"Something about the city is busted for good, no matter what the mayor says."
Okay, you're in shock. That's understandable. But when you get a chance, go in your bathroom, lock the door, slap yourself in the face a few times, and then look yourself in the eye in the mirror and say, "Get ahold of yourself!"
From my vantage point on Mott Street, a mile and a half or so from "Ground Zero," the damage is indeed horrible.
But the city is not "busted for good." In New York's long history, there have been so many events that led people to declare the city "busted for good." The Triangle Shirtwaist Building Fire. The Draft Riots. The Departure of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Renovation of Madison Square Garden. AIDS. Typhus. The Wretchedness of Five Points. And so on.
And for every person willing to declare New York City "busted for good," there are five of us (or ten, or twenty) who -- sadly, and at times even reluctantly -- get up in the morning, read the papers, have breakfast, get some coffee, and go to work. And then come home at the end of the day, grateful for the opportunity to live in the capital of the world.
Your grief is understandable. Your hysteria is not.
"But if the attacks demonstrate nothing else, it is the folly of that kind of thinking. Terrorists change too, and for all the high-tech equipment pouring into Manhattan, sometimes there isn't a thing we can do to stop them."
True. And seeing as this thought seems too much for you to bear, I think the best solution is for you to relocate. I doubt the Dallas/Ft. Worth area is a very attractive target to terrorists. Wouldn't you feel safer there? Or perhaps rural Vermont. Or Colorado. Michigan?
The specific place doesn't matter; there are thousands of other places for you to live. Let me help you find the right one and pay your relocation expenses. I'll even come over and help you pack!
And then I'll happily move into your apartment (but only if it's bigger than my current one, and no more than three blocks from a good newsstand, Korean deli, dry cleaners, Starbucks, book store, record store, and movie theater.)
Because I -- like millions of others -- like it here. And will continue to live here. And will eventually die here. And we wouldn't think of doing these things anyplace else.
Yes, I've played Marathon also. Simply forgot it. And Hexen and Heretic, I also remembered later.
I've never heard of Catacomb Abyss. Where can I find it, for I must play it.
Same goes for Blakestone, Coco whatever, and the other one.
I would love to locate -- and play, of course, that breakfast cereal-based Doom game. And also the Christian Doom-style game, where instead of shooting monsters you "feed" animals in Noah's Ark by shooting food at them. Anybody have info on either of these?
It's true. I have played every FPS ever released. Even the bad ones. All the way to the end. Here, to establish my credentials, is all the ones I can think of. My thoughts on Daikatana will follow.
Doom, DoomII, Final Doom (in both PC, Mac,Playstation, and N64 versions) Quake (PC, Sega, N64 + the two expansions packs) QuakeII (plus Juggernaut, Ground Zero, and Zaero expansions), Quake3Arena, Unreal and all expansions, Half-Life (aae), Duke Nukem (PC, Mac, PSX, and N64 +expansions), Goldeneye, Star Wars (the 2 PC ones and the N64 one, Blood, Blood 2, System Shock 1+2, Soldier of Fortune, Nam,Powerslave (PSX), Spec Ops, Shadow Warrior,Sin, Thief, Thief II, Shogo M.A.D, Brahma Force: Assault on Beltlogger 9 (PSX), Klingon Honor Guard, Alien Trilogy, Alien Vs. Predator (plus bonus levels), Redneck Rampage (and all expansions), Requiem, Kingpin, Mortyr, and an old PSX one that involved the use of "psionics."
And now, Daikatana. It really is a very bad game. Ugly, monotonous, frustrating (in the bad sense of the word). And the worst voice-over acting since "Shadow Warrior," which featured the famous potentially-offensive stereotypical "inscrutable Chinaman."
The closest I've seen to a game this bad was "Nam," a Doom-engine piece of crap with an intriguing box.
Some people have said the problem with Daikatana was that it was too ambitious. Nonsense. Shadows of the Empire, for the N64, was too ambitious, with too many different types of gameplay. And I still enjoyed it.
It's too bad someone with a fresh pair of eyes didn't look at Daikatana before it was too late and suggest that they alter it so that your "helpers" -- Superfly Johnson and Mikiko -- would instead be hostages that you have to escort to safety. Because that's what you end up doing.
The AI for helpers is doable. Kingpin did it well. So did Half-life.
And it's not a matter of Daikatana just not being able to live up to the hype. Because I'm very easily satisfied with an FPS of any kind. I even liked Klingon Honor Guard. And Mortyr!
So if you want something resembling what Daikatana was supposed to be, track down a copy of the old PSX game "Powerslave," an FPS set in ancient Egypt. Or "Requiem," another excellent game with a good story that didn't get much attention.
And if you bothered to read the list of FPS's I've played, and there's one missing: Trust me -- I've played it. On second thought, let me know: the thought that there's an FPS I haven't played yet excites me in a way Daikatana never will.
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"Something about the city is busted for good, no matter what the mayor says."
Okay, you're in shock. That's understandable. But when you get a chance, go in your bathroom, lock the door, slap yourself in the face a few times, and then look yourself in the eye in the mirror and say, "Get ahold of yourself!"
From my vantage point on Mott Street, a mile and a half or so from "Ground Zero," the damage is indeed horrible.
But the city is not "busted for good." In New York's long history, there have been so many events that led people to declare the city "busted for good." The Triangle Shirtwaist Building Fire. The Draft Riots. The Departure of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Renovation of Madison Square Garden. AIDS. Typhus. The Wretchedness of Five Points. And so on.
And for every person willing to declare New York City "busted for good," there are five of us (or ten, or twenty) who -- sadly, and at times even reluctantly -- get up in the morning, read the papers, have breakfast, get some coffee, and go to work. And then come home at the end of the day, grateful for the opportunity to live in the capital of the world.
Your grief is understandable. Your hysteria is not.
"But if the attacks demonstrate nothing else, it is the folly of that kind of thinking. Terrorists change too, and for all the high-tech equipment pouring into Manhattan, sometimes there isn't a thing we can do to stop them."
True. And seeing as this thought seems too much for you to bear, I think the best solution is for you to relocate. I doubt the Dallas/Ft. Worth area is a very attractive target to terrorists. Wouldn't you feel safer there? Or perhaps rural Vermont. Or Colorado. Michigan?
The specific place doesn't matter; there are thousands of other places for you to live. Let me help you find the right one and pay your relocation expenses. I'll even come over and help you pack!
And then I'll happily move into your apartment (but only if it's bigger than my current one, and no more than three blocks from a good newsstand, Korean deli, dry cleaners, Starbucks, book store, record store, and movie theater.)
Because I -- like millions of others -- like it here. And will continue to live here. And will eventually die here. And we wouldn't think of doing these things anyplace else.
King's Quest, however, you got me on. I watched a co-worker play that for hours, but that doesn't really count, I suppose.
I've never heard of Catacomb Abyss. Where can I find it, for I must play it.
Same goes for Blakestone, Coco whatever, and the other one.
I would love to locate -- and play, of course, that breakfast cereal-based Doom game. And also the Christian Doom-style game, where instead of shooting monsters you "feed" animals in Noah's Ark by shooting food at them. Anybody have info on either of these?
Doom, DoomII, Final Doom (in both PC, Mac,Playstation, and N64 versions) Quake (PC, Sega, N64 + the two expansions packs) QuakeII (plus Juggernaut, Ground Zero, and Zaero expansions), Quake3Arena, Unreal and all expansions, Half-Life (aae), Duke Nukem (PC, Mac, PSX, and N64 +expansions), Goldeneye, Star Wars (the 2 PC ones and the N64 one, Blood, Blood 2, System Shock 1+2, Soldier of Fortune, Nam,Powerslave (PSX), Spec Ops, Shadow Warrior,Sin, Thief, Thief II, Shogo M.A.D, Brahma Force: Assault on Beltlogger 9 (PSX), Klingon Honor Guard, Alien Trilogy, Alien Vs. Predator (plus bonus levels), Redneck Rampage (and all expansions), Requiem, Kingpin, Mortyr, and an old PSX one that involved the use of "psionics."
And now, Daikatana. It really is a very bad game. Ugly, monotonous, frustrating (in the bad sense of the word). And the worst voice-over acting since "Shadow Warrior," which featured the famous potentially-offensive stereotypical "inscrutable Chinaman."
The closest I've seen to a game this bad was "Nam," a Doom-engine piece of crap with an intriguing box.
Some people have said the problem with Daikatana was that it was too ambitious. Nonsense. Shadows of the Empire, for the N64, was too ambitious, with too many different types of gameplay. And I still enjoyed it.
It's too bad someone with a fresh pair of eyes didn't look at Daikatana before it was too late and suggest that they alter it so that your "helpers" -- Superfly Johnson and Mikiko -- would instead be hostages that you have to escort to safety. Because that's what you end up doing.
The AI for helpers is doable. Kingpin did it well. So did Half-life.
And it's not a matter of Daikatana just not being able to live up to the hype. Because I'm very easily satisfied with an FPS of any kind. I even liked Klingon Honor Guard. And Mortyr!
So if you want something resembling what Daikatana was supposed to be, track down a copy of the old PSX game "Powerslave," an FPS set in ancient Egypt. Or "Requiem," another excellent game with a good story that didn't get much attention.
And if you bothered to read the list of FPS's I've played, and there's one missing: Trust me -- I've played it. On second thought, let me know: the thought that there's an FPS I haven't played yet excites me in a way Daikatana never will.