Activisionwon't giveup a licensewhenthere's moneytobemade, thoughsoRoboMotoandDisruptiveGamesweretaskedwithbringingthelongdormantpropertytomodernaudiencesinjust a fewmonths.
Daikatana, however, iscertainlynot a titlethatresidesamonggamingroyalty.
Mycompanionsand I areon a questofsorts, andthisswordisouronlymeansofcontinuingourjourney.
Unfortunately, theBladehasbeendrainedofitspower.
A bizarremarketingcampaignusing a posterthatannouncedRomero's intentiontomakegamershis, um, well, youcanfillintheblankthereraisedmorethan a feweyebrows, butstillgamerscouldbeforgivenforhoping, giventhehypeandthenameinvolveduponrelease, however, thegamewaslambastedforitsdatedmechanics, atrociousaiandobtusedesigndecisions.
76 isdisastrousrelease, butitbearsmentioningthatupuntillaunch, therewerestillquite a fewpeoplegenuinelyexcitedforthegame.
GamershadlongrequestedanMMOstylegamesetinthefalloutuniverse, and 78 lookedtofinallyfulfillthatwish.
Ohmm, yeah, yeah, mhm.
Mhm.
However, likemostwishes, therewas a catch.
Bethesda's decadesoldandheavilymodeledcreationengine, whichwasclearlyneverdesignedtohandlethehighdemandofanonlinegamewithmultipleplayerson a singleserver.