Duke Nukem Forever starts off really strong I think. Fill to the brim with silly interactables that bring smiles to my face. Drawing on the whiteboard is cool, being able to rapid shoot your piss is fun, and of course there is all the lines of Duke being genuinely disgusted about picking up a turd leaves me loling so much. Then you finish that first little section and there is a Olsen twins reference???? Then I get to promptly ignore them and turn the lights on and off in Duke's home. Just everything up to when you get to the actual combat (which took me an hour to get too from ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ around) is just silly fun that makes me like video games.

Then when you get to the combat DKF has you throwing objects before you get your guns and it is so very satisfying. Throwing a hand weight at an enemy and watching them crumple rules. Then you get to the guns and its serviceable. All the guns are fine except the shotgun is a good ass meaty shotgun. One of the annoying decisions they made about this is the 2 weapon system (instead of normal boomer shooter all weapons), but in the options it does let you turn on the ability to hold 4 weapons at once. Changes the game a lot and probably makes it funner even if you have to cycle through all the weapons to get to what you want.

I think the game is pretty fun until you get to the Monster Truck, but there is still the Hive. The Hive is cool looking and has neat physics puzzles, but uhhh, its just nasty. Yes, Duke has always portrayed women in a sex object way and I think its fiiiiinnnne in a Duke Nukem game because its just over the top macho man, but the Hive is not that. It is not "Duke is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ epic and hot that women want to ♥♥♥♥ him", it is filled with women being used to breed aliens and the only way to save them is mercy killing. I know this same stuff was in Duke3D, but that was pixelated, the girls weren't all moaning in pain, and their boobs were partially censored at least. In DKF it just feels gross to have full ass boobs out and them crying in pain and all you can do is mercy kill them! They just made a situation where all you can do is kill women! Then there is the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ part where the Olsen twin knockoffs block your way and say "can you save us?" and they make ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Duke go "nope, you're ♥♥♥♥♥♥!"???? Then right next to them is just a triplet of boobs sticking from the wall you can slap and Duke goes "hehe boobs". All this gross sexual ♥♥♥♥ is obviously Alien inspired and could ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ work if was made by someone better obviously and that they still play some of it as laughs!

But yeah, anyways, once you get to the Monster Truck it pulls a Half-Life and you drive a Monster Truck for 30 minutes with frequent stops. No music plays at all, just complete silence while driving through the desert. Then once you get to the Hoover Dam its a little better, but still drags a little.

Also I checked out the My Digs, the area your multiplayer unlocks get to decorate. Some of these unlocks include babes that walk around and you can ogle which also feel a little over the edge. There is one girl that is a "Sexy Soldier" and she only speaks in Spainish and Duke will just say "I like Tacos and Burrito's" as a pick up line. That is the level of terrible writing you get when interacting with these babes.

I don't think DKF is that bad and is still pretty fun to shoot in, but I understand compared to Duke3D which is just better as a game. Then like 2/3rds of the game is kind of boring and it takes the misogyny too far. I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ wish this game didnt kill Duke Nukem though! I want Duke back! Hearing Deacon St. John talk as the Duke rules! Duke is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ funny and is a really good gaming icon, and I think could really be used effectively today if used right. Too bad his ass is owned by ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Randy Pitchford, woopee!

Duke Nukem Forever starts off really strong I think. Fill to the brim with silly interactables that bring smiles to my face. Drawing on the whiteboard is cool, being able to rapid shoot your piss is fun, and of course there is all the lines of Duke being genuinely disgusted about picking up a turd leaves me loling so much. Then you finish that first little section and there is a Olsen twins reference???? Then I get to promptly ignore them and turn the lights on and off in Duke's home. Just everything up to when you get to the actual combat (which took me an hour to get too from fucking around) is just silly fun that makes me like video games. Then when you get to the combat DKF has you throwing objects before you get your guns and it is so very satisfying. Throwing a hand weight at an enemy and watching them crumple rules. Then you get to the guns and its serviceable. All the guns are fine except the shotgun is a good ass meaty shotgun. One of the annoying decisions they made about this is the 2 weapon system (instead of normal boomer shooter all weapons), but in the options it does let you turn on the ability to hold 4 weapons at once. Changes the game a lot and probably makes it funner even if you have to cycle through all the weapons to get to what you want. I think the game is pretty fun until you get to the Monster Truck, but there is still the Hive. The Hive is cool looking and has neat physics puzzles, but uhhh, its just nasty. Yes, Duke has always portrayed women in a sex object way and I think its fiiiiinnnne in a Duke Nukem game because its just over the top macho man, but the Hive is not that. It is not "Duke is so fucking epic and hot that women want to FUCK him", it is filled with women being used to breed aliens and the only way to save them is mercy killing. I know this same stuff was in Duke3D, but that was pixelated, the girls weren't all moaning in pain, and their boobs were partially censored at least. In DKF it just feels gross to have full ass boobs out and them crying in pain and all you can do is mercy kill them! They just made a situation where all you can do is kill women! Then there is the fucking part where the Olsen twin knockoffs block your way and say "can you save us?" and they make fucking Duke go "nope, you're fucked!"???? Then right next to them is just a triplet of boobs sticking from the wall you can slap and Duke goes "hehe boobs". All this gross sexual shit is obviously Alien inspired and could fucking work if was made by someone better obviously and that they still play some of it as laughs! But yeah, anyways, once you get to the Monster Truck it pulls a Half-Life and you drive a Monster Truck for 30 minutes with frequent stops. No music plays at all, just complete silence while driving through the desert. Then once you get to the Hoover Dam its a little better, but still drags a little. Also I checked out the My Digs, the area your multiplayer unlocks get to decorate. Some of these unlocks include babes that walk around and you can ogle which also feel a little over the edge. There is one girl that is a "Sexy Soldier" and she only speaks in Spainish and Duke will just say "I like Tacos and Burrito's" as a pick up line. That is the level of terrible writing you get when interacting with these babes. I don't think DKF is that bad and is still pretty fun to shoot in, but I understand compared to Duke3D which is just better as a game. Then like 2/3rds of the game is kind of boring and it takes the misogyny too far. I fucking wish this game didnt kill Duke Nukem though! I want Duke back! Hearing Deacon St. John talk as the Duke rules! Duke is fucking funny and is a really good gaming icon, and I think could really be used effectively today if used right. Too bad his ass is owned by fucking Randy Pitchford, woopee!