Daikatana For Christmas

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Only the fact that this game will have 4 completely different worlds with a set of different weapons (25 in all?) is REALLY nice. What else will compete with it during the holidays? Opposing Force may be nice, but it costs the price of a full game and only lasts for a dozen hours. And god, It\'s still Half Life.

If it\'s not too buggy- (which could be the case ... since Eidos rejected the gold they submitted last week... and as far as I know.. Eidos SURE isn\'t reknowned for their sparkling clean bug-free products. They may just go the easy \"it\'s in an acceptable state, we\'ll just patch it later\" way).-
then..
I\'m buying it..

The hell with multiplayer only games. Fuck the net.. I want my thrills back.

McBob

#62 It\'s so sad you don\'t realize that John Romero has been doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for the past few months, but work on Daikatana every day of the week, from the time he wakes up to the time he goes to sleep, just like everyone else at Ion Storm. They are focused on trying to finish this game, so shut the fuck up. And also, almost no one at Ion Storm keeps their .plans up to date at all, and you are insulting Romero just because he said it was Wolfenstein3d\'s birthday, like 6 months ago or something? Man you\'re stupid.

What about Hellchick?
Bwhahahahahaha

mmm... killcreek, oops, i mean... :P

Whoooohooooo!!!! It looks like Romero will bake me a Daikatana for Christmas after all. :-)
My Christmas will not be complete without Daikatana! But somehow, I still doubt it will be out on time (big surprise), hehe... oh well.! :(

Long live The Romero.

Avixe,

ARGH! I\'m not telling you, or anyone else to buy it! I was MAKING A POINT that it will ship with a full slate of playing options. That\'s it! That\'s all I said! Aieeeeeeeeeee! Read, people, read. Besides, why even bother making a post about a game you\'ve already decided to hate before it\'s out of the box?

#52, Thradar,

LOL! Good stuff. Just wish that I had a Times subscription so I could read the full article.

Oh lord, i got a 55 on one of my finals. Looks like I won\'t be graduating from college after all..... );

I dunno MoreDread, multiple game modes and bots aren\'t enough to convince me to show ION the money if it\'s still running a butt-ugly engine with what seems to be a strange mix of boring magical weapons.

Reminds me of Hexen 2.

Just had to post this! Shouts to Triple 6 for the link.
Full article from May 1999, funny shit:

\"To ride in Romero\'s passenger seat as he swerves in and out of
traffic at warp speeds offers the same delirious, stomach-churning
feeling you get from watching him play Daikatana. Romero is relishing
his pumped-up status. \"When I drive this car,\" he says, \"people know
who I am.\" He chafes at waiting for a table for half an hour at a
crowded Dallas lunch spot. (\"If they knew I was here, we wouldn\'t
have to wait.\"). He imagines his reception in Japan, where he\'s never
been but where his games are huge. \"I\'d probably get mobbed by
Japanese chicks,\" he says.

http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/19990523mag-keegan.html

#42, you miss my point also. I NEVER said, \"Daikatana is AWESOME! Its the best damn game EVER! It kicks HL\'s ass !!! OpFor is like Barbie\'s Playhouse by comparison!!!! EVERY OTHER GAME SUCKS by comparison!!!\" Yet, that\'s how you (and others) responded, as if by respecting the things offered in DK, I\'m betraying the gamers of the world. Lighten up!

All I said was that it is shipping with a complete set of options, moreso than any other recent game. You can dispute that, but it\'s fact.

#42..wrong on both. Ion knows I\'m no hacker :)

pmonk, what\'s with you? I should be shot because I dont agree to bash Daikatana because *gasp* I\'ve actually seen the game? Sheesh...stick to Pokeman or something.

I\'m retarded? Only for bothering to post here. Ok idiots (#35 & #36), what I was saying is that Daikatana is the first game in a long time to SHIP with all that stuff - so don\'t tell me \"mod this and mod that make up for it\" the point remains valid. OpFor is not a stand alone game, nor is TFC - both are \"mods\" of an original game. DK will SHIP with all those game modes and the other goodies.

Plus, you haven\'t even seen Daikatana at all - you saw a demo MONTHS ago that was multiplayer only. I HAVE seen it, hell, I have the 11/29 version on my f**king hd...so piss off. Once you know what you\'re talking about, then you can toss out any lame comments you like.

Somebody shoot #34 in the head please. Thanks.

#33...all that makes no difference at all. Daiktana will ship with 4 single player episodes, kickass sidekicks (I\'ve seen em in action), cool in-game cinematics,a real STORYLINE, PLUS Deathmatch, CTF, Co-op play (remember Coop???) and Deathtag. When was the last game you can recall that offered that complete a set of options upon release? And in case you think I\'m just blowing smoke, I got this info direct from Ion. So there :)

I\'ll be there on the 17th too, Steve. My prediction: R-Gauss takes it home by a landslide ;)