VideoGames: Duke Nukem Forever: Panned as an obsolescent washout game that shoud never have taken this long and shoud nev er have been released

NewYorkTimes (June18,2k11)
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-- NYT/ Schiesel material re-posted here by VideoGamer

-- game under review is released by Gearbox Software

VIDEO GAME REVIEW

14 Years of Waiting Have Come to an End

by SETH SCHIESEL

Published: June 17, 2011

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The very first thing you do in Duke Nukem Forever is relieve yourself.

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Duke Nukem Forever Duke, a crude Earthling, battles aliens in this game from Gearbox Software.

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An image from Duke Nukem 3D, the 1996 trailblazing game.

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In the newly released sequel, Duke Nukem Forever, Duke takes on aliens who have invaded Las Vegas and abducted women, including his twin blond girlfriends.

That’s right. After 14 tortured years in development, after being endlessly revised and restarted by no fewer than four different studios since the Clinton administration, Duke Nukem Forever finally opens with a first-person view of a men’s urinal being put to its intended purpose.

It rarely becomes more entertaining.

There is no easy way to put this: Duke Nukem Forever is shockingly, embarrassingly bad. Not ironic bad. Not campy bad. Not even fascinating bad. Just bad, as in unpleasant to play and watch. As in please save your money.

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