Daikatana
           (ACTION)

   As the mastermind behind id Software's Doom and Quake, John Romero is
   a bit of a star in the games industry. When he decided to leave id and
   set up his own company ION Storm, the questions were: would his game
   be as good as Quake, and could id survive without his input.
   While it appears that id is still doing very nicely with Quake II,
   Romero's first project, Daikatana, has been suffering from
   delays. Featuring four very different episodes, each with its own
   graphical style, 64 monsters, 32 weapons and a storyline more twisted
   than the Gordian knot, Daikatana looks a long way from being just
   another Quake clone. Although based on the Quake II engine, it has
   enough innovative touches to give it a completely different feel.
   There are two main points which separate Daikatana from Quake II:
   first, that your character will always be accompanied by two
   artificially intelligent companions, and secondly that, as in an RPG,
   you will gain experience points which you can use to improve your
   character.