Duke Nukem may be the King but this week hasn't been very good to him. Duke Nukem Forever hasn't even been released yet (its releasing on June 15) and is already getting hit by bad reviews.
In its review published today, the Guardian gave the game (the Xbox 360 version) a mere two out of five stars calling its visuals "grainy", its aiming "clunky" and calling it overall "an, at best, average game." The IGN reviewer is also in the process of reviewing the game but has still put up a preliminary review, promising that "the complete review will be finished in fewer than 12 years." The review still manages to find plenty of faults with the game stating that its character development "is limited to crude dialog meant to elicit nothing more than cheap laughs." The reviewer also lambasts the game's poor level design and opines that at the time of reviewing there was little worthy of praise.
If the poor critical reception wasn't enough, it seems that the game has also leaked to torrent sites. I confirmed the presence of a "Duke Nukem Forever" game on a couple of popular Torrent sites but it's not clear if it's the actual game or not.
Although maybe its not fair to reach a conclusion based on one (and a half) review, it doesn't look like Duke is going to like the reception to his return. And he really should stock up on chewing gum because it doesn't look like he's going to kick any ass.
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