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Duke Nukem Forever makes Japanese gamers' 2012 s**t list

Duke Nukem Forever has been voted one of the worst games released in Japan in 2012.

According to Kotaku's translation of entries on the "S**t of the Year Wiki", Japanese gamers complained about the map design; puzzles; low loading; freezes; large install; poor autosave timing; poor enemy AI.

Perhaps most damningly, Japanese gamers criticised the lack of DLC or patches for the Japanese version, not to mention the fact that multiplayer servers were deactivated just weeks after local launch.

Duke Nukem Forever holds a metascore of 49-54 across all platforms.

Three other games were nominated this year - on-rails shooter Heavy Fire: Afghanistan; RPG Time and Eternity, which is headed west; and grand prize winner Taiheiyo no Arashi -Senkan Yamato, Akatsuki ni Syutsugekisu.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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