Daikatana - Nintendo 64 Review - HD
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- John Romero's Daikatana is a first-person shooter video game developed by Ion Storm for Microsoft Windows and Nintendo 64, and released in 2000. A PlayStation version had been planned but was cancelled during development. The game received negative reviews from critics and is known as one of the major commercial failures of the video game industry.
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Daikatana review on the nintendo 64. Recorded using a dazzle and on an original real N64 console and game cartridge.
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Good review!
Conspiracy theory: They're both brothers.
+Lazydesmond Conspiracy theory: They're actually the same person.
Sonny Jim, The man !
Hexen 2 was everything that Daikatana should have been.
I actually bought this game when it first came out... I still pop it into my 64 from time to time! I actually enjoy it!
I honestly cannot believe what I am ready. That's like seeing someone say that Superman 64 isn't a bad game.
@@Leny1777 some people enjoy stinky cheeses haha ;)
@@Leny1777 SuperMan 64 is still a legitimately bad game and time still says it is lol. Daikatana however, had it's revision history moment and it's looked at more favorably now as an average shooter then it did 20+ years ago.
@@Leny1777 Sure lol
And fifteen years later, history would repeat itself with Keiji Inafune and Mighty No. 9...
@Storm934 I think he wanted our money too
Mighty No9 is not that bad.
@Androzz Senpai, neither was Daikatana though. Both are games that receive an amount of hate that's disproportional to their quality. Neither delivered, or could've ever delivered, on the amount of hype that was promised. Idk, I can see the comparison I guess. I did enjoy both games
Please dont ever quit making youtube vids glenn! I know your sub count is pretty modest so you probably dont make much money from it but we appreciate the effort and hard work it takes to make videos of this quality. Would you ever consider doing n64 game playthroughs? I would LOVE to watch you play turok 2, goldeneye and pretty much every other n64 game! It would be so epic
+Balthier -leading man Glenn is an exceptional reviewer and like yourself I am extremely grateful that he takes his own time to make great reviews on a classic console.
I actually liked the N64 better than the PC version of this game. I really need to play it again though...
The PC version is good
wtf really? the pc version is way better fans of the game even patched the game themselves and its even better than before the1.3 fixed a lot
You’re insane, the PC version is actually playable.
I played this game all the way to the end, I actually enjoyed it . Despite its flaws, i would play it again.
You’re probably in a group of about a dozen other people. But cool that you got something positive from it.
Your channel is really good, dude. I don't even like N64 that much, but your videos always make me want to play N64.
The game's not very good, but it certainly doesn't deserve the title of "one of the worst games of all time" like a lot of people claim it is.
But the game is broken AND it is also extremely dull which goes towards calling it one of the worst games ever! I think it earned that title :)
+Balthier -leading man to be honest though by that notion we drown in "the worst game ever" these days - given that without a day one patch most games are broken and there is fair amount of dull games.
After it's patches the game played fine - not perfect and it didn't make it a good game, just not a broken one.
" game is broken " you haven't played big rigs over the road racing have you?
The game is beyond broken.
I have the game on PC and even with the latest patches, it's impossible to finish the game without cheating because of some crash wich are impossible to avoid.
Weapons balance is crap. You would think for exemple that an automatic shotgun would be great... It's not.
And the bots... oh, my, god... the bots ! If you want to play this game, you have (and I mean you HAVE) to tell your botsy friends to stay were they are, clear the level THEN backtracking to the bots and tell them "'kay ! Follow me !". If you try to play the levels with the bots, you're doomed.
It's not the worst game of all time but it deserves his reputation.
It's a shame because some of the levels are realy beautiful, I like what they'v tried to do with the level design. Many of the levels are open, with differents paths, atmosphere is great and you feel you're in a real world, not just in corridors shooting bad guys.
I like the look of some levels, I respect what they tried to do and I admire John Romero (who is realy a great guy)... But this game didn't make me his bitch.
Zakhiel Crashing could just be a compatibility issue. The game is quite old, after all.
Great review. Glad you took the time to show some of the more interesting levels. I personally got really tired of the first episode in the military base. It might just get me to slog through it again sometime
I remember renting this a few times as a kid so I could beat it. I remember really liking it actually. I came into it knowing nothing about it and I was surprised at how many games it felt like as far as the different locations. I'm sure now a days I'd shut it off in 5 min but it def left an impact on me as I can still remember a lot of the game even though it's been 17 years now...wow haha
I loved the game. i had it on N64. yeah there was some odd stuff about it but I loved it's story line and how it played. I was trying to find it but couldn't anywhere. last time I saw it someone was trying to sell it for $100
Finally a game I can comment on! I have picked it up for a small amount of money back in the days. Like you, I have to confess that I enjoyed the game, due to its simple shooter mechanics. One thing that bugged me however was the fact that you couldn t use the Daikatana sword until the final boss fight. Thanks for your reviews, Glenn! Looking forward for your next review!
I personally love this game, at least on PC.
I remember buying the PC version. The PC version had a very nice soundtrack.
Glenn it's interesting hearing about the story behind these games as well as the games themselves, great review!
Play the gbc version,lol.
I remember seeing that infamous ad as a kid and thinking, "Who's John Romero?"
Haha he certainly had high opinion of himself that’s for sure
Nephew of the famous zombie flicks guy of course.
The N64 was a pioneerig platform for console FPS games. Doom, Turok, even this. I remember seeing Turok Dinosaur Hunter for the very first time in all of it's smoothed texture filtered glory and thinking "Wow, now that' s something I'm not going to see on my Mega Drive".
"your attack skill had increased!!!
NOW GO KICK BUTT"
(or be my bitch)
john romero right there
really like the n64 version of this, lots of cool guns and time travel
Your power level has increased now go kick but! I don't know why but I just love that it's the only thing I remembered about this game
@ Glenn Plant: Excellent review as usual.
Great video, very good backstory! Only thing I wouldn't mind hearing about was what happened to John Romero after Daikatana, but of course, not relevant to N64 video.
The lack of sound effects in the cutscenes was kind of appalling (like the sword slashes, etc). Intro cutscene was really quite bad. Also, starting the game with turrets, was...just plain bad and no fun. The graphics are not bad, they did some cool stuff for N64. I think you just need to compare this game to the earlier fps pc generation; if it were out then, it would've been really enjoyed more (Doom, Wolfenstein, Quake 1, Hexen timeframe, it's far far more complex single player, and looks and plays like that time). Btw, I "fixed" the controls to be more like GoldenEye 1.1 on GoldenEye Vault - Misc Mods, for the record, so its more playable for layman like myself who can only use those controls, not Turok controls, with an Everdrive 64.
When I saw the video promo of this game in 1996, I really wanted this game to be open world with time travel. What we got is way below my expectations.
I think this is probably the most underrated N64 game, its actually a ok retro FPS game
I didn't mind this game when it first came out in its own unique way. Sure it's no Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Turok but it was alright.
I don't like PC version even with the last patch. But after this review I tried N64 version (on emulator) and it is quite playable for me (but it's pity gameplay simplified) ! I can't definitely say but there is something that attracts me to N64, although I knew about it only in 2010s. I am from Russia and in my youth N64 was not officially sold in our country.
Damn, the rocket smoke trails are pretty great looking, even now. 8:36
I think it was deservedly panned. People playing it now go in expecting much worse than they think and may come off with a, its not so bad. But when it came out, it was bad, especially in comparison to all the much better shooters during it development and when it launched.
I suppose that, in a sense, Daikatana inspired Time Splitters. At least in the sense that both are games that have levels that take place in entirely different time period, with corresponding weapons and enemies for each set piece, and although there is a bigger narrative there's also level-dependent subplots.
In a funny way, Daikatana could be remade into part of the Timesplitters franchise, if Epic Games every makes a new one.
I think daikatana is dead in the water now, would still be funny to see it make a comeback though
This is less of a review and more of a history lesson about its development. Still a good video
thats why i watch his videos idk how he knows all this stuff tho
I dare say that Warren Spector took what John Romero promised and delivered on that promise with Deus Ex: The Conspiracy. If any game made people its bitch, it was Deus Ex back in 2000.
Regardless, Glenn you are the first person I have ever know to say something positive about Daikatana. I was excited for this game back when it was announced then was rather sad when all the bad press ca,me out about it after it finally dropped. Whenever I can get another N64, my current one crapped out on me, then I might look into getting Daikatana, just to check it out.
On similar but different note: DOOM 64 is another game I always wanted to play but never did back in the day. Goldeneye, Quake, and Perfect Dark had me steadily shooting polygon bastitches all day! Speaking of which, and as I've been saying for years now, FPSs need to bring back limb damage, damn it. Imagine how awesome that feature would be in multiplayer games.... #YouHeardItHereFirst
If you are still interested and want to play on PC with added features here's a link.
doom64ex.wordpress.com/
Some of the creepiest music put into a video game.
Definitely try what Richard suggests. It plays really well and has all the amazing music. Yes, it's a bit weird going from polygons to choppy sprite animations, but it really is a great game, with awesome level structure, brooding, creepy atmosphere. It feels like a proper old-school Doom game, but improved. Awesome stuff.
i spent so long looking for this game, I remember my grandpa owning it and I loved it for some reason as a kid. It's a shame that it's lost now, I'd put it up on the wall :(
I cant leave without my buddy superfly!
I think the idea of the game is great. It would be cool to see a remaster with the bugs fixed.
Hey Glenn! :)
Never knew this crazy little ID experiment (& that's being kind) was on the 64. It must be on my Everdrive so now I'm going to have to check it out see if it's all it' is (or isn't) cracked up to be.
Keep on truckin', top 64 guy on YT!
it seems that you have already reviewed all the good games, have you considered doing some other series in which you would get the chance to talk about the good N64 games again?
I played through this on a PC running Win 2000 and it had the latest patches available at the time. I honestly really liked the game, but it had a lot of exploring for sure.
Thanks for the video. Is your goal to review every n64 game? Is so, how many more games to complete said goal?
It is interesting - playing the Turok HD version recently just ran home the point that a lot of shooters from that time period don't stand the test of time. Comparing that to Daikatana now I would actually rather play Daikatana as there is a bit more to the game, which is the opposite of what I would have said at the time.
I bought this on release and I really remember much at all about it. I remember that I didn't play too much of it, but I'm not sure why I stopped. It could have been because I just got bored, or I'd bought another game? Like all my games, I've still got it, so maybe I'll fire it back up again and see how far I got.
Check out Strife, in case you don't know it yet, if you want an old FPS with RPG elements.
Great review, Glenn! I too am not hating it. It's decidedly average, but has some redeeming qualities and plays reasonably well.
Stupid question, but i just bought this the other day and there isn't any blood. I can't see in the options how to turn it on, does anyone know? It's not a big deal, but it's hard to imagine a John Romero game without any blood at all...
And i can definitely see blood in this video.
I just beat this for the first time and actually ended up enjoying it. I appreciated that because of the poor ai, it was much easier than the other fps games on the system. Games like quake often take many attempts to beat each stage, but I really liked that I could just blast through the game and enjoy it without having to repeat the levels over and over. The level design is solid throughout and the range of guns is fun.
I agree. The story behind this game is far more interesting than the game itself.
John Romero lives over here in Ireland with his family now and as far as I know he has a new games development studio set up in Galway, where he is now living. I'm on the east side of Ireland, in the west part of Dublin. I still have my Nintendo 64 version of Daikatana and to be fair, the game isn't the 'worst game of all time' as some people make it out to be. I've got it on my PC too. I'm really enjoying pulling out my old Nintendo 64 games and playing them again after not touching them for a long time. I love my Xbox One, Playstation 4 etc etc but it's nice to pull out the old consoles like the Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, Playstation One, Gamecube and Atari 2600 among others (yes it still works great, bought it online fully boxed with controllers and paddles etc a while ago and no problems with it thankfully). Love old and new games. Oiche mhaith, agus go raibh maith agat.
THIS IS THE FIRST 3 MINUTES OF THE GAME!!
Hey glenn, Have you thought about covering Space Invaders? Its pretty neat compared to the other space invader games.
Our hero Miyamoto, played by Richard Grieco..
Do you connect your 64 directly to an HDTV, use a CRT, or one of those converter boxes to upscale-downscale the image?
got this on the n64 and was expecting one of the worst games ever but got a solid n64 fps game instead, has lots of guns and levels, perfect for people who like turok and quake
I personally really dislike it but I can see your point of view as there’s a lot going on if you can get into it
I do own a copy of this game and it happens to be near mint somehow (probably never played).I don't intend to play it, because there are just better games around. But I love the backstory and the boxart isn't bad at all.
Wanna try it out love the fps genre
Take care brave soul 😁
I first encountered this game when my younger cousin had it. The way it presented itself in the opening cutscene and then it had me curious.
The opening song was good to my ears.
Then, I wanted to see more. So I bought it off him since he never played it. then as I did progress through the game, I enjoyed the game for its levels, especially Ancient Greece!
and so, I did enjoy this game as much....however, I do wish that there was a co-op mode where you and two other friends could play as Superfly and Mikiko.
I also, don't mind the captioned text as it can give me the option to choose my own voice. Afterall, it did work for Goldeneye 007
And I'm not saying that Jontron and James Rolfe can go fuck themselves, I'm saying that its not too bad of a game if you just look past everything that you expect it to be like a spoiled child and then appreciate it for the sense of adventure.
-Phoenix
OMG Glenn I played this fucking train wreck on my N64 and it was so bad and so terrible that I actually loved it. I can appreciate a game that is so broken it acts like Windows 3.11 ya know? Man this game drove me crazy but I just had to finish it which I never actually did. I had sold my N64 and gotten a PS1 by then. Cheers mate great video as always!!
The GBC game of Daikatana is far more superior but this game could've been great if they took their time to make some patches, it is playable but once you try it, you'll never go back to it.
Trust me this game is okay, but there are so many other good old-school shooter's to try first, like Turok Dinosaur Hunter, Duke Nukem, Doom, Golden eye, Hexen, Blood, Kings Field The Ancient city, Elder Scrolls Hammerfall, Perfect Dark, Quake, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six and many other's. If it spent more time development it would no doubt be a pretty cool game, the potential was definitely there.
there were two great games that came out of Ion Storm.
If you don't want the N64 or PC version there is the totally awesome Gameboy Color version. I love it on the OSD Gameboy Color. I got the guts from Ali-Express and made it look like a DMG-01.
Interesting! Heard so many things about this game (good and bad...) but have never been able to play it myself. Have I been missing out? ;)
Also... honest question! Do you still play the Nintendo 64 regularly nowadays? It's nice to see a channel like yours dedicated to this system, because there don't seem to be many. Will be looking forward to reviews of games such as "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys," "Tonic Trouble," "Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko" and "Glover!" Oh, and if you do that last one, please mention the sequel to it that was sadly cancelled... :(
One last question; why is "Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion" so expensive? It's been a game I've been wanting to try for years, but I haven't been able to find it for a price I'm willing to pay, yet.
Check out the n64 beta project glover 2 video :-) turok 3 is expensive as they didn't do a huge production of carts like they did with turok 2 as the console was nearly done by the time turok 3 was ready
+N64 Glenn Plant Are you sure Turok 3 is expensive? I guess $15 to $20 usd is a bit expansive for an N64 cart. But it's not that bad. Also it's funny how you mention some games don't control as bad if you take the time to go over the controls. Also good review, I'll have to pick it up if only to add to my collection.
I don't recommend this game. There are hundreds of games you should play over this one. Unless you have a lot of free time you probably won't have the patience to finish this game
+Dassark turok 3 is only 6 bucks at vintage stock lolz
Even though the N64 version has uglier graphics than the PC version, here are some things about the former that I like better:
-The N64 version took out the dumbness of Superfly and Mikiko from gameplay.
-No bullshit stage hazards.
-The battle against Kage Mishima has been greatly toned down.
-The ending cinematic got Mikiko's father right! Also seeing Kage being a crate mover was funny. Also, the part where it shows Hiro living in exile looks better.
great points Mr Cheese
i love n64 but this is probably one i would chose on pc over n64
Could someone please tell me what the song playing in the background?
It’ll be from games soundtrack 👍
I heard he hired fresh out of university developers which is honourable and awesome but maybe it's a reason why it didn't turn out as good as it should've been.
I heard that too
Glen you are truly are a hero for playing this horrible game and still produce a great and interesting review, great work as always sir
Are all the development issues the reason for this game being pretty rare and expensive? (Complete in box)
It’s fairly cheap whenever I’ve seen it
@@n64glennplant Really? It's in the $200 range (complete) pretty much every time I look it up on eBay or Amazon 😥
Wow! I know here amazon is expensive as people take the piss
So the game is not that bad, but way below the hype it gathered before it's release?
The pc demo was unplayable and I never tried the n64 version
I think Daikatana should have stayed in the Quake 1 engine. I still somewhat like this game though. It's not that bad, it's just underwhelming because of it's hype.
i enjoyed the game
Now going into this, which version is the better version to play? N64 or PC?
+MaxxSkywalker pc version has like 7 or 8 more levels, so probably pc
Neither. The Game Boy Color version of the game is the best, and much higher rated than the N64 and PC versions
you play Borderlands?
played it on pc a couple of years ago. i thought the game just could impossibly be as bad as i was told…well, guess what: it was.
And the n64 version is even worse
being a Huge Quake 1 PC fan, and then bouncing back and fourth from PC to 64 growing up, Playing Daikatana was not a good contender and did'nt hold up imho.
Whatever happened to John Romero after his studio shut down? Did he go back to ID Software or has he entered the indie market?
+quarlic He's went into indie development afaik.
+Alexandria “Alyxx” Thorne ok and has he developed a game yet?
quarlic
Not anything major afaik, or at least nothing I've heard of...
Devin Craig
Yeah I saw that. Kinda curious what he's up to.
extra long GP video!! however I knew it wasn't going to be great news lol
This is not only a bad game when it came, it was a bad game compared with most other FPS released before it.
The frame rate is better than turok 2. This game isn't that bad.
People lost that ambition nowdays
I think so too
great like always!
This game taught me to under promise and over deliver.
I fuckin love daikatana
What version is your fav?
Me and the wife got this game ( PC ) on release day and we liked it. It had great particle effects but man this game on the N64 I cant even tell what we are looking at. The weapons barely look like anything and the enemies are even worse. Even for a n64 game this looks really bad.
Why was the n64 version censored with purple blood even though it’s still rated M? So stupid.
No companions = insta superior version
Wait…this isn’t JonTron
I don’t get what you mean sorry
It's a shame things worked out the way they did, cause Romero could have done great things in the industry.
He has done great things.
Well, yeah.
This game was and still is an obscurity to me. Growing up I had no memory or knowledge. In hindsight I would have looked forward to its rpg mechanics and large world maps it promised. But I was so young as I only got to enjoy Banjo mario and Zelda most of the grittier games where not in my eye yet.
I'm by no means a PC guy but Daikatana on the N64 should be avoided at all costs. Check out the PC version if you wanna find out what is it all about.
son, you review shit i didnt even know existed
I think Duke Nukem Forever is way worse in terms of development history. It was in production for 12 years until 3D Realms suspended the development in 2009. Gearbox put together and released the scraps of that original project.
Waiting for "(insert name here) is about to make you his bitch" jokes...
I just got this for the n64, wow its superbad, almost as bad as superman 64
I honestly made it to like Level 2, and found the whole thing sluggish, ugly, and boring.
Maybe 20 years later I'd feel differently. Then again, games dont tend to age better, so I'm not optimistic.
Didn't finish the first level, it was terrible then and terrible now.
cool video.
I've never heard of this. And no I'm not trolling
Considering that N64 was the go to console for first person shooter this looks exceptionally awful. Even the little dialogue captions are bad. I know it was the 90's but geez.
Don't even need to watch to know Glenn is going to have a bad time... the N64 port is atrocious in every sense of the word.
Spoiler alert: He doesn't have that bad a time