Duke Nukem Forever

 PlayStation 3
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4.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 318 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 88 out of 318
  2. Mixed: 91 out of 318
  3. Negative: 139 out of 318
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  1. PaulaTLD
    Aug 23, 2022
    2
    Este juego... ha sido lo pero de Duke, definitivamente no esta a la altura de lo que es la saga y es la peor de todas, tantos años de desarrollo para este juego no valio la pena
  2. HuevoAlce
    Jun 25, 2022
    3
    The humor gets old after a while since nothing clever is done with it. I don't mind its offensiveness, I just wish it were clever.
  3. Domdom21br
    Feb 19, 2022
    4
    Jogo chato, gráficos ultrapassados, Bug de áudio, Bosses que são fracos, loadings gigantes, isso é Duke Nukem Forever, os seus companheiros (quando você tem) são burros, o jogo constantemente não carrega as texturas e talvez o jogo trave após salvar(aconteceu comigo)parabéns aos envolvidos
  4. CPD98
    Oct 28, 2014
    2
    Un juego totalmente desfasado, en chistes, gráficos y jugabilidad. Uno de los juegos mas malos en todo el catálogo de PS3. Podría haber sido un juego para pasar un buen rato y ya, pero ni eso.
  5. PyongyangMayor
    Aug 18, 2014
    3
    This game is infamous for being delayed for 13 YEARS (from 1997-2011). This was originally gonna be a PS1/N64 title but due to some stupid **** this game got delayed again & again & again. It kinda shows. This game feels like it wants to be a new shooter but can't be. It's pretty bad. If you want a new, good shooter, get Battlefield Bad Company, CoD 4-BO1 or damn near anything else (justThis game is infamous for being delayed for 13 YEARS (from 1997-2011). This was originally gonna be a PS1/N64 title but due to some stupid **** this game got delayed again & again & again. It kinda shows. This game feels like it wants to be a new shooter but can't be. It's pretty bad. If you want a new, good shooter, get Battlefield Bad Company, CoD 4-BO1 or damn near anything else (just don't get Aliens: Colonial Marines or Rogue Warrior) This game sucks balls.… Expand
  6. Mega_Panda
    Aug 15, 2014
    3
    well, the great must fall at one point... Duke Nukem Forever is one on the worst games i own. the gameplay is horrible! the duke can only carry two weapons now and he said that power armour is for pu$$uys and he goes and hides behind a rock to regenerate his health. the story is so BAD that i cant even explain it! this game is not worth buying and should never be looked at. Duke Nukemwell, the great must fall at one point... Duke Nukem Forever is one on the worst games i own. the gameplay is horrible! the duke can only carry two weapons now and he said that power armour is for pu$$uys and he goes and hides behind a rock to regenerate his health. the story is so BAD that i cant even explain it! this game is not worth buying and should never be looked at. Duke Nukem Forever Gets a 3/10… Expand
  7. DoctorOctagons
    Jun 26, 2013
    2
    This game was absolute crap. If this were 2003, then this might have been okay, but it is not. The jokes were cheesy, the graphics sucked, and the developers spent way too much time to make the game crude and violent, and not enough making it good. It was a terrible dissapointment for a game that had so much pre-release hype. The only reason I give it the 2 is because it is clear that theThis game was absolute crap. If this were 2003, then this might have been okay, but it is not. The jokes were cheesy, the graphics sucked, and the developers spent way too much time to make the game crude and violent, and not enough making it good. It was a terrible dissapointment for a game that had so much pre-release hype. The only reason I give it the 2 is because it is clear that the game had potential, but they messed it up... a lot.… Expand
  8. noob_saibot
    May 30, 2013
    1
    FAIL to the King!

    This is a bad game! I'm baffled how this game went Gold a few weeks ago because it's clearly an unfinished product! There are only a few redeeming qualities such as the humor, a few descent action set pieces, the music (I especially like the hard rock piece that plays during the loading screens), the achievements (minus one or two) are pretty easy to get, and a level    FAIL to the King!

    This is a bad game! I'm baffled how this game went Gold a few weeks ago because it's clearly an unfinished product! There are only a few redeeming qualities such as the humor, a few descent action set pieces, the music (I especially like the hard rock piece that plays during the loading screens), the achievements (minus one or two) are pretty easy to get, and a level or two such as the level where you have to make your way around a trap infested kitchen whilst tiny.

    Everything else is shoddy. The graphics are dated, rough around the edges (loads of aliasing), and the lip-syncing is bad; the voice acting is poor (those two blond bimbos of Dukes' are annoying!), the gameplay mechanics and level designs are old and dated go from point A to B and shoot stuff and then rinse and repeat (though you will come across the odd puzzle and driving section), the game suffers heavily from frame rate issues and screen tearing, which is baffling considering how dated the game is graphically it doesn't strike me as a game that requires loads of horse power from the 360 (it's just badly programmed); the game takes too long to load, which is frustrating if you keep dying on a certain part and have to keep trying again; there's no story to speak of and the ending sucks, the physics are dodgy, the AI is poor, the difficulty balance seems off some sections during Normal seemed a bit 'punishing' than they ought to have been and you can only carry two weapons at a time!

    If you do fancy giving this game a go then I'd STRONGLY recommend you rent it instead!

    That's what I've done and I'm so glad I did it's just not worth the purchase and especially for the price it's going for!    … Expand
  9. mjfan97
    May 3, 2013
    4
    This game is an unimaginative, uninspired, dull shooter. I mean, what happened to all the early concept art? That looked way better than this game. Instead what we got was a series of lame jokes, repetitive gameplay and design, cheap boss fights and unfunny jabs at other popular games. All of the games referenced, ironically are better than this game! You might aswell play the old DukeThis game is an unimaginative, uninspired, dull shooter. I mean, what happened to all the early concept art? That looked way better than this game. Instead what we got was a series of lame jokes, repetitive gameplay and design, cheap boss fights and unfunny jabs at other popular games. All of the games referenced, ironically are better than this game! You might aswell play the old Duke Nukem games. Did I also mention, all of the mini-games suck? The multiplayer is mediocre too. There is some fun to be had in this game, don't get me wrong. I loved all the titillation enforced by the sexist portrayals of women in the game and some of the shooting segments were fun. I'm not surprised that this game has an abundance of deficiencies in the gameplay. Most of the development time most of been spent on animating the poo and writing out 'forced' jokes.… Expand
  10. SOUR_11b
    Nov 18, 2012
    0
    Lmfao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  11. hollowfication
    Jul 30, 2012
    0
    duke nukem suck arse was the worst game i played in years i waited for so long for duke nukem to come back. But what they replace us was this rubbish tried to get into it but made me more angry,
    duke nukem use his same old tried 90s catch phrase into 2011 game was not cleaver. It was just rubbish loading time took so long i could make cookies still be half loaded,. Only thing    duke nukem suck arse was the worst game i played in years i waited for so long for duke nukem to come back. But what they replace us was this rubbish tried to get into it but made me more angry,
    duke nukem use his same old tried 90s catch phrase into 2011 game was not cleaver. It was just rubbish loading time took so long i could make cookies still be half loaded,. Only thing that made me feel good about this game was when it ended i like angry joe ending to game flush it in toilet i mean literally and pee on it if u dont know who angryjoe he guy on youtube who review all games. game play get old super fast nothing else is really interesting if game company did this game over again i say hell no    … Expand
  12. bksag
    Jan 4, 2012
    2
    the game simply put horrible. the texture and animation feel horrid. the gameplay didn't wow me eihter.


    shooting aliens gets boring after a while.
  13. EastonReviews
    Dec 25, 2011
    3
    This game shows why it should have been made 12 years ago. It's more stupid than clever or entertaning, and the graphics are unappeling. GameMarket sells the game for 6 bucks, spend your 6 bucks in a gumball.
  14. CaD_BaNe1o1
    Dec 21, 2011
    0
    If I ran out of toilet paper and I needed to wipe my bottom, then I would use this game as a piece of toilet roll. That is an expression on how awful this game is! Gearbox you are terrible at making games, just don't bother anymore. You are a terrible company
  15. ME_Paruk
    Nov 10, 2011
    3
    A game that I believed was never gonna be made.and I played dn3d as a teenager
    The good - The one liners Bad - dated graphics, dated music
    Ugly- loooong loading times, annoying mechanics(actually stopped playing after getting annoyed halfway through the game, involving cog wheels
  16. billruller
    Oct 4, 2011
    0
    This is one of the worst games I've ever played in my life. Back in 1997, I love Duke Nukem 3D on the Playstation and still love it today. When I heard about this game coming, I was excited to play as the King again. But after playing 2 hours of it, I officially said "goodbye" to this game. The controls were absolutely terrible, it gets harder when you try to aim at the aliens. How is itThis is one of the worst games I've ever played in my life. Back in 1997, I love Duke Nukem 3D on the Playstation and still love it today. When I heard about this game coming, I was excited to play as the King again. But after playing 2 hours of it, I officially said "goodbye" to this game. The controls were absolutely terrible, it gets harder when you try to aim at the aliens. How is it hard to aim? You use the right analog stick, and move is slightly slow or fast. But here, no matter how hard you try it's goes so fast you wouldn't be able to kill an alien before it kills you. The health system is similar to Master Chief from Halo franchise. The mini games are unplayable with the glitchy controls. Oh, and the glitches are ridiculous. But the worst is the loading time. It takes forever, I timed it all. It takes about 43 seconds to start the stage. Whats worse is when you die. You think after you die, you automatically respond, like in many FPS's. But here, you go back to the loading screen and wait 35 seconds! Don't buy it, and definitely don't rent it. If you see this game in stores, just keep walking and play an FPS that is a masterpiece like Killzone 3 and Halo Reach. My childhood with Duke Nukem has been destroyed because of this game.… Expand
  17. apebelly
    Aug 18, 2011
    0
    utter garbage , if a wanted to play a ps2 game i would dust off the old machine ,, so glad i hired this embarrassment of a "game" .. i did manage to get my £5 back from a certain high street video game rental shop tho ......... if meta-critic had a negative part to the score slider , this would definitely be a -10
  18. Kadeemluvmusic
    Aug 13, 2011
    4
    I think it's time for Duke Nukem to be retired because Forever was a disappointment and a disgrace to make a comeback after 14 years of development issues. I played the demo and it wasn't that even good. I think that this game has been outdated or something, but with a comeback to the FPS format, well I just don't want to conglomerate myself. Duke Nukem Forever was the worst game of 2011.
  19. Inuit_Dude
    Aug 3, 2011
    0
    Anyone who liked this game seriously needs to get checked out because it is garbage. It starts you off alright but then it is utter chaos because it just plops you into combat with out any explanation it literally goes "go kill em" and that's it as well the graphics aren't that good for a game of this caliber and made in this day and age and the comedy is stale and dry with constantAnyone who liked this game seriously needs to get checked out because it is garbage. It starts you off alright but then it is utter chaos because it just plops you into combat with out any explanation it literally goes "go kill em" and that's it as well the graphics aren't that good for a game of this caliber and made in this day and age and the comedy is stale and dry with constant immature sex jokes that I was saying back in grade school stay away at all costs and if you have it bring it back in imeadietly while the game stores will still give you 35 $ for it this game was the biggest mistake of my life and was over hyped and turned out to be a piece of crap… Expand
  20. mxmass
    Aug 2, 2011
    1
    Duke Nukem. I thought that this is going to be good. But when I played it couple hours it felt like im playing some 10 years old first person shooter with better graphics.
  21. FinnMacKool
    Jul 19, 2011
    0
    I'd rather have a conversation about merits of Twilight with the Kardashians than play this game. I have never reviewed a game before but I felt compelled after spending money on this cash-grab. I went back and asked the guy at the game store to wear a ski-mask the next time he tries to sell me a piece of **** like this. The only people who gave this positive reviews must have worked onI'd rather have a conversation about merits of Twilight with the Kardashians than play this game. I have never reviewed a game before but I felt compelled after spending money on this cash-grab. I went back and asked the guy at the game store to wear a ski-mask the next time he tries to sell me a piece of **** like this. The only people who gave this positive reviews must have worked on this game's development and they should go back to crying in their Japanese love pillow than waste our time trying to justify these piece of ****.… Expand
  22. Microloutre
    Jul 3, 2011
    0
    Biggest disappointment of all time. dupidup dup
  23. necksnappa
    Jun 28, 2011
    1
    Are you kidding me? This game is awful, anyone who says its good is either kidding themselves or hasn't played a video game in 13 years since the last duke nukem was out. Almost every aspect of this game is atrocious. The graphics look like ps2 graphics,The weapons and zoom are laughable. A.I.? what A.I.? Controls bad. If you are playing just about any other current gen game and then putAre you kidding me? This game is awful, anyone who says its good is either kidding themselves or hasn't played a video game in 13 years since the last duke nukem was out. Almost every aspect of this game is atrocious. The graphics look like ps2 graphics,The weapons and zoom are laughable. A.I.? what A.I.? Controls bad. If you are playing just about any other current gen game and then put duke nukem in you will turn it off within 10 minutes, it's so bad. pitiful. However I will give it a 1 for the humor, as it is somewhat funny.… Expand
  24. R7critical
    Jun 28, 2011
    0
    This is an abomination and offends in every sense of the word. It is like purchasing a box of self-torture and injecting it directly into your ears and eyes. I don't even want to think about this game anymore, just please avoid it. Go play superman 64 or ET for the atari instead.
  25. haydenii
    Jun 25, 2011
    4
    Duke nukem has been thrown around from developer to developer for years, and uninformed "critics" and costumers like to call the time it took throwing around duke, "Development time". No, 2k got stuck with this game a few years back and has done an extremely poor job of it. This game is no comparison to duke 3d playing almost like a railed shooter and employing the age old trick of forcingDuke nukem has been thrown around from developer to developer for years, and uninformed "critics" and costumers like to call the time it took throwing around duke, "Development time". No, 2k got stuck with this game a few years back and has done an extremely poor job of it. This game is no comparison to duke 3d playing almost like a railed shooter and employing the age old trick of forcing the player to run the same corse in various ways and enemies popping up at you to slow you down. Duke 3d had a good size map, one objective and various routes to get you to the end of the level, Duke forever gives you one long road and makes you run up and down it until the enemies have given up. I would write more but its just not worth it. Dont buy it.

    i will say one more thing though, its not a retro throwback, so ied strongly discourage you from purchasing it for that reason.    … Expand
  26. iReviewGames
    Jun 23, 2011
    4
    I was really dissapointed with this game. It really makes wonder why i waited over half of my life to get this game. One thing i did notice was that DNF (Duke Nukem Forever) also means did not finish which is exactly what happened when I put this game in my PS3, I didn't finish it and don't plan on it.
  27. Ikarus14
    Jun 21, 2011
    1
    Might as well have been released back in 1997. Boring, ugly and janky gameplay served with poor graphics and flat lighting. It's a wonder how a game with Duke's name on it can involve so little shooting and even then it still dosen't deliver.
  28. theshonen8899
    Jun 21, 2011
    0
    I didn't know there were games that could be this bad. Awful graphics are fine, as long as gameplay and story hold up. Both gameplay and story are even worse than the graphics. The gameplay is like any other shooter, however the bosses and level design are atrocious. None of the guns are any fun to shoot and the levels are so bland, so generic you will literally feel like vomiting in theI didn't know there were games that could be this bad. Awful graphics are fine, as long as gameplay and story hold up. Both gameplay and story are even worse than the graphics. The gameplay is like any other shooter, however the bosses and level design are atrocious. None of the guns are any fun to shoot and the levels are so bland, so generic you will literally feel like vomiting in the toilet because of the mixture of ugly levels and horrible graphics. The story is obviously nonsensical, but not in the charming or forgivable way. It's told in the most boring manner possible with no hilarious moments even though it seems like they really want to make it hilarious. There's a part in the game where you slap a wall with three boobs and it sounds funny but it's just kind of there and you slap it and duke says some one liner which isn't really funny. If you wanted Duke Nukem Forever to be like Duke Nukem 3D, prepare to be disappointed because it's nothing like it.… Expand
  29. LaChochaDeTuMai
    Jun 19, 2011
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just like Duke Nukem itself, you cant take this very seriously... but again the game fails to sort of keep the feeling since it gets kinda dark and gritty mostly on the alien/green work which looks like Halo's Flood. Mini games are ok and break repetitiveness in a very repetitive game. Puzzles are also kinda cool too. Weapon selection is lacking and enemy variety aint that good either. Graphics are outdated looking older than Half Life 2. One liners are 9/10 stupid. Havent tried multiplayer but because of the weapon selection Im not interested either. I want to like this game but it definitively tries it's best to hate it enough.… Expand
  30. Master_Race
    Jun 19, 2011
    4
    I rented this expecting old duke not a crappy generic fps.Sure it makes fun of some of this and maybe it was done that way to show the hipocrisy of reviewers that give 10/10 to games with regenerating health and 2 weapons limit and play virtually the same.Still not what i was hoping and totally not worth the 12 years waiting.
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Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 48 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 25 out of 48
  3. Negative: 19 out of 48
  1. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Oct 6, 2011
    50
    It's true that there are plenty of superior overall shooters out there that'd murder for a character with a quarter of the charisma Duke Nukem oozes. He's a dinosaur; a two-dimensional mound of muscles with a gun. But that's the joke. Duke Nukem Forever really is a several-year old game masquerading as a new release. [August 2011 p67]
  2. Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    Aug 2, 2011
    30
    Forever eschews any hope for a decent story or interesting gameplay in favor of shoving as many boobs in our face as possible. As a result, the game comes up short in every way possible.
  3. Gamers' Temple
    Jul 25, 2011
    20
    Plain and simple, Duke Nukem Forever suffers from being passed around the development table for too long without any updates to its core.
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