Daikatana is a first-person shooter action role-playing game developed by Ion Storm. It was published by Eidos Interactive for Windows and Kemco for Nintendo 64. Players control a swordsmaster who travels through various time periods using the eponymous Daikatana, a powerful sword tied to the fate of the world.
The best way I can describe Daikatana is that it's an acquired taste. A lot of people will bounce off of this game for many reasons that I can honestly understand - for instance, the game is full of bullcrap enemy encounters, weapons that can easily self-damage you, a difficult opening episode, hard to see switches necessary for progression and two...
You can get the game for like 2$ on most legit key sites, and it's well worth that pricetag if you install the community made 1.3 patch. The first episode is fairly tough with its odd jumps and recoil-heavy weapons but once you get to episode 2 and unlock the sword and more straightforward maps, the game becomes actually really fun
Sadly though, I got...
I first tried "Daikatana" when I was a kid, but as far as I remember, I never made it past the first area. Something about it immediately put me off. Only now, many years later, did I finally decide to come back and play the whole thing.
As it turns out, the biggest challenge is simply surviving the beginning. Now I completely understand why I dropped...
I knew the game was bad when it came out, but it is an atrocity today.
The game is absolutly ugly and janky and the story makes no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sense, even if you buy into the premise, there is no internal logic in it.
My rating 1/10, don't buy this one and for my mental health I will permanently remove it from my steam account.
The 1.3 community patch makes this game about as playable as it should have been originally. Yes, its a difficult game. The splash damage can be frustrating at times but all in all, it's a good romp.
