Daikatana Technology

#(The dude that keeps pestering me). Well, what you say about ignorance is just your \"opinion\", just as my opinion of the game is that it sucks. I\'m free to my opinion, and you are free to your own. If enough are of the opinion that the game sucks, then it will fail. If a lot of people are of the opinion that I am an idiot, oh well, I won\'t be losing any money over a tarnished image, so who gives a crap what your opinion of me is. Either way, it means nothing cause no money is lost. However, DK stands to lose money, and the opinions of the game DO count. I guess that is why you are unhappy that people are having bad opinions, but hey, you are no-one to tell people how to form their own opinions. If people don\'t like DK based on any or no logic, well, to be blunt, too f\'n bad. Tough, eat it. If they don\'t like it cause it was late, too bad. If it isn\'t liked because it was released on a Tuesday instead of a Wednesday, too bad. They are selling to \'people\', not logic robots.

As far as the demo is concerned, it is exactly that, a demonstration of the game. Why release something if it it does not \'demo\'nstrate the game in action. The whole basis of a demo is to allow people to try what the game is \"going to be like\", and also to expose the game to as many people as possible. If they weren\'t happy with the code, then they should not have released it, should they have ? Hmmm ? I mean, it is supposed to demonstrate how the game will play, don\'t you think ? If they weren\'t happy with the gameplay mechanics on a core level, why did they release a demonstration of a product that would be totally different later ? Do you mean they are going to re-write the whole engine code which has taken so long up to now, just so it will be different than the demo ?? Then why release a demo if it is not a fairly faithful representation of what the final product will be like (notice I don\'t use exacting terms, so don\'t even go there).

I know, let\'s make a demo, then release a totally different game that doesn\'t even match the demo. I guess we wuoldn\'t be able to call it a demo then, would we ?

The reason I wrote a book here, is that I\'ve had enough with this thread. I don\'t think there is anything more to be said to explain my point, cause you\'re not going to get it anyway. The only thing I learned is that you have a problem with other people having opinions that were reached with a different mindset than your own.

#144 (nameless one). My friggin point still stands, jesus h fuckin christ you moron. Get a clue. Single player will still be using the same core, or maybe I should have been more specific in my previous post for you to grasp the concept. Don\'t bother coming back to me with another version of the same BS, cause I don\'t want to keep repeating myself to you. BTW, \'your an idiot\' should be \'you\'re an idiot\'. Learn how to spell.

#102 \"To quote PeeWee Herman\", If PeeWee Herman ruined his career by flashing his one eyed snot spitting trouser snake on the tv would you?

Oh shit, I forgot he already did.

Here\'s my .02 as if anyone gives a rat\'s ass...

I don\'t give a shit who makes a game if it\'s good. Richard Simmons and Tipper Gore could put out a game and if it were good then I would play it. I play games to have fun, period. Not to participate in some political crap....uhh.....GameX is cool...but the developer is a douche bag so i won\'t play...wtf is that about? I guess we are all different in that respect. As for the demo, yeah i thought it pretty much sucked too BUT I always give a game a chance until the real deal comes out.

So John Romero doesn\'t know jack nor shit about pr/marketing...so what...a lot of people dont. The man did contribute to three of my favorite games of all time doom, doom2, and quake so his product will garner a little more of my attention then something from joe random. I neither like the guy nor hate him....i just know he has put out some cool shite.

My question for you guys is what if *theoretically* the game friggin rocks when it is released? (yes, i know it would have to make a huge turnaround from what i saw in the demo) Will all you anti-romero guys be hipocrites and say it is cool or will you stay your ground and be political followers of some mindless cause against ion?

This isn\'t really a romero/ion only issue that i\'m getting at. If develeperX said something stupid would still dislike their game even if it kicked ass? I\'m just curious as to how some of you think. It is kinda like music....i listen to what i like because the music is good...not because I think the band is cool....i couldn\'t give a fuck about the people behind the music.

TBivo

Annoying people make me angry.

No Thanks!

-AlieN

KMA? Klingons Masturbate Annually?

Thanks!

-Lex

KMA

#126 BTW, were you one of those that was rooting for DIVX ? I know that a lot of people didn\'t want it without having tried it, and you appear to have a problem with people trouncing something before they try it. Actually, you know what ? Don\'t bother answering that one, who cares what the hell you think.

It\'s good to see so many people are thinking of me...

Thanks!

-Lex

#126 Oh gee, just because you say so, I must be, huh ? Pretty plain and simple, perfect for what your brain can handle, appaently small bits of pieces, like the word idiot. That was a demo of the game, sure some things will change between then and now, but hey, I\'ve played so many demos/betas/alphas, I can tell you that in 95% of the cases, the core is always the same when it ships. They can tweak that game all they want, you will still have a main core that they are running on. So my point still stands, to which all you can come up with is \'idiot\'. If you think I\'ve proved your point, maybe you should try reading with a little bit more attention, or are there not enough small words for you (like idiot) ?

Believe what you want. Besides, if that is the best reply you can come up with (ie, to call me a name and little else), then you aren\'t even worth the time. Ignorance indeed.

Killcreek needs a nosejob... check those pics again and tell me I\'m wrong.

Damn, it is pretty sad what Killcreek has done to herself. Don\'t get me wrong, I enjoy a nice rack as much as the next guy, but I\'m not down with the whole dye job/makeup thing.

#121, I never said Romero and Company did something to you personally; all I said was that some of you were ACTING like they did. As for people not caring about DK, look at all the postings so far.

If you mindless fuckers would stop thinking so much about your little games and more about my smooth, round, slightly fuzzy, baby-soft ass, you might have fuller, more enriching lives.

See, I hear that over and over, \"we don\'t give a shit any more (about DK)\".

How accurate can that be? I mean look at this, this whole story/string/whatever is taken off one sentence from an e-mail to romero. How much can people \"not care\" if they take the time to go out of their way to post a freakin single sentence. One line!

And we\'re still talking...

#58- Its not that Romero or anyone at Ion Storm has dome anything to us personally, its just that we\'ve waited so long for the game to come out that the gaming community just doesn\'t give a shit anymore...

I\'ve got a gun, and I\'m going to start shooting people out the window I hate fucking Daikatana so much

and as for all you anti-anti-faggot types, don\'t you know two negatives equals a positve?

Thanks!

-ActiveX

Yes I did, played it on a LAN though, and it kicked major ass. I loved the storm sector 7 map, though the sidewinder was the coolest rocket launcher type weapon I\'ve seen in a FPS, and dug the hell out of the shotcycler. The weather effects were extremely cool, haven\'t seen that done as well before either.

Not to mention, and this is a big deal to me, there\'s still the prospect that there are 4 complete worlds in the whole package, and it was only a demo for 1 of them. The weapons in the other episodes sound far more innovative than just \"shotgun\", \"Machine gun\", \"Rocket Launcher\". That\'s a whole shitload of content. Call me blasphemous, but I\'m bored shitless of the same old crap over and over again.

The Mplayer thing was a fiasco, but come on, the final game isn\'t Mplayer only, so why judge it on their shitty server\'s performance? So schedule some time to get over it right after you let go of the \"make you his bitch\" campaign. I\'ve seen far worse ad campaigns than that, and most of them weren\'t trying to do so intentionally.

What I specifically disliked about the mplayer demo:

1. I did not like any of the maps, I thought they worked poorly for deathmatch.
2. I thought the weapons were horrible. The rocket launcher was screwey because of that spiraling garbage, and it traveled halfway across the level in a second, as well as killing someone with even the slightest bit of splash damage. I don\'t know wtf that green energy spewing thing was supposed to be, it was utterly useless. The C4 was a huge hinderance on gameplay. The shotgun thing was weak and horribly skinned.
3. I was unimpressed by the graphics. They were too dark in many places, and in other places they just looked sterile.
4. I simply did not find the game to be fun. I don\'t know how to describe this.
5. Releasing a demo on mplayer is like telling your customers that you want them to endure pain and frustration. Look at how UT did it, what a difference...

eepers, did you like the mplayer demo?

I thought it was shit. Now if Ion wants me to be a customer, they had better earn my respect. I used to be neutral, but they gave me a stinking excuse for a demo, and now I have a low opinion of them.

Well, by your reasoning about nobody caring about HL, maybe Diakatana does have a chance! Nobody cares about it now, except some who dislike it (me) and less that defend it (you). Maybe people really cared about the game 2 years ago...

I don\'t know if he smashed the only record of the code, but that whole smashing things quote gleams of stupidity.