Comments on: Video Gaming’s Oldest Preorder Went Unfulfilled

By: eatrun0rdie

eatrun0rdie — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:43:23 +0000

i think all the games so far this year have been great with all the new action even on the 360 the games still rock better thn ps3

By: artbot

artbot — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:38:54 +0000

The principals will undoubtedly get jobs at other game companies after decrying how they “couldn’t get any of their brilliant visions” implemented on DNF and how they were held back by everyone around them. It will truly be a lesson in blamestorming.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:22:07 +0000

The original was a whole lot of multiplayer fun for me and my friends when we set up computer LANs or just 1 on 1 modem play. Reminds me of one time I was playing a death match against my friend and we had to call it quits, both of us turned to be in buildings opposite to each other with a courtyard in the middle so we both jumped out the window to see ourselves falling in synchronicity… so of course we start firing at each other. Good times.

By: JamesM

JamesM — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:00:39 +0000

Conspiracy theories abound, some posted by former developers on this project, suggest that this game was never meant to be finished… but to increase sales of whatever new engine that they “switched” to at the time. The Unreal engine was updated a few times and released with subsequent Unreal games… and each time before, DNF was announced as switching to it. There has also been comments by devs and designers that the trailers were all faked, meaning that whatever little bit they were working on was done only for that scene in the trailer before it was scrapped. Whatever was going around with DNF, I don’t think it’s as simple as them taking their time and not managing to get it done before cash ran out.

By: Woogie

Woogie — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:19:34 +0000

Very pleased to see DNF cancelled. Duke is a friggin’ reprehensible misogynist, and the portrayal of women in the earlier Duke games was despicable.

Though mainly I’m pleased, because people who believed this game was ever going to see the light of day will hopefully now shut up about it.

Anyone with half a brain could see the game was never coming out. And even if it ever did, it would have been Daikatana levels of garbage.

By: ThEgg

ThEgg — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:57:25 +0000

Or if you go by it’s abbreviation, DNF, it can also be named “Did Not Finish,” as in the racing sense.

By: Larfin Jackarse

Larfin Jackarse — Sun, 10 May 2009 11:33:18 +0000

Ok, just went for a deep read off-site bouncing of Mr N above and found two interesting threads on piracy.
Allegedly 90%! Plz can hav thred hijak?

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/13/world-of-goo-has-90-piracy-rate/
and
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/11/12/world-of-good-news-euro-rel ease-imminent/

By: Larfin Jackarse

Larfin Jackarse — Sun, 10 May 2009 09:39:49 +0000

Duke just got cancelled!!!!!

Say it aint so Joe.

By: Video Game Dork

Video Game Dork — Sun, 10 May 2009 09:28:04 +0000

technically, this may be ‘the oldest’ video game preoder *that went* unfulfilled. I’m sure the actual oldest preorder was fulfilled (which woudln’t be news).

Of course, there could also be an older one, but if so, it seems there’s no blog about it!