<s>
D2	B-Application
is	O
a	O
survival	O
horror	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Warp	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
D2	B-Application
stars	O
the	O
"	O
digital	O
actress	O
"	O
Laura	O
but	O
has	O
an	O
independent	O
story	O
unrelated	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
D	B-Application
,	O
and	O
uses	O
action-oriented	O
gameplay	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
puzzle-driven	O
D	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
majority	O
of	O
D2	B-Application
involves	O
exploring	O
the	O
Canadian	O
wilderness	O
from	O
a	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
while	O
interior	O
locations	O
are	O
encountered	O
in	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
for	O
D2	B-Application
started	O
as	O
a	O
premier	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
cancelled	O
Panasonic	B-Device
M2	I-Device
console	O
,	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
console	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3DO	B-Device
Company	O
,	O
with	O
which	O
Warp	O
had	O
a	O
good	O
working	O
relationship	O
,	O
had	O
suggested	O
Warp	O
create	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
D	B-Application
for	O
their	O
new	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plane	O
crashes	O
and	O
her	O
unborn	O
child	O
is	O
spirited	O
away	O
by	O
the	O
Devil	O
to	O
medieval	O
Transylvania	B-Device
,	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
child	O
of	O
a	O
widowed	O
duke	O
who	O
sold	O
his	O
soul	O
for	O
a	O
son	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
original	O
D	B-Application
,	O
but	O
like	O
the	O
D2	B-Application
that	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
to	O
feature	O
full-motion	B-Application
video	I-Application
cutscenes	O
but	O
gameplay	O
entirely	O
played	O
out	O
with	O
real-time	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
consisting	O
of	O
both	O
puzzle	O
solving	O
and	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
D2	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
M2	O
game	O
for	O
which	O
screenshots	O
from	O
a	O
playable	O
version	O
were	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
days	O
of	O
the	O
April	O
1997	O
Tokyo	O
Game	O
Show	O
,	O
Warp	O
did	O
not	O
show	O
any	O
games	O
,	O
instead	O
holding	O
a	O
celebration	O
of	O
the	O
arrival	O
of	O
the	O
cherry	O
blossom	O
season	O
at	O
their	O
booth	O
,	O
before	O
finally	O
showing	O
a	O
demo	O
of	O
D2	B-Application
on	O
the	O
third	O
(	O
and	O
final	O
)	O
day	O
of	O
the	O
show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
it	O
was	O
believed	O
that	O
D2	B-Application
was	O
nearly	O
complete	O
when	O
Panasonic	O
officially	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
M2	O
was	O
not	O
going	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
,	O
Eno	O
later	O
revealed	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
about	O
50	O
percent	O
finished	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
abandonment	O
of	O
the	O
M2	O
,	O
Warp	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
porting	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
eventually	O
Kenji	O
Eno	O
decided	O
to	O
abandon	O
the	O
original	O
concept	O
and	O
create	O
an	O
entirely	O
new	O
game	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
a	O
demonstration	O
version	O
of	O
D2	B-Application
was	O
packaged	O
with	O
another	O
Warp-produced	O
game	O
,	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
remake	O
of	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
title	O
Real	B-Application
Sound	I-Application
:	I-Application
Kaze	I-Application
no	I-Application
Regret	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
early	O
preview	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
D2	B-Application
Shock	O
Demo	O
,	O
features	O
modified	O
opening	O
credits	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
heads	O
up	O
display	O
"	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
completed	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
it	O
contains	O
a	O
save	O
file	O
that	O
copies	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
VMU	O
and	O
unlocks	O
a	O
"	O
secret	O
movie	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
retail	O
Japanese	O
version	O
of	O
D2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
movie	O
is	O
a	O
preview	O
of	O
the	O
shelved	O
M2	O
version	O
of	O
D2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
playable	O
animation	O
demo	O
of	O
the	O
M2	O
version	O
of	O
D2	B-Application
was	O
found	O
and	O
coded	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
M2	O
kiosk	O
hardware	O
in	O
December	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
of	O
the	O
M2	O
version	O
,	O
Taren	O
,	O
executing	O
the	O
backflip	O
sword	O
slash	O
seen	O
in	O
the	O
alpha	O
version	O
of	O
D2	B-Application
previews	O
from	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
D2	B-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
D2	B-Application
aroused	O
conflicting	O
reactions	O
in	O
reviewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Lundrigan	O
of	O
NextGen	O
said	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
"	O
If	O
you	O
've	O
got	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
patience	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
well	O
worth	O
your	O
time	O
,	O
but	O
D2	B-Application
desperately	O
needs	O
a	O
better	O
sense	O
of	O
pace.	O
"	O
</s>
