daikatana was a shitty game.
Did you play it, or did you read the reviews?
The whole media was biased against Romero at the time, therefore making 90% of the reviews worthless and negative (True statistic).
You should buy the game, then see if you hate it. It is actually a great game. It has a beautiful musical score, great levels, a deep, engrossing plot, frantic gameplay, and the most diversive weapons you will ever see in a game (Such as The Discus of Deadalus, which is a razor sharp frizbee, the C4 Launcher, and the Daikatana). It also has a leveling system, kind of like an RPG. The first level is garbage, but once you get past it, it becomes your new love affair.
It's only $1.99, so buy it! You won't be disappointed.
http://store.yahoo.com/chicagocomputersupply/daikatana.html
Just be sure to patch it before you play it, or it will crash under XP/2003.
Now that I have that out of the way, Daikatana is Japanese for "big sword."
I have one of those in my pants.