Ripemanewone, on 24 March 2012 - 08:59 AM, said:
Wrong. Without the sexual content 3DR would have had to focus on making a solid game, so in many ways the porn is what killed DNF.
And why do you assume this? What killed DNF were poor level design, clunky controls, bad graphics, health regen, the two-weapon limit etc. Do you really think these were a result of 3DR spending too much time working on tits and asses? Hell, there was only one tit-centered level (Titty City) and it was one of the game's high points, containing lots of interactivity and adult humor, both of which are essential to the franchise. So how exactly you came to the conclusion that it's the adult content that's to blame for the game's faults in other areas such as gameplay and level design?
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Duke 3D's sexual content was funny and not over done, in DNF it was embarrassing and childish.
Adult content in DNF is on par with Duke3D in the relative sense. What Duke3D had was headline-worthy back in the days. If DNF had relied on a couple of strippers à la Duke3D, it wouldn't have been the same. They had to make the adult content more graphic just to achieve
the same results. The difference in reaction to such content is explained by the fact that 1) the rest of the game isn't as good as Duke3D and that 2) every other guy is a grass-eating feminist wuss nowadays.