Quote by The Snapple Cap:
yeah my bad kat I remember you reviewing it lol.
Here's my mini-review of D4:
Part LA Noire, part <what the fuck, Japan?>, D4 is the latest game from developer / savant SWERY. It's refreshing that, like a Kojima, this creative mind was given free reign to do whatever he pleased. The results here, however, are mixed, in part because of the episodic content (that will likely never be completed, due to poor sales, a la Shenmue), and a typical flaw with these kind of endeavors: the lack of a cohesive story.
The game's greatest strength, is in its characters. Whether we're talking about Metal Gear, Lollipop Chainsaw, Killer is Dead, and now, D4- the characters take center stage, and while skewed a bit from believable reality, that's what makes them more interesting, and endearing.
The premise, of going back in time to find your wife's killer, a mysterious "D", is fun, but its execution seems sloppy, mainly by the use of... frankly dull mini-games, that the player is constantly being hit with. The "side quests" are little more than a cut scene or two, with no player interaction.
It also didn't help that it took me half the game to realize "Little Peggy" was his wife, not his sister. Although I partly attribute that as my own fault, the way he behaved with her, early on, seemed to indicate a brother / sister relationship, especially the "Little" nickname, to which, calling your wife "Little (<wife>
wouldn't go over so well, in western marital relationships.
You spend the entire "active" part of the episode, on an airplane, when you're not at home, which seems like a missed opportunity for such a grand "time travel" plot, especially since this chapter is technically TWO chapters. Returning onto the same plane, in chapter two (albeit now in the cargo hold), seemed like a missed opportunity, and the 2nd chapter is also barely a third the length, of the 1st.
Despite all these negatives, the quirky characters warrant this a play-through. It would've been nice to see more of David's partner's motivation, for helping him, and why Amanda is attracted to David-- as their motivations for being so nice to David (who is practically a Howard Hughes shut-in, in the present), would've gone a long way.