trustn0!, on 28 June 2011 - 11:23 PM, said:
Daikatana was broken with a insulting marketing advert racist characters and generally a bad game overral
DNF isnt Daikatana in no way shape or form
Protracted development cycle aside, no it isn't similar at all.
Did you actually play Daikatana? It got bad write ups due to the crazy amount of bugs and the broken save system, which the 1.2 patch largely fixed. Aside from the first two levels it was actually very enjoyable, fresh and creative.
But Duke isn't Daikatana. Duke doesn't
need a patch to be enjoyable, the hype was low years before it shipped, and the bad publicity was gone prior to launch, it was considered dead. When resurrected, there were positive emotions and (mostly) reasonable expectations.
Daikatana was pure negativity during the last two years in development and it doomed the project, the reviews, and history's perception of everything leading up to and including the final product.
It's a shame because it was a pretty good game, and a wholly unique experience, and no one ever got to enjoy it.
Duke won't be grouped in with Daikatana because Duke was a running gag, a laughing stock. Daikatana, and Romero himself still have vehement hate surrounding them to this day.