John Romero's Daikatana - Just Bad Games

John Romero's about to make you... watch a video about a terrible video game!
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[@IsmailofeRegime]

"Superfly Johnson" doesn't sound like a character in a futuristic dystopia, it sounds like someone who should be teaming up with Austin Powers.

[@nthgth]

Haha yes

[@OrgaNik_Music]

Oh behave

[@shawnfields2369]

​@@OrgaNik_Music...Right...

[@zanetmh]

Hold on, sword created by ancestors of protagonist? Time travel? Robotic enemies? Am I the only one that immediately thought of Samurai jack

[@keeganstormblade5456]

We just need a shapeshifting master of darkness and we'll be set

[@OM19_MO79]

Pretty much.

[@JeffreyPiatt]

The name of the sword was from a D&D game the founders of ID were playing Carmack was the DM and the sword caused the end of the universe. It translates from Japanese to Big Sword.

[@axelwulf6220]

I completely missed that one Distracted with the horrible gameplay

[@kylewavey6206]

The plot was probably inspired by Frank Miller's Ronin, as was Samurai Jack

[@dru4111]

I remember playing a “Fan Fixed Version” of Daikatana a couple years ago that made Companions invincible and turned off Friendly Fire, fixed the AI’s pathing when it follows you, reworked all the weapons and sounds.....so, it was pretty much a “Playable” version of Daikatana, it was Fun ngl

[@topaz7462]

So you're saying the game is good when it's fixed?

[@dru4111]

@@topaz7462 I mean, its sounds stupid when you put it that way but…yes, yes it is.

[@edwardhamham2452]

Do you have a link?

[@DrMeowingtonMD]

EdwardHamHam it’s called daikatana 1.3 and it’s very very good

[@DimbDumbDumb]

Not really "GOOD", but at least it playable

[@geniuskhan2520]

"It's not all doom and gloom" You see, that's the problem: it's not Doom.

[@WillieManga]

It's not even Gloom... I don't know which is worse, actually. Gloom looks worse, but it doesn't have AI allies.

[@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn]

why are you everywhere i go???????

[@geniuskhan2520]

@@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn I dunno, maybe we have similar interests?

[@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn]

@@geniuskhan2520 yeah ;))

[@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn]

@@geniuskhan2520 from K.A.P to SRB2 kart memes you got good tastes bro ;))))))

[@rerez]

I beat Daikatana on PC & N64 back to back. It hurts.

[@DiamondDust132]

F

[@Fate263]

...this was on N64? First I'm hearing about that

[@MrRuano825]

@@Fate263 Blockbuster Exclusive. The only reason anyone would have it is because they decided to buy it afterwards and were so desperate that they'd sink so lo as to buy this tripe.

[@brodyspears8290]

F

[@aliceinmansonland448]

Thanks for playing it so I don't have to! I just got the first Quake to work on my RG350, and I love the horror elements in the game. You can use dual shock with both sticks under the PSX emulator, but it's missing the horror. I would have tried Daikatana, but thanks to you, I won't suffer that mistake. Thanks Rerez!

[@angrytheclown801]

One of my friends has an unopened signed copy of this. A lady he did some chores for liked entering contests. She entered a LOT of contests, and this was one of the prizes. Because she knew he was a gamer she gave it to him as a thank you.

[@The1of1000]

Angry the Clown That’s super ironic.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Aww, that's sweet of her :) I mean, it's not cash and if the other comment here is true about other signed copies, it probably has little value, but still. It's thoughtful.

[@rapatacush3]

@@b3ans4evawhy people suck romero up so much. He got kicked out of id software for being a lazy ass.

[@bluedistortions]

If he'd auctioned that a year ago he could retire

[@JaredConnell]

​@@bluedistortions John Romero recently auctioned off a signed copy and it went for $167.50. Also on his website it says he will sign any item you send him for €50, and the pc version of the game goes for about $75 sealed new in box or as low as $15 for a used boxed copy. The N64 version goes for quite a bit more but definitely not retirement money, even with a signature.

[@viscountrainbows6452]

I find it highly poetic that the "Ion Blaster" literally backfires in the first few minutes of the whole game. Just succinctly previews the brokenness to come, in-game and in real life.

[@goldeneyebannedx2492]

Let me remind you: THIS IS THE FIRST THREE MINUTES OF THE GAME!!!!

[@emperorfaiz]

@@goldeneyebannedx2492 Only true Jontron fans remember this.

[@karlrudd8914]

@@emperorfaiz I remember. Shame about what happened

[@Ometecuhtli]

I once asked a Japanese man how to pronounce the characters in the game's title, and iirc he responded with something like "taisho". So, not "Daikatana"? No, it isn't pronounced like that he said categorically. When a game tries to differentiate itself using a foreign language and they never even bother to ask someone who understands the language if they're pronouncing it correctly that gives you an idea of the level of commitement from the developers.

[@conormahon2666]

Ion99 Blaster

[@JoeyAnimate]

We simply can't have a JBG episode without mentioning Batman Dark Tomorrow.

[@mar_speedman]

It's a staple of the JBG community lol

[@lukelandis3090]

No. No we can’t. ;) Edit: don’t forget “The Ghost of The Money You Wasted On This Terrible F*cking Game.” I named him Ted, after the oft ignored lawyer from Scrubs.

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@lukelandis3090 there are more ghosts than that.

[@nrein89]

"Daikatana", "Deus Ex", and "Thief: Deadly Shadows". Two out of three ain't bad.

[@MegaNocab]

Anachronox and Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3 where also made by them, so 4 out of 6 ain't bad.

[@o0long2be30]

MegaNocab Anachronox really was a fantastic RPG. Crying shame it was released in 2001, after Ion Storm Dallas’ reputation was tarnished.

[@PosthumanHeresy]

Thief: Deadly Shadows was on the same engine and developed at the same time as... Deus Ex: Invisible War. 2/4 would be bad, but one is Deus Ex.

[@massivepileup]

@@MegaNocab Dominion was practically purchased completed from another developer and shoved out the door to get some quick cash from the contract with Eidos so they didn't even really make that one.

[@devilmikey00]

Honestly, they made Deus Ex. One of the greatest games ever made. I'll give them a pass even though it's crazy how a company can make a masterpiece like that while also making garbage like this.

[@GrappleVision]

"John Romero is about to make you a just bad game" *click click click click click*

[@planetschlock]

Suck It Down™

[@user-vi4xy1jw7e]

@Drumslav Czechisenko which loser

[@someguy53299]

♿️♿️♿️

[@Maximus20778]

@Drumslav Czechisenko what loser?

[@dollors1]

"You may be thinking, 'who is John Romero'" "lol" - Everyone

[@xenos_n.]

I loved Night Of The Living Dead!

[@travismcdowell8352]

@@xenos_n. that's George Romaro

[@waylandsmithers2815]

He's going to make you his b!tch :P

[@lmcgregoruk]

Wasn't John Romero that guy in Black Ops Call of the Dead, you had to kill him as one of Buffy, Freddy Krueger, Machete or that guy from the walking dead? ;-)

[@Acacius1992]

*Nervously laugh* "Yeah... i totally know that before^^" (Honestly i dont know who he was before this here xD)

[@Fygee]

Who knew John Romero's digital head on a pike sounded like a gurgling Gollum? I cracked up at that.

[@WillieManga]

I think it'd be funnier if he actually talked like the Icon of Sin did; in reverse. After all, that pike did serve as the icon's core.

[@harpritamdhaliwal1636]

I never knew that a creepy Doom easter egg would make me laugh

[@spoodlydoodler3552]

@@slightlyevolved i mean... all games essentially build on what came before them... so....

[@robbiewalker2831]

I thought it sounded like Gurgy.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

If I didn't know ahead (haha!) of time where that image came from, its appearance here would've terrified me. I actually still found it disturbing, lol.

[@BugsyFoga]

The game that probably made John regretting leaving ID.

[@everythingevilv1.226]

He was going to left anyways because he had an argument with Carmack.

[@coffee115]

He was fired by John Carmack, which Adrian never forgave him for.

[@g-forcefgt323]

NATHANIEL FOGA!

[@Tamaki742]

@@everythingevilv1.226 More like he was fired because id higher ups found out he was helping out another company and making one himself.

[@everythingevilv1.226]

@@Tamaki742 I didn't way to say it that way tbh lol,he once was one of the big boys at ID.

[@remyrichardson2741]

I kinda can't believe they referenced this in Doom: Eternal. Guess ID couldn't leave without it's "buddy," Daikatana.

[@TheDMJoel]

How'd they reference it?

[@thequickmasterrace6]

@@TheDMJoel there's a book that references the game's Superfly

[@PANZERFAUST90]

its*

[@massivepileup]

They did some scattershot references of various 90s-adjacent games and who could forget the eternal vaporware duo of Daikatana and Duke Nukem Forever (Eternal only references Duke Nukem in general but Forever certainly put it on a lot of people's minds back then) that defined the media coverage of the 90s?

[@jackburton8979]

@@TheDMJoel Not to mention Doom Eternal has RPG esque upgrades for yourself and weapons, experience points tied to leveling up, and a sword you swing around. They basically actually made a functioning and FUN DaiKatana

[@egaag]

I love the Money Ghost and how he has some lore to him.

[@10nick100g]

Ya we need more of this ghost money joke

[@paydankgang7772]

Indeed we need more money ghost jokes

[@triplexagon]

Theres even a plushie

[@zombos_9989]

@@triplexagon wait so in that case you are buying the ghost of the money you spent on that plushie?

[@Adam-oh3vu]

@@zombos_9989 "it's all coming together"

[@ProtoMario]

Turtles in time, but, garbage... got it.

[@tyminator8176]

Proto!

[@Tee008]

Mario!

[@TheGenomario]

But Proto

[@mjul7003]

It's our lord and savior!

[@blainetate743]

Turtles in Time but bad. Sums it up I think.

[@edgelord8337]

John romero probably cringes Every time he hears of this trash fire.

[@SavageGreywolf]

he's sat down and eaten his crow over it, yeah. I think it's a good thing that he doesn't try to defend Daikatana the way some other creators do their flop games. He knows it was broken and full of bad ideas and he's learned from it

[@DaRealKing303]

@@SavageGreywolf has he made anything good since then?

[@waltercomunello121]

as we all do.

[@khhnator]

@@DaRealKing303 i remenber hearing about this mobile game where you was this space delivery guy that was suposely very good, but it was for some weird pre-iphone/android plataform

[@arctodus3371]

Romero seems like a cool guy. It's good he could learn from his mistakes

[@Chaos89P]

Anybody else notice that the thumbnails for these Just Bad Games videos all have at least one person looking like they're screaming insanely?

[@WillieManga]

Perfectly reflective of the audience. XD

[@theRantingTroper]

Game: "Daikatana." My brain: "Die, katana!" "Noooooooooo" *clank*

[@generalhorseradish1702]

"These two swords are one in the same. If they were ever to cross or touch in any way, the world as we know it will cease to exist" Orrrrrr you could just shoot him. You have an entire arsenal of weapons. But no, plot needs to happen, I guess.

[@ArpeggioPegasusMusic]

Well, to be fair, that Daikatana sword looks more effective than anything in Hiro's arsenal. But yeah, still a plot mistake.

[@zanrath91]

Or the main villain could be LYING. The ONLY thing i'll defend. Make the one person who could fight you powerless to actually fight you. Pretty common villain tactic really.

[@emperorfaiz]

@@zanrath91 Yeah, the villain is definitely overexaggerating for intimidation.

[@mar_speedman]

@@zanrath91 Even still, the game should've clarified that. When the protagonist actually attacked the antagonist, it didn't feel like he took a huge gamble that payed off. It didn't look like he discovered that it was a lie. It just looked like the developers forgot that fact. At least, that's how it looks from this video. I haven't played the game, and I don't think I ever will lol

[@Boltscrap]

You also lose all your weapons outside of daikatana when you time travel.

[@apieceofbitsandpieces342]

John Romero’s Daikatana: A game that’s fun in concept, but horrible in execution.

[@TeruteruBozusama]

That's true for awfully many things for some reason..!

[@lawrencehortizuela4978]

Unlike SAO, Destiny 2, and Halo 5! I don't get why people say that they have bad execution.

[@lawrencehortizuela4978]

Oh yeah and Akame Ga Kill

[@LegoLiam1803]

Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto: A book that sounds great on paper, but horrible in execution.

[@Boltscrap]

Episodes 2 and 3 are pretty fun.

[@fan1701]

This is what happenes when that one band member that thought they were more important than they really were breaks off to do a solo gig. 😆

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

Bruce Dickinson in the mid 90s.

[@rapatacush3]

They kicked him out

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

The classic "when the drummer demands to write a song" outcome 😂

[@chillhour6155]

The difference between a game developer and a game designer

[@MikeScottAnimation]

Lel. This must’ve been a tough pill to swallow for Jon.

[@vincentoconnor5640]

The slogan for Daikatana was actually created by John Romero's friend. John Romero actually didn't like it, and used it only to please his friend.

[@DR3ADER1]

Specifically, Mike Wilson, formerly of 7th Level, Wilson was fired by Eidos North America shortly after the ad was published, from there he went on to co-found Gathering of Developers, when that failed and was absorbed into Take-Two Interactive, he went on to found Gamecock, when that also failed, he went on to co-found Devolver Digital. Devolver Digital is still in business today.

[@BoyGeorgiaX]

The names of all the characters are hilarious. I was also obsessed with the east as a child. These are the names that I would’ve used if I made a video game when I was 13.

[@SuperPiposaru]

Rerez is about to make you his-

[@rerez]

friend.

[@brodyspears8290]

Dad

[@PurpleWind64]

...Award winning apple pie?

[@japroject1]

Subscriber

[@wolfcaliburRX]

@@rerez am I a friend?

[@labenvenci1584]

Funniest part is that Daikatana translates to just "Big Sword" in Japanese. Great title. Multiple prototypes leaked through the years also and the development history of "Big Sword" is pretty interesting dispite the final product.

[@metaforth1271]

Daikatana actually translates to Great Sword, and is an actual weapon type that's basically an extra long katana

[@nthgth]

@@metaforth1271 do they also have a word for "greatsword," the less specific term? I.e. if it's big but not a katana

[@diablo.the.cheater]

@@nthgth katana i think is just a generic word for sword in japanese.

[@nthgth]

@@diablo.the.cheater so is there a specific word to distinguish the type we call a katana? So they can be talking about swords in general and then say like "I really like katanas in particular"

[@Arik-isharshu]

Pretty sure sure there is no such a word as daikatana in Japanese 大 is indeed read as dai when connected to another word (which is a Chinese reading, native Japanese word for "big" is 大き, ōki), and 刀 is indeed read as katana (which is a native Japanese word) Except 1. while making one word by slapping together a Chinese and Japanese reading of two signs isn't unheard of in Japanese, it's not exactly standard either. Presumably two Chinese reasings of these sings would be daitō, and two Japanese ones - ō(ki)gatana 2. Katana would become -gatana when connected to a preceding word, compare Uchigatana 3. The only actual 大刀 word I can find that isn't made up is Tachi, which is indeed a Big Katana or a chinese Guandao, but obv isn't read Daikatana tl;dr John Romero did a Typical Seppo and smashed two words he recognised in Japanese together without wondering if that even makes sense It's about the same level of awareness of other languages as making a Russian character called Ivan Ivanovich Ivanovsky bcs u can't be arsed to check for literally any not-stupid Russian name and use that instead

[@Xehanort10]

5:12 If I was a character in this game I'd scream like that too.

[@shawnfields2369]

Same here, dude/lady. Probably just as loud too, and just as much, with just as much and as many painful screams, and painful inadequacy and inability to run around or run through walls and run up and down stairs, running around with 2 idiots, one of whom ISN'T secretly evil, except my 2 sidekicks, wouldn't be called, "sidekicks", they'd be called, "friends", and I'd treat them that way. And I'm sure one of them is NOT secretly evil and planning to kill one of the others, and steal the Big Sword. And then, we have fun the whole way through, without painful inadequacy and/or painful screams.

[@Dylan-cu4ty]

Remember this game started it all for Jontron? *Pepperidge farms remembers.*

[@ultrabaltard1479]

“THIS IS THE FIRST 3 MINUTES OF THE *G A M E* “

[@ultrabaltard1479]

Doop I had too!

[@shawnfields2369]

@@ultrabaltard1479 "Ooh, my favorite!" "You press R and A to crouch!" "R AND A!"

[@schwarzerritter5724]

"John, the companion AI might be harder to implement than we thought. Maybe we should ditch the companions altogether and focus our efforts on other parts of the game?"

[@PearangeProductions]

"Nah...but since we're releasing this game on the Nintendo 64, and the companion system isn't translating well to an N64 cartrige, why don't ditch the companions there? We should still probably leave them in the cutscenes, though, the story would seem a lot weirder if Hiro was just talking to himself."

[@frankieseward8667]

@@PearangeProductions at least he got one thing right.

[@federicoalcini]

" But in the Gbc release we'll do the right thing: switch the character you control. The less the bytes, the best the game!"

[@chillhour6155]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@Ermano300]

6:42 Superfly sounds like a broken techno song.

[@dawnslayer]

Shane: Canada's family friendly AVGN

[@dawnslayer]

@scrubthispie very lol

[@souljastation5463]

I'm sorry.

[@dawnslayer]

@@souljastation5463 what

[@csmadisun]

For those curious how ion Storm could make both Daikatana and Deus Ex... there's were actually TWO Ion Storm studios in Texas, one in Austin and one in Dallas. The Austin studio was headed by Warren Spector (yes, THAT one) and made Deus Ex, Deus Ex: Invisible War and Thief: Deadly Shadows. The Dallas one, headed by John Romero, made Daikatana and Anachronox, as well as buying and finishing Dominion: Storm over Gift 3.

[@csmadisun]

Apologies for the bad spelling in my previous post, I was in a bit of rush to get it out before it could be buried by some silly joke or inane commen- ...oh.

[@TheSorrel]

What? THE Warren Specter that is famous for creating Deus Ex lead the team that made Deus Ex?

[@nebufabu]

@@TheSorrel The Warren Spector already famous for Ultima Underworld, System Shock and the Thief series when he joined Ion Storm, you mean? :D

[@Ometecuhtli]

Agreed, Anachronox was a great game if you didn't mind the occasional bug or glitch here and there, which were not as bad as Daikatana's. As good as Romero was designing levels he was awful at managing a team.

[@costby1105]

@@Ometecuhtli Romero didn't even work on Anachronox outside of hiring for Ion Strom Dallas, It was directed and designed by Tom Hall who used to work at ID with Romero before leaving over disagreements with John Carmack during Doom. Tom Hall would work at Apogee before being invited to Ion Storm Dallas by Romero.

[@sam_64]

“Oh but it’s not all DOOM and GLOOM” Well played , well played. Thx for the likes.

[@BoxesWorld]

This should get so much more likes. The reference to both those games is golden.

[@kazmakazii]

This game's concept is 50× better than Gloom, but executes them 50× worse than Gloom

[@fwostyshrakes1870]

Do you genuinely believe they were cleverly referencing an obscure, bland, amiga based Doom clone through the use of a common expression?

[@WillieManga]

GLOOM was pretty bad too.

[@WillieManga]

@@fwostyshrakes1870 They were at least referencing DOOM, but with GLOOM it is a bit questionable. But I do know AVGN played it.

[@bluevioletandlilac]

I love that this whole plot revolves around "big katana".

[@BoxesWorld]

5:06 I guess this was John Romero's version of Half-Life scientists.

[@alexandersilady4751]

No! I'm with the Science Team!

[@thecommenter6773]

Except the AI for friendlies in the goldSrc HL games isn't that bad. They just sometimes kinda suck at following you all the way. But I don't remember them ever getting stuck in stairs or anything. Although I don't think they react to any mines or explosives set They are good for saving ammo as they do attack enemies and don't shoot you.

[@RaposaCadela]

@@thecommenter6773 The AI companions in Half-Life are surprisingly advanced, actually. For an example scientists get scared by gunshots, explosions and enemies, and that triggers an animation on them where they flinch or cover their head. Then, their standing, walking and running animations become different, showing fear, until danger is out of their sight. Really good attention to detail!

[@MukuonChannel]

FREEMAN YOU FOOL! GEH!

[@steffennilsen2132]

@@RaposaCadela The ai for the soldiers are still fun to this day, they react quite nicely

[@kfd784]

I would pay A LOT of money to see John Romero play his own creation.

[@xSpooKee]

Can’t wait for Civvie 11 to review Daikatana, when he gets 200k subs.

[@dr.chungusphd108]

I've been doing what I can to get him more subs for that reason.

[@LordofSadFac]

Boy, this is going to be funnier than Duke Nukem Forever. Wonder if the game will push him to install the fan patch

[@ZuluRomeo]

It's out now (2k subs before he hit 200k but yeah). And it's epic.

[@The_Future_isnt_so_Bright]

''It takes extreme talent to make a game that offends every human sense. Most, if not all of our inspiration came from Bubsy 3D and watching John take shits in the office humidifier. That awful smell was our incentive to get the game done in the allotted time that John set for us. Eye infections, cases of dysentery and legionnaires disease were John's Affirmative Action quota's that had to be met by all Ion Storm employees. This policy caused our work to slow to a crawl. All the assets in the game reflect the conditions of the office in those days. John knows how to inspire people and without that ''inspiration'', Daikatana wouldn't exist.''

[@Warm_Summer_Rain]

I think one of the biggest problems of Dai Katana was the popularity of the two main devs. Huge reputations, unchecked ambition. They kept expanding the concept without a much feed back.

[@DR3ADER1]

It was actually Romero's terrible game design decisions, specifically his refusal to be restricted by technical limitations, his insistence on hiring inexperienced, straight-out-of-college staff and unreliable modding teams to compose the majority of the Ion Storm Dallas staff (Ion Storm's secondary studio in Austin for the sake of comparison, was composed of experienced former employees of both Origin Software, who were also based in Austin at the time and most of them left due to EA's mismanagement and hostile takeover of the developer after EA deliberately sued them on Trip Hawkins' behalf, and Looking Glass Software, namely the people who moved back south from Massachusetts after 1998) and his habit of overpromoting himself and his actual technical capabilities (Carmack had the technical skill, McGee and Petersen had the level design wizardry, and Ion Storm lacked all three men's capable hands to save Romero's arse). Romero's insistence on using the newest engines rather than iterating what they had didn't help things, as they spent 1 and a half years trying to build everything from scratch for Id-Tech 2. Why? Because nothing could be reused and ported over from the original Id-Tech 1/Quake 1 engine prototype from 1997. The primary Dallas studio was also spread thin between two games, Romero's Daikatana/"Big-Big Sword"(Katana just means "Big-Sword" so adding in the redundant "Dai" prefix leads to this comical actual translation) and Tom Hall's Anachronox. Both games suffered due to the dev spread and tech debt that swiftly followed.

[@JustAnotherGamerUS]

In all fairness, the patches and mods make this game more fun and bring it closer to the state it was meant to be in when released. No one would ever play it vanilla.

[@LordofSadFac]

Except youtubers

[@KnakuanaRka]

Not to mention a lot of people may not know these mods and patches exist, or how to find or use them.

[@justanotherimperialfist]

Let's be real, though. If a game requires that you mod it to hell and back to function, it doesn't make it a good game - not to mention that a person who had picked up the N64 version would have to go even further out of their way to mod it if the idea even came to mind in the first place.

[@JustAnotherGamerUS]

Ryder Ethanol so by your logic every modern game isn’t good?

[@justanotherimperialfist]

@@JustAnotherGamerUS Wow, I can't believe how much of a fool I am to think that *literally every game in existence* requires mods to be functional video games. Legit what universe do you come from where that is the case lmao

[@steveneaddy5298]

15:20 , Mikiko just yeets herself into the void

[@Scarletdex8299]

She knows...

[@HaydenX]

"Oh, good job Mikiko...here's a cookie. *Ravenous Munching* Yeah...I actually fell off my chair...legitimately.

[@RaposaCadela]

Ouch.

[@prismstudios001]

SuperFly: What an awesome traditional Japanese name!

[@ErnestJay88]

Yup, still remember "John Romero is about to make you his bitch" ad on so many video game magazines back then. After Daikatana launch, everyone mock that ad.

[@EarthboundX]

13:03 LMAO! Great edit, got a big laugh from me.

[@michaelanderson6394]

Ooh, we’re tackling a big one today. This might be the most infamous title you’ve covered yet. This gonna be fun.

[@earlduran6419]

8:52 NOISE POLLUTION

[@NashTheBlade]

10:00 No no no, that's not Ghostbusters Logic...That is Time Cop logic...KNOW YOUR SCI-FI, MAN!

[@therealmistermemer]

This is the equivalent of saying: Notch's Epic Diamond Sword

[@chromso]

The game is literally called "Big Sword" so you aren't that wrong

[@grishhung2828]

I love the fact that daikatana literally just means b i g s w o r d .

[@DR3ADER1]

"Big-Big Sword" specifically. Making the translation extra redundant.

[@EpicTyphlosionTV]

This game is a perfect example of how even the best at their craft can fall from grace

[@majamystic256]

same thing happened to Inafune after he left capcom to make mighty no 9

[@TrashGoblin824]

It's a great example of the Peter Principle. John Romero promoted himself beyond his own level of competence

[@KayX291]

Luckily John Romero made the source code of this game available and that brought us the unofficial 1.3 patch that fixes majority of the issues, improves the sidekick AI and makes em immortal, including the option to play without them, also the reason why loading times are long is due to VSync, turn it off and it'll load much faster. For those who wanna play it here's some small hints Invest your skill points on Power and Vitality only, stuff like Acro is only used for finding secret areas but you will find a powerup that temporarily maxes it out and are normally closer to the mentioned secret area you need. The speed is just useless once you learn strafe jumping ( it has a very satisfying strafe jump mechanic btw), ya could spend points on Attack to increase the fire rate of your weapons and finally, you can max out the Daikatana sword right in ancient Greece which has it's own stats but god damn is it OP when it's maxed out.

[@isenokami7810]

“We’re at max blindness!”

[@shahminhajuddin]

Hahahaha!! Best part as always "ghost of the money wasted on the game" You guys should make more of these ❤️

[@WillieManga]

We also can't talk about Daikatana without mentioning that "make you his bitch" campaign and that ghost implemented it in the funniest way anyone could.

[@BewbsOP]

I'm still confused as to why the legendary weapon is just called "daikatana." Isn't a "dai-katana" just a bastardization of "kyo-dai" and "katana", meaning just... big sword/strong sword...

[@b3ans4eva]

The Daikatana was the name of the master sword in John Carmack’s DnD campaign back in the id days. When John Romero got the sword in-game, it opened up a portal to hell, releasing a swarm of demons and the campaign was over.

[@LordofSadFac]

@@b3ans4eva wonder if that outcome was intentional or not

[@TheBulletTrain]

@@b3ans4eva If I recall, wasn't that their inspiration for Doom as well. I remember hearing that somewhere, but never verified it.

[@chillhour6155]

Because it sounds cewl

[@King_Cisco]

8:10 That was crying?! It sounded like laughing.

[@andrewmihovich4252]

...for one reason or another, I get the feeling the actor might've been laughing through it...

[@Zeegoner]

Timestamp fail

[@DanielLopez-zt4ig]

Kind of cringy.

[@tdark987]

Same, I thought he was sarcastically making fun of you for dying. Part of that’s probably down of the similar tone of the console death messages (“your skull appears to be split open”; “you failed at life”… >_>), but the rest is 100% terrible voice acting.

[@weirdalexander8193]

Fun fact: ion storm had two studios! Deus ex was made by the one not coked up from John Romero and his rockstar style parties.

[@dhgmrz17]

It almost seems like he just forgot about and just remembered one day, then released it as is.

[@zyzzy-ko4ww]

16:23 Talk about a lawsuit waiting to happen!

[@darknessviking]

side note: the promo for this game "romero will make you his ..." wasnt said by him,but by a PR person,and romero didnt even want to make it,but the PR people did it anyway.

[@MukuonChannel]

But he's humble enough to apologize on behalf. Thankfully Romero never defended this game and learned from it because he knows well that its a garbage train wreck. Unlike SOME devs...

[@TheSuperSaiyan4Gamer]

7:48 That’s what I feel like doing when I die before getting to a safe room in Persona 5 LOL!

[@timedragon5492]

I'll forever know this game as one of JonTron's first videos.

[@Solh0und]

5:10 This makes Mega Man X7's infamous "Burn to the ground" look like over 9000 in comparison.

[@MariktheGunslinger]

Well, with Id Software being back in the mainstream with the new Doom and Wolfenstein games, as well as Quake Champions, it would be pretty sick to have a new Daikatana game, made the way it was originally envisioned.

[@EpicTyphlosionTV]

This video actually made me think of making a Doom mod featuring the maps in this game, lol

[@JustAnotherGamerUS]

Epic Typhlosion you should! I’d play it on day one!!

[@PosthumanHeresy]

Agreed. Reboot shitty franchises and make them good.

[@hudde814]

@@PosthumanHeresy Well Sega did remaster Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz for all major consoles. Unfortunately they didn't really change the design of the game as a whole from the Wii and only made it so that there's no motion controls. Even then the game has no challenge whatsoever, even for the original Wii release. They could've made it so that there were no barriers in the remaster to resemble *some* challenge, maybe even make the stages smaller to compensate for the lack of motion controls (not that that's a bad thing). But nope, they decided to keep the game as is and just make pretty HD graphics. None of this would be a big deal as people thought it was just something Sega wanted to do for fun and to peak interest for either a remaster of the first 2 games or a new Monkey Ball game! And while the latter is somewhat true, the former not so much. Sega outright said that "if you want more Monkey Ball, then buy Banana Blitz HD"

[@Rad-Dude63andathird]

id *didn't* make the new Wolfenstein games, they haven't touched the franchise in a long time. They also were never involved with Daikatana.

[@Z3ON_Z3NITH]

4:53 is the best moment love these ghost characters

[@afterburner94]

Seriously amazing commentary, humour and editing skills guys. I knew from reputation Daikatana was bad, but not that awful. You did major public service work here.

[@justdont7522]

How come every game Rerez reviews always comes back to Batman: Dark Tommorow?

[@onetnecghoti3473]

"uhhhh...."

[@lukelandis3090]

Because “It’s Just Bad” I’ll see myself out.

[@watsonwrote]

It's a black hole of terrible sucking everything nearer to it

[@GatorRay]

Because nearly every video game reviewer has a game they keep coming back to at least for a while. See for example Nitro Rad with Ty The Tasmanian Tiger.

[@ianciti]

"something accidentally worked" i love this.

[@averagechadlegionary5824]

5:06 is basically how people feel after playing this game

[@Jolis_Parsec]

Don’t forget about Catacomb 3-D, Shane! After all, your “weapon” in that game is literally your character’s outstretched hand as he chucks fireballs and other spells Super Mario style at the usual assortment of high fantasy tropes, Orcs among them. 😹

[@edgelord8337]

Literally I'm surprised that big rigs hasn't been featured on this channel. Big rigs is literally one of the worst games ever made and doesn't even be considered a game. And here we go another horrible game with really bad graphics and I really like how that other guy just got instantly killed by ninja's than came out of nowhere.

[@DrakeDragsaw]

I don't think a video of him just repeating what you already heard about Big Rigs will be all that interesting.

[@BoxesWorld]

Yeah, I don't think they do infamous games like that since others have already covered them to death.

[@eddiehimself]

I'm not really sure how you could make a video like this on a game which has such little content to be fair. I mean at least these games have something resembling a story and levels. Big Rigs is just you doing a lap and "YOU'RE WINNER!" lol.

[@TearD6]

Yeah, while I agree that the game is a good subject for ridicule, for a channel like this...it would just be TOO easy.

[@PunakiviAddikti]

Big Rigs is like a pre-beta game. A test to see if their assets work and the game engine runs. And they fucking sold it on store shelves!

[@libyawillconquerusingdemot3682]

i love the "don't you dare leave!" 13:59

[@THEgodofAzurlanenodebate]

I just found your Chanel last week and I love it keep up the great work guys

[@slavko5666]

3:50 I was not ready to see that.

[@tdark987]

_MY PREEEEEEEEEEECIOUS......_

[@mrmotivated8667]

16:18 "my name is yoshikage kir-"

[@Mr-Green0]

13:52 I like how he's just standing and letting the zombie eat him instead of running away from it.

[@reagandow850]

This is AWESOME!!! Thanks guys. I love this series so much. Every time I’m in a terrible Mood I rewatch one of these or maybe one of the worst consoles ever videos. Instantly all better!! ;)

[@DiamondDust132]

I thought ya'll added that clanking sound in lol

[@rerez]

Nope. It's right in there.

[@aplanenerdandagamenerd9087]

"Every time you travel have to rebuild your inventory from scratch." Well, I mean, Doom.

[@WillieManga]

Huh? I don't remember time travel being a plot point of any Doom game I've played. I'm assuming you mean going back to the start of the level when you die.

[@aplanenerdandagamenerd9087]

@@WillieManga I mean every time you go between episodes

[@matthewcb1970]

'Here's how Superfly uses a door', lol!

[@frikeyslender3758]

I was wondering yesterday when there's gonna be a new Just Bad Games. This was a good one, guys 👍

[@Podsane]

6:40 Is that a music remix of his sounds?

[@BoxesWorld]

You could say that. Lol

[@EduardoTorelly]

9:27 hearing about Kemiko and superfly makes me appreciate donald and goofy more in kingdom hearts

[@KneelB4Bacon]

"You can't leave without your buddy, Superfly"

[@shieru2207]

Fun Fact: It doesn't matter how good your PC is, the loading bar is hard coded to wait until the dot-sound effect has played completely before drawing the next segment of the bar - and playing the dot-sound effect once more.

[@Nintenjoe25]

Absolutely loving this series guys!

[@aliencatcrew3336]

I should make a shirt "I was forced to play daikatana, SHOOT ME!!!"

[@DoctorInk20]

This is by far your funniest episode yet. 🤣 Lost it at the Romero quote.

[@2Scribble]

15:13 - assuming we're all alive in 2030 - I am DEFINITELY checking this video out again for comparisons lol

[@B.L.U.S]

Remember this is an alt timeline

[@maneoj46]

Interesting tidbit: many of the ideas in this game (the magic weapon, rpg elements, traveling through time and space) were all ideas for the original Quake. However the development went with Carmack's technology rather than the original idea and this was the result after Romero left. There was high hope for this... I mean Romero essentially made the video game equivalent if Thriller at the time.

[@jervey123]

john romero was the ideas guy, while john carmack was the guy that makes it happen, if the guy that makes it happen says the idea's not happening, the idea's not happening... i feel like daikatana ultimately failed because nobody was there to say no to john romero

[@Focalors21]

Pros of the game. 1. Movement feels like a refined version of Quake 1's. Cons of the game. EVERYTHING ELSE!

[@Boltscrap]

Hey now, some of the weapons are interesting, and the game has a lot of variety. Having episode 1 be the first episode is inexcusable though.

[@Jammet]

I had some real laugh out loud moments in here! XD That was one of the greatest videos you made in a long time! Love you!

[@lorddavinci5468]

Love you guys. Favorite KZbin channel. But I loved this game. Just glad to see it covered in 2020 and on this channel

[@eylon-wallstain]

10:16 If by "waking up" you mean "teleports there comfortably", then you are right! He totally wakes up there.

[@josephchoi1603]

The fan patch actually make the game pretty fun.

[@jokergordon8446]

🤔 Just found this channel last week. I've been binging for days, and this is definitely one of their best videos. 🔥🔥🔥

[@bertruleshard]

You guys are an awesome duo. These are amazing.

[@Bismuth83X]

As someone who's learning Japanese, you would NEVER pronounce that combination of kanji (Chinese characters used in Japanese) as "daikatana." Every kanji has at least one on (pronounced "own") reading based on how the character is pronounced in Chinese and typically used when a word is made of multiple kanji, and possibly one or more kun (pronounced "koon") readings usually used when the kanji is by itself. Sure, there are exceptions, but for the most part, on and kun readings don't mix. The problem here is that the title is written 大刀, but they used the on reading for 大 (on: dai, kun: ō, means big) and the kun reading for 刀 (on: tō, kun: katana or gatana) instead of keeping it consistent and calling it something like Daitō, Ōkatana or Ōgatana.

[@andrewollmann304]

The way I understand how Japanese works (which isn’t much) is that some letters change when words get smooshed together. For example, “kuma” means “”bear,” but if you wanted to say “big bear,” you would say “ōguma.” Likewise, “hachi” can mean “bee,” but the Asian Giant Hornet is called “suzumebachi” (literally: “sparrow bee.”).

[@Ko700el]

sooo.,..what i got from this is that somehow Bethesda got the source code of the npc's AI of Daikatana and pasted it in on Elder Scrolls, then removed the dependency of the npc death effecting you and never touched it again

[@wiibrockster]

We need them to bring back the fact you could kill essential NPC's

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

LOL good similarity. I never figured out how to even give the NPCs weapons in Skyrim, and they kept dying in the very first dungeon, blindly running into that slamming wall trap.

[@Ko700el]

@@wiibrockster yeah.. (moded) I killed balgruf in a fit of rage because I saved his city from a dragon and as a reward he allowed me to BUY a house in his "city"

[@HaplessOne]

Lmao funny but all jokes aside I think it's actually worse than bethesda ai which is actually sad.

[@Andres33AU]

The Wizard boss is Tim the Enchanter! I remember looking forward to playing this game when it was released. I was actually going to hire it from the video store, to test it out first and see if I liked it. Upon hiring however, I took it home only to find that the disc was not only scratched, but it was snapped entirely in half! I was bummed, but now I realise I dodged a bullet, lol.

[@JustinLeeper]

Love you guys! Thanks for doing this!