Despite 3D Realms MONUMENTAL screwups (I wonder what engine they're using today?) I'm still looking forward to DNF. A Lot. Look, this game has generated mountains of bad PR, tarnished their name, made them the laughing stock of the gaming industry ... yet still they haven't just pushed the thing out the door to be done with it. I really think they want to make the best damn Duke Nukem game ever, whatever the cost.

We bitch when companies push unfinished games on us, then we bitch when they take their time to make a good game. Yeah, maybe this is a pretty extreme example of the latter, but when everything's said and done it's the quality of the game in my eager hands that counts the most.

How does a game that's been declared Gold twice in the past 3 months get delayed for another 3 months? And there's already a review of it in PC Gamer... As for 3dRealms.. delayed ANOTHER year? Just ridiculous. I'm all for delaying a game for quality, but just what hell are they doing?

Arg. waiting is the hardest part

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"the publisher is passing along indications they have received from 3D Realms that Duke Nukem Forever is heading for a release in "late 2004 or early 2005"

Yeah, Right.

"Considering that Doom 3, Half-Life 2, STALKER: Oblivion Lost, Far Cry, and other "next gen" titles will all be out before the end of next year, it'll be interesting to see how Duke Nukem Forever holds up in comparison."

I don't think old Duke has much to worry about... at least not in regards to competing with other games.
The only thing Duke has to battle at the moment is time... the world may only last another few billion years and it will all have been a wasted effort on 3D Realms part if they don't finish it before then. Who knows, maybe it won't be the planet self destructing, but aliens taking over. Either of these scenarios is, in my opinion, more viable than Duke having to worry about the DooM Marine or Gordon Freeman kicking the shit out of him in public because of them all being relatively current.

My money says Duke will be out for X-Box 2.... or 3, 4..

Wasn't CZ just reviewed in PC Gamer or CGW last month? Or on Gamespot?


One of those, not just the Euro review from a while ago. I could have sworn I saw one in print. 74% or some such.

DNF? 2005? why bother?

DNW... who really cares about this now apart from the dev team ? The prior DN games were some of my all time faves and was anticipating this a couple of years ago, but no longer have any feelings for the release of Whenever anymore.

CS: Zero is a joke. 2004 release, wasn't this Gold back in November ? LMFTO (although thinking about it, that would give it a 6 month Xbox exclusive, so maybe that's the cause of the release)

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You'd think by now the publishers wouldn't even mention release dates for DNF, it's such a joke in the gaming community. DNF has had more dates than Paris Hilton.

Every letter I type about DNF is a wasted one....

Duke who?

Can 3DRealms get even more pathetic? I guess so.

Considering that Doom 3, Half-Life 2, STALKER: Oblivion Lost, Far Cry, and other "next gen" titles will all be out before the end of next year, it'll be interesting to see how Duke Nukem Forever holds up in comparison. That old E3 promo video, while great at the time, is looking rather dated now - so one wonders if they had to go back and upgrade/overhaul the whole game over again just to keep it up-to-date with contemporary game tech.

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the publisher is passing along indications they have received from 3D Realms that Duke Nukem Forever is heading for a release in "late 2004 or early 2005"

Yawn

This comment was edited on Dec 18, 11:57.