Why did Duke Nukem Forever 2011 sucked so badly?

[scott04sa22]

Fail to the king, baby!!

Ouch 🤕

[NamerOfStars]

Because the people who made it weren't Duke Nukem fans. Duke in the first two games, and especially the third, was an arrogant wisecracking badass action hero; sure, he went into strip clubs and porno theaters, but that was done for humor, since 1. there was an alien invasion happening, and 2. aliens were in there, too.

Duke in forever was a drooling nitwit who played with excrement and slapped wall-boobs because, well, boobs. Old Duke was hardly high art, but the new is just... Blech. Think Lo Wang between Shadow Warrior 1and 2, or the Postal Dede between Postals 2and 3. I'm just glad they didn't blaspheme Thief 4 like that; I guess that fame could'we been worse.

And that's not touching the gameplay; mocking Halo and Half-Life rings hoorow when you've got a two-weapon limit and regenerating health.

I'll let Gav elaborate: https://miracleofsound.bandcamp.com/track/duke-you-used-to-be-cool