I remember thinking that surely Duke Nukem Forever would turn out awesome once it’s finally finished. After seeing the reception I just decided it wasn’t worth checking out.
Tbh it wasn’t that bad and had some pretty fun moments.
After the hell that was its development, the game was surprisingly good.
BTW isn’t there a project to finish the original vision of the game? That I’m definitely looking forward to.
I am so down for a sequel of this game and while it looks good the only thing making me hesitate are the performance issues. I’m tempted to just play the first one more and even pick up a DLC I want for that instead of putting the cash to this.
So far I’ve played 4 hours and I just think there’s a hate train on it. I have a 3000 series card and took the recommended steps from paradox and the game plays fine, I’m enjoying it. From what I understand VRAM is the choke point, so if you don’t have a ton then maybe hold off
I have a 3080 so I should be alright and watching a few streams it seems playable too. Might utilize the two hour refund period and see.
I think it’d be very playable. Just follow all the steps on the forum post. (To the downvoters, what does my experience not fit your narrative? That I’m having a fun time in a game that I’m enjoying?)
I loaded up the 100k city and it was playable after following the various guides out there for me. It reminded me a bit of how Dwarf Fortress used to slow down and stutter when you had a lot of dwarfs running around.
That said, they should have kept it in the oven until sometime in 2024. Besides performance improvements there are a few rough edges especially Chirper and in the simulation itself that need more work. One example is civs complaining about healthcare excessively until you unlock the upgrade for the full hospital and build one. Also some of the new tools like the road one and the pipe system need more polish as they can be unintuitive and frustrating to use at times.
It’s ultimately not a bad game it just shouldn’t be released yet. They should have gone the early access route because that’s how it feels at the moment.
It may hurt right now, but trust me, there are
Is that Dungeons of Dredmore? That was a fun game.
I positively loved that game! I wish they would have made another! Here are my two proudest achievements in DoD!
For me it was fucking Void Train. I just want a new Raft okay??? And that’s what Void Train was supposed to be!!1
On paper, void train was exciting, but not in execution.
Redfall 😑
I was kinda stoked for a cool looking modern vampire game… We all saw how that turned out
Makes me think of the Spore hype train…
Spore early game was fun.
Honestly the endgame was pretty fun as well on face value if a bit barren, it’s the midgame that was super disappointing to me. Overall it’s a decent game imo, it just set expectations way too high and couldn’t deliver
Meh, the end game was boring and tedious.
Mid wasn’t as great but at least it had content that wasn’t so freaking slow.
The start, that is where it is at.
I thought the endgame was terrible, and I’m all about sci-fi. Just never been one for “wow look at this randomly generated content!?!?”
Except like the rest of the game, way too shallow. The idea of it was amazing though.
Yo ho, yo ho a pirate’s life for me
I don’t think that will fix the performance issues either.
I think I’ll just play the first one or Tropico.
(yeah i know that’s not what this is about but it still fits)
If it makes you feel any better getting older means you learn to see these things coming from a mile away. The best games are (generally) the ones you learn about from word of mouth
And when you’re older you have no time to game. So, you’re a few years behind. By the time they get to you, they’re either hashed out and good or have fallen out of popularity.
Or you could be like me and still play games from the 90s.
Do you have any idea how excited I was for the GTA trilogy remake? I’ve been waiting for so long. Only to be slapped in the face.
The worst part is that I know rockstar will never attempt to remake them again. I’ll never get that San Andreas remaster.
The issue is that Rockstar never remade GTA.
They outsourced that work to Grove Street Games who had already done the mobile ports and said have at it. Grove Street Games took their mobile ports (which were already compromised) and adapted them back to console & PC with a new engine. I assume everything was done on the cheap and to a deadline and what they produced is what they produced. For Rockstar it wasn’t a labour of love, it was money for old rope and if they had given a damn they wouldn’t have outsourced it or at least had stricter quality controls & acceptance on what someone made for them.
Rockstar made a slightly better job with their RDR port in that they didn’t completely fuck it up but it was still outsourced and a minimal effort.
wait for month
Year
All they had to do was throw it in Early Access while they fixed it. The reviews would likely be stellar in that case. Releasing it fully in this state just feels like some corporate BS. Disappointed in dev and publisher, and they keep making it worse with their weird excuses.
“Built with modern hardware in mind”, homie this shit ain’t even running right on a 4090. And 30fps target? Idk what they’re smoking.
This is why we still need demos
Piracy is the demo version for me. I pirated cs1 until I decided that they deserve my money.
You basically get them through Steam - 2 hours is generally enough to figure out if a game is a total ripoff or not
I heard someone on Discord claim that the depth of field dropped the performance significantly, and they could run it stable once they disabled it.
Stable at 30fps?
More than enough for a top down strategy game. Why are you so obsessed with 60 fps in a game where nothing moves fast and reaction times dont matter
Eye strain
Cap your fps if you don’t want it jumping around
It’s not about the fluctuations lmfao.
Then you aren’t going to experience eye strain
Oh sick thanks yeah i needed someone to tell me my own experiences.
For me it’s smoother camera panning. I just love that 60+fps feel when you move the game camera. Silky smooth.
Absolutely. If I’m spending my money on a game and running it on an above average hardware, the bare minimum I will expect is to atleast run smoothly regardless of features or quality.
The bar is so fucking low.
Because the higher FPS look nicer and we’re talking about something done for no other reason than for enjoyment.
Like those reviews mean anything …
They are filled with unfunny meme reviews, review bombs because they feature a gay person, or reviews from people who don’t understand how computers are supposed to work.
I’ll form my own opinion, thank you very much.
I’m having a great time on medium graphics
Go ahead and spend $50 to form your own opinion. Be sure to leave a review!
