[atsonicpark]

anyway, D2...

 

 

 

 

I've always been a fan of Warp, the game company, they had a team of like 5 people (including the genius who was later behind ICO) and they made games wrapped in condoms and games for blind people and all sorts of really really weird shit.

They also made a little game called D, one of the first "survival horror" games; you can't save in it, you have to complete it in 2 hours, or you die. There's some puzzles.. it's kinda like Myst.. it's disturbing, atmospheric, weird, kinda awful by today's standards but also a work of art, one of the most brilliant and confounding games in the history of gaming.

Then, ENEMY ZERO, another frustrating but brilliant game that is atmospheric as hell, harder than shit, and has probably the best sound design.. ever... which is a good thing, since the enemies and where they are is based on sound.

Anyway, D2...

D fucking 2!

This game is genius! A true work of art. Man. Wow. Okay, okay, it's kinda like one of those Resident Evil "survival horror" type games, but a lot better -- there's no zombies, the game is a billion times more atmospheric; there's just no silliness at all, actually, the game is genuinely DISTURBING in places and it is just mindblowing as hell.

Running around in the snow and shooting monsters... god this game rules.. every monster you kill gives experience points, too!

This is truly the next generation of gaming (albeit released 11 years ago). Do whatever you can to get D2.

[nicfit]

super meat boy is supercool, challenging but hyperfun and less frustrating than similar ones.
I finished just a couple "worlds" and it's really impressive how you start a level (say, a though one), work your way through it in a matter of seconds (it litterally takes you just a few secs to end the levels if you do EVERYTHING right) and then die like 200 times in the very same spot.
Still, you can't help but restarting, redoing everything superfast (after 20 tries you go auto-pilot even the hardest bits, kinda those rhythm games) and retry that last jump or wathever that is that divides you from your beloved pink square.

[atsonicpark]

sweet!

I will have to check it out, when able to!

[nicfit]

ha ha yes!
do it!
and when you get things right you get the replay of the level like you're playing all your tries at the same time and there are all your alter-egos that die along the way till the last survivor ends the level,super fun

[EVOLghost]

 

[Ghostchase]

Yeah, the D series has always interested me, gotta play that. The game soundtrack was remixed by some cool artists too, can't remember who though.

[Dr. Eugene Felikson]

 

 

[noisereductions]

nice man. I have an extra Advantage lying around actually.

[Dr. Eugene Felikson]

Yup, I've got 2!

[noisereductions]

 

[Ghostchase]

 

[atsonicpark]

D2
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[atsonicpark]

Originally Posted by Ghostchase

Yeah, the D series has always interested me, gotta play that. The game soundtrack was remixed by some cool artists too, can't remember who though.

right on! I think hardfloor and coldcut were both on it, if I remember correctly.

[noisereductions]

 

[EVOLghost]

Isn't it a bit early to play video games NR?

[EVOLghost]

I've had a problem lately. I took out a lot of furniture from my room because I'll be moving out in a week or so....and well....I haven't had a comfortable place to play video games....which to me is huge. It's fucking annoying me to the max....but soon...it will all be over.

[noisereductions]

haha that's what I was playing last night.

[atsonicpark]

GHOSTCHASE:

http://www.dcisozone.com/downloads/1...und-Track.html

There's the D2 original soundtrack - -I think this is the one with the 99 tracks on it; the remix one is on slsk.

[atsonicpark]

So, I just found a download for Dreamcast game REAL SOUND, a game for blind people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jrGP098U6I

there, you can "watch" the game.

There are two versions of the game: One with static shots. One completely blank. Both have no gameplay besides pressing a button to progress the story. It's just sound. It was made specifically for blind people, though the static shot version has subtitles -- for deaf people.

Warp -- specifically Kenji Eno -- is one of my all time biggest influences. Yeah, I make experimental music and films, and he makes video games, but the atmosphere he conjures up in his work is absolutely incredible. I mean, he is kind of making "movies" too, really... His unconventional narratives, his odd gameplay devices (in Enemy Zero, you can only save so many times... your batteries eventually run out! Oh, also in Enemy Zero, EVERY ENEMY IN THE GAME IS INVISIBLE, you have to use your sound to play it -- hope you have a new tv, since a lot of older tv's dont' work well with stereo... they still make it mono... if possible, play game with headphones on).

Like, has anyone played D?

 

Not going to lie, I can't see this game getting any fans aside from some of the more fucked up people out there. But by my estimation, it's better than many of the Resident Evil games, and better than all Silent Hill games (dunno about that newest one -- 6, I guess? Was it any good? The second game in the series is the only one I like, and that's for the atmosphere and music... the music is incredible.. for the life of me, I can't remember that composer's old band.. p-model I think? They were an AWESOME Japanese new wave band I listened to many years ago, whne on my big polysics/spoozys/metronome/motocompo/[some] coaltar of the deepers "weird Japanese new wave influenced rock stuff" kick... but yeah, the silent hill games are just about unplayable aside from the aesthetics... the combat is horrible, the games are just you running through fog, hitting people with sticks, and solving idiotic puzzles).


...

ANYWAY.

I've played through and beaten D and I loved it. You gotta beat it in under 3 hours or you die. Hahaha. The thing is on like 3 discs, too. Unbelievable. But again, the atmosphere, the music, etc... I mean, yeah, the voice acting is extremely bad -- what localized voice acting isn't? -- but instead of being b-movie-hilarious like Resident Evil, it makes the game weirder.. it's surreal as hell, with all the rubber lip having characters... lips flopping but words not matching up... uhhh yeah. Truly creepy as hell, y'all.

 

SPOILER





...people wonder what "D" stands for right? It stands for DRACULA. You find out at the end of D you're the daughter of Dracula or some shit. Okay. It's not a happy ending, really, at least, or I guess not.

END SPOILER

 

Anyway, D2 is absolutely my favorite Dreamcast game, aside from Bangai-O and Ikaruga and ... well ... Psyvariar 2: The Will To Fabricate... which is probably the only bullet hell game on the system (plenty of shmups but no "bullet hells")...

 

NR... JOE? ... please tell me you've played Psyvariar 2: The Will To Fabricate (I have to bold it -- it's that damn good)? They really don't make more impressive shmups. It's like Mars Matrix but more insane. It's as colorful as Border Down, as epic as Ikaruga, as crazy as Mars Matrix, with a challenge level about on par with Trigger Heart Elexica.

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[noisereductions]

RE: NR... JOE? ... please tell me you've played Psyvariar 2: The Will To Fabricate (I have to bold it -- it's that damn good)? They really don't make more impressive shmups. It's like Mars Matrix but more insane. It's as colorful as Border Down, as epic as Ikaruga, as crazy as Mars Matrix, with a challenge level about on par with Trigger Heart Elexica.

--> no, but it looks phenomenal. Wow.

Adam, did you by any chance check out my blogpost on World Reborn? It's an unreleased GBA shmup. You should check it. If you dnt have a way to play GBA stuff, try Visual Boy Advance emu. It's not a perfect game (Iridion II is) but it certainly should have been released!