You can now try out the demo to decide for yourself, but one of the frequently expressed criticisms of Duke Nukem Forever is that it’s downright crude.
For example, as 1UP’s review notes: “Remember the kidnapped women in the second episode of Duke 3D? They’re back, but this time they scream in a combination of pain and ecstasy as they’re raped and impregnated. Two of them — who had given Duke oral sex earlier in the game — beg him not to dump them and promise to ‘lose the pregnancy weight.’ The player can then choose to kill them on the spot or watch them scream as they suffer a painful death — exploding with their alien babies.” Tasteless? Many would say so.
That doesn’t mean there’s no one out there that doesn’t want this sort of content in their games, and that’s who Take-Two is shooting for with the game. In an interview with Forbes during E3 (prior to the game’s release), Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick defended Forever’s questionable content and offered up a simple solution for those who don’t like it: Don’t play it.
