but plenty of guns. In the end you will only use a handful guns others u just keep for the boss.. etc.

i was too young back then duke was around. so cant make the comparison

You will have enough ammo as there will also be ammo crates laying around with infinite refill. If compare to the old Duke Nukem 3D game, DNF is a more linear game, but with alot of mini-games and platforming(1st Duke Nukem game was a 2D platformer so its unsurprising) in between. The old Duke Nukem 3D that I played as a kid on Sega Saturn was not linear but the map design can be alil complicated. You find yourself running around in circles looking for the exit.

Duke Nukem Forever as everyone knows is 12 years too late and it plays like a game thats should be release in the early 2000's.

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Added on June 13, 2011, 6:58 pmOk, I've just finish DNF and the total hours clocked is 5hours for singleplayer. I suggest that those that havent buy it to just wait for discount.

Played a FFA game on multiplayer and it feels like a quake game. There are unlocks and also an option to customize your character though its mostly just cosmetic. I've yet to try the other game modes on MP.

This post has been edited by JuzJoe: Jun 13 2011, 06:58 PM

5 hours only? I thought it will last much longer.
Well i'm waiting my copy from TSB, if the SP is that short maybe i'll start at hardest difficulty.
But i really don't care about negative reviews, i always believe people sometime stress out the negative aspect too much compared to the positive aspect. Beside, i have been following Let's Play / Walkthrough series in Youtube since 2 days ago, so far everything looks fun and not that boring although the game not really offer anything new or inventive.

I guess the game released at the wrong time. If they released it during the 2006. It might be a very good contender vs quake4

If you ask me, this game with its regenerative health system, 2 weapon system and lack of secret hidden spot will not be well received at any period, not in the past and certainly not now.

I want the old FPS back where I am able to carry 10 weapons on my character, choose to fight a boss with a rocket launcher or empty fist, having to look for health pack or health station to replenish my health and being given the freedom to decide how I want to face the army of aliens or horde of demons down the corridor instead of being spoon fed and lead by the hands every step of the way.

In short, modern FPS design shouldnt be in the game.

FPS wasnt like that till Halo and co comes out.

I still want the feeling of able to carry 10 weapons at once without regenerative health.

Fellow forumers, always take a deep breath and remember the classic wisdom: vocal minority PC gamers make the worst game designers

Hmmm....around 5 hours of SP gameplay.

Luckily I got mine for USD30.

So, you expect people just to shut up and take all the crap developers do these days?

No wonder 15USD map packs sold so well.

Here's the dilemma, DNF was 1st announce in 1997; the game has gone through many reboots in between, which resulted in much resources gone wasted and in the end a forced closed down of the original studio.

When Gearbox took over what do you expect them to do?

Go back to the old school formula?
- Pros: Old school fans will love it
- Cons: It alienates the younger generation. In the interest of Gearbox and 2K, I don't think they even consider this a viable option.

Work on a whole new idea instate of where 3D Realms left?
-I don't even think that 2K would be happy if they did that and DNF would not be release in 2011. If the project drags any longer DNF would never see the light of it's release.

So my conclusion is that DNF is an abomination. You are now playing a game that has a mixed of old school, mindless shoot-em up(90's gameplay), a Half-Life wannabe (their attempt to add cinematic drama, time interval of 2000-2007) and today's generation of fps game, you get regenerative health, 2 guns only, linear 5 hours gameplay.

90's gameplay + Half Life generation (yr 2000-2007)+ modern shooter (yr 2007-now) = Duke Nukem: Forever

All the flaws from this 3 timeline is in this game.

This post has been edited by JuzJoe: Jun 13 2011, 10:14 PM

haha thats y la its better 2 demo the game 1st n then only judge...i never trust noob user reviews or even professional reviews bcoz they r 99% bias all the time haha

This post has been edited by skylinelover: Jun 13 2011, 10:13 PM

My conclusion on Duke Nukem's "situation", to put it simply:

2K: I don't give a shit about ground breaking gameplay, Duke Nukem must release ASAP. I've invested too much financially for this game to drag any longer.

Gearbox: Ok boss, we will do what we can to make Duke Nukem appeal to both fans and to the newer generation and make in-time for it's release in 2011.

Are you people really oblivious to the fact that Gearbox is only responsible for finally releasing DNF?

The game is completely made by 3DRealms and the only thing that Gearbox did was polish the turd.

halo 1 is still using med pack. and 2 weapon system applies for games that plays in a squad. halo is suitable, but not SP player games

Duke Nukem Forever uses the Unreal 2.5 engine.

No wonder, I thought it was Unreal 3.0 engine.

Source: Bit Tech

3drealms killed duke not gearbox. Those f***ers at 3drealms was f***ing around for 12 years remaking the game again and again and again. Thats what they get when they are too stingy to hire more staff to finish the game fast. Bloody retards.

Finished it! The funny thing is I thought I had a good 5-6 more levels to go through but it turns out the very level that I thought was halfway through the game turned out to be the LAST level.

The game was THAT short! Ending was awful, boss fight was piece of cake (beaten the boss on my FIRST encounter).

Not worth your money....well maybe worth it if you like to have part of an industry joke.

Perhaps, but he shouldn't lies:



http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/13688993