Kenji Eno has died

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:36 pm

http://kotaku.com/5985871/game-designer ... Socialflow

Speechless. Guy was ridiculously talented and made some truly fascinating games that really challenged the paradigms of video-games as a medium.

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:51 pm

Didn't play D, but I believe Eno was in some way responsible for Time Zone on the Famicom, which I love. I feel sad when anyone passes away, just another reminder of mortality.

That said, heart failure is not entirely surprising. Whenever I saw pics of Eno in interviews etc he either had a fag in his mouth or looked considerably hungover (or both.) At least he lived life the fullest and shaped a pocket of gaming for the better, poor guy.

I should definitely check out Oyaji Hunter Mahjong in memory, now I have a feel for the game.

njiska · Post by **njiska** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 3:23 pm

I'm a huge fan of WARP and have Enemy Zero, two copies of D2 and about 8 copies of D displayed on my game's shelf. Kenji produced some truly great works. This news saddens me greatly.

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 3:30 pm

This is utterly legendary!

(From 1up interview I just found:)

"1UP: D was the game that made Warp famous. Were you trying to push the boundaries and preconceptions of game storylines with its cannibalism theme?

KE: There's a crazy story behind this. When I was first making D, it had no story. The game was already almost completed, so to put a story in the game, I had to insert it as flashbacks. While I was doing that, I wanted to do some kind of a trick. Back in those days, you weren't allowed to make any violent games -- like, stabbing people inside the game was taboo -- so you weren't allowed to do that. D has cannibalism, which was a total taboo back in the day!

But I wanted to put this in the game, so what I did was I didn't show anyone else in the company those scenes; I was hiding them until the very end. You submit the master, and they check the master and approve the master and put a sticker on it, and this gets sent to the U.S. to get printed. There was a penalty you had to pay if you're late in submitting the master, but you'd also have to deliver it by hand. So, knowing this, I submitted it late on purpose. I submitted a clean one and got it approved. Then I had to bring it to America. So on the plane, I switched the discs and submitted it to 3DO, and it got manufactured like that."

What we do in life echoes in eternity.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 3:37 pm

Fantastic story! Such a shame WARP released so few games. Their rock'n'roll mentality is severely lacking in the current gaming climate...

@Nijiska - I wan't to see your D collection!

njiska · Post by **njiska** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:23 pm

If memory servers right I have:

D - 3DO - US
D - 3DO - UK
D - PSX - US
D - PSX - JP
D - SAT - JP
D - SAT - JP (Re-release)

I want to say I have a US Sat copy as well and one other version I don't recall. Possibly a duplicate. All of these were randomly purchased at conventions and used game stores. Have a JP copy of D2 as well that's still sealed, but is unfortunately not one of the limited covers.

Friendly · Post by **Friendly** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:28 pm

njiska wrote:If memory servers right I have:

D - 3DO - US
D - 3DO - UK
D - PSX - US
D - PSX - JP
D - SAT - JP
D - SAT - JP (Re-release)

I want to say I have a US Sat copy as well and one other version I don't recall. Possibly a duplicate. All of these were randomly purchased at conventions and used game stores. Have a JP copy of D2 as well that's still sealed, but is unfortunately not one of the limited covers.

I have a PS1 EUR copy which seems to be missing from your collection. Was the PS1 version censored?

idchappy · Post by **idchappy** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 6:57 pm

42, blimey, that's not old at all

njiska · Post by **njiska** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:06 pm

Friendly wrote:I have a PS1 EUR copy which seems to be missing from your collection. Was the PS1 version censored?

I don't believe so, though the PSX version slowed down the intro cinematic and revealed a ton of puzzle solutions. It's my least favourite version, with the 3DO edition taking top spot.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:48 pm

I'd have to read up, but I've always said, "If I have a heart attack in Japan, I'm probably going to die" as the ambulances are a bit of a joke. No space to move, and there's no centralized communication w/ the hospitals. But yeah, 42 is too young.

Maybe I should finally play D. I'm sure it's dated now, but fuck... it's probably 200 yen in Akihabara.

Friendly · Post by **Friendly** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:38 am

GaijinPunch wrote: Maybe I should finally play D. I'm sure it's dated now

It hasn't aged well. I tried it a while ago, and it wasn't easy to play. It's very slow and at least the PS1 version has no safe feature.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:52 am

Friendly wrote: It hasn't aged well. I tried it a while ago, and it wasn't easy to play. It's very slow and at least the PS1 version has no safe feature.

I'm all about living dangerously anyway.

brentsg · Post by **brentsg** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:08 am

GaijinPunch wrote:
Friendly wrote: It hasn't aged well. I tried it a while ago, and it wasn't easy to play. It's very slow and at least the PS1 version has no safe feature.
I'm all about living dangerously anyway.

There's a big difference between unsafe and flat out dangerous.

moh · Post by **moh** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 2:11 am

shit, high blood pressure runs in my family :[

Edmond Dantes · Post by **Edmond Dantes** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:02 am

GaijinPunch wrote:Maybe I should finally play D. I'm sure it's dated now, but fuck... it's probably 200 yen in Akihabara.

The Happy Video Game Nerd liked it, in any case.

I have D, but... my second disk won't work for some reason. (Saturn version BTW)

drauch · Post by **drauch** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:13 am

GaijinPunch wrote:
Friendly wrote: It hasn't aged well. I tried it a while ago, and it wasn't easy to play. It's very slow and at least the PS1 version has no safe feature.
I'm all about living dangerously anyway.

Well, it's like a 2 hours game. I believe the intention was to beat it in one sitting.

I enjoy D. Still haven't checked out Enemy Zero. D does suffer from some pretty stiff controls, but the love is certainly there. It's at least worth checking out for fans of horror and/or adventure games. And yeah, it's rather inexpensive to find.

Leandro · Post by **Leandro** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:53 am

Poor guy. I remember Yoshiki Okamoto insulted him in front of other game developers in some conference... Kenji should've punched him

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 5:03 am

Leandro wrote:Poor guy. I remember Yoshiki Okamoto insulted him in front of other game developers in some conference... Kenji should've punched him

What was the context of what was said?

cj iwakura · Post by **cj iwakura** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:30 am

Friendly wrote:
GaijinPunch wrote: Maybe I should finally play D. I'm sure it's dated now
It hasn't aged well. I tried it a while ago, and it wasn't easy to play. It's very slow and at least the PS1 version has no safe feature.

Nor does the Saturn version. It's part of the charm, you have to finish it in one go, time is of the essence. Fantastic game, he'll be remembered.

Maybe if he'd laid off the smokes, he'd still be with us.

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