Duke Nukem Forever
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Questionguy555
OH YEAH!
That was not serious, hence the *mauled*...
TrueTenguMan
Been working. . .
Autosaver said:
They already have Duke Nukem on Xbox live arcade, but as a handheld game? Uh.....Last time I checked, it's a little hard to control in first person with a control pad. Not that im saying they shouldn't do it. I guess a DS version is in hand?
superflip96
Now loaded with Calcium!
God, How the might have fallen.
Is there any reason why 3DRealms is no more?
Is there any reason why 3DRealms is no more?
PrismaticAngel
Dutch word-doer
Heh, I beg to differ. :P
TrueTenguMan
Been working. . .
a bee
Ecosystem essential
You can always bet on Big the Cat too, but everyone hates him and want to kill him. So which is it? :(
I don't believe DNF is dead. The production team employees on release doesn't mean "cancelled" as assumed by the press and speculation everywhere.
I actually read a fascinating article about DNF, and why it died the way it did. Duke Nukem Forever is an example of something in the video game design world which is extremely rare and is basically a kiss of death: a creation process in which the designers had unchecked power over the publishers.
What does that mean? I'll explain.
The fundamental goal of game designers is to make their product as beautiful and fun as possible, no matter how much time or money it takes. The fundamental goal of publishers is to finish the game as fast as possible and put it on the shelves for a quick cash grab. Here, the designers had so much acclaim and cash from their first game that they could basically do whatever they wanted...which was precisely what they did.
Every time a new, updated game engine was invented, the DNF developers would throw out what they were working on and start over in the new engine, because they wanted their game to be the best on the market. At first, this wasn't a problem...they had tons and tons of money, and people were willing to wait as long as it took for the explosive sequel to be released. But eventually this caused everything to collapse; when they ran out of money, the project became unprofitable and full of disputes. Pretty soon, it all fell apart, and the game was canceled.
So we should be grateful that there are publishers to demand that games be done faster. Granted, this can be quite as bad (Perhaps the opposite of Duke Nukem Forever was Spyro: Enter The Dragonfly, which was originally going to be a lot longer and more elaborate but was ultimately rushed, and ended up short and buggy), but if someone has too much power in any kind of system, it's bound to fail in some way or another.
What does that mean? I'll explain.
The fundamental goal of game designers is to make their product as beautiful and fun as possible, no matter how much time or money it takes. The fundamental goal of publishers is to finish the game as fast as possible and put it on the shelves for a quick cash grab. Here, the designers had so much acclaim and cash from their first game that they could basically do whatever they wanted...which was precisely what they did.
Every time a new, updated game engine was invented, the DNF developers would throw out what they were working on and start over in the new engine, because they wanted their game to be the best on the market. At first, this wasn't a problem...they had tons and tons of money, and people were willing to wait as long as it took for the explosive sequel to be released. But eventually this caused everything to collapse; when they ran out of money, the project became unprofitable and full of disputes. Pretty soon, it all fell apart, and the game was canceled.
So we should be grateful that there are publishers to demand that games be done faster. Granted, this can be quite as bad (Perhaps the opposite of Duke Nukem Forever was Spyro: Enter The Dragonfly, which was originally going to be a lot longer and more elaborate but was ultimately rushed, and ended up short and buggy), but if someone has too much power in any kind of system, it's bound to fail in some way or another.
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