D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die

 Xbox One
User Score
7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 308 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 206 out of 308
  2. Mixed: 36 out of 308
  3. Negative: 66 out of 308

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  1. KIUPW
    Oct 1, 2014
    2
    I guess I expected more out of it from all the good reviews I read, but I didn't really like the story and found the art style of the character face's to contrast way to much against the cartoony body models, and the voice acting is just horrible, which is kind of important in a narrative driven game. Overall it just feels like one of those 90's pc point and click games.
  2. Fredex8
    Jan 1, 2015
    0
    Got this free with Gold and I still want a refund.

    From the outset it is obvious that the entire game is meant to use the Kinect so I dusted the thing off and spent twenty minutes actually trying to find a place where it would work. It doesn't. Looking around requires some bizarre full body lean rather than a simple turn of the head and for some reason it was inverted so leaning left    Got this free with Gold and I still want a refund.

    From the outset it is obvious that the entire game is meant to use the Kinect so I dusted the thing off and spent twenty minutes actually trying to find a place where it would work. It doesn't. Looking around requires some bizarre full body lean rather than a simple turn of the head and for some reason it was inverted so leaning left went right and vice versa. Then to interact with anything you have to clench your fist, which only seems to get recognised one tenth of the time. After ten attempts of leaning to the left, looking to the right and frantically trying to grab at an object I just gave up and turned on the controller instead.

    Whilst this makes the game actually playable the controls are still genuinely hideous and awfully clunky. Without actually using the Kinect the game kind of has no point and the whole grabbing and pushing mechanic no longer makes any sense.

    Perhaps there is a good story in the game but I couldn't get past the first five minutes without giving up entirely. The painful controls, bizarre stamina mechanic and overdone cell shaded style just get in the way completely.    … Expand
  3. the_blueprint
    Dec 18, 2014
    0
    Worst game I played in a long long time. Motion controls just don't work. Normal controls are worse. Story is a complete mess. Ugh, I don't want to go on talking about this.
  4. jcarl663
    Nov 5, 2014
    0
    It's basically, "teehee look how weird and quirky I am" the game. Nothing really means anything or has anything to do with anything, just a series of stupid events that combine to form absolutely nothing. Not very good.
  5. 2evill
    Jan 23, 2015
    2
    Crap animation, no lip sync, long winded meaningless conversation with talking heads.Oh and the music is just plain bad. And the kinect based game play really hurt to watch. And the second episode being 1 hour long... what a joke.
  6. OneManReviews
    Jun 2, 2015
    2
    This is just another game where if you do not have a kinect then there is no point to the whole thing because using gamepad is the worst and is boring!!!! The storyline is ok but I wish they gave me more things to do!!
  7. Broyax
    Mar 28, 2017
    2
    Une sorte de point & click pour console et plus spécifiquement pour l'infect Kinect dont la véritable place est dans la poubelle depuis longtemps. Ce n'est pas mieux à la manette avec une interface lamentable en tout point. On se croirait dans un jeu de David Cage l'andouille farci de QTE crétins (pléonasme) et prédirigé, prédigéré et préchié à la japoniaise. A cela s'ajoute l'histoire auUne sorte de point & click pour console et plus spécifiquement pour l'infect Kinect dont la véritable place est dans la poubelle depuis longtemps. Ce n'est pas mieux à la manette avec une interface lamentable en tout point. On se croirait dans un jeu de David Cage l'andouille farci de QTE crétins (pléonasme) et prédirigé, prédigéré et préchié à la japoniaise. A cela s'ajoute l'histoire au déroulement confus et aux scripts ras la gueule de cette enquête-couloir. Je mets 2 pour les graphismes de bande dessinée assez réussis. Quand même. Et c'est en anglais en plus.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#35 Best Xbox One Game of 2014
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#23 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2014
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#42 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2014

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 43 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 43
  3. Negative: 0 out of 43
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Mar 18, 2015
    75
    It probably would be more intuitive to play an adventure game with a steering wheel and pedals, when compared to the controls that D4 brings to the table. On top of that, the game is crippled with a stupid hunger minigame, that requires you to hunt food, or else you run out of stamina. The story is quite compelling and the wacky characters try their best to keep the game afloat, but the controls and the core mechanics just aren’t up for the task. [Feb 2015]
  2. Gamestyle
    Nov 28, 2014
    70
    Minor issues and short playtime aside, D4 is well worth a look, and one of the few times the “better with Kinect” slogan is appropriate.
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  3. games(TM)
    Nov 17, 2014
    70
    The story is not the main draw here. [Issue#154, p.124]
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