History VideoGame / D

* Despite the name, ''D2'' has no plot connection to the original ''D''. Laura Parton'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. Laura must find other survivors and some way of contacting the outside world, all the while dealing with the horrific mutations...

* TimedMission: You have a mere two hours to finish the game. If you fail to reach the ending in time... [[spoiler:Laura falls into her pocket watch. ...Wait, what?]]
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!!''D2'' also contains examples of:
* AnachronicOrder: For some reason, the intro movie is on disc four.
* AscendedToCarnivorism: Thanks to ''D2'', we know that wooly mammoths subsisted on a diet of tundra grass, tree roots and [[spoiler:angels.]]
** Though technically said [[spoiler:angels]] were actually [[spoiler:a race of WingedHumanoid PlantAliens]], so whether eating them could be considered carnivorism is sketchy.
%%* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: At one point, Kim is worriedly telling Laura that [[spoiler:Jannie's disappeared]]... only to stop short and admire a butterfly fluttering past.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: Every monster has a weak point, usually [[EyeScream its]] [[EyesDoNotBelongThere eye]].
%%* AuthorTract
* BodyHorror: Every enemy is a person that has "bloomed" into a plant-like monster.
* BookEnds: The game begins and ends with [[spoiler:David picking up Laura's compact and introducing himself]].
* {{Bowdlerise}}: While not a kid-friendly game, quite a few things are edited or blocked, the scene in the beginning where Kimberly gets a tentacle down her throat is slightly panned away, the placement of [[spoiler: Jannie's Grandfather's tentacle was much more... [[NaughtyTentacles Questionable]] (or FridgeHorror)]], and a few other edits.
* BrokenBird: Kimberly.
* CheckpointStarvation: Get comfy once you enter the fight with [[spoiler: Martha,]] because it'll be over an hour before you get a chance to save. Fortunately, this was one of the first games that let you pause cutscenes.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The monsters are {{Palette Swap}}ped to various color schemes to signify relative strength; green are the weakest while red are the strongest
* DeadHatShot: Used after [[spoiler:Parker]]'s death.
* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler: Jannie]].
* DeusExMachina: How [[spoiler:The Great Mother saves Laura during certain points through the game, by just teleporting her out of trouble.]] It happens enough that Parker scoffs at it one time.
* DiabolusExNihilo: A sorcerer known only as The Evil One is the main antagonist, with no real explanation offered for his [[OmnicidalManiac motivation]].
* DifficultySpike: Disc 4. Hope you saved those grenades...
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Kimberly's mother, unable to cope with her late husband's debts or the Loan Sharks harassing her.]]
* DoesNotLikeMen: Kimberly, due to childhood trauma, reacts to men with hostility, but is apologetic and frustrated at her own behavior once they're gone.
* DoNotRunWithAGun: When fighting, Laura cannot move at all, she can only stand in place and move her weapon sight around.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Towards the end of the game, [[spoiler: Jannie randomly melts]].
* TheDulcineaEffect: David meets Laura on the plane and is instantly protective of her. Parker acts similarly towards Kimberly, despite Kim's automatic hostility towards men, and Laura towards Jannie.
* DullSurprise: This game was an early 3D game, as the stilted facial animations prove.
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The great shadow.]]
* ExposedToTheElements: Laura's legs must be awfully cold... Kimberly ''almost'' averts it except for the belly shirt. Justified in that it's what they were wearing on the plane, but you'd think with all the mountain cabins they explore, some of them would have some warmer clothes.
* FantasticDrug: Linda.
* FatalFamilyPhoto: Laura finds one of these after defeating [[spoiler:Jannie's mutated grandpa]] and takes it [[HeroicBSOD very poorly.]]
* FullFrontalAssault: [[spoiler: Clone Kimberly.]] Unlike the entries under {{Bowdlerise}}, this was ''not'' censored for the American release.
* GaiasVengeance: [[spoiler: The Cosmos themselves want to wipe out humanity. Also Inverted, as the Great Mother wishes to defend humanity against The Shadow]].
* GoForTheEye: Most monsters have a [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 William Birkin-esque]] extra eyeball, which is almost always a weak point. [[FakeDifficulty Good luck shooting it with this targeting system, though...]]
* HealingPotion: The First-Aid Sprays.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Late in the game, Laura meets the surviving terrorist (the one who blossomed before) Larry. He's regained his human form and will, and swears he's fine, and a good guy now. [[spoiler: Then he blossoms again and attacks against his will, forcing Laura to kill him.]]
* HeroicMime: Laura gasps, screams and makes inquiring noises, but doesn't do much in the way of actually ''speaking'' [[spoiler: until the very end.]] A good example of why this trope doesn't really work in a story heavy game as the cutscenes with other characters make her appear to have some kind of mental handicap.
* HeroicSacrifice: Combined with DyingAsYourself by [[spoiler:Parker, who blows himself up to open a path and ensure he won't blossom]]. Sadly, [[spoiler: it doesn't work.]]
* HumansAreBastards [[spoiler:The motivation for The Cosmos for everything that happens in the plot. Fortunately The Great Mother thinks elsewise.]]
* HyperactiveMetabolism: Laura can heal by eating Meats, obtained by hunting the local wildlife. Though she carries a Portable Cooker, she can also instantly recover by eating in the middle of battle.
* ImMelting: The fate of [[spoiler:poor Jannie]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Kimberly.]]
* InterfaceScrew: During the final battle, [[spoiler:The Shadow takes away Laura's senses one by one.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: You meet a scientist midway through the game who is married to [[spoiler: a talking flower.]] No, it does not make any more sense in context.
* LargeHam: Many infected bosses, and the crazy guy at the beginning of disc two.
* MadnessMantra: Much like [[VideoGame/AlanWake the Taken,]] The infected bosses tend to ramble on about things that were important to them ''before'' their transformations.
* MeaningfulName: At least for this game. [[spoiler: Laura = The first letter of her mother, Lucy's, name and the latin word for 'air': 'aura'.]]
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Lucy Parton]] begs Laura for this.
* MutualKill: Between [[spoiler:Parker and Kimberly]].
* MyBelovedSmother: Martha.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She doesn't [[HeroicMime actually say it]], but Laura screams in horror upon finding [[spoiler:the FatalFamilyPhoto Jannie's grandfather was carrying]].
* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: It is heavily implied that before the start of the game proper, Laura cannibalized [[spoiler:David]]: Kimberly notes that Laura appears remarkably well fed for having been out in the frozen wilderness for several days since the crash. Throughout the game there are flashbacks to [[spoiler:David]] encouraging Laura to live on while sounding seriously injured. And then there's the fact the person in question is nowhere to be found for the rest of the game, even as a corpse.
* OffModel: Kimberly's giant neck.
* ResetButtonEnding: [[spoiler:Sort of. 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 [[InferredHolocaust 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?]]
* SeenItAll: By the time Parker sees you [[spoiler: fall through the ceiling]] for the second time in a row, he just decides to leave the room, mumbling to himself.
* SenselessSacrifice: Despite their intentions, [[spoiler:Parker survives his HeroicSacrifice and takes out Kimberly, precisely what he was trying to avoid]].
* StageMom: [[spoiler:Martha pushed her son to become a great pianist, to the point of moving to an isolated cabin to minimize distractions and forcing him to take Linda to improve his senses.]]
* StockFootage: [[spoiler:Various stock images and videos are shown whenever The Earth Mother saves Laura.]]
* SplitPersonality: Though it's not explicitly stated during the game, [[spoiler: Kimberly has a hidden psychotic side that kills a terrorist, Tom the musician and possibly the Priest. Notice that none of them are torn apart like Clone Kimberly's victims, and Kimberly's blood is still red when she dies.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: To the entire human race, delivered by the game itself before the credits!
* TimeBomb: Which leads to a TimedMission
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Parker and Kimberly.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Jannie and cherry pie. It kind of shows.
* TragicKeepsake: By the end of the game, Laura has plenty of these.
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Laura has a bad case of this after waking up from her coma.
* WasOnceAMan: Every single enemy.
* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "It's... Laura... [[SuddenlyVoiced My name is Laura Parton]]."]]
* WholePlotReference: As supergreatfriend [[LampshadeHanging Lampshades]] in the thread title for his LP, ''D2'' is basically Kenji Eno's ''Film/TheThing1982''.
* ZeroEffortBoss: XILO. A.K.A. [[spoiler: Lucy Parton.]]
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!!''VideoGame/EnemyZero'' [[VideoGame/EnemyZero has its own page]].
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* FinalDeath: Couldn't make the time limit, or [[spoiler:didn't pick up the flintlock]]? Well, there goes two hours of your life.

* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:Subverted by Jannie]].

* FunWithAcronyms: ''D'' stands for ''D[[spoiler:[[{{Dracula}} racula]]]]''.

* 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 story line, concealing the cutscenes from his own staff, then submitted a 'clean' version to the board for approval. He then deliberately 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]]

After ''D2'''s commercial failure, its developer, WARP, folded, bringing Laura's career to an end. However, the original ''D'' is available digitally on both UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and Website/GOGDotCom under the title ''D: The Game'' as published by Throwback Entertainment.

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* 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 deliberately 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]]

* TimedMission: You have a mere two hours to finish the game. If you fail to reach the ending in time... [[spoiler:Laura falls into her pocketwatch. ...Wait, what?]]

After ''D2'''s commercial failure, its developer, WARP, folded, bringing Laura's career to an end.

* FinalDeath: Couldn't make the time limit, or [[spoiler:didn't pick up the revolver]]? Well, there goes two hours of your life.

* ''D'' tells the story of Laura Harris, a college student. While attending school in San Francisco, she recieves word that her father, the respected Dr. Richter Harris, has started randomly murdering everyone at his Los Angeles hospital. Rushing to the scene, she enters the hospital and is confronted by a bloody scene... one that swiftly alters to a mysterious abandoned castle. Despite visions of her father warning her to leave, she makes her way deeper inside, coming ever closer to the AwfulTruth of what exactly caused her father's rampage...

* VirtualCelebrity: Laura, as outlined above. Several of the cast members introduced in ''Enemy Zero'' also reappear in ''D-2'' in new roles.

** And the "Time Elasped Ending" where she fails to get through to Richter in time and [[spoiler:falls through her pocket watch.]]

* AuteurLicense: Reading up 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.

* FunWithAcronyms: D stands for ''D[[spoiler:[[{{Dracula}} racula]]]]''.

* MoodWhiplash: The end credits of D consists of generic J-Rock with various daytime photos of the development team, which is jarring from the dark and moody tone of the entire game.

* AscendedToCarnivorism: Thanks to D2, we know that wooly mammoths subsisted on a diet of tundra grass, tree roots and [[spoiler: angels.]]
** Though technically said [[spoiler: angels]] were actually [[spoiler: a race of WingedHumanoid PlantAliens]], so whether eating them could be considered carnivorism is sketchy.

* DeusExMachina: How [[The Great Mother saves Laura during certain points through the game, by just teleporting her out of trouble. It happens enough that Parker scoffs at it one time.]]

* GaiasVengeance: [[spoiler:The Cosmos themselves want to wipe out humanity. Also Inverted, as the Great Mother wishes to defend humanity against The Shadow]].

* Despite the name, ''D2'' has no plot connection to the original ''D''. Laura Parton'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...

%%* BodyHorror

%%* DullSurprise

%%* HumansAreBastards

%%* StockFootage

%%* TimeBomb: Which leads to a...
%%* TimedMission

* {{Dracula}}: [[spoiler:The origins of Laura's family.]]

* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield

* AuthorTract
* BodyHorror

* DullSurprise

* HumansAreBastards

* StockFootage

* TimeBomb: Which leads to a...
* TimedMission

* {{Bowdlerise}}: While not a kid-friendly game, quite a few things are edited or blocked, the scene in the beginning where Kimberly gets a tentacle down her throat is slightly panned away, the placement of [[spoiler: Jannie's Grandfather's tentacle was much more... [[FreudWasRight Questionable]] (or FridgeHorror)]], and a few other edits.

* LetsPlay: supergreatfriend did a run through [[http://lparchive.org/D-and-D2/ D and D-2]].
** And here's one of [[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuoM6YEhavdzmtcTOUaN3LxXHDRhRHosk Enemy Zero]] by a different person.
** Supergreatfriend has now started a Let's Play of [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaSPgE4K0SB13KmEKsYOcJXOpPu9id9Mc Enemy Zero]], covering other games Eno was involved with in interlude segments.

* MadnessMantra: Much like [[AlanWake the Taken,]] The infected bosses tend to ramble on about things that were important to them ''before'' their transformations.

* [[spoiler:DownerEnding: Even though Laura survived the ordeal, Richter and all of the patients are dead, and Laura now knows the truth about her past, that she murdered her own mother.]]
* [[spoiler:{{Dracula}}: The origins of Laura's family.]]

* [[spoiler:ImAHumanitarian: This is required to transform into Dracula. Laura attempted it in the past with her mother, and Richter ends up doing this to Laura in the Bad Ending.]]
* 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]]

*** A GoldenEnding is available in the ''D's Diner'' release[[note]]Obtained by finding all of the scarab beetles and viewing the flashbacks of [[spoiler:Laura murdering and eating her mother]][[/note]], which is exactly the same as the good ending, but with a [[TheStinger Stinger]] - the sound of [[spoiler:a baby crying]].

* [[spoiler:OurVampiresAreDifferent: Laura and her lineage.]]

* ExposedToTheElements: Laura's legs must be awfully cold...Kimberly ''almost'' averts it except for the belly shirt. Justified in that it's what they were wearing on the plane, but you'd think with all the mountain cabins they explore, some of them would have some warmer clothes.

* [[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 [[InferredHolocaust 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?]]