I was really looking forward to this game, because I grew up on Duke Nukem and when this game was announced I was so happy! But then 12 years later and we get this… this awful, buggy, dated game. I'm expecting that when I finish the campaign of this game instead of credits a message will come up saying “This was a joke and the real Duke Nukem Forever will be in-stores soon!” well at least that's what I'm hoping for, because this game is not worth the money.

Fans have been waiting 12 years for DNF and have been hoping that it will be well worth it. If you fall in to this camp, you will be sorely disappointed.

The finished product feels like it was made in 2005 and even then they only spent a couple of months on it. The whole game feels dated beyond belief – the graphics are just plain ugly. Doom 3 looks better. Level design/weapon­s/soundtrack/cha­racters are all entirely forgettable, dialogue utterly sucks and not enough that it's funny but that every single line falls flat. This is the Epic Movie of games and it's shocking that they actually released something so bad.

AVOID.

This game is fun, true Duke fans will enjoy the old Dukeisms and the attitude of the game, familiar enemies and weapons. The bonus of some driving levels add something different.

There is a reasonably easy 1000G up for grabs in the X360 version of the game if that interests you, 1205G if you purchase The Doctor Who Cloned Me DLC, and no multiplayer achievements. A couple of mini games can be a bit of a grind if you are going for achievements but these are not as bad as some other games.

At least two playthroughs are required if you are after all the gamer score as the insane difficulty doesn't unlock until one playthrough on any level is completed. There can be a couple of challenging boss fights on insane but nothing that can't be beaten with the right methods.

The multiplayer levels add some extra entertainment as long as you get good timing to find others online of course.

Overall if you are a Duke fan from way back, or you are open to Dukes quirks and attitude this game is well worth playing. Graphics and sound are pretty good, no noticable slow downs or glitches when I played.

Just a note for those installing the game on the X360 hard drive, you may need to sign out of any profiles for the install to work.