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Romero is about to make me his bitch

>> No.8865753

what was his fucking problem?

>> No.8865754

>>8865752
The Medusa boss was hot, desu.

>> No.8865759

>It's the most entertaining and original First Person Shooter we've seen since Half Life - PC Format

What did they mean by this?

>> No.8865768

>>8865752
be prepared to be very very let down

>> No.8865772

>>8865752
The GBC version is actually kinda fun, but the OG Daikatana will indeed make you feel like a bitch.

>> No.8865812

Nah, fuck that assclown.

>> No.8865824

>>8865768
First impressions aren't good. Who the fuck thought fighting dragonflies and frogs in a swamp would make a good first level? From what I've been told though, the first episode is by far the worst.

>> No.8865830

>>8865824
kek that is actually still the easiest episode and smoothest. the others are full of bugs, glitches and frustrations to no end

>> No.8865832

Always thought id's attitude to players was ultra cringe
>Dare you enter my dungeon of suffering? Only the most skilled of players can survive my torment!
>Nah, I think I'll play something that's, you know, fun and enjoyable instead.
>Wait! Come back! I need money for my Lambo payments!

>> No.8865835

>>8865752
Thread theme
https://youtu.be/ItzwMA-KRFE

>> No.8865847

>>8865752
John Romero strikes me as the type of guy who has Chinese characters tattooed on his arm, and he forgot what they meant years ago.

>> No.8865860 [DELETED] 

You can just watch this review for laughs. The gameboy advance game is worth playing though.

https://youtu.be/CW65wZOtPyA

>> No.8865872

I got this game on n64 for $1.99 about 10 years ago.

Why the fuck is it selling for bat shit crazy prices?

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8865884

With the current gas prices I guess he really did make everyone his bitch

>> No.8865887

>>8865884
That’s just Tsar Monke making you his bitch.

>> No.8865897

>>8865872
I just looked it up and even just the manual is $100-$350. How? The n64 version is the worst version. The gameboy color game is better!

>> No.8865902

>jap N64 port was the first version released
>even predates all PC versions
Why?

>> No.8865913

>>8865847
the kind of white dude that gets le deep chinese character on his arm but in reality it means chicken soup

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>>8865847
>>8865913

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>>8865847

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>>8865935
His best game is the least technologically advanced.

>> No.8865973

>tfw have studied enough chinese-japanese squiggly lines to recognize those ideographs

N I C E

>> No.8865986

>that sewer tunnel with 15 mechs
Yeah, this game sucks. At least I'm fighting human enemies now

>> No.8866000

>>8865986
You know you can get the GEP gun, LAW, explosive/EMP LAMS (like grenades), and use the Dragon Tooth sword on them, right?

>> No.8866003

>>8865986
>>8866000
Wrong thread. Apologies. Was meant for Deus Ex.

>> No.8866005

>>8865832
>Always thought id's attitude to players was ultra cringe
That's because you're a pussy

>> No.8867019

>>8865832
>Only the most skilled of players can survive my torment!
Doom and Quake are fucking easy on their hard difficulties though, it's only the expansions which get really challenging.

>> No.8867114

>>8865913
He's like a mix Spaniard and Mexican Native or something. But not unlikely, actually.

>> No.8867259

After playing longer, my opinion of Daikatana (1.3v patch) is that it's an incredibly uneven janky mess, but I am honestly sort of having fun with it.
I'm pretty sure that the game wasn't playtested at all and that the level designers just threw whatever shit design that they wanted into the game, so there's plenty of frustration and glitches that you have to deal with, but at least it doesn't end up feeling stale. Some of the secrets are quite clever too.
The first two levels in the swamp and the sewer are extremely bad and boring, and it wouldn't surprise me if most players never even bothered making it past them. Once you get into the headquarters proper and start fighting human enemies, the pace of the game picks up significantly.
Certainly one area that you have to respect about Daikatana is its ambition. There are four different time periods in the game, each with their own unique enemies and weapons (25 in total). The weapons feel very original too, although wonky in execution. And I don't know if it's because I'm playing with 1.3v but the AI teammates aren't THAT much of a hindrance.


Daikatana isn't a well designed game, but it is an ambitious and interesting game, and it still beats the hell out of most console FPS by virtue of the Quake 2 engine and oldschool design sensibilities. I recommend giving it a chance with the 1.3v patch and turning on unlimited quicksaving (I regret not doing this), and try to push back the first few boring levels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSA3l_doFXw

>> No.8867315

>>8867259
>After playing longer, my opinion of Daikatana (1.3v patch) is that it's an incredibly uneven janky mess, but I am honestly sort of having fun with it.
That's what I see everyone say, that the game is rough and awkward as fuck, but after fixing it up some, it's pretty damn fun at many parts.

>> No.8867319

>>8867114
He's Yaquis iirc. They are from the southwest/northern mexico. He also said he was part Mexican

>> No.8867421

>>8865759
It was the most entertaining and original First Person Shooter they had seen since Half Life.

>> No.8867802

>>8865973
Oh yeah? Explain what it means then

>> No.8867853 [DELETED] 

>>8867802
Different guy, literally says Sword Big, Katana Dai. They wrote it incorrectly as bug runes are supposed to be vertical, and right to left.

>> No.8867867

>>8867802
It says dai katana, big sword

>> No.8867876

Romero’s endeavors after Quake are rather mediocre

>> No.8868859 [DELETED] 

One area that I have zero complaints about is the music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHgocwt0wVI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xruCdIISWfk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJFKBjA8zEw

>> No.8868865

One area that I have zero complaints about is the music. The Greece and Norway episodes have a very deep atmosphere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHgocwt0wVI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xruCdIISWfk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJFKBjA8zEw

>> No.8869092

>>8867867
looks like "daitou" to me
"daikatana" mixes up the onyomi and kunyomi, which sometimes happens I guess...
and I'd say great sword rather than big sword, but yeah

>> No.8869113

>>8867802
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paTW3wOyIYw

>> No.8869249 [DELETED] 

>>8865860
>unfunny eceleb
No thanks.

>> No.8870561

Bumping this so I can write my impressions once I finish

>> No.8871292

Comfy game, shitty engine. Way ahead of it's time.
Romero > Carmack

>> No.8871296

>>8865753
Would have been fine if he didn't give it an asian name like a dummy. There's no market for Japanese entertainment in the West.

>> No.8871393

>>8865884
This made me laugh harder than it should've

>> No.8871408

Nevermind, I don't think I am going to be able to finish it. It's not one of the worst games ever, but it's very messy and inconsistent.
I've heard people describe it as 4 FPS games in one, and that's pretty accurate. Depending on the level, the game is either Half-Life, Quake, Unreal, Hexen 2, or Sin. There's a huge amount of variety, but not a lot of polish.

>> No.8871445

Imagine calling your game "big sword".

>> No.8871447

I haven't lost any respect for Romero after playing it either. Daikatana is just another example of an auteur being given a blank check and unlimited creative freedom, and biting off more than they can chew. Creative people need constraints.

>> No.8871662

>The game had a rumored budget of $30 million.
>sales:40,000
:/

>> No.8871667

>>8871408
Maybe you just can't handle being Romero's bitch?

>> No.8871895

>>8871667
Suck it down!

>> No.8872190

>>8865752
If you bought it, it might be the most truthful bit of advertising of all time.

>> No.8872215

>>8871445
"Great sword", "huge sword", "big sword", the bigger problem is it uses the wrong reading for sword.

>> No.8872219

>>8872215
Broad sword is written with Katatanga

>> No.8872303

>>8871292
>Way ahead of it's time.
how?

>> No.8873318

>>8871445
>How are we going to call this weapon, John?
>BIG FUCKING GUN!
>...okay, how about some subtlety and call it BFG instead? Also John, you're fired.
... later
>What are you working on?
>BIG FUCKING SWORD!
>Erm... why not be a little bit more subtle about it?
>DAI KATANA
>Whatever.

>> No.8873326

>>8867019
which expansions?

>> No.8873356

>>8872303
The AI teammates would be impressive if they weren't so glitchy. In episodes 2 & 3 I was strafe jumping across the maps at lightning speeds searching for keys, and they were always only a few seconds behind unless they got stuck.

>> No.8873389

>>8873326
Of Final Doom, TNT Evilution is a little harder than Doom 2, while The Plutonia Experiment is a LOT harder than Doom 2. Thy Flesh Consumed is initially a lot harder than Doom and Doom 2, but tapers off pretty quickly.
For Quake, Dissolution Of Eternity and Scourge Of Armagon both up the challenge over the original Quake.

If you want SERIOUSLY hardball Doom and Quake though, you have to look at the fanmade mapsets for that, they're made in all shapes and sizes so there's something for everyone, but there's many which go out of their way to be extremely challenging. Something like Sunlust on UV makes Plutonia look restrained and mild.

90s shooters which were tough as nails would be Blood and Shadow Warrior. Then you've got Rise Of The Triad, which isn't that harsh in itself, but the Extreme Rise Of The Triad (EROTT) expansion is outright obnoxiously hard, to the point that probably very few people would find it fun. EROTT will do shit like have only one of the player characters be able to actually progress the game past a certain point, because the others run too slow or too fast.
None of the iD shooters pull crap like that, and to a large part they're pretty easy going.

>> No.8873637

>>8866000
>>8866003
>88
>66
>000
Trips of Truth. maybe the Daikatana is good choice for silent takedowns

>> No.8873647

>>8865753
>what was his fucking problem?
cocaine addiction
also he tried to start a new vidya company but left behind his lead programming autist

>> No.8873663

>>8865832
youre an idiot
the whole point was to go the opposite of the "for kiddies" console marketing a la nintendo and make big bad bloody games for BIG KIDS™ read: edgy teenagers with PCs
while the rest of the industry was bowing down to the DC wives and their ESRB bullshit, they realized
>wait. were on PC where no one gives a fuck. mortal kombat made millions from a couple pixels of blood. we have WAY more blood
it was honestly great marketing and made them tons of fucking money. and it certainly resonated with the 90s nerdy metalhead demographic they were dealing with primarily

>> No.8873801

The game funnily enougg becomes easier on the highest difficulty because the levels have more enemies on them, leading to faster leveling up, though only attack, power and vitality worth leveling.
As for the game itself, rarely it provides some fun moments but it's usually either boring or annoying. E1 and E4 are dogshit and the low point of the game while E2 and E3 are mostly harmless, if dull as fuck.