Daikatana Demo

Here it is, at last. The Official Daikatana Demo. It's taken us many years and a lot of hard work to put this game together and I believe that this demo we've got here is an excellent representation of what you can expect from the full version of the game. In this demo we've included three maps, each from the first three time periods of Daikatana. The fourth time period is not represented in this demo because, well, I would rather have you play the full version to see it.

Each of the three maps can be played in Single-Player, Deathmatch and Cooperative mode. There are two extra Deathmatch maps, one is a new and improved version of the Gibbler on the Roof map from last year's MPlayer Deathmatch Demo. The other map is a Dark Ages castle/arena (it does NOT have the Nharre's Nightmare weapon on the map if you go looking for it).

Things of note that are in the demo: the Daikatana Sword is in the Catacomb and Passage maps; you have it from the start. Using the Daikatana on enemies will give you experience points for the Daikatana, which you can view with the TAB key. When the Daikatana reaches a new level, it will look more impressive and do more damage. The skill system is also active at all times, so you will be getting experience from every enemy vanquished and you'll be able to assign skill points when your level meter fills up (located on the status bar). Also, both your sidekicks, Superfly Johnson and Mikiko Ebihara, are in the demo as well. Make sure you assign yourself hotkeys so you can control them quickly and easily -- get used to communicating with them because if they die, it's game over! :)

So, grab the demo. I really believe you're going to have a great time with it. It's a fast action FPS at its core, but with a whole lot more going on. And, finally, I want to give a big "Thanks, you guys rock!" to my development team here at Ion Storm -- thanks for sticking with me, guys. It was a long, tough road, but I believe we made some magic up here in the clouds.

NOTE: If you experience slow mouse response in the difficulty selection screen, please UPDATE YOUR VIDEO DRIVERS, and make sure you have DirectX 7. We've included a utility to install updated OpenGL drivers if needed.

PATCHES	size	date
v1.2 patch	24.5MB	Sep 21, 00