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Daikatana

Daikatana is an FPS computer game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive in May of 2000. From very early on in the games development it had been aggressively advertised as John Romero's brainchild, a man famous for his work at id Software in the development of Quake and the DOOM series. One of the most infamous instances in gaming history is the early advertising campaign for Daikatana, in which a red poster with large black lettering proclaimed "John Romero's about to make you his bitch". Nothing else featured on this poster but a small tag-line reading "Suck It Down" and an Ion Storm logo.

Daikatana was delayed numerous times from its conception in early 1997 to its eventual release in 2000, by this time id Software had released Quake III, making certain that Daikatana could not hold up technologically with its dated Quake II engine. This coupled with the animosity resulting from the missed release dates and the aforementioned poster contributed greatly to the colossal failure which Daikatana became, seemingly forever staining Romero's reputation as a game developer. The game was critically panned, and appeared on numerous "top 10 worst games" listings.

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