Nintendo 64

John Romero's Daikatana

Hallo meneer Romero, het is allang bewezen dat het mogelijk is vette shooters voor de N64 te maken. Kom dan alsjeblieft niet met deze rotzooi aan.

Sammanfattningsvis går det att säga, utan att skämmas, att Daikatana är bland de sämsta shoot 'em up-spelen i sin genre. Det är ett fånigt hopkok där utvecklarna, eller konverterarna för den delen, inte har någon som helst insikt i vad ett spel i den här genren ska innehålla. Daikatana är en parentes i spelhistorien, och bortkastade pengar för både konsumenten och spelutvecklaren.

A mediocre PC first-person shooter gets worse with the transition to Nintendo 64. Slow, sometimes sloppy control mixed with boring, uninspired level design, dumb enemies, and sleepy weaponry come together for an entirely average N64 shooter -- one that really isn't good, but at the same time isn't exceptionally poor either. After releasing the game as a rental-only title in August, Kemco and Electro Source have now decided to unleash Daikatana N64 onto unsuspecting retailers and Holiday shoppers alike. It shouldn't have bothered. If you're absolutely dying for another game of this type and can look past the blurry graphics and clunky controls, you could do worse than shelling out $3 at Blockbuster to check it all out for yourself. I certainly don't recommend it. As for buying Daikatana 64 -- save your money, please. There are far better budget titles out there that deserve your hard earned cash more than this mediocre port.

To be fair, Daikatana does feature fairly solid controls, and the graphics improve slightly as the game goes on. But on the whole, it's about as average as a game gets. The visuals are blurry, the character models look like they're constructed from cardboard boxes, and the music is reminiscent of a migraine. While the proposed RPG elements could have made Daikatana a refreshing experience, they alter the game so little that you wonder why Kemco even bothered. Most importantly, Daikatana just isn't any fun. Anyone looking for a Nintendo 64 shooter should do themselves a favor and look elsewhere.