Sweet! So it wasn't just rumor I heard! Well, gents, I'm off to place this on my Game Fly queue!
Charl3z523 said:Notice how they don't specify the year. They got all the time they need....
Walter said:The demo is out for those who bought Borderlands. I just finished it. It feels like a game from the late 90s, crammed forcefully into modern day, without any of the polish that we've grown accustomed to. And that has nothing to do with the graphics. There's a lack of polish in all aspects of this game -- animation, level design, the feel of the weapons, I could go on and on. Scripted sequences don't bother hiding themselves. You get stuck in ridiculously long animation sequences in first person, as Duke dusts himself off after a fall, or tightening his gloves after snapping a pig cop's neck. In the roughly hour-long demo, there are two driving sequences -- one in Duke's monster truck, and one in a fucking minecart, ala Donkey Kong Country. The guns don't feel powerful. The hit detection is weak, so it feels like you're shooting peas against a concrete wall. There is no mighty boot, at least in the demo.
It is terrible. This game should not exist. And this comes from a fan who's followed this game's development throughout all the years of its delay, and was even a member of the 3DRealms forum (walterbennet). I'm not trolling on Duke. Duke is trolling on us.
Walter said:It is terrible. This game should not exist. And this comes from a fan who's followed this game's development throughout all the years of its delay, and was even a member of the 3DRealms forum (walterbennet). I'm not trolling on Duke. Duke is trolling on us.
I appreciate the vote of confidence, but you don't have to take my word for it. If you can put up with this moron chirping in your ear throughout the clip, you can watch a playthrough of the entire demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY0-6IE21ZMOburi said:I literally paid off the rest of the game mere hours after Walters post, which certainly would have altered my decision.
Griffith said:I, for one, think it's a fitting end. I'm actually looking forward to it MORE now. So bad it's good.
Yes, it is technically a game. You press buttons and things happen on screen. And yes, you can pick up poop in a toilet and throw it around the room. Though how anyone could derive any enjoyment from this glued-together trash heap is beyond me.Aphasia said:The question is...Is it so bad it's actually just bad? Haha. I watched the demo video and it actually looks better than what I expected. I'm just surprised there's something here that resembles a game at all.
Señor Caudillo said:I'm trying to stay optimistic about DNF, and just hope that the demo is merely taken from an early developmental stage of the game, and that the final finished version will be excellent. I mean, who knows maybe the game's production company deliberately allowed a crappy demo to leak, in order to surprise and awe the fans with the actual, final product when it hits the retail shelves.
seppuku said:The demo wasn't leaked; it was officially announced months in advance and pieces of that demo were showcased last year.
seppuku said:Secondly, that would be a terrible marketing strategy.
Señor Caudillo said:What, leaking the demo itself or bait and switching the fans with the (better) finished product?
seppuku said:Your review brings up a lot of valid points, but you don't seem to be judging the game objectively so much as blasting every possible thing to gloat about your prediction.
seppuku said:Were the first few seconds for the opening title really so traumatizing that you needed to dedicate an entire paragraph for it?
seppuku said:Is it really fair to compare Duke to a child molester because his babes, who clearly looked of appropriate age, were in schoolgirl outfits which normal grown adults dress in for fetishes all the time?
seppuku said:And since when does a crappy demo amount to molesting your inner child?
seppuku said:Even when Duke said something that made you laugh, you tried to spin it as a negative.
seppuku said:I saw the demo. The gameplay looked generic and the boss fights were not well done. I didn't like how he could defeat an alien space ship simply by moving in and out of cover and waiting for his health to regenerate.
seppuku said:I did however think that the game was genuinely funny and I like the Duke character.
Señor Caudillo said:I'm trying to stay optimistic about DNF, and just hope that the demo is merely taken from an early developmental stage of the game, and that the final finished version will be excellent. I mean, who knows maybe the game's production company deliberately allowed a crappy demo to leak, in order to surprise and awe the fans with the actual, final product when it hits the retail shelves.
Señor Caudillo said:I have given up on DNF several years ago
Señor Caudillo said:What, leaking the demo itself or bait and switching the fans with the (better) finished product?