Duck Dynasty

 PlayStation 4
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2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 45 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 45
  3. Negative: 36 out of 45
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  1. lord_batman
    Aug 20, 2019
    10
    Great game. It's Duck Dynasty. It's funny. It's cool. You know you are too, so why hesitate?
  2. Colinator
    Nov 27, 2014
    0
    What do you expect? It's EA people. I knew this game was gonna be extremely bad. Played it at a friends house for like two minutes until I said "F*** THIS GAME" I blame EA for this utter tragedy of a game. Activision... I expect more from you...
  3. GAMERGUYCASUAL
    Mar 7, 2017
    0
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  4. sarymansour
    Oct 14, 2014
    0
    Wooooooooow this game is bad, barely works, graphic looks like atari 2600 graphics. Trust me this game isn't your fifty dollars, Thank you activision for getting duck dynasty and angry birds star wars on the ps4 and xbox one
  5. unclemusclzhour
    Oct 14, 2014
    0
    Probably the worst game I have ever played. The graphics are horrid, they look like they are from the 90s. The gameplay is awful and boring. The characters are annoying like they are in real life. This game feels like something you would see in a movie that mocks video games, and marketing through video games.. It's a real shame that anything like this was even created
  6. mikemilz
    Oct 18, 2014
    1
    This is an absolutely terrible game. Just another example of this family releasing complete garbage for their mindless fans to scoop up. There is nothing fun about this game whatsoever.
  7. Krabotox
    Oct 28, 2014
    10
    So bad that it's good!
    A complete and utter trash experience that allows you to play America's favorite TV show. Very glitchy, terrible graphics, exactly what you would expect from a game based off of a TV show.
  8. SuperkenGaming
    Dec 23, 2014
    4
    Duck Dynasty
    So bad it’s kinda good.
    Duck Dynasty is an open world hunting game. It basically puts you inside of a Duck Dynasty episode, complete with cut scenes and voice acting, except for you of course. You play a mute john luke. You only say anything when a clip of you from the show is on screen. The campaign is composed of the same repeating missions. First of course there is    Duck Dynasty
    So bad it’s kinda good.
    Duck Dynasty is an open world hunting game.
    It basically puts you inside of a Duck Dynasty episode, complete with cut scenes and voice acting, except for you of course.
    You play a mute john luke.
    You only say anything when a clip of you from the show is on screen.
    The campaign is composed of the same repeating missions.
    First of course there is duck hunting, where you do a rhythm based quick time even to call in ducks to end their delicious lives.
    This is very twitched based shooting, when they get close you aim, shoot, aim, shoot, and get as many as you can before they all fly away and you call in more.
    There’s frog catching to do that can unlock rewards along with finding all 19 road signs and all 7 of sis buried treasure.
    You may be surprised or not to hear that collectible finding was my favorite part of the game.
    The map is very memorizable, which is kinda refreshing, I felt very much like I was at a park or camp.
    There’s fishing to do where you find a hot spot in the lake, throw out your hook, wait for a bait, and work to reel your fish in without snapping your line and a lot of strange sly cooper metal gear solid style sneaking.
    This campaign will last you a good 8 to 10 hours, it’s basically like spending an entire work day with the duck dynasty crew, and honestly it feels as such, I was actually immersed into the game and everything going on.
    If you’re not impressed yet, I’m sorry jack, but that’s all of the good this game has to offer, because
    then then there’s racing, the thing that put me over the edge with my hatred for this game.
    This game actually would have gotten a better score had this garbage of a mini game not been included.
    For starters there’s no 4, 3, or even 2 player split screen for the tournament, which could’ve made this mode slightly redeemable and fun…
    Had there been multiplayer races, it would feel so awfully cheap and unfair.
    You both would have to suffer with a racing mode that feels like a mud track, but it’s not here.
    There’s nothing redeemable here.
    For starters, there are no mechanics here for it to have any business calling it racing
    it’s basically find a set path faster than the other 3 characters set path, that’s it.
    The 3 characters you quote unquote race all have a ghosted set path, there is no artificial intelligence in the ai, they don’t react or analyze, they just go.
    I’m not even sure what to call them, but they aren’t ai.
    They are immovable objects that are unfairly aggressive.
    If you get in the way of their set path they will bump into you and spin you out every time, while you bumping into them seemingly does nothing.
    While they occasionally bump into each other and will 1 out of 100 times run into something themselves, it hardly ever matters, as they are basically in speed boats compared to you, and they make nearly perfect turns.
    Unless you get lucky, the bots can and will make no mistakes making trophy grinding massively frustrating.
    Races are winnable, but they are no fun, as losing hardly ever feels like your fault.
    I’m excellent are racers, simulators and arcade alike, I can appreciate and accept responsibility for my own flaws and miscalculation, here in duck dynasty you are basically punished for getting in the way of 3 bots trying to race.
    While I enjoyed my time with most of the game, I can’t find it in myself to recommend duck dynasty to anyone.
    If you’re into self-punishment though, why not
    For what it is
    Hunting 4/10
    Overall 4/10    … Expand
  9. RobertHouston
    Oct 14, 2014
    6
    Those other losers obviously haven't played this game. The graphics are not good, but they aren't anywhere near that bad. Look at me. Give me attention. I post fake reviews on Metacritic that aren't even remotely funny.
  10. MauricioL778812
    Nov 14, 2015
    1
    Graphics nothing of the new generation, which kill ducks is legal, gambling all buggy, history nothing to comment, dubbing a drug, the only strong point of gamee the dubbing is done by real actors.
    Endnote 0.1 why the only good part of the game is when he's off the island
  11. Jellybean15
    May 2, 2015
    2
    Duck Dynasty had no reason to be good when it released and it looks like the developers took that to heart when making this game. With a complete lack of a solid concept or any real material to work with, making a truly good game based on the Robertson family wasn't going to be easy, and it was going to take some truly honest work to make this game good, something that fans of the showDuck Dynasty had no reason to be good when it released and it looks like the developers took that to heart when making this game. With a complete lack of a solid concept or any real material to work with, making a truly good game based on the Robertson family wasn't going to be easy, and it was going to take some truly honest work to make this game good, something that fans of the show could be excited about. Instead we got this.

    The one thing that seems to be somewhat correct here is the portrayal of the Robertsons. Their personalities and antics seem to be somewhat similar to the original show, but the terrible voice acting and lack of any voice for your main character, John Luke doesn't help to sell it on the same level.

    As for the gameplay, Duck Dynasty is essentially a small open world game where you partake in various activities to prove yourself as a Robertson. There are a plethora of activities to partake in, but what sucks the fun is that they're all done so poorly.

    True to its name, duck hunting is a mechanic in this game, but it's overly simplified in every aspect. Never mind the fact that using the duck call to lure ducks is purely done through pointing a reticle at a herd of ducks who somehow haven't heard the gunshots killing all of their kin and using overly simple quick time events to call them out. What's unforgivable is the game's automatic hard lock aim eradicates any need for skill from the player. Losing while hunting ducks is almost impossible. In fact the only time I ever lost is when I had to hunt a specific species of duck and the game failed to generate them for a minute in a half straight. The one time the hard lock mechanic broke is the one time hunting was somewhat fun.

    There are other variations in the shooting like shooting golf balls, bottles, beaver hunting or having to hunt a specific species of ducks, but they're all overly simplified variations that drag on way too long.

    Aside from the shooting, the second form of hunting animals is fishing. Just like shooting, fishing isn't so much difficult as it is tedious, especially since your skill in this mini game doesn't help to pull in the fish faster.

    Shockingly enough, Duck Dynasty also includes a handful of stealth missions. While they may be out of place and just as simple as the rest of the game, they're the only missions that provide some sort of entertainment, in both gameplay and character interaction. Plus, they're the only missions that try to throw in clever mechanics. While simple, stealth is the highlight in all the crap showcased here, but also the least common.

    Despite how much I complained, the shooting and fishing at the very least function, which can't be said for the air boat races. The main problem lies in the air boat's broken controls, which stem from their tendency to start drifting instead of turning, adding more difficulty and frustration to the races than necessary. To add insult to injury, it's quite obvious that your opponents don't suffer from the same problem, and their stable boat physics only makes it easier for them to ram you out of the way. Overall, air boat races are easily the worst part of this game.

    What sucks about all of these missions is that the simplicity of their design makes them all feel like side activities that you have to complete to move the game forward, despite their being no consistent story thread keeping them all together.

    Speaking of side content, there is a serious lack of extra stuff to do, especially considering that this is an open world game. There are collectibles like treasures, signs and frogs, but they're all easy to find because the game literally throws big bold letters into the screen when they're nearby. By the end of the game, I had found all fifty frogs without even trying, but I must say that the constant rewards you get from finding these treasures is a nice touch. I did like the cosmetic skins I unlocked for my vehicles. There are different fishing rods and guns but they all feel the same, with the only real difference between the guns is their clip sizes.

    Finally, the game itself just looks awful. With the absolutely awful textures and character models, this game actually manages to fall behind the set standard of the last generation. The sound design is also terrible, with bad voice acting and random audio cuts. This presentation is wrecked even further by the dull cutscenes and random clips from the show thrown in.

    Overall, the simplistic design, constant hand holding and lack of effort in Duck Dynasty clearly shows that this game was little more than a cash grab for the developers. No gamer should play it expecting anything good, and even the hardcore fans of the Duck Dynasty show should steer clear. It's a shameful exploitation of the fan base, and a very bad one at that.    … Expand
  12. DrugsMeazureTim
    Feb 4, 2015
    0
    how the hell is everyone **** about EA while activision is even worse.
    40$ for this **** can you believe ?!
    first of all. graphics are terrible, it looks like a ps2 game, terrible voice acting,awful gameplay,hugely repetitive missions,horrible quick time events,horrendous controls, swamp racing is **** BROKEN ! **** duck dynasty. and **** activision that shows us again who they    how the hell is everyone **** about EA while activision is even worse.
    40$ for this **** can you believe ?!

    first of all. graphics are terrible, it looks like a ps2 game, terrible voice acting,awful gameplay,hugely repetitive missions,horrible quick time events,horrendous controls, swamp racing is **** BROKEN !

    **** duck dynasty. and **** activision that shows us again who they really are ! defunct already please    … Expand
  13. Puffer2002
    Oct 19, 2015
    0
    This is a videogame about duck dynasty. Do I really need to explain why this is a bad game? No I don't think I do. Although the worst part about this is on release EA charged 40 f*cking dollars. Seriously? No wonder they got the voted the worst company in America three years running.