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A GREAT GAME

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: July 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The game controls in this game are odd.You play a third person view like tomb raider, but when a battle comes up it shifts to first person.Only 3 aliens come at you at the most and the minimum is 1.The aliens pop out of the snow about every 10 steps so it's sort of alarming at first but after a while it gets on your nerves.The game has a lot of backtracking where you have to find a cabin with someone in it to talk to.You walk the entire game except for a part where you drive a snowmobile.The game is finding out what happened to the rest of the passengers on your crashed flight and what became of the hijackers after the meteor struck the plane's wing.You find at the beginning of the game that one hijacker bleeds green blood and it appears somehow they became aliens, but you don't know what happened to the rest of the passengers, did they share the same fate?The graphics are wonderful and the game itself isn't that bad except it can get boring or annoying and it is a long game(spanning 4 disks)This game is worth the money.

The game to see before online mayhem breaks loose.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

As strange as it may sound, this game is actually very scary, even to a veteran horror flick fan like myself. And to add to the depth of how gory this game is, the graphics are some of the best I've seen on a console(even better than 99% of PC games). I was wowed at how many times people in the game got sliced and diced(not going to include any names). If you liked Resident Evil:CV, you WONT like this game. It is alot better, and the story is really intense. If your looking for a game before the explosion of online madness, this should be your number one choice.

Great game but not for everyone...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: August 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

A game which involves a mute waif battling space flowers interspersed with Oregon Trail-like hunting interludes may not be for everyone. The best feature is the creepy and tense atmosphere this game oozes, due mainly to it's slick graphics. I also enjoyed the strange, Sam Raimi inspired boss encounters that pepper the game experience. My favorite so far was the flight attendant spewing airline cliches and vomit while flinging Laura (the protagonist) through the air. Unfortunate qualities include extremely bad dubbing (with many instances of gums flapping without any speech at all) and lots of embaressing "tentacle" monsters (wonder what they symbolize?). I would suggest keeping your girl friends away unless you want them to think you are a pervert. Overall though, it has kept me playing late into the night for the last few days, which says alot (I get bored really easily). If you like Pete Jackson or Sam Raimi movies(Bad Taste, Dead Alive, Evil Dead) you'll probably enjoy the quirkiness and plentiful gore. Also, this is the first game for a console I can think of that features nudity (a completly random topless scene on the second disc). On the other hand, if you're expecting serious horror (like Resident Evil) you are bound to be dissapointed.

More of a movie then an actual game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: September 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

D2 has it's moments but for the most part this game is just plain boring. The graphics are stellar, the cinematics were well done and the controls are pretty easy to learn, but when it comes to actual gameplay, there is a lack there of. The game consists of four discs of little more then repetive cgi movies. You control a women who never speeks on camera but supposidly does off. You are forced to trek back and forth to the same spots over and over again killing the same monsters in the same spots the same way each time. 90% of the time you will have no control of what is going on and just sit back and watch. And for every little thing your character does, open doors, pick up an item and so on, you are forced to watch a quick cut scene, Everytime. It gets very old very fast. For those who actualy like to play games rather then look over your friends shoulder and watch, look elsewhere. Don't even bother with this coaster.

If I want a movie I will buy a DVD

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: September 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is not a game it is a completely computer rendered movie with good Dialogue decent story and wonderful music. The problem is I play video games to play and this title lacks gameplay in a woeful manner. You switch modes so there is some upclose gun battles alot of em in fact thats all the gameplay really consists of besides wandering around. The hunting mode is fun for about ten minutes until you master it. I would buy this game for under twenty bucks and be happy with the entertainment value I got from the FMV's and the soundtrack both of which are incredible. If you are looking for a scary little movie that you push along you might just like it but rent first.

"HARDCORE GAMERS ONLY"

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: September 22, 2000
Author: Amazon User

"Is this a movie or a video game". About 75% of the timeline is cinema.The characters don't even talk in-sync,it's like watching a japaness dubbed movie.But yet, i don't want to discourage this type of gameplay,i like to see more of it in the furture, It's cinematic charm is a plus,it's weapons are awesome,it's simple gameplay is entertaning.it took me four days to finish it.

Are you brave enough for D2?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: November 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

OK. I bought this game yesterday and it is FREAKY. I had to shut the dreamcast off sometimes because i was so damn freaked out. The game itself is awsome and the story is really immense. But i have to tell you, you have to have a lot of guts to be able to play this game without getting some sort of addreniline rush. The game is also extrememy gory; sometimes you cant see what you are shooting at because blood is covering the entire screen. So overall if you like to get freaked out or enjoy scary video games, this is the best one yet.

A warning to all: avoid this game!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: November 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I really enjoy RPGs, and when I first saw this game, I was excited when I saw it was a 4 CD game! Then I played it. First of all, the monster encounters were terrible. Personally I enjoy games where you at least can see the monster coming (Tomb Raider), or at least it's a surprise when they show up (Resident Evil). With D2, as soon as I heard my Dreamcast console warm up, I knew I was about to meet up with a monster. Then, it thrusts you into first person mode and you can't run away! All you can do is aim and shoot. Second, the puzzles were easier than first grade math. Third, I forced myself to play to the end (which was fairly easy to get to) and it was extremely anti-climactic. Storywise I felt forced from situation to situation. The only positive I can say is that the graphics were nice eyecandy (although I've been more scared of the mosters in either Resident Evil or even Quake). I enjoyed riding the snowmobile around. That's it. I've heard that the graphics were a lot more hard-core in the Japanese version. If only they hadn't tampered with it, maybe it would have made D2 worth owning.

Laaaaaaaaaaaame!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game has blocky and awkward cinematics and the gameplay isn't much better. I played this game for about 4 hours or so and then gave up on it. Do yourself a favor and skip this one unless you're a die hard survival horror fan. -Osiris Z

A Perfect Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

D2 is an excellent game that offers everything you love about survival horror games and more... The game centers around Laura Parton, whose plane crashes somewhere in the mountains of Northern Canada. In order to survive, she must hunt for food, and protect herself against mutated monsters that pop out at random. As you go through this game, you'll find yourself emersed in an in-depth story containing stunning cinemas,character interactions,puzzles,terrifying bosses, and exciting plot twists and turns that'll leave you on the edge of your seat wanting more. There were, however, certain things in this game which I found slightly trying on one's patience. For instace, hunting for rabbits was tricky at first, but once you get the hang of it, it becomes fairly easy. Another thing that's slightly annoying, is the monsters. There's nothing wrong with them in particular, it's just that every time Laura steps into a certain area, monsters instantly pop out [in numbers] and you're forced to fight them. In spite of this, I strongly urge anyone who loves survival horror games to buy D2. The story line and the graphics alone, are well worth it.

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