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Some history on this troubled career killing game:

Daikatana was delayed multiple times from its conception in early 1997 to its eventual release in 2000. By this time, numerous games based on more advanced graphical technology (such as Id Software’s Quake III and Epic MegaGames‘ Unreal Tournament) had already been released, causing Daikatana to lag technologically in the market with its dated Quake II game engine. Additionally, its gameplay had many aspects that were widely disliked by players, such as an artificially limited number of saves per level and the presence of computer-controlled “sidekicks” who were an active impediment to the player. As a result, Daikatana received mediocre-at-best reviews from reviewers and users alike. Many believe the fallout from Daikatana sidelined Romero’s career in the high-end PC gaming industry for a number of years, though Romero himself has stated that he chose to make his next company, Monkeystone, drastically smaller for his own reasons. The game was a major contributing factor in the closure of Ion Storm’s Dallas office. Wiki

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