Daikatana

Daikatana is a first-person shooter video game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive on April 22, 2000. It is known as one of the major flops of the computer game industry. The game has appeared on such platforms as Windows, Game Boy Color and Nintendo 64. The PlayStation version was cancelled.

Gameplay

Daikatana has a total of twenty-four levels, divided into four episodes. The number of maps per level varies, but is generally about three. The episodes represent different locations and time periods ? futuristic Japan, ancient Greece, the Dark Ages in Norway, and futuristic San Francisco. Gameplay tends towards fast-paced combat, although an attempt was made to include problem-solving elements as well.

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One element that Daikatana stressed was the important role of the protagonist's two "sidekicks". The death of these sidekicks resulted in the failure of the mission, and their assistance was sometimes required for the completion of puzzles. The presence of computer controlled allies in a first-person shooter was considered quite unusual at the time, and did not see wide use in games until a number of years later.

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