The long-delayed cinematic adventure gameD2has finally surfaced on the Dreamcast.  Despite several years in development by innovative Japanese game design team Warp,D2seems to  suffer from a lack of solid gameplay. Fortunately, the gaming environment is stunning to look at.D2offers gamers a curious combination of adventurous exploration and first-person shooting.  Gamers assume the role of airplane crash survivor Laura (not to be confused with game icon Lara Croft ofTomb Raiderinfamy). The game begins with Laura embarking on an airplane flight that soon goes  horribly wrong. The plane is hijacked by a handful of terrorists--but that effort is foiled when a meteor  crashes into the plane. Laura emerges as one of the few survivors of the plane wreck, which has occurred  somewhere in the mountains of Canada. Laura must try to survive the icy elements by routinely killing and  cooking cute bunnies for food as she travels through the snowy terrain. Animal activists might object to the  casual nature of these deaths, which are essential to winning the game.Several tentacle-wielding creatures attack Laura frequently during her travels. When this occurs, the game  immediately shifts from third-person to first-person perspective. While these point-and-shoot segments are  challenging at first, they soon become tedious. It is impossible to travel more than a few feet without being  attacked--and Laura must travel quite a bit to advance the game. Despite the presence of impressive  graphics, these action segments amount to little more than a glorified version of the mass-market PC gameDeer Hunter.Still, the ambitious world ofD2is worth a look and a listen. This game is highly stylized in design,  including several artistic cinema sequences that will keep you riveted. A stunning new age-meets-opera  soundtrack accompanies the title screen, while creepy instrumental music adds tension in all the right  places.With an awkward balance of both adventure and action elements,D2ultimately succeeds more as a  curiosity than a remarkable gaming coup.--Brett AtwoodPros:Art-house appeal for eclectic gamersHigh-quality animationCons:Awkward gameplayTedious and repetitious action sequences