Daikatana

This game just popped up on GoG today. I have no idea what to say to this. Except perhaps...

Holy shit.

I mean I'm aware of this game's infamy and how it's apparently bad, though I'm guessing that a lot of its badness came from Hype Backlash and a few design flaws, because apparently the gameplay itself isn't too bad.

Most of it, yes. It's also poorly designed, has a stupid story and characters, and ugly.

But ahahaha wow, I might have to grab it on GOG just to say I have it!

It's bad reputation is well deserved from what I heard. Isn't the Token Black Guy named "Superfly"?

If John Romero successfully makes you his bitch, let us know.

I suppose we shouldn't underestimate the buying power of Bile Fascination.

I played the Game Boy Color port on an emulator once. It's not bad (and I hear it's less buggy than the main game), but it doesn't really stand out from the crowd much, either.

In short, it's So Okay, It's Average.

I bet John Romero never again tried to make anyone his bitch after this game.

You're right. He never did. Instead he sort of faded away into obscurity contributing to at least one Gauntlet game and made his own studio to make some casual stuff.

But that Gauntlet game was bad,

bdabadbadbadbadbadbadbadbad

Let's be totally clear on this: Daikatana really is that bad. It's not hyperbole, it's really that bad.

Tell that to the people that actually had fun with the game despite the flaws.

Those people don't exist.

• points at the gog release thread*

No critically thinking individual who has actually played Daikatana could actually think it's good. It is physically impossible to like Daikatana.

Not Opinion Myopia in here at all, nope.

**points at the gog release thread again. **

No one like that exists for Daikatana. There is not a single good point to Daikatana. The weapons actively inhibit you from having fun. Anything that mgiht have been interesting at release has been done much better by other, more quality titles.

If you ever want to play Daikatana, play Bulletstorm. It's everything Daikatana aspired to be, except not terrible.

Certainly didn't expect that. But hey, it's not like it's the first time they released a bad game.

I never played it myself and don't plan to, but I heard people saying that it actually gets better in later levels. Still not good, more an account of what could have been, if it stayed more true to it's promises, but in some way enjoyable.

But of course, that's complete bullshit. Because Odie Esty says so. It's physically impossible to like Daikatana? Now, that's a compelling argument. Even though, I have no idea how it's even physically possible to like anything. I always thought that liking games is a more psychically thing.

But I wish people would give the whole "Romero makes you his bitch" shit a rest. It's over ten years. Over ten FUCKING years. In this time, Romero's career shattered and he only makes small fry anymore. Seriously, how resentful can one get over a hyped game, that completely failed to deliver, and an idiotic marketing campaign?

edited 10th Feb '13 1:25:38 PM by Nyarly

If you actually played Daikatana you'd understand. It's one thing for something to be obnoxious, it's another thing for it to be obnoxious and bad. Daikatana is really bad. The later levels are better in that they're not horrendously bad, but they're far from good.

There's no resentment on my end. The game is notable because of its hype and failure. So, of course, when Daikatana is mentioned the "make you a bitch" comments follow, that's effectively half the game's legacy.

I'm not taking a So Bad Its Horrible stand against it. I never played it. But the reviews were very bad, indicating it was a badly made game rather then merely disappointing.

It's like the video game version of Plan Nine From Outer Space. I have no malice towards it, but it's a punchline in of itself.

**points at this link of a guy playing the gog release who actually loved it when it first came out.**

edited 10th Feb '13 8:16:08 PM by Nettacki

Considering I read a review of the game when it first was released (PC Gamer magazine, basically said it was So Okay, It's Average), I'm going to doubt it's a horrible game. Horrible relative to the level of hype it got, yes. But more objectively? Probably not. (I never played it either.)

edited 10th Feb '13 8:17:23 PM by TotemicHero

Also, as bad as Daikatana seems, it can't be as bad as Medal of Honor Warfighter.

No, didn't you read? It's physically impossible to have fun with this game. Those who say that they enjoy it can only be liars.

How anyone could play past the first section of Daikatana and not stop playing it I'll never understand. The sheer amount of game design flaws in the weapon design alone is baffling. The nicest anyone could say about it is "This could've been pretty cool if done right." I cannot believe anyone would enjoy it outside of something they vaguely remember form being a kid. We could dedicate a website to the problems inside of Daikatana. I almost recommend buying it to see the top contender for the worst game in history.

Okay, Odie, I'd like you to look back on your argument. You've said people who can tolerate Daikatana as something less than Satan's ballsweat do not exist. At all. And the ones who do don't count.

I don't mind someone hating on a game, but when someone begins speaking for everyone, they begin to look like a massive douche. I hated the Drawn to Life 2 ending, and I hate when it gets praised as a sad and tearjerking moment when it's a complete asspull. But I only drain the wound once or twice, and never in an endless stream of bile when people try to tell me otherwise; if they do that, I say "Alright, I can see how you see the ending that way" and if they don't bother me, I don't bother them.

Did you buy this game when it came out? Did you expect the game to be like DOOM, but 10X better and with swords? Did you dish out full retail price for a slap in the face? I get that, and I've gone through a similar experience. But that doesn't mean YOUR view of the game is law, and that EVERYONE has to view it like that. Some people enjoy the bugs and terrible story and such (which is a foreign concept to me), and there's nothing wrong with that.

However, if you're just rattling off things after you sat your ass through a pirated copy, please stop talking. Because the only thing that irritates me more than a person trying to force a viewpoint on a subject is when that person could have avoided their negative view and stayed ignorant.

edited 11th Feb '13 5:06:16 AM by MrMallard