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After ''D2'''s commercial failure, its publisher, [=WARP=], folded, bringing Laura's career to an end.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: As Laura explores the reception area of the hospital at the start of the game, two signs are seen: one encouraging visitors to donate blood, and another saying no food or drink is allowed inside. Both serve as subtle hints of [[spoiler:the game's central theme of cannibalism]].
* FullMotionVideo: The entire game is done in this fashion.

* AmnesiacDissonance: The scarab beetles, if collected, give Laura visions that reveal [[spoiler:she murdered her own mother and ate her flesh]].
* BittersweetEnding: In the Good and Golden endings, Laura survives her ordeal, but [[spoiler:was forced to kill her father]].
** In his LetsPlay, supergreatfriend points out that this is more of a [[spoiler:DownerEnding, as Richter is dead, all the hostages are dead, and Laura now remembers what happened to Mommy.]]
* [[spoiler:{{Dracula}}]]

* FinalDeath: Couldn't make the time limit? Well, there goes two hours of your life.

* FullMotionVideo

* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:This is required to transform into Dracula. Laura attempted it in the past with a side of her mother's arm]].
* LoopholeAbuse: A RealLife example: In order to ensure that ''D'' was published in the form he wished, Eno actually tricked the censors. First, he developed the game with no storyline, concealing the cutscenes from his own staff, then submitted a 'clean' version to the board for approval. He then delibrately submitted the master late, knowing that he would then have to deliver it by hand to the U.S. manufacturers. That gave him time to 'switch' the clean disc with the version he intended, [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar bypassing the censors completely]]! [[note]]And doubtlessly damaging his reputation with them once they figured out the ruse, but apparently that was WorthIt.[[/note]]
* MadDoctor

** A Good Ending where Laura reaches her father [[spoiler:and Just Shoots Him]].
** A GoldenEnding where along the way to the Good Ending, Laura finds all of the glowing scarab beetles and views the optional cutscenes [[spoiler:detailing her mother's death]].
** A Bad Ending where Laura [[spoiler:lets her daddy eat her so he can become Dracula]].
** And the Time Elasped Ending where she fails to get through to Richter in time and [[spoiler:falls through her pocket watch]].
* NoNonsenseNemesis: Just shoot him? [[spoiler:She ''does''... in the good ending, at least]].
* [[spoiler:OurVampiresAreDifferent]]

** In his LetsPlay, supergreatfriend points out that this is more of a [[spoiler:DownerEnding, as Richter is dead, all the hostages are dead, and Laura now remembers what happened to Mommy. [[{{Emoticon}} D:]]]]

* [[spoiler: ResetButtonEnding]]: Sort of. [[spoiler: The Earth Mother sends Laura back in time so she can hook up with David. Jannie is briefly seen, and David mentions that Kimberly's poems are full of life and hope, so presumably she's in a better way. Presumably Parker and the rest of the flight are alive too, but hopefully not The Sorcerer, since that would kind of make the whole game pointless if the virus is just going to break out again. Does this mean there are two Lauras in 1999 now?]]

* ZeroEffortBoss: XILO.

* MagnumOpus: For Kenji Eno. It certainly helps that he retired from the industry (at least temporarily) after D-2 was released.

* DoingItForTheArt: Reading on the history of the series, it's pretty clear that the whole trilogy was an auteur project for Eno, from the legally dubious methods he used to net D a T-rating, to his infamous bridge-burning with Sony and jumping ship to Sega after the former manufactured far too little copies of D to meet the demand. The below-mentioned rare ''D's Diner'' ReCut of the game even had to be specially ordered and was hand-delivered by Eno himself.

* MagnumOpus: For Kenji Eno. It certainly helps that he retired from the industry after D-2 was released.

* MagnumOpus: The Kenji Eno. It certainly helps that he retired from the industry after D-2 was released.

** ''VideoGame/EnemyZero'' makes Laura a OneHitPointWonder: die to the invisible enemies, and you have to start all over again.

* XMeetsY: It's ''Film/TheThing1982'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' with a big ol' dose of {{Hentai}}!

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: In a bit of a BigLippedAlligatorMoment towards the end of the game, [[spoiler: Jannie just randomly melts]] for no apparent reason.

* WizardDidIt: A sorcerer known only as The Evil One is the main antagonist, with no real explanation offered for his [[OmnicidalManiac motivation]].

* LoopholeAbuse: A RealLife example: In order to ensure that ''D'' was published in the form he wished, Eno actually tricked the censors. First, he developed the game with no storyline, concealing the cutscenes from his own staff, then submitted a 'clean' version to the board for approval. He then delibrately submitted the master late, knowing that he would then have to deliver it by hand to the U.S. manufacturers. That gave him time to 'switch' the clean disc with the version he intended, [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar bypassing the censors completely]]! [[hottip:*:And doubtlessly damaging his reputation with them once they figured out the ruse, but apparently that was WorthIt.]]

* {{Padding}}: In an attempt to ensure that the player feels pressured by the time limit, several puzzles include elements blatantly meant to waste time, such as the Wheel.

* XMeetsY: It's ''Film/TheThing1982'' meets ''MetalGearSolid'' with a big ol' dose of {{Hentai}}!

* WholePlotReference: As supergreatfriend [[LampshadeHanging Lampshades]] in the thread title for his LP, ''D2'' is basically Kenji Eno's "Film/TheThing".

* XMeetsY: It's ''Film/TheThing'' meets ''MetalGearSolid'' with a big ol' dose of {{Hentai}}!

* In ''EnemyZero'', Laura Lewis is awakened from her cryogenic slumber on the AKI space station by a malfunction. This error wipes out most of her memory. As if that wasn't unfortunate enough, the station is being attacked by aliens -- completely invisible aliens whom Laura can find only by listening for them. And being only human, [[OneHitPointWonder Laura can't take much damage]], and has but one life to live...

** ''EnemyZero'' makes Laura a OneHitPointWonder: die to the invisible enemies, and you have to start all over again.

!!''EnemyZero'' [[EnemyZero has its own page]].

* GoForTheEye: Most monsters have a [[Franchise/ResidentEvil William Birkin-esque]] extra eyeball, which is almost always a weak point. [[FakeDifficulty Good luck shooting it with this targeting system, though...]]

* GoForTheEye: Most monsters have a [[ResidentEvil William Birkin-esque]] extra eyeball, which is almost always a weak point. [[FakeDifficulty Good luck shooting it with this targeting system, though...]]

* Despite the name, ''D2'' has no plot connection to the original ''D''. Laura Parson's peaceful flight is interrupted when terrorist-cultists hijack her plane and crash it into the Canadian wilderness. Awakening from a coma 10 days later, she and another survivor witness one of the terrorists transforming into a plant-monster! Now Laura must find other survivors and some way of contacting the outside world, all the while dealing with the horrific mutations...

* LegacyCharactr: In each entry, the main heroine is named Laura and has blonde hair. The surname changes to indicate each character is meant to be different.

* TheDanza: In each of her roles, Laura [[NamesTheSame has the same first name as her character]]. The surname changes to indicate each character is meant to be different.