9. Duke Nukem Forever
Yeah, it makes the top 10. Just hear me out first, okay? Please? Listen, I was just as upset with this game as you were. The mechanics were clunky, the graphics were dated and the loading times were ridiculous. In fact, even as a Duke fan I found some of the humor offensive, including particular moments in the Hive level, and it rightfully deserved to be branded as the most disappointing game of 2011.
But that aside, the game wasn’t unplayable. If you were running a checklist of what you expect from a Duke Nukem game, you would find the chauvinistic, over-the-top silliness that goes hand in hand with Nukem games, holding no regard to offending the audience. It may have aged badly, yet a lot of the criticism stems from the fact that this was a game stuck in developmental hell for over 10 years. That is a heck of a long time for expectations to build, so it seemed destined to displease fans if it was anything short of the modern day shooters we’d become accustomed to. That’s about as far as I can go for defending Duke Nukem Forever, it was nice to see him back but the game nowhere near lived up to the expectations after such a long period of time.
