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[Anonymous No.10271994]

Just beat this mother fucker and had a blast doing so. Atmospheric, concise, deliciously dreadful, excellent. In celebration, let's have a thread about D, WARP, and the man who made it all possible, Kenji Eno.

[Anonymous No.10271996]

>>10271994
Fuck yes, I love it, I love you. You should play d2 next or maybe Martian gothic? Anyways congrats anon.

[Anonymous No.10272002]

Not a bad game, nice music, but I think a lot more could have been done with the property rather than a RE clone with a sword

[Anonymous No.10272005]

>>10271994
What does the D stand for?

[Anonymous No.10272013]

Why was Kenji Eno such a star? He never really made major hits did he. Why was he always showing up with superstar devs? He was like SWERY, very well known but nobody is sure why

[Anonymous No.10272046]

>>10272005
The game eventually reveals this, but it's way better if you go in without knowing. It's really cool when you find out.

[Anonymous No.10272049]

>>10271996
I was thinking Enemy Zero next. Any thoughts on that game?

[Anonymous No.10272085]

>>10272013
Artificial cult of personality. People who are part of certain families get pushed promotion, they are famous only because we are continuously told they are famous.

[Anonymous No.10272097]

>>10272049
Enemy 0 is a good time.

[Anonymous No.10272102]

>>10271994
I always confuse that game with this one

[Anonymous No.10272120]

>>10272013
Don't listen to >>10272013, he's a resentful Sony executive.

Kenji Eno is one of the very few figures in 90s gaming who could legitimately be called an "auteur", in that he -- himself, one person -- was always in complete control of every single one of his games. D was a massive financial success in Japan, arguably the best game on the 3DO, and is also probably the best pre-Resident Evil horror game. Enemy Zero and D2, two completely original games (though still part of the "D series") were also very well-regarded and remain cult classics today. Even his other weird side projects, like Short WARP and Kaze no Regret (an adventure game quite literally made for blind people), still carried his distinct style and attention to detail.

Also, consider: D was released internationally at the perfect time. J-Horror hit its stride in the mid-to-late 90s, and D pretty much had exclusive claim to it in the video game world until Resident Evil and Silent Hill came along.

He wasn't the greatest game designer by a long shot, but he made his impact and made it quite well. Plus, he died years ago, so he'll never be able to destroy his reputation on Twitter.

[Anonymous No.10272167]

People always claim Kojima and more recognizable names as being the most ridiculous game makers but there is truly is no one quite as much of a mad man as Eno.

Some of my favorite Kenji Eno exploits include:
>While working at Warp games Eno would create bizarre marketing campaigns to advertise his games, such as including a bag of seed with Real Sound or, most famously, including condoms with condoms
>In order to ensure D would be shipped without any censorship he personally had a "clean" version without the most violent or gory scenes created specifically to only send to the ratings board of Japan who would approve it, then when it came time to actually produce copies he gave the original unaltered version.
>During a press conference to discuss how Enemy Zero would be a Playstation exclusive complete with Sony execs on stage, the trailer he ran went on past the end of the regular footage to a clip of the PlayStation logo morphing into the logo for Sega Saturn and announcing that Warp's latest game, Enemy Zero, would be a Saturn exclusive.
Did he make good games? Not really, but holy fuck did he love what he did and refused to give in to any compromises for his vision on games. It's truly tragic that he passed just as he finally really getting his footing in the industry after D2, I feel like he may have went on to produce genuine classics had he lived. Still, his legacy is amazing in itself and I really think he's among the most lovable devs in gaming, god bless this crazy fucker.

[Anonymous No.10272184]

>>10272167
You need to have some pretty powerful friends not to get blacklisted after stunts like this. Shouldn't tricking a rating agency immediately blacklist you and cause a recall of your game

[Anonymous No.10272202]

>>10272013
The funny thing is, D no Shokutaku/D was insanely successful at the time of its release. It's easy to forget about now since its basically obscure in the west but according to the 1UP interview it sold a million copies. Presumably this was across all platforms and worldwide, but it seemed like the bulk of the sales came from Japan. It seems fitting though, considering the story about how he was pissed that Sony only printed 20k out of the 100k preorders D no Shokutaku got at the time.
>http://web.archive.org/web/20160527120111/http://www.1up.com/features/kenji-eno-breaks-silence?pager.offset=4

[Anonymous No.10272249]

>>10272167
One of the noteworthy things about D; is that all of the FMV was rendered entirely on two Amiga 4000's, which was all they could afford. This game was clearly not rendered on a higher end SGI workstation.

[Anonymous No.10272250]

>>10272184
Or you yourself bring enough to the table that people grit their teeth.

Seethe harder you envious commie troon. You're not oppressed, you just suck at life.

[Anonymous No.10272256]

>>10272250
how do you get so much projection into so few words

[Anonymous No.10272284]

>>10271994
Come on that "twist" could've been better. Such a cop out.

[Anonymous No.10272294]

Shot in the friggin' dark here, but I don't know where else to ask: In the mid-2010s, there was an American fanzine-style publication that did an entire issue dedicated to covering WARP's games (and, I assume, Kenji Eno's career in general). It was part of a series of similar boutique magazines that all focused on obscure Japanese games. (Not Boss Fight books, but something along the same lines as that, written by amateur game history enthusiasts/minor journalists.) I desperately wanted it, but had no money at the time. Now that I have money, I of course can't find any trace of it online.

Does anyone remember what this magazine was called? If so, is it still available for purchase? I'd love to know.

[Anonymous No.10272301]

>>10272250
>people are talking about mid 90s video game rating boards
>somehow thinks about troons for literally no reason

[Anonymous No.10272782]

>>10272301
A poster crying about how he must have unfair privilege, for multiple posts, is definitely a dickless commue loser from reddit

[Anonymous No.10273060]

>>10271994
>Atmospheric, concise, deliciously dreadful, excellent
And painfully slow. Yawn.

[Anonymous No.10273061]

>>10272005
Dracula

[Anonymous No.10273062]

>>10272005
Dracula.
Mansion of Hidden Souls on the Sega CD is a better "game".

[Anonymous No.10273190]

>>10272002
wrong game, that's Vampire Hunter D

[Anonymous No.10273201]

>>10272167
>>During a press conference to discuss how Enemy Zero would be a Playstation exclusive complete with Sony execs on stage, the trailer he ran went on past the end of the regular footage to a clip of the PlayStation logo morphing into the logo for Sega Saturn and announcing that Warp's latest game, Enemy Zero, would be a Saturn exclusive.

[Anonymous No.10273204]

>>10273201
What a fucking mad Lad

[Anonymous No.10273225]

>>10272249
And it looks all the more impressive for it.

[Anonymous No.10273229]

>>10271994
Steam or Saturn?

[Anonymous No.10273295]

>>10273204
If random retro jap does it : based
If Swiney from Epic does it : waaaah

[Anonymous No.10273308]

>>10272250
Anon rating agencies give zero fuck if your game is good, they're not going to go "oh we'll let it slide I enjoyed the game", we don't live in a cartoon.

[Anonymous No.10273310]

>>10272782
Nepotism exists, especially in Japan. Sorry you had to find out that way

[Anonymous No.10273314]

>>10272005

[Anonymous No.10273829]

>>10273229
I actually played through the GOG version, which worked perfectly but had a pretty small playing field. The PS1 version seems to be the best?

[Anonymous No.10273869]

>>10272120
I mean I like Eno's work, but saying it was the best on the 3DO or the best pre-Resident Evil horror game is massively overselling him.

[Anonymous No.10273962]

>>10272013
He had a very cool attitude about the industry. Pissing off Sony, unapologetically making Enemy Zero frustratingly difficult, making a game for the blind, pulling a switcheroo with D so it wouldn't get censored, and so forth. I've played his games and don't think they're that great, but he's one of my favorite industry figures from gaming history.

[Anonymous No.10273983]

>>10271994
this was the first game i got for the ps1, and the only video game ive ever seen my mom play (the controls were very simple). we all thought it was so creepy. its probably been over 20 years since i played this. the main thing i remember is that voice saying LAURA.

[Anonymous No.10274280]

>>10273869
>I mean I like Eno's work, but saying it was the best on the 3DO or the best pre-Resident Evil horror game is massively overselling him.

What else was there, really, besides Alone in the Dark, and Mansion of the Hidden souls and some PC adventure games? I think D was really propped up for being a good and original 3DO FMV adventure game, that was kind of in the same genre as MYST. But with a horror theme. Japan seemed to have an interesting market for the 3DO. It lead to getting ported to the Saturn, PS1 and PC. The 3DO also did get a Directors Cut that was exclusive to the console.

[Anonymous No.10274285]

>>10271994
>had a blast
>blast
Reddit post

[Anonymous No.10274693]

>>10274285
Well, you’re a nigger. IS THAT REDDIT ENOUGH FOR YA!?!?

[Anonymous No.10274728]

Am I remembering correctly that the PC versions game box made an evil laughing sound when you opened it? Can't find it online

[Anonymous No.10276443]

>>10274280
Elvira, Project Firestarter, Doctor Hauzer, I think. The 3DO also had a bunch of stuff which didn't rely on the game having a hard time limit. Iron Angels of the Apocalypse was pretty cool.

[Anonymous No.10276864]

>>10271994
I had this on Sega Saturn, wonder if I still have it somewhere. Nice atmosphere and all, don't have much to add. I wouldn't really call it a game.
The Crow City of Angels had nice atmosphere too. I don't know, the Saturn had so many stinkers I still ptsd.

[Anonymous No.10276869]

>>10274285
This site has somehow gotten worse than reddit. As full of worthless good for nothing retarded faggots that reddit is. This shithole is somehow worse.