master_prophet

Honestly I think that Lords of Shadow was the best game that came out last year.  A lot of people complain that it directly rips off of a lot of what God of War offers, but everything that Lords of Shadow offers is much improved over Sony's flagship series.  For starters, the active cutscenes are a hell of a lot more manageable, the story was tremendous, and how often are games longer then fifteen hours these days?  Seriously, Lords of Shadow probably took me upwards of 20 hours the first time through. 
 
With all that being said, I enjoyed the hell out of both dlc packs, but they are a bit disappointing.   "Reverie" offers up a unique moment when you play as Laura, but sadly her attacks are rather weaker, and that whole time I just wished I was playing as Gabe.  "Resurrection" offers the answer to everyone's question: how does Gabrielle become *SPOILER* Dracula, and although it is only two levels and mostly one gigantic boss battle, I enjoyed it.  The final cutscene offers one of the most badass endings to a game ever.

You guys can stop bitching, as I'm sure you'll all agree with my review

Before I say anything else, no I haven't finished Duke Nukem Forever.  I've played through a good portion of the game.  While critically, this game is being hammered down as being one of the worst games ever, I can honestly say, people, Duke Nukem Forever is really not that bad. 
 
Sure, Duke's dated.  I mean, this is a game that should have been released in 2004.   In fact, I honestly don't understand why this game received the fourteen year development cycle that it did.  Duke is something of an era that is long gone, he's a badass, 80's style hero who doesn't really fit into today's world.  Sure, the humor is a little immature, but sadly I've found myself laughing quite frequently during the game.  And come on, those that have played this, you have laughed too. 
 
And that's probably the greatest thing that pisses me off, simply put: Duke's not that bad.  But every critic in America is taking a gigantic dookie on this game.  Seriously people, what were you expecting?  Sure, I will blame Gearbox for simply just slapping nothing more then a new coat of paint on this game, so to speak, and releasing it that way, but honestly they did that to preserve what this game is.  Gearbox could have taken another year or two, really sat down and rewrote everything from the ground up, and made a Duke Nukem game that blew us all away, but instead they chose to just release this game for what it is.  And honestly, they are going to be laughing all the way to the bank regardless, because I'm sure despite negative reviews, people will buy this game simply because it is Duke Nukem. 
 
To be fair, I've played much worse games then DNF.  For starters, anyone ever tried "Secret Service: The Ultimate Sacrifice" on the xbox 360?  Yeah, go play that, then play this and tell me Duke isn't better.  Seriously.  That's just one comparison I can list to several of games that are much worse then Duke.  Sure, it is dated, but it isn't the trainwreck that every critic is panning it to be.  I'm sorry that Duke doesn't offer some insanely amazing story, some sort of leveling up system, or any one of those things that cause reviewers to get a little tight in their pants.  What DNF has offered me for the first several hours is a fun and entertaining experience, which is why we play video games in the first place.  
 
Anyways, I will get back to finishing this game up, so I can review it.  But do yourself a favor, if you are a fan of Duke, you have a Ps3 or a pc, check it out.  You won't be disappointed, it is a new Duke Nukem after all