Go Back   Horror.com Forums - Talk about horror. > Horror, But Not Movies > Games
Register FAQ Community Calendar

Reply
 
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 03-24-2011, 01:39 PM
BookZombie's Avatar
BookZombie BookZombie is offline
Wicked Witch Of The North
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: The land of the trolls.
Posts: 443
Send a message via MSN to BookZombie Send a message via Yahoo to BookZombie Send a message via Skype™ to BookZombie
My little review of D.

I just wrote a review for the game D on Amazon so I just thought I would post it here to and perhaps get some conversation about the game going if that is okey.

My little review of D.

D is a survival horror game with strong puzzle elements. The main character Laura get contacted by the police because her father, the chief doctor of a local hospital have apparently gone insane and killed several people, Laura enters the hospital where he have holed up to try to talk him down but once there she is transported to a nightmare world. Now Laura have two hours to figure out her father's secrets and unravel the darkness which clouds her past before her father is lost to her forever.

When I first played this game as a Playstation rental (The PC and Playstation edition is about the same, I bought the PC one as it was cheaper.) I was just blown away. The game come on I think three discs and boy to it use them. By the standards of the time this game was published the whole thing looked like one, long cut scene, and the graphics on Laura and the world around her was just amazing and where good enough to really be spooky. Now many say that Silent Hill where the first game with good enough graphics to really be a horror game, however I say have a look at this one, while not as good as Silent Hill it is definitely scary and it was published four years before Silent Hill. Now I think there where horror games before this as well, however I am just saying that this game is sadly overlooked in the history of horror video games.

Now D was originally made to showcase the 3DO console and as such it's main point is it's graphics. However while D's graphics where impressive when it was originally published it have not aged well and the game today appears as rather dated, unlike Silent Hill who had both graphics and game play, this game have only the graphics and a 16 year old game really can not brag about it's graphics anymore. Another problem with D is that if you know the puzzles then you can go through the game in 20 minutes, it will take a bit of time to figure everything out, but the game do not have a whole lot of replay value.

D is a puzzle game as in the type where you walk around, you find items and figure out where to use them and that is about it, however the puzzles are interesting enough so all in all the game is rather good for a play through or two. The story of D is rather good and that alongside the graphics is what really steal the show.

I do recommend D it is a good game, however you have to forgive the game it's age and just know that when this beauty came out it was amazing. If you like a good mystery and a good horror story then this game might be for you.



Uploaded with ImageShack.us
__________________
@}->-If you are ever attacked by vampires, held hostage by aliens, haunted by angry ghosts, put on a zombie's menu, stalked by an undying killer or in other ways find yourself in a horror movie situation, never, ever go near the bathroom!-<-{@
Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 06:26 AM.