# Duke Nukem Forever is DONE bitches! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 21, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454 "2011-01-21T15:53:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/61 "2011-01-24T07:20:22Z")
> [@appleciders](#): > > Now that Spore and Duke Nukem: Forever are out, what will be the new standard in vaporware? Half Life 2: Episode 3. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/62 "2011-01-24T07:59:18Z")
How can it be done when it’s forever? ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/63 "2011-01-24T11:41:51Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > When the game debuted at PAX last year, the entire convention was given plenty of hands-on time. Everyone and their grandmother (quite literally) wrote a preview. I don’t recall seeing much on the gaming sites I keep an eye on. Not that I’m saying it wasn’t there, just that they didn’t seem to be making a huge deal about it if it was. > [@](#): > > No buzz? Are you nuts? This game has gotten 55 posts in The Game Room. We can’t agree on what games are worth playing to save our lives, but a thread on DNF has gone to a second page. That’s buzz baby. As **LOUNE** rightly points out, the SDMB isn’t exactly the go-to standard for measuring Gaming “Buzz”. There’s _nothing_ at any of my regular gaming stores about it, and most of my serious Gamer friends either heard the news from me or saw the same news stories I did and went “Meh”. Theoretically this should be the Gaming equivalent of the Beatles releasing a new album, but… well, no-one really seems to care, basically. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/64 "2011-01-24T13:08:09Z")
Even if you count this thread as “buzz” (which some of us obviously don’t), the Dope is just not that influential. If there were a thriving thread about it at slashdot, I’d say there was buzz. Here? Meh. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/65 "2011-01-24T13:28:06Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Even if you count this thread as “buzz” (which some of us obviously don’t), the Dope is just not that influential. If there were a thriving thread about it at slashdot, I’d say there was buzz. Here? Meh. Is 280 comments enough to count as “thriving”? > **[Duke Nukem Forever Release Date Revealed - Slashdot](https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/01/21/1419232/emDuke-Nukem-Foreverem-Release-Date-Revealed)** > > stupid\_is writes with news that Duke Nukem Forever has now gotten a firm US release date: May 3rd. It will release worldwide three days later. The game was resurrected last fall by Gearbox Software and 2K Games after 3D Realms' 12-year attempt at... It’s also the #1 game on GameSpot’s Most Popular Games list and #25 on IGN’s Top Upcoming Games list. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/66 "2011-01-24T14:02:55Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Even if you count this thread as “buzz” (which some of us obviously don’t), the Dope is just not that influential. If there were a thriving thread about it at slashdot, I’d say there was buzz. Here? Meh. actually, if it’s even mentioned here at all, it probably is sizeable precisely because we don’t have that mainstream a games forum. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/67 "2011-01-24T14:33:58Z")
> [@appleciders](#): > > Now that Spore and Duke Nukem: Forever are out, what will be the new standard in vaporware? JADE, but only among those of us who are rogue-like fans. Thomas Biskup announced JADE in, what, 1997? ---
**Author:** ![Apex\_Rogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Apex\_Rogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apex_Rogers)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/68 "2011-01-24T22:27:26Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Even if you count this thread as “buzz” (which some of us obviously don’t), the Dope is just not that influential. If there were a thriving thread about it at slashdot, I’d say there was buzz. Here? Meh. I don’t think the point was that talking about it on the Dope puts it on the map and counts as “buzz” literally. I think it was more that the amount of interest here is representative of the gaming community, and so a popular thread indicates a higher level of interest. That said, I don’t find the point to be very compelling, considering the community here skews older than the overall gaming community and I’m guessing that most of us played the original near when it came out and remember it fondly. That’s not true about the late teens / early 20s typical gamer these days. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/69 "2011-01-24T22:31:54Z")
Buzz or marketing? I haven’t seen any ads for it yet. And until there are loads of Ads, no one (read mainstream gaming) will care. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/70 "2011-01-24T23:25:42Z")
I have to say that I have not seen one mention of multiplayer for DNF. In this day and age an average game with great multiplayer will sell well. Games without multiplayer are pretty much doomed to also ran status. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/71 "2011-01-25T00:30:43Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I have to say that I have not seen one mention of multiplayer for DNF. In this day and age an average game with great multiplayer will sell well. Games without multiplayer are pretty much doomed to also ran status. I am mainly looking forward to purchasing DNF for installation on our corporate network so that the two oldest dorks in the company (and one young turk who remembers his dad playing it) can Duke it out after hours. Deathmatch was the best thing about D3D, and the mod that allowed you to squat down and take a dump was the best taunt ever – good times. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/72 "2011-01-25T01:36:24Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I have to say that I have not seen one mention of multiplayer for DNF. In this day and age an average game with great multiplayer will sell well. Games without multiplayer are pretty much doomed to also ran status. You don’t pay attention to video games on the Dope much, do you? ---
**Author:** ![lemac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@lemac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lemac)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/73 "2011-01-25T06:36:49Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > In this day and age an average game with great multiplayer will sell well. Not true, Unreal Tournament 3 didn’t sell well ☹ ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/74 "2011-01-25T06:49:44Z")
UT3 isn’t any improvement significant over 2k4 and it’s consolized, so it got rejected by the community that would’ve supported it. Super twitch FPS games don’t sell on consoles. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/75 "2011-01-25T06:53:13Z")
UT3 didn’t have good multiplayer. It was borked up by Gamespy, a terrible server browser, console ui, and bad net code. Epic managed to fix all of it in their patch (and Black edition), but by then it was too late. The game worked very well, but that just let you find hundreds of empty servers. And that’s why cliffyb rage quit’d the PC industry. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/76 "2011-03-24T17:20:07Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Why would you question an actual, publisher-supplied release date? And it’s not like it’s something vague like Q2 2011, it is an actual date. > > Oh, and LA Noire is being released on May 17. > [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > This is the first Duke Nukem Forever release date. We are officially in uncharted waters. And 3D Realms is no longer at the helm, there’s no reason not to believe. > [@SenorBeef](#): > > I have no idea why people are expressing all the skepticism. It’s an entirely different company. They bought the project specifically to finish it up and release it. They set a hard date. I don’t know if you’re trying to be funny or what. [Duke pushed back to June.](http://www.ripten.com/2011/03/24/duke-nukem-forever-delayed-again-seriously/) Ok guys. Now, that it has been pushed back a month can you see why people were skeptical? Now comes the fun part - will it really appear in June? (Heh. Had to bump this thread to point out what happens when you believe in Duke Nukem.) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/77 "2011-03-24T18:05:20Z")
> [@pricciar](#): > > (Heh. Had to bump this thread to point out what happens when you believe in Duke Nukem.) I DO believe in Duke Nukem! I DO believe in Duke Nukem! I DO believe in Duke Nukem! Or is it more appropriate to clap? I can’t decide which is the prevailing meme. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/78 "2011-03-24T18:23:51Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Or is it more appropriate to clap? I can’t decide which is the prevailing meme. Stuff one dollar bills into a stripper’s g-string. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/79 "2011-03-24T19:04:38Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > Stuff one dollar bills into a stripper’s g-string. You’ve been to very different productions of Peter Pan than I have… ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454/80 "2011-03-24T19:42:15Z")
Yeah, once you see Duke Nukem as peter pan, you never look at Disneyfied shit the same way ever again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-is-done-bitches/568454.md?page=5)