Is Bullestorm going to make DNF look terrible?

NeonSpyderNeonSpyder "Das est NTLDR?" Join Date: 2003-07-03 Member: 17913Members
edited February 2011 in Off-Topic
Bullestorm is coming out on Feb 22nd.

<a href="http://www.gametrailers.com/video/hey-man-bulletstorm/707451" target="_blank">http://www.gametrailers.com/video/hey-man-bulletstorm/707451</a>

Duke Nukem Forever is coming out May 3rd.

<a href="http://www.gametrailers.com/video/return-of-duke-nukem/709619" target="_blank">http://www.gametrailers.com/video/return-o...ke-nukem/709619</a>

Well, it's clear that Bulletstorm wins in the graphics department. DNF spent 11 years cobbling together (and discarding and re-cobbling) a game engine only to have it switch into a different team's hands. What is that going to mean for the game itself? On the other hand, think about Duke Nukem 3d or the one before it, you don't remember those games because of the graphics now do you?

Bullestorm is dripping with next-gen graphical jaw-drops. Did you see the F***ing giant dragon turtle thing and the rolling wheel? Pulp Sci-Fi at it's best perhaps.

Sure, DNF has a three titted giant alien horror, naked babes and freeze guns, but these games are basically both featuring uni-dimensional one-liner spewing badasses worse then anything an action movie from the 80's could do. Bulletstorm has the added feature of textual one-liners and jokes written into the deaths of enemies while DNF has.. uh, boobs and stuff.

Which will be the better game? Which will be the better experience? Which will sell more? Does it matter? Aren't we all going to get them both anyway?

Discuss.


(I dunno how to embed the videos, tough luck)
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    DNF will be a completely crappy game, but that is what is going to make it the better game... Wait wut...
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  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    Clearly you have forgotten that you should <i>always</i> bet on Duke.
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  • Slickk-Slickk- Join Date: 2007-11-26 Member: 63019Members
    I dont care how lame DNF is, i'm out of gum and have been for 11 years.

    On another note, played Bulletstorm...meh. Although i'm not a massive campaign player it didn't strike me as anything amazing.
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    edited February 2011
    <!--quoteo(post=1829327:date=Feb 3 2011, 03:33 AM:name=Nil_IQ)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nil_IQ @ Feb 3 2011, 03:33 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1829327"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Clearly you have forgotten that you should <i>always</i> bet on Duke.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Oh don't get me wrong, it was a pun at Bulletstorm :P


    But Duke's games have always been quite "wrong" and "silly", that is what makes them good. They manage to do a full circle to very wrong, which makes it right so to speak... I'm just not sure the current generation can handle the Duke!
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  • Chris0132Chris0132 Join Date: 2009-07-25 Member: 68262Members
    Neither one of them looks particularly good.
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  • Konohas Perverted HermitKonohas Perverted Hermit Join Date: 2008-09-26 Member: 65075Members
    Bulletstorm, I might play.

    Duke Nukem Forever, dur and or hello?!
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    I will be playing both, DNF for sure.
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  • BacillusBacillus Join Date: 2006-11-02 Member: 58241Members
    I think I'd still go for Duke if the original attitude was preserved. The consolification seems nasty and the trailer seems to be trying too hard though.

    No biggie feelings on either one I guess.
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    DNF will be better because steve blum *spit* isn't voicing Duke.
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    Bulletstorm has amazingly bad dialogue. The random insults don't even make sense.
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    edited February 2011
    Bulletstorm demo playthrough: <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/bulletstorm-demo-first-15-mins" target="_blank">http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/bulletstor...o-first-15-mins</a>

    --edit
    I like the grappling hook, has a mighty foot too heh.
    Looks boring and console-ish to me, press B to kick?
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  • DrfuzzyDrfuzzy FEW... MORE.... INCHES... Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21094Members
    Bulletstorm looks awesome but they should have done something with those ragdolls, their absolutely horrible. You have dead bodies flying everywhere, they could have at least pulled a GTA4 and used the Euphoria physics engine with that much flaunting of the dead in front of you.
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  • RobRob Unknown Enemy Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 25Members, NS1 Playtester
    edited February 2011
    <!--quoteo(post=1829444:date=Feb 3 2011, 03:38 PM:name=Thaldarin)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Thaldarin @ Feb 3 2011, 03:38 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1829444"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Bulletstorm has amazingly bad dialogue. The random insults don't even make sense.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    This. Though, sometimes if you're just convincingly crazy enough, a random insult that doesn't make sense is exactly what the doctor ordered. Like tourette's guy. (very bad language) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqtr_RvR3sY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqtr_RvR3sY</a>

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    Okay, after having watched the Bulletstorm play through, I can safely say three things that make DNF the better choice:
    "Quit fartin' around"
    "Bullets have no effect"
    "The logic is undeniable"
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Flaunting of the Dead sounds like a great name for a game.
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  • NeonSpyderNeonSpyder &quot;Das est NTLDR?&quot; Join Date: 2003-07-03 Member: 17913Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1829488:date=Feb 3 2011, 05:59 PM:name=lolfighter)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (lolfighter @ Feb 3 2011, 05:59 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1829488"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Flaunting of the Dead sounds like a great name for a game.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Not just a game, a full motion picture experience. Is Peter Jackson done with the Hobbit yet?
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  • duxdux Tea Lady Join Date: 2003-12-14 Member: 24371Members, NS2 Developer
    I'm confused as to why there are ironisghts in an arcade style shooter.
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    <!--quoteo(post=1830212:date=Feb 7 2011, 02:53 PM:name=dux)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (dux @ Feb 7 2011, 02:53 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1830212"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm confused as to why there are ironisghts in an arcade style shooter.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Because it's the hip thing to do :P
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