Daikatana

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Daikatana is a 2000 first-person shooter video game, infamous for its troubled development, aggressive marketing, and poor critical reception despite being led by Doom co-creator John Romero.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf first-person shooter video game
video game
artStyle 3D graphics
associatedCompany Ion Storm Dallas NERFINISHED
associatedWith John Romero NERFINISHED
commercialPerformance commercial failure
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception generally negative
designer John Romero NERFINISHED
developer Ion Storm NERFINISHED
developmentIssue engine switch during development
missed release deadlines
staff turnover
developmentStart late 1990s
developmentTime prolonged
distribution retail
engine Quake II engine NERFINISHED
genre first-person shooter
hasFeature AI sidekicks
time travel
hasMultiplayerMode cooperative
deathmatch
hasPerspective first-person
hasProtagonist Hiro Miyamoto NERFINISHED
hasWeapon Daikatana sword NERFINISHED
leadDesigner John Romero NERFINISHED
marketingSlogan John Romero's about to make you his bitch
metacriticReception mixed to negative reviews
mode multiplayer
single-player
notableFor aggressive marketing campaign
poor critical reception
troubled development
notableIn video game development history
platform Game Boy Color NERFINISHED
Windows
surface form: Microsoft Windows

Nintendo 64 NERFINISHED
publisher Eidos Interactive NERFINISHED
publisherRegion Europe NERFINISHED
North America NERFINISHED
releaseDate 2000-05-23
releaseYear 2000
setting Japan NERFINISHED
ancient Greece NERFINISHED
future
futuristic San Francisco
medieval Norway
soundtrackComposer Will Loconto NERFINISHED
usesModifiedEngine Quake II engine NERFINISHED

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John Romero notableWork Daikatana