Daikatana Demo Review

What a bitch.

Oh no, repeating textures. What does this guy want? For each inch to have a new texture so that load times increase and play times slow down. Sounds like he was going throught the game just looking for things to bitch about.

Hey jackass, ALL fps use repeating textures.

smoove???

Whoops, I meant Martin not Steve. (duh)

Another thing: Repeating textures is probably a necessary evil if you want to have huge fucking areas and 2mb of texture memory.

I have to say I disagree with everything this guy says. The only thing that looks like ass is his skin, while Daikatana looks smoove. What a whiny bitch.

Steve, why did you post this bs? To show the lack of real Daikatana criticism? hehe

I hate to say it, but in my rush to play the darned thing, master the controls, and see what it was all about, I overlooked these glaring artistic flaws. It's strange, but am I supposed to be forgiving when this project has been under construction for as long as it was?

Don't get me wrong, there is value in the demo, but it comes in the form of little things, like the game menu and the level loading progress bar, and some of the sound effects. I am a huge fan of fps games, yet I still can't remap the JUMP command to the mouse2 button. It used to be click on the key you want changed, then hit the new key you want to use for that function. Not anymore, now you click on it, you see the ???, and when you select your new key/button, nothing happens.

My biggest complaint is that the screen is full almost all the time, meaning there are few open areas to give our eyes a rest and take in the view. The Greek ourdoors was one such place, and soon we were back underground, kissing cold stone. It's obvious the levels with sidekicks are more accomodating than the levels without, because there's simply more room to manuever. I couldn't imagine a sidekick even fitting in on the first demo level. I'm no stranger to dungeon crawls, but even in the outdoor swamp I felt closed in.

There is a strong water theme. Lots of running brooks, waterfalls, and dripping. After a bit, the novelty of seeing running water got old. Even in the frozen mountain level, we see yet another stream.

Like I said, it's got value, but it comes in small doses, and you've gotta look for it.

Thanks!

-Lex

I actually thought the skins were nice in Daikatana :)

very detailed, that one you posted saying "screaming playschool" looked good :)

IMO, remember that

Straight ass? That doesn't even make sense.

Thanks!

-Lex

does anybody care about, how bad the textures in the demo are?
wait for the full version and then check out the overall gameplay.

This wasn't a review, it was him bitching and trying to get some free press for himself. What's with him posting the pic of the little shirtless Doom guy that he made? Are we supposed to be impressed? I really didn't understand what he was getting at there... "Look at this pic of a Daikatana model. Now look at this pic of a Doom guy model that I made with no shirt on. See what I'm saying?" Uhhh, no, sorry, I don't. And what does SoF have to do with anything?

He had some valid points, and I don't really care for the demo either, but this "review" was really dumb.

not gonna happen than. maybe 3 years ago there would have been reviews that you would have liked but it's too late.

Hahahaha... that review is so true.

Kenneth Scott did the models, before going to id. Right?

Kenneth Scott did the models, before going to id. Right?

first post, I hope