Duke Nukem Forever Is Gold

[alien space marine]

but still its total budget was well below that of some other recent games (this was not a $50 million game like Homefront, for instance, I'd guess it was half that). I think that it is fair to have somewhat high expectations for it, given that it was in development for so long, but overall it should be judged on its own merits... reviewers clearly aren't doing that.

DNF was essentially a home-brewed game almost, George Broussard funded development for it right out of his own pocket and that's largely why it never met the deadlines since he didn't have to answer to the publisher and he was accountable to no one! DNF only got released because Broussard ran out of money and started to depend on outside funding and the investors would only put up with so much before they lost their patience and pulled the plug filing a lawsuit, If Broussard had his way DNF would still be in development.