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Daikatana Ratings:

Average: 5.5 out of 10

Gamespot
4.6 out of 10
http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/filters/products/0,11114,197031,00.html
-Daikatana is not an unmitigated disaster - but unfortunately, that's not
enough to endorse it.
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife 9.4
Dominion 5.9
SoF      7.7

IGN
5.8 out of 10
http://pc.ign.com/reviews/3095.html
-After all that time, all that work, the end product feels like the
designers weren't trying to excite or impress us at all.
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife 9.5
Dominion 4.0
SoF      9.0

CGO
1.5 stars out of 5
http://www.cdmag.com/Home/home.html?article=/articles/028/058/daikatana_review.html
-John Romero's amateurish epic lands with a spectacular thud
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife 5 stars
Dominion 2.5 stars
SoF      4 stars

CNET
3 out of 10
http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-4259,00.html
-The short answer? This game just isn't very good.
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife 9
Dominion 7
SoF      8

EvilAvatar
2 stars out of 5
http://www.evilavatar.com/EA/Reviews/Release/M9689/default.htm
-Daikatana is a BAD game. It is a horrible monstrosity that wasn't so much
released on the gaming community as it has been unleashed on the gaming
community.
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife 5 stars
Dominion n/a
SoF      4 stars

HappyPuppy
3 out of 10
http://www.happypuppy.com/win/reviews/daikatana-win-1.html
-It'll make you wish it never came out at all.
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife 9
Dominion 8
SoF      8.5


Daily Radar
Miss
http://www.dailyradar.com/reviews/game_review_715.html
- If design is law, then someone call the cops.
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife DirectHit
Dominion n/a
SoF      Hit

Gamezone
7 out of 10
http://www.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r10694.asp
-But before the review goes any further, it's time to address the bugs - and
this game has a big one.
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife n/a
Dominion n/a
SoF      8.1

Actiontrip
85%
http://www.actiontrip.com/reviews/daikatana.phtml
-...when the screen gets crammed with enemies and explosions the frame rate
will go down to about 10 FPS.
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife n/a
Dominion n/a
SoF      n/a

Antagonist
84%
http://www.ant.com/pc_fortress/Reviews/daikatana/daikatana.php3
-Your game really isn't that bad, after all.
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife 96%
Dominion 85%
SoF      n/a

Hardcoregame
3 stars out of 5
http://hardcoregame.ingava.com/reviews/pc/daikatana/index.htm
-However, the game doesn't really live up to the hype.
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife n/a
Dominion n/a
SoF      n/a

Gamefan
77%
http://www.gamefan.com/repre.asp?g=1994&t=r
-It's not as bad as you think...
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife n/a
Dominion n/a
SoF      91%

MaximumPC
4 out of 10
http://www.maximumpc.com/articles/2000/05/25/
-Four Years for This?
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife n/a
Dominion n/a
SoF      5

Voodoo Extreme
36%
http://www.voodooextreme.com/games/reviews/daikatana/
- However, this game is extremely vile, and I'd be lying if I said I enjoyed playing it at all.
I hated every second I had to sit through this game and loathed dishing out over 30 dollars to buy it
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife n/a
Dominion n/a
SoF      n/a

PCGamers.net
70%
http://www.pcgamers.net/reviews/action/daikatana/
-The sidekicks are quite dumb at times...
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife n/a
Dominion n/a
SoF      n/a

GamePig
60%
http://www.gamepig.com/reviews/daikatana/dk1.html
-I don't think it can measure up against the best of the best FPS games...
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife n/a
Dominion n/a
SoF      B

Incite
4 out of 5
http://www.incite.com/incite/plsql/incite_main.main?in_id=11653
-However, even with all of these blemishes, Daikatana's single-player
experience is only bested by the likes of Half-Life: Opposing Force and, in
some ways, Wheel of Time.
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife 5(opposing force)
Dominion n/a
SoF      3

SharkyExtreme
3 out of 10
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/games/reviews/ionstorm/daikatana/
- I admire Eidos for believing in Daikatana enough to delay it repeatedly,
but really, this game should have been canceled a long time ago
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife - Game of the Year
Dominion n/a
SoF      8.5

Speedy3D
70%
http://www.speedy3d.com/reviews/daikatana/
-At the end of the day it's a plain puzzle solving blaster-em-up with a few new tricks thrown in for good measure.
Other games rated on this site:
HalfLife 94
Dominion n/a
SoF      90%

 

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