10 Years Later, Romero Apologizes for Daikatana

[jhansonxi]

I bought the game for $5 USD out of a bargain bin. After wandering through lame levels adorned with nice graphics while babysitting a pair of clueless sidekicks, I thought it was good value for the money ($6 would have been a stretch). I never saw the ad.

 

[Guest]

And companies wonder why software gets pirated...

 

[husker]

I read the entire article linked to above and it is pretty good. Especially for someone who has been gaming since the 80's.

 

[jsm6746]

i remember being pretty hyped about this game... but then it kinda faded away and i forgot about it... once it finally came out i was pretty unimpressed by it graphically... i'm guessing the developers were suffering from 'duke nukem forever' syndrome...

here's the ad... it's pretty good actually...
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/25/11146-romero_ad_super.jpg

 

[rand_79]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8SC7z8W134

was the only good thing to ever come out of daikatana

 

[AsianJetlag]

Nice publicity stunt.

You think he actually gives a shit?

 

[anamaniac]

That was a epic ad.
The only thing he should apologize for is the game.

 

[etrom]

Too bad that today's "politicaly correct" model is ruling the world...

 

[gm0n3y]

Did anyone else think that this was going to be an article about George Romero? I've played thousands of hours of Quake (and the original TF mod) and I've never heard of John Romero.

 

[beayn]

[citation][nom]gm0n3y[/nom]Did anyone else think that this was going to be an article about George Romero? I've played thousands of hours of Quake (and the original TF mod) and I've never heard of John Romero.[/citation]

Were you living under a rock? I played all the games from Wolfenstein to Quake4 and I think I heard of John Romero with Doom.

 

[gm0n3y]

[citation][nom]beayn[/nom]Were you living under a rock? I played all the games from Wolfenstein to Quake4 and I think I heard of John Romero with Doom.[/citation]
Well I was 10 when Doom came out so I probably didn't hear of him then. I guess this is sort of like the fact that I am deeply into music but couldn't name a single member of any of my favorite bands. I like the music (and video games), I just don't care about who makes it.

 

[gm0n3y]

[citation][nom]beayn[/nom]Were you living under a rock? I played all the games from Wolfenstein to Quake4 and I think I heard of John Romero with Doom.[/citation]
Also, I didn't really like Quake 2-4 as much as Doom and Quake 1.

 

[martin0642]

Anyone who does anything well is usually plagued by chasing former glory forever. There aren't many double Nobel prise winners. The fact is that, is most efforts, being the best has a lot more to do with a perfect storm of influences and timings with you at the middle - and may be impossible to replicate.

 

[martin0642]

Anyone who does anything well is usually plagued by chasing former glory forever. There aren't many double Nobel prize winners. The fact is that, is most efforts, being the best has a lot more to do with a perfect storm of influences and timings with you at the middle - and may be impossible to replicate.

 

[harry_q_hammer]

It was John Romero's arrogance and vanity that killed Daikatana, not a crappy ad (albeit highly insulting), and not the company's internal politics. He started believing his own PR and became an egotistical wanker.