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* ''D'' tells the story of Laura Harris, a college student. While attending school in San Francisco, she recieves word that her father, the respected Dr. Richter Harris, has started randomly murdering everyone at his Los Angeles hospital. Rushing to the scene, she enters the hospital and is confronted by a bloody scene... one that swiftly alters to a mysterious abandoned castle. Despite visions of her father warning her to leave, she makes her way deeper inside, coming ever closer to the [[Awful Truth]] of what exactly caused her father's rampage...

* Despite the name, ''D2'' has no plot connection to the original ''D''. Laura Parson's peaceful flight is interrupted when terrorist-cultists hijack her plane and crash it into the Canadian wilderness. Awakening from a coma 10 days later, she and another survivor witness one of the terrorists transforming into a plant-monster! Now Laura must find other survivors and some way of contacting the outside world, all the while dealing with the horrific mutations...

After ''D2'''s commercial failure, its publisher, WARP, folded, bringing Laura's career to an end.

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* [[Fake Difficulty]]: Each of the games has at least one gimmick intended to make the game much tougher than it would be otherwise.

** ''D'' must be beaten within two hours, with no saving or even pausing. Some of the game's puzzles include blatant time-wasters, such as the Wheel puzzle.

* [[Virtual Celebrity]]: Laura, as outlined above. Several of the cast members introduced in ''Enemy Zero'' also reappear in ''D-2'' in new roles.

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* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]]: The scarab beetles, if collected, give Laura visions that reveal {{spoiler|she murdered her own mother and ate her flesh}}.

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: In the Good and Golden endings, Laura survives her ordeal, but {{spoiler|was forced to kill her father}}.

* [[Timed Mission]]: You have a mere two hours to finish the game. If you fail to reach the ending in time... {{spoiler|Laura falls into her pocketwatch. ...Wait, what?}}

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* [[Anachronic Order]]: For some reason, the intro movie is on disc four.

* [[Ascended to Carnivorism]]: Thanks to D2, we know that wooly mammoths subsisted on a diet of tundra grass, tree roots and {{spoiler|angels.}}

* [[Broken Bird]]: Kimberly.

* [[Check Point Starvation]]: Get comfy once you enter the fight with {{spoiler|Martha,}} because it'll be over an hour before you get a chance to save. Fortunately, this was one of the first games that let you pause cutscenes.

* [[Dead Hat Shot]]: Used after {{spoiler|Parker}}'s death.

* [[Difficulty Spike]]: Disc 4. Hope you saved those grenades...

* [[Heroic Mime]]: Laura gasps, screams and makes inquiring noises, but doesn't do much in the way of actually ''speaking'' {{spoiler|until the very end.}} A good example of why this trope doesn't really work in a story heavy game as the cutscenes with other characters make her appear to have some kind of mental handicap.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Combined with [[Dying as Yourself]] by {{spoiler|Parker, who blows himself up to open a path and ensure he won't blossom}}. Sadly, {{spoiler|it doesn't work.}}

* [[Hyperactive Metabolism]]: Laura can heal by eating Meats, obtained by hunting the local wildlife. Though she carries a Portable Cooker, she can also instantly recover by eating in the middle of battle.

* [[I'm Melting]]: The fate of {{spoiler|poor Jannie}}.