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Entertainment & Artistry => Gaming => Topic started by: KnuckleBuckett on June 04, 2011, 10:01:13 AM
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Anybody play it yet?
I played a bit yesterday. The initial scenes are okay and the locker room antics are well voiced and well written. I laughed out loud repeatedly at the corny "Duke" humor.
It looks better than I expected but always seems a bit blocky and more than a little fuzzy at 1080. Weapons are fun and seem plentiful.
I wouldn't pay over $5 or $10. I await a Steam sale.
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How do I get the demo?
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In Steam get the code by right clicking on Borderlands in your Library - view game CD key.
Access this link to use the code to get another code.
http://www.dukenukem.com/access/entry/#?age_gate
Go back to Steam Library at the bottom access the add a game function.
The rest is self-explanatory.
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This comes out tomorrow. I feel I need to buy it.
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So do I but I need $...and more Time....
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Downloaded it and played for 15 minutes. Deleted it.
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Sad huh?
:(
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I kind of expected it, but if I had to sit through any more "humor", my eyes were going to roll out of my head
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Wow, that bad??
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I was playing it and my wife was in the room and I was so embarrassed by it that I deleted it.
The game starts with you pissing in a urinal (literally "LMB to Piss"). First boss battle you only can do damage to him by shooting him in the crotch (with a weapon that has 69 rockets everytime you reload). After you kill him, you kick his eyeball through football uprights. Afterwards, you go to Duke's apartment where he's watching the news story about it and being blown by two girls dressed as schoolgirls. I had enough at that point.
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Played through the locker room and the first boss. The locker room was amusing if you handled the poo. John St. John really put feeling into his disgust. I had a good laugh.
I figured it would ease off after that. As Gov said, it didn't. A little bathroom humor is fine but it goes a long way. The game was way too crass, blurry, and there was nothing special about it. I was unable to convince myself to finish the free demo.
I have been telling the kids in the clan not to waste their time or money on this POS.
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I'll give it a go. Still a place in my heart for dick n' fart jokes...
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I do to but I like it when they're funny
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I'll give it a go. Still a place in my heart for dick n' fart jokes...
Demo it or torrent it would be my advice. If you torrent it and you like it, pay for it, but check it out first.
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Seriously if you're paying full price for this game you are a fool
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I'll give it a go. Still a place in my heart for dick n' fart jokes...
Demo it or torrent it would be my advice. If you torrent it and you like it, pay for it, but check it out first.
I can agree with the demo but not the torrenting. Stealing software just isn't cool.
I'm glad I held off on getting this. The jokes and stuff were cool when I was 15/16 but now my humor tastes have evolved. I don't mind those types of humor when in limited amounts. Plus I'm not a FPS gamer.
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It isn't stealing if you pay for it. :dunno:
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Your initial act is the theft. Just because you pay for it later doesn't change that initial act.
If you take a candy bar from a store without paying for it you have committed theft. Just because you go back and pay for it later doesn't change it.
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One time I went to a coney restaurant by work but I forgot my wallet. I told the manager and he said it was cool if I came back later and paid, so I did because the coney was delicious.
The explosive diarrhea that the coney gave me is Duke Nukem Forever.
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The explosive diarrhea that the coney gave me is Duke Nukem Forever.
Toilet humor!!!
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And I thought it up in less than 15 years!
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Your initial act is the theft. Just because you pay for it later doesn't change that initial act.
If you take a candy bar from a store without paying for it you have committed theft. Just because you go back and pay for it later doesn't change it.
I see it differently. To me it is no different than creating a muuuuch needed return policy. When you purchase a toaster at say Amazon and it turns out to be a pile of junk, you can return it. Games and software in general have needed a similar policy for at least a decade. Don't you think?
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No, I think that it is still theft and that people who download it illegally are just trying to come up with excuses for it. A good demo solves the "return policy" issue IMO.
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Under the current laws I agree that downloading games is theft and I don't make excuses for it but I'm not gonna feel bad about it either.
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Under the current laws I agree that downloading games is theft and I don't make excuses for it but I'm not gonna feel bad about it either.
That's cool. I think we all knowingly break various laws and don't feel bad about it. I can respect the "yeah, but I don't care" attitude but not the excuses/justification attitude.
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No, I think that it is still theft and that people who download it illegally are just trying to come up with excuses for it. A good demo solves the "return policy" issue IMO.
Mostly agree when a demo is available. I do not agree that software developers can sell their products minus the responsibility of the hardware manufacturers.
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I agree with Knuck. There needs to be a reasonable return policy. Now... I also understand that it would get crazy abuse. Like people that buy a game, play it in a day or two and then return it. It's not like you can buy underwear, wear it for a day or two and then decide you don't like it. So there has to be something more.
I have gone down the torrent route in the past but often it's because the demo isn't sufficient to give something a real test drive. And I have, on several occasions, ended up buying the software or donating to the company after using the torrented version if it's worth it.
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I don't generally do that with games, but I do it frequently with music.
Honestly, it's so easy to legally buy and download games through Steam or any other distribution site that I almost always just buy it unless I think the game is going to suck, like this one.
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Well, I was talking more about productivity software. I think I've only torrented maybe 2 or 3 games ever.
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I think it would be good to go back to the old ID method of selling software - shareware the first few levels then charge for the rest. The reality is that too many turds would be flushed before people ot to the point where they would pay for the game so producers of bad games would not sell much...but would that be a bad thing?
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I agree with Knuck. There needs to be a reasonable return policy. Now... I also understand that it would get crazy abuse. Like people that buy a game, play it in a day or two and then return it.
More like: Someone will buy it, burn a copy of the discs, return it, and still play it. You can't have the same type of return policy on digital goods as you can physical goods.
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Companies are trying to do that, but every time they do it's met with screams of "DAMN YOU DRM" from the internet
It sure is a good thing all these companies have the lawmakers in their pocket or they'd end up being abused by all the mean pirates out there.
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I have gone down the torrent route in the past but often it's because the demo isn't sufficient to give something a real test drive. And I have, on several occasions, ended up buying the software or donating to the company after using the torrented version if it's worth it.
I have torrented one game. It sucked more balls than Duke. I deleted it.
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Companies are trying to do that, but every time they do it's met with screams of "DAMN YOU DRM" from the internet
The real bitch about most DRM is that it is usually poorly implemented causing issues for those who purchase the product legally. Pirates and hackers are by nature immune to most of the ill effects of DRM and thus it generally only hurts the paying customer.
Good DRM is generally viewed positively. Steam would be be an example of successful DRM that users tend to like.
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You can't have the same type of return policy on digital goods as you can physical goods.
Do you still deem this true considering Steam and other similar services?
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You can't have the same type of return policy on digital goods as you can physical goods.
Do you still deem this true considering Steam and other similar services?
Steam is a steaming pile of shit. I fucking hate that service. Portal seems to be the only game I've played through steam that wasn't ruined by steam.
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In what way? I don't use Steam much but when I have it's been perfect. :dunno:
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Forced updates of single player games is my major pet peeve. Especially when that update breaks saved games. Slow, clunky, and not intuitive interface. Rainbow 6: LV was buggy as hell in the steam version. And ultimately I'm not comfortable with the idea that if they were to *poof* I wouldn't have access to games I paid for.
I haven't used it a ton to know if I just got unlucky or not but so far I totally dislike steam.
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The non-steam version of R6:LV was pretty damn buggy, too.
> The real bitch about most DRM is that it is usually poorly implemented causing issues for those who purchase the product legally.
Yeah, it's usually terrible, but even when it's done well there are going to be complaints from people, whether they're pirates or not. Like you said, Steam is the exception but lots of people hate it, too.
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I have torrented one game. It sucked more balls than Duke. I deleted it.
This is simply impossible
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I have been using Steam almost daily for years. Since 2005 I or so. My experience has been the opposite of yours Mike. Steam has not been without minor issues, but overall has been great. I appreciate always having the latest updates to my games and find that the Steam versions work at least as well as the disc versions. The interface has improved over the years and works well for what it needs to do. I also like that disc or no I have access to all of my games at any PC anywhere I go. As far as your games just going "poof" I can live with that. I could count on one hand the number of disc based titles that I have kept in perfect installation shape with all of the necessary documentation. Steam makes it worth the risk. Last but not least the sale prices on Steam are second to none. With a little patience fifty percent off sales are common and seventy five to ninety percent are far from unheard of. Makes gaming a good bit more affordable.
Now that I am done cheer leading Steam, Good Old Games, Blizzard, and Direct To Drive are all reasonable alternatives to various online games with designed in DRM. Most of these folks occasionally have great sales also.
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GOG is fan-damn-tastic.
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I just utilized their ongoing sale to pick up Fallout 1 and 2. Hope they are good.
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They are also fantastic
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What was the game you torrented, knuck?
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Dead Space.