alllifeinfate's Game Review #012 - D4 - Dark Dreams Don't Die Season One [2015]
D4 - Dark Dreams Don't Die (Season One) [2015] 3.5/5
http://d4-game.com/ - Official Site
http://store.steampowered.com/app/358090/ - Very Positive
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/d4-dark-dreams-dont-die - 67% / 6.8
http://www.pcgamer.com/d4-dark-dreams-dont-die-review/ - 78%
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D4:_Dark_Dreams_Don%27t_Die
This is the story of a man with a very strange fate.
His name is David Young – formerly with the Boston PD Narcotics Unit, now a private detective. He possesses the supernatural ability to “dive” into the world of the past by touching left-behind items called “mementos.” Two years ago, Young’s wife was killed by an unknown assailant, and Young suffered a blow to the head that cost him his memory. His wife’s final words: “Look for D.”
D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die - A new mystery adventure game from SWERY, the mind behind Deadly Premonition. This unsettling tale unfolds through a series of episodes as the hero pursues his wife’s murderer and dives into the past. Season One includes the Prologue, Episode 1, and Episode 2.
Enter the crazy world of D4, meet its cast of quirky characters and watch as the gripping tale unfolds.
"Be ready to have a dose of Japanese eccentricity on the supernatural detective genre sets in Brooklyn... the gameplay certainly as bizarre as the setting as much as the characters themselves."
+ Stylistic and sometimes beautiful cel-shaded graphics but showing its limitations, mirroring the game's broad entertaining subjects that are far from perfect under scrutiny
+/- Unorthodox or rather really particularly unique Japanese take on the game's genre and detective tropes that need a particular mindset to go through, with out-of-this-world characters with quirks that are borderline obnoxious
+/- Almost perfect conversion of the original gameplay but less hands-on story-wise but more on on-screen display interaction and quick time events
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