By today's standard's, D is a game that is more interesting in concept than in practice. The initial hook is great: the protagonist, Laura, has just two real-time hours to investigate why her father has gone on a shooting spree, or it's game over. The game is fully-animated with unmistakably retro 3D FMVs, and the gameplay consists of rudimentary puzzles and first-person navigation. Unfortunately, despite the strict two hour limit, the experience ends up being a slog due to the slow pace of every animation that plays during traversal and interaction with the environment. The most egregious example is a convoluted "puzzle" involving repeatedly turning a wheel to open different rooms -- trying to figure out the number of turns that correspond to each room would be nothing short of torturous without a walkthrough. The atmosphere is excellent and D is ambitious for its time (is this the first game with modern quick time events?), but it's probably better to watch your Let's Play of choice than to play it for yourself.

D is one of those games where like... I can't really say it's a GOOD game, but at the same time I can't help but love it. It's pretty short, it's clunky as all hell, and it's slow, but there's nothing else quite like it. And if there's one thing D gets right, its absolutely the atmosphere. Being a game made entirely of pre-rendered 3D cutscenes, its got a look and feel I just can't get enough of. On a gameplay level, yes, D might as well be nonexistant, but on an artistic level I love D. that being said, its moreso a game I recommend watching someone else play, rather than playing it for yourself