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	Daikatana for PC Review - PC Daikatana Review
		Daikatana is not an unmitigated disaster - but unfortunately, that's not enough to endorse it.
		Ironically, Daikatana's biggest failures are due in large part to both a lack of imagination and poor design choices - in short, the very principles on which Ion Storm was founded.
		Daikatana's opening scene is five minutes of dense, tedious exposition delivered as a virtual monologue by a character who stands still while the camera makes swooping motions around him.
	www.gamespot.com /pc/action/daikatana/review.html (855 words)

	Daikatana Preview
		Daikatana, developed at Ionstorm by John Romero and team, looks to be coming together fine with a strong storyline and compelling gameplay.
		Your mission is to retrieve the Daikatana and prevent history from being changed forever.
		Daikatana, a game running on an improved version of the existing Quake engine, is said to feature giant zones of varied game environments ranging from Ancient cities and demonic landscapes, to a futuristic, technologically advanced Japan.
	members.tripod.com /~n64paradise/previews/daikatana.html (820 words)

	Game Over Online Magazine - Daikatana
		However, Daikatana is said to be running on a highly modified Quake 2 engine and to that I say bullshit.
		Daikatana can be powered to extreme proportions; it was my weapon of choice for the later parts of the game due to its sheer power.
		Daikatana is one of the sorriest first person shooters to come out in years; it has absolutely no redeeming qualities.
	www.game-over.net /reviews/pc/Daikatana.html (1127 words)

	generation5 - Daikatana (PC)
		Daikatana was marketed and hyped up a lot before it's release; when it finally did get released (after a few setbacks) it didn't receive the praise and merit expected.
		Given that Daikatana uses the engine for the cutscenes, more attention to the models would have been appreciated - the fact that characters don't move their mouths when they talk is a little disconcerting.
		Daikatana definitely has some cool weapons, each one having idiosyncrasies that you have to be aware of.
	www.generation5.org /content/2001/daikatana_pc.asp (2095 words)

	GameSpy.com - Gaming's Homepage
		Daikatana is living proof of the gaming adage that a game is only late till it's released, but it's bad forever.
		When it comes to Daikatana being overrated, though, it proves just how powerful John's reputation was that right up until the day the game was released, both press and gamers were still taking a "wait and see" attitude with it.
		Advertising for Daikatana was bought out years before the game, which is what drove the hype up to ridiculous levels.
	archive.gamespy.com /articles/september03/25overrated/index23.shtml (732 words)

	Demo Impressions: Daikatana - Gaming Age (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Already there are a few large hurdles Daikatana must leap over before things start to look even a little brighter.
		During the time Daikatana was in development it was getting tweaked quite a bit, and I think for the most part the extra attention did do the game good, but it might have been unfocused.
		Had Daikatana been released after a normal span of development time, I feel it would have fared a lot better.
	www.gaming-age.com /news/2000/4/24-118 (701 words)

	Daikatana
		Daikatana allowed the wielder to travel through time.
		The jealous Kage betrays Dr. Tetsuo Ebihara, beheads him with the Daikatana, and travels back to the year 2030 C.E. Once there, Mishima kills Dr. Tetsuo Ebihara and claims the discovery of the cure for the MMP filovirus for himself.
		She convinces you to join her in the quest to regain the Daikatana, avenge her father's death and set history straight.
	shootgen.tripod.com /shootgen/games/daik.html (348 words)

	The Guide - Quake derivatives - Daikatana
		Daikatana is scheduled for release in the fall of 1998, but news about the project has been comparatively slim until recently.
		When held, it is revealed that Daikatana allows the holder the ability to travel back and forward in time.
		All of these glimpses at Daikatana show that this program is being aggressively developed and should help to establish Ion within the software community.
	www.bluesnews.com /guide/daik.htm (528 words)

	Daikatana - Home Page
		Daikatana, by Eidos with Ion Storm, is a first-person shooter unlike any other.
		The rich detail in the scenery and sounds of the four time periods you journey to, combined with a healthy dose of puzzle solving and a creative "sidekick" feature, help this game to stand out from the crowd.
		Each episode in Daikatana has a number of missions that logically progress to your final confrontation with Mishima.
	guidesarchive.ign.com /guides/3095 (343 words)

	Daikatana for PC video game review and cheats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Daikatana, one of the latest releases from Ion Storm, tells the story of one man and his four year journey to create a game that fell just short of purchasability.
		The brainchild of John Romero, of Wolfenstein 3D and Doom fame, Daikatana uses a modified version of the Quake II engine to bring us a cinematic and violent glimpse at a fictional dark future.
		Daikatana is a perfect example of hubris catching up with yo...
	www.gamezilla.com /reviews/d/daikatana.asp (929 words)

	Daikatana (PC) Reviews. PC Games Reviews by CNET.
		If death in Daikatana were only caused by your own lack of skill, there would be no problem with the save-gem concept.
		There are moments playing Daikatana in which everything comes together - the sidekicks act as they should or simply aren't around, and you're able to enjoy the game as a pure, unadulterated shooter.
		After years of development and a vast body of negative press, Daikatana is not an unmitigated disaster.
	reviews.cnet.com /Daikatana_PC/4505-9696_7-30984222.html (1728 words)

	Salon Technology \| How do game developers hack it? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		As it turns out, they didn't make it; Daikatana has yet to hit shelves as this article appears in early March.
		Yet again, the perceived impotence of their boss, gaming demigod John Romero, will be almost pornographically devoured by pundits, nonbelievers, even avid gamers who desperately want to get their fingers on Daikatana.
		Since Daikatana's inception, elite and obsessive gamers have road-tripped from around the world to work with their hero, Romero.
	archive.salon.com /tech/feature/2000/03/07/romero/index.html (1160 words)

	IGN: Daikatana Review
		The sword is the Daikatana, a weapon wielded by your ancestors, and you are...
		When Daikatana was first pitched, it was one of its most major points -- you'll have four sets of weapons to cover everything from future Kyoto to ancient Greece, to the dark ages of Norway and near-future San Francisco.
		The Ion Cannon for instance ricochets around corners, which in terms of actual gameplay means that it usually ricochets back from a wall and hits you, causing you a fair amount of damage.
	pc.ign.com /articles/153/153095p1.html (2053 words)

	3DActionPlanet - A Member of The GameSpy Network
		However, the mappers seem to be a bit too happy with their new toys, sometimes grossly overusing volumetric fog and colored lighting, making many of the scenes too saturated and messy.
		Having the game set around this sword, you'd think that the modelers would take some care to make the Daikatana at least remotely cool, but, alas, the result is utterly disappointing (although I'm told that, as you gain experience levels and upgrade your Daikatana, its appearance changes -- more on that later).
		This terribly restrictive and cramped feel is repeated throughout the demo, though to a slightly lesser extent in the second and third level.
	www.3dactionplanet.com /features/demos/daikatana (987 words)

	Daikatana
		Daikatana will be a first-person shooter based on the Quake engine by id Software.
		According to developers at Ion Storm, Daikatana will most likely use DLLs instead of an Interpreted Quake C mod to encapsulate game play rules.
		While the plot in most first person shooters is superflous, John Romero intends to make the plot in Daikatana more integral to the action.
	www.thecomputershow.com /computershow/previews/daikatana.htm (753 words)

	//ROME.RO - 2000: Daikatana
		The story of Daikatana is but one part of the long story that is Ion Storm.
		Daikatana had a huge amount of press and promotion during its development.
		Unfortunately, Kemco (developer of both GBC and N64 Daikatanas) didn't release the game in the USA because of the completely devastating treatment given to the name Daikatana by the press at large.
	rome.ro /games_daikatana.htm (1027 words)

	GameStats: Daikatana
		Others will tell you that it's an ancient sword and that is capable of transcending time to fight a host of enemies from across the ages.
		While attempting to rescue an innocent girl Mishima holds captive, Hiro becomes involved in the quest for the Daikatana and is the only thing standing in Mishima's way.
		DAIKATANA is a first-person action game with strong RPG elements running through it.
	www.gamestats.com /objects/001/001952 (342 words)

	Gameaholic dot Com - Daikatana
		Daikatana is a game based on Quake II engine produced by Ion Storm.
		There are 64 monsters, 26 weapons plus the "Daikatana" which has 7 powers.
		Current release date for Daikatana is: when it's done.
	www.gameaholic.com /games/daikatana (106 words)

	Amazon.com: Daikatana: Computer & Video Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Daikatana's epic single-player game should keep players busy for many hours, and a wide assortment of multiplayer modes, including deathmatch, capture the flag, and cooperative play, extend Daikatana's shelf life even further.
		That's why the Daikatana 1.2 patch was released, and upon its release it fixed all the problems that the game had, making it not only very playable, but had the game been released in its patched state it would have been much better received.
		The Daikatana itself is very difficult to use, as it comes into contact with the enemy only about half the time, and I found myself using only two or three weapons throughout the game so far, since the others just aren't effective.
	www.amazon.com /Eidos-Interactive-SDAIKPUSOO-Daikatana/dp/B00001ZT47 (2439 words)

	Daikatana for PC on Games.net
		Ion Storm production, Daikatana has taken more than 3 years to be finished and released.
		Daikatana is one of the few games that is a first-person shooter and a RPG game.
		Gamepro.com - 3.0 out of 5After an assortment of rumors and scandals, a series of setbacks, and years of delay, Daikatana has finally been released to an audience of gamers, anxious to see if it was worth the wait.
	www.games.net /pc/104583/index.shtml (156 words)

	[History]The Story of Daikatana - BeyondUnreal Forums
		Daikatana wasn't a disaster because of the game (although it was at best sub-standard, and I wouln't ever let someone I know play it), it was a disaster because the game took so long to make, and took so much money to make that it caused Eidos major financial trouble.
		read masters of doom, it's a really good game, it mentions a few people you would be familiar with, spends quite a bit of time on daikatana, where it came from and what he was trying to do and stuff like that.
		And there was another thing with this Daikatana ad in a PCGamer magazine issue that said "John Romero is going to make you his bitch" that pissed off quite a few people aswell.
	forums.beyondunreal.com /showthread.php?t=112653 (1409 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Daikatana for Windows at Epinions.com
		This game, Daikatana, was supposed to be their flagship product and had all kinds of industry expectations.
		Your goal is to use a magical sword (the daikatana) to travel through time and find a vaccine to save the world.
		However, everybody was playing Quake and Half-Life when this came out, and comparing Daikatana to those game is like comparing the special effects from Star Wars to those in the original Star Trek television series.
	www.epinions.com /content_225021824644 (1356 words)

	Speedy 3D
		On any ordinary morning, if the postman were to arrive with a package at 6am and ring the bell, we'd likely duck our heads under the covers and use the pillows as extra soundproofing.
		In typical Speedy3D style the packaging was immediately ravished to reveal our review copy of 'Daikatana' from Eidos, upon which I immediately fainted...
		Based off of the popularly enhanced Quake2 engine code (Sin, Half-Life and SOF etc.), Daikatana is a game about a long lost sword and your quest through time to save it and stop the evils behind.
	www.speedy3d.com /reviews/daikatana (386 words)

	AVault \| PC \| Daikatana Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Although it seemed odd to some that the creator of such depthless sensations as the Doom series would be interested in pushing the boundaries of the genre, it made sense to me. Daikatana was meant to introduce ambitious new ideas, and indeed, the final product embodies the richness of content once missing from 3D shooters.
		Despite its infusion of new elements, Daikatana is an old-fashioned first-person shooter that sends the trio reeling on a campaign through four time periods: far-future Japan, ancient Greece, Norway in 560 A.D. and San Francisco in the not-too-distant 2030.
		Each time period introduces new weapons, enemies, power-ups and graphical themes, but the vintage formula of coupling relentless battles with quests to locate the next access card or switch is a familiar one.
	www.avault.com /reviews/review_temp.asp?game=daip (854 words)

	Ars Technica: Daikatana - Page 2 - (6/2000) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		As a whole, Daikatana was like a visit to the secret level of Hell, the 10th plane.
		Or, alternatively, as they did in Daikatana, we can just hide imperative items throughout a level without letting you know that you have to pick them up to succeed.
		Perhaps the coolest feature of Daikatana were the two characters who join you on your adventure.
	arstechnica.com /reviews/2q00/daikatana/daikatana-2.html (907 words)

	Daikatana Review
		John Romero (author of the Doom serial) returns to the FPS scene with his new masterpiece Daikatana.
		Your maximum level will depend on the episode you are currently playing (first episode will allow you to reach level two, while fourth episode will let you reach level five).
		Daikatana is also gathering EXPs and advancing, but when it advances - you don't.
	www.actiontrip.com /reviews/daikatana.phtml (765 words)

	Ad-Blurbs for John Romero's Daikatana
		The old man, named Toshiro Ebihara, claims to be a direct descendent of the Ebihara clan, sworn enemies of the evil Mishima clan, and tells the dreadful saga of the daikatana.
		Adding kidnapping to injury, Kage has captured Toshiro's comely daughter, Mikiko, and is holding her deep in the bowels of the heavily fortified Mishima Industries HQ.
		In Daikatana, though, the time periods feel as if they were chosen just to look different, with oddball weapons like the Poseidon Trident (your basic rifle) tacked on.
	www.mobygames.com /game/john-romeros-daikatana/adblurbs (889 words)

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