Touch My Daikatana

How can the Q2 engine not show its age? Forget the addition of fog, a torch texture, and snowflake sprites. That\'s a low-poly scene. It\'s made up primarily of huge blocks. And its component elements are terribly familiar. Overhead ridges, water, a structure in the cliff face: kind of reminds you of Strike from Q2\'s single player levels, only gussied up. At PlanetDaikatana, there\'s also a pic up of a Centurion chucking a spear at you. Look at that relatively crude design: wherever you time travel in Daikatana, the year always seems to be 1997.

Now, what would be a fair price in 2000 for this? $9.99? $14.99? Do owners of Quake II get a discount? ;)

Who wants to see some stupid sword???

I want do see KillCreek naked. Ok may be if she was holding that sword that would be kinda cool.

bake me vanilla ice


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The PONG engine is old .. but WOW! you add a few textures to those paddles and the little bouncy ball and it\'s a whole new game.

blah Daikitiainaeiainana ... how long does it take to make a Q2 mod anyways ??? :)

Ashlyn,

Back In The Day™ I took a couple of classical history courses. Probably the only courses I remember being fun/interesting. Of course I wasnt retarded dedicated enough to get a degree in it.... ;-)

Just felt like sharing....

Ugh. Looks like crap. Sorry guys. Sorry Xcal, you former Ion employee you...

That doesn\'t mean it can\'t be fun though!

*hawkeye*

What are you talking about Shambler?


I have a Daikatana hidden under my bed right now.

I hate the Shack comments =(. But I like ashlyn\'s comments =). Not much to do with the game but that sort of dedicated pedantry appeals to me, heh. The deal is of course, the game is quite obviously a fantasy/mythological game, so although it might not be historically accurate, it\'s not pretending to be - the lack of overall realism is obvious.

for a porn star, you\'re pretty fucking smart

Ashlyn... yeah in that case, I have to agree with you. I\'m sure there will be plenty of points in DK (as well as other games) where people will find inaccuracies. Like they say, nobody\'s perfect (except me, of course :) ).

Peace...

Bobby Pavlock - aka \"Xcalibur\"
Rogue Entertainment
Designer - \"Alice\"
http://alice.ea.com

You have some valid points Xcalibur, I agree that the snow and rock in the outdoor Scandanavian areas look great, I should have clarified my opinion. Specifically, one of the current screenshots on PlanetDaikatana shows the a scenario from the Anicent Greek episode where the ground and walls resemble smooth, modern concrete. A doric or ionic colonnade would have been my likely choice, but then again, I don\'t possess the necessary faculties to create such visual features; nonetheless, I must criticize the use of anachronistic elements ( Centurions were typically Roman, altough similar soldiers exisited in Sparta under a different term..) ~ that\'s what a degree in Classical Studies will get you, kids...the ability to identify out-of-place elements in modern portrayls of Ancient Life..........

Here comes the assholes...

Bach\'s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor owns this screenshot, I am sorry to say.

BAKE ME A MOTHERFUCKING DAIKATANA!

I dunno... I kinda think the level looks pretty cool. :)

Seriously though... plain uninspired textures? Don\'t really see how you can say that. The rock texture and snowy ground texture in particular are very cool. Maybe if you could see them in-game, they would look a little better. Oh well, to each his own I suppose.

Peace...

Bobby Pavlock - aka \"Xcalibur\"
Rogue Entertainment
Designer - \"Alice\"
http://alice.ea.com

I find your lack of faith... disturbing.

it\'s not the quake 2 engine showing it\'s age , it\'s JR showing his age.

#3... the level didn\'t look that good, no.. the Quake2 engine is truly starting to show it\'s age.

However, I\'m still looking forward to this game, I got the lan hack and played the DM Demo with my friends and it was a lot of fun, would have been better if there were more than two levels, however.

the folks at ION don\'t have anything to do with Planet Daikatana.

I find it humourous that the caption for that particular screenshot ( of the Daikatana blade) is \'Suck It Down\'; perhaps the folks at ION visit the Shack message boards..if so, my comment to them regarding the use of plain and uninspired level textures is......


Time To Suck Dick Now (tm)

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