Duke Nukem Forever is one of the most infamous video games in our industry, mainly for the reason that it's been in development for longer than any other title. As with the Bermuda triangle DNF has been illusive to gamers and game journalists for the past ten years, we have seen it at trade shows and a couple leaked photos have been discovered but no one has ever put their hands on the game, for good reason. There were moments where we thought Duke Nukem may actually make an appearance on next-gen consoles, but it wasn't meant to be. 3D Realms has had it's own share of issues but the true story comes with the game that could never be released, and today we decided to look at the top 10 reasons Duke Nukem Forever was cancelled.
10. Avoiding Controversy: Let’s face it; Duke Nukem Forever would definitely have featured enough objectionable content to give most conservatives an aneurysm. Excessive violence, swearing, probably some ‘drug’ references (alcohol of course, Duke seems like a beer and whiskey guy), along with inevitable partial nudity. In Duke Nukem 3d there were points where you’d stumble upon some strippers and handing them a wad of cash got them to flash their pixilated, tassel-covered breasts at you. That managed to go mostly unavoided, but with the significant graphics upgrades, there’d be a lot more fallout at the barest hint of side boob.
9. Adolescent Humor: Duke and his wisecracks were pretty funny when many of us were in our early teens and blasting mutated pig cops while marveling at the subtle wit involved in this design choice. These days though it’d start to wear quite thin by the end. Given the state of current pop culture and the even greater fondness for slapstick/gross-out humor things might have been even worse than I imagined.
8. PSP/DS/Wii Versions: Don’t get me wrong, I love all three of these systems, but all too often developers feel that we need a separate version of the game for each. This usually ends up being a substantially neutered and trimmed down port that instead of embracing the difference in control schemes simply does its best to ape the more powerful home consoles. Given that the stories are the same as well there’s very little reason to pick up any of these sadder younger siblings other than perhaps brand loyalty.
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