AintEZBeinWeezy said:blkalleykat said:This series may end up like Duke Nukem in the sense that perhaps it was good back in it's earlier days but the transition to try to stay relevant may not work well for it.
That aside I'll still pick it up though
Not really a fair comparison though. This guy (who is older than my father, which makes him even more awesome) is an 'OG' overseeing the entire process from start to finish.
Not a new developer trying pick a title that had been passed around as much as my ex-wife and make it faithful to the source material. Gearbox was at a distinct disadvantage from the moment they took that ballsy, albeit unwise step.
I remember a buddy and I would have to sneak around to play these games on his older brother's computer. Seeing them now is hilarious.
I do agree that it's not a proper comparison, but for different reasons. Gearbox didn't make DNF, it was already basically complete when they acquired it. It was that bad when it entered into their possession, they just delivered it to the masses so we could stop yelping for it for a few moments.
The reason it's not a proper comparison is that Duke was a new game that was started way back when and worked on here and there for 12 years without updating enough in the process to meet newer gaming generations properly. This is a game that's already been released and is being remade, much like Monkey Island. Only in this case, it's a group of OGs, like you said. Any new games will be probably no more than a couple years in development, tops, and will be led by the daddy of the whole series.
The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.