Duke Nukem Forever demo out now on PC, 360
Duke's demo launched on Xbox 360 in the wee small hours of the morning, is now available on PC via Steam, and will be out on PS3 "as soon as possible."
Given Duke Nukem Forever's lengthy development, its release last week was inevitably going to lead to controversy. While different corners of the Internet still curse or praise Duke's return, there's one easy way to see for yourself--play the demo, out today.
The Xbox 360 demo is now available from the Xbox Live Marketplace, presently exclusive to Live Gold subscribers. The PC demo is also out now, available from Steam.
On the PlayStation 3 front, publisher 2K Games notes, "We are currently working with Sony to get the demo out as soon as possible too."
The demo was first made available on June 3, exclusively to members of Duke's First Access Club. Essentially, those members had to pay for access to the demo.
The launch of Duke Nukem Forever last week was fittingly dramatic for the culmination of fifteen years of hype and anticipation. Negative reviews, including our own, were equally praised and reviled as the corners of the Internet split into separate warring factions. Just another day in the life of the Internet.
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replyAlice O'Connor posted a new article, Duke Nukem Forever demo out today on PC, 360.
Duke's demo launched on Xbox 360 in the wee small hours of the morning, lands on PC later this morning, and will be out on PS3 "as soon as possible."-
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is it the same demo that was released early to select ppl?
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was there no effort to read community feedback about the demo? it wasn't just panned: many people were convinced it was a several months-old build from PAX. i've finished the game twice already and that demo does not represent the product well at all. the game is great; the demo is an insult.
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thats dumb of them to not have modified the demo before widespread distribution then
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i know you do great work and i wouldn't question that. i also know that demos are often a major time investment for the developer; perhaps a better way to word my question: did you find the feedback about the FAC demo so positive that it seemed like a good idea to release it to the public?
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I'm not sure if I'd even go so far as to say the demo is fun.
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A PC so you can play games apparently.
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I'm pretty sure the game itself will handle that. The PS3 version was absolutely abhorrent. Long (really fucking long) loads every 5 minutes of play. The game itself was uninspiring. Was really easy to turn it off and go back to Mortal Kombat 9 after a half hour or so.
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No but people who did preorder and played the demo can still bitch or praise it.
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It convinced me not to buy the game, honestly.
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Disable post-processing. It seriously makes the game look worse.
Make sure your drivers are up to date as well. This game, at least for me, is extremely finnicky when it comes to that. I ran the demo on 11.3s, I think, with a 4850 and it was unplayable. I updated to 11.5s and it ran silky smooth.
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I bet this demo does a better job of representing the game than some people want to admit
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not really. it lacks a lot of the humor and interactivity of most of the game, and the level they chose to show off is one of the more empty and linear areas.
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it really doesn't represent the game well at all. you play through the first level--a modern version of dn3d's battle with the cycloid emperor--and then a brief driving segment and some on-foot action, the latter of which is quite atypical for the game in style. the boss battle in the demo will feel familiar as you play through the game but otherwise it is a very hollow type of 'preview' demo. not enough time to get a feel for the game's atmosphere, humor, pacing, etc. no time to play with the interactive bits either.
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Fucking finally! Downloading now. :D
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Well, that was kind of fun. I certainly didn't hate it./
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it's a throw back to the days when you didn't have transparancy.
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There's a difference between graphically intense games and really poorly optimized games, though.
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That was incredibly boring. Glad to see that my suspicions are confirmed.
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Also, WTF is up with the forced mouse acceleration? Damnit, between this and Bioshock I'm beginning to get real fed-up with these half-ass PC ports of shooters. Is it that fucking hard to program proper mouselook!?!?!
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