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Gearbox still thinks reviewers were unfair witth Duke

Posted Nov 6, 2011 at 10:00AM EST by Harrison E

Listed in: News Tags: duke nukem forever, Gearbox Software, half life, Half Life 2, left 4 dead, minecraft, Steam, the sims, valve

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I recently started playing Duke Nukem Forever and it's not bad. It's not amazing either. It's not 12 years in development amazing, like say Half Life 2, but let's say it's not bad and leave at that...well, I guess Gearbox can't saying recently that everyone should be thankful that "the game exists", says Brian Martel, one of the five co-founders of Gearbox. Nothing to do with the original 3D Realms dev team, but still one of the guys responsible for bringing Duke to gamers.

The game apparently does not have the credi it deserves, according to Martel and when asked if the reception to teh game was fair he claimed that if he were to review the reviews fairly, he'd say "No" and hoped that the reviewers were a little less caustic, and was unsure where the anger came from". Martel went on to compare Duke to compare to the classic Valve game, Half Life asking if it would be reviewed as well today as it was back then...I personally say yes, except for the ending.

The icing on the cake is another co-founder, Randy Pitchford, had previously mentioned a similar comparison, claiming, the last time had a good gaming experience like DNF was "Half Life 2". I find that the sands of time tend to fall between the cracks of objectivity, especially for critics.

Their existence is to merely put forth their opinion with having a rare idea on what the gaming public likes. For example, if any gaming reviewer were to review something as popular as Farmville, there would be mass critical points for design, engagement and limitations, but would that stop the millions upon millions of people playing it...No!

Because it's what they -the players - enjoy, in the same way I enjoy or am enjoying Duke Nukem Forever. Games are becoming more about the personal experience and gameplay freedom, such as Minecraft and Left 4 Dead, with players crafting their own stories, this would explain why The Sims is probably the greatest selling series of all time but often critically meh.

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I swear, do people not realize that the game was in development limbo for 12 years? Meaning, it wasn't always being worked on. 3DRealms were being super lazy with the game, and only worked on it whenever they wanted to. They obviously didn't care about the product, and it fell through and Gearbox picked it up, finished it, and released it because people were waiting a long time for the game. What the hell do you expect them to do? Redo the damn game? People need to realized that it's not Gearbox's fault that the game was crap. They took a product that was half assed, an tried to make a complete game with what they were given within the time limit they were given. So, cut them some damn lack and hope that their next Duke Nukem game (which they're going to build from the ground up) doesn't turn out to be shit like DNF.

-1 # RE: RE: Gearbox still thinks reviewers were unfair witth Duke — Tykam993 2011-11-06 23:56

So you're saying that even though somebody made a bad game, they shouldn't be blamed for how bad it is? If I have a group project and people do an awful job, I'll go back and fix it because I actually like to have a solid project. If gearbox didn't want to go back and make a solid game, it's their fault and they deserve lackluster reviews. It's not like Duke Nukem sets any real standards anyway.

-1 # Sorry — Lethal_NFS 2011-11-06 21:03

But the game really sucks. Really.

+1 # RE: Gearbox still thinks reviewers were unfair witth Duke — thed00d 2011-11-06 23:14

i liked the game, but im also a duke fanboy since i first played it on sega saturn, i was like 10 or 12 i gave those strippers so much money and stared at the calendars for way too long. But the DNF built upon that kept the humor and ass kicking, graphics dont make the game, but it was kinda short. tl:dr gamers loved it, critics hated it.

-1 # Graphics? — Lethal_NFS 2011-11-07 10:17

The graphics did not make this game suck. It was the horrid level design and god awful voice overs. DNF is nothing like Duke 3D and is a flat out crappy game.

+1 # RE: Gearbox still thinks reviewers were unfair witth Duke — lordrand11 2011-11-07 11:27

meh I still found it enjoyable. As well as a huge turn from all these military tactical FPS's. I want my run 'n' gunner FPS's back those were the funnest.

-1 # RE: Gearbox still thinks reviewers were unfair witth Duke — AkaiOtoko 2011-11-07 18:29

"everyone should be thankful that 'the game exists'"

Right...so we should be thankful if they gave us a honeycomb box with generic brand ones inside?
Basically that's what they're saying imo.

It's nice that they tried to end the "Forever" thing, but in this case that doesn't give a reason to give good reviews for a bad game.

If you're going to do a job, you should do it right imo.

# ololol — ololol 2011-11-09 13:55

these people can tell that a game is horrid, better neg rep their posts because I'm a fanboy

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