D-2
- November 24, 2000 14:47 PM PST
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It's Resident Evil meets the Deerhunter (minus Russian Roulette), when Laura Parton dons business attire and heads for the Yukon in D2, Warp's survival horror adventure for the Dreamcast.
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Lady Luck has Left the Building
It's Resident Evil meets Jack London, Aliens, and the Deerhunter (minus Russian Roulette), when Laura Parton dons business attire and heads for the Yukon in D-2, Warp's survival horror adventure for the Dreamcast. As the heroine of the story, you've just survived a plane crash. Why did the plane crash? Well, it was being hijacked, but more importantly, it was hit by a freakin' meteorite! Please place all disbelief securely in the overhead bins.
It seems that the meteorite was prophesized and beckons the return of Shadow, a malevolent force come to destroy Humankind. Standing in the way is good ol' Mother Earth and her amnesic avatar, Laura. There is fun to be had, as you try to stop Shadow and survive in the cold climate. As an augmentation to the standard First-Aid spray, you can use a hunting rifle to kill the local fauna. The meat you collect from killing birds and bunnies restores hit points, and if you're in the right frame of mind, you might find yourself more concerned with stockpiling meat than with following the plot.
The environments are well done and look particularly good during twilight. Indoors, the buildings actually look like they're used for what the game insists they were created for; houses look lived in, labs look worked in, and shacks look shacked in. Sound is decent, with a generic techno loop that surfaces occasionally and wind effects that give you shivers. Dialogue can be hard to hear, but it's usually not too interesting anyway. The battle system is point and shoot from a first person perspective. It's limited in that you cannot move to dodge attacks, but since most of your weapons have unlimited ammo, it's just a matter of throwing up enough lead to quiet the blossoming masses.
High Heels and an Assault Rifle
The way is long - too long sometimes for traversing the expanses of snowy, northern Canada on foot - and it's generally recommended that you dress appropriately for an excursion like this, but Laura is obviously made of tougher stuff. Taken with a healthy dose of tolerance, D-2 really shouldn't be a bad game to add to your collection..
