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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