You play Hiro Miyamoto an average martial arts instructor who gets involved in a mission of time-shattering proportions. You must rescue the girl from the evil corporation, find the sword with the girl, and travel back in time with the sword, the girl and a Superfly to get a vaccine for a virus that has wiped out two-thirds of the world's populace. The sword is the Daikatana, a weapon wielded by your ancestors, and you are… a guy with guns that fires at things a lot. This is a shooter, which means that while there are cutscenes and plotlines happening in the background, most of it is window dressing for miles of action and gallons of blood and flayed flesh.

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User Reviews

An entertaining game with variety and a sense of humor that requires patience to appreciate.	Michael Lum (3)	unrated
John, why do you want to annoy us?	-Chris (7378)
Hey...it's not THAT bad...	MadCat (56)
A challenging FPS, and I'm having fun with it.	Mr. Natural (2)	unrated
Reminds me of Quake Arena 2, and I like it!	Arejarn (315)
True Lies (the hazards of demos)	tantoedge (22)
It's not that bad!	emerging_lurker (181)
You call this a game?	Dragoon (94)	unrated
Merely Average	Matt Grosvenor (2)
What a rip off	Aki Zeta-5 (160)

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The Press Says

Power Unlimited	Dec, 1999	8.8 out of 10	88
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	May 07, 2000	70 out of 100	70
Deaf Gamers	2002	3.5 out of 5	70
GameZone	May 29, 2000	7 out of 10	70
PC Games (Germany)	Mar 07, 2001	68 out of 100	68
IGN	Jun 01, 2000	5.8 out of 10	58
Da Gameboyz	Jul 09, 2004	5.5 out of 10	55
Game Revolution	May, 2000	C	50
GameSpot	Jun 01, 2000	4.6 out of 10	46
GameSpot UK	Jun 14, 2000	2 out of 10	20

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Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
incite PC gaming's Daikatana preview / interview video	18	Yearman (13337) Aug 19, 2007

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Trivia

The reason for the long development cycle was because of the switch to the Quake II engine. Romero decided to switch because of its colored lighting, among other graphical goodies, but when he finally received the source code, it was nothing like he pictured.

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