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The first entry in the D series and one of the first games released by the company, it dealt with taboo content such as violence and cannibalism, featured 3D CGI full-motion video and a first-person…
D is an adventure developed by WARP, released 1 April 1995 on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, PlayStation, Sega Saturn and DOS.
What D is
D is an adventure game developed by WARP and released in 1995. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment. It is available on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, DOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game begins when Laura Harris is contacted by the Los Angeles police, receiving a disturbing message: her father, Dr. Richter Harris, has gone on a mass murdering spree and barricaded himself in the hospital. Laura rushes to the scene of the crime, desperate to find an explanation for the well-respected doctor's actions. Upon entering the hospital, she is so horrified at the murdered bodies lying about the halls that she covers her eyes. When she uncovers them again in the 3DO version, she finds herself in an unknown dark castle. In later versions of the game, she is still in the hospital and explores further, until taken by a small metallic entity to the castle. Unwilling to give up…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are educational, horror, sandbox and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
D holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 3 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz Processor, 128 MB RAM and Any 100% OpenGL capable card (Card or Onboard). At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
D launched on 1 April 1995, within three weeks of Chrono Trigger, Discworld, Mortal Kombat 3 and Gex. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Chrono Trigger, Discworld, Mortal Kombat 3, Gex.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 4 videos →
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