I wanted to give it a chance; surely it couldn't be as bad as all that?

After around 2-or-so hours, I've had enough. Duke's weirdly likeable 'jerk'-hero from the '90s has been devolved into a disgusting depiction of a macho, sexist, adolescent power fantasy in the worst possible way. Duke's character has always been a bit gross, but this is taking it to the next level. I could almost ignore all that if there was a competent shooter underneath it, but it's poorly optimised, is reductive, has awkward clunky movement, is full of annoying QTEs, has unnecessary regenerating health... the list goes on. It basically contains everything that has been criticised in the action/FPS genres in recent times.

For a classic (Build engine) FPS reboot done right, try the excellent Shadow Warrior, which has immensely satisfying movement and combat and portrays a one-liner-spewing 'jerk'-hero well. Give this one a miss.

I wanted to give it a chance; surely it couldn't be as bad as all that? After around 2-or-so hours, I've had enough. Duke's weirdly likeable 'jerk'-hero from the '90s has been devolved into a disgusting depiction of a macho, sexist, adolescent power fantasy in the worst possible way. Duke's character has always been a bit gross, but this is taking it to the next level. I could almost ignore all that if there was a competent shooter underneath it, but it's poorly optimised, is reductive, has awkward clunky movement, is full of annoying QTEs, has unnecessary regenerating health... the list goes on. It basically contains everything that has been criticised in the action/FPS genres in recent times. For a classic (Build engine) FPS reboot done right, try the excellent [i]Shadow Warrior[/i], which has immensely satisfying movement and combat and portrays a one-liner-spewing 'jerk'-hero well. Give this one a miss.