The game of the week is Daikatana - Love it because you hate it

[AdamK47]

I'm in the process of installing my game collection on a fresh install of Windows 8.1. I'm up to Daikatana. I remember buying this game for full retail price back when it was originally released. Installing the game right now from the same CD I purchased.

It's not absolutely horrible. I can think of plenty of games that were much worse. The main thing that killed this game was the hype. It didn't match up at all to the hype surrounding it. I'd go as far to say it's a fair game to play. Going to play it a bit this Friday night.

 

[CPA]

Worst "Game of the Week" thread...ever.

Watch out for those killer frogs.

 

[AdamK47]

This game is good after a few beers.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I tried the robot frog demo level back at release, that convinced me it was a Wargames situation.

 

[Anteaus]

For the record, John Romero did not in fact make anyone his bitch.

 

[PrincessFrosty]

This game is good after a few beers.

And fat chicks look good after a few beers 😉

 

[DigDog]

also try Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Rigs:_Over_the_Road_Racing

 

[queequeg99]

I remember buying this game for full retail price back when it was originally released.

If I recall correctly, big name releases back then went for about $30. If you had put that into AAPL, you'd be more than $650 richer now.

But yeah, the hype for this game was insane. In the long run, it was Romero who became the bitch of the PC gaming world. But like you say, love it because you hate it. Have fun!

 

[Anteaus]

Its funny because in my experience there were worse launches. Ultima IX was so broken they had to ship everyone new install CDs months after release just so people could play the game. Daikatana was bad, but not that bad. I think the bigger problem was that at the time John Romero was so arrogant that it was an easy decision for the everyone to jump on the *uck John Romero bandwagon.