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Descent

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4.6/5

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4.6

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Descent
Description
Prepare To Start Your Descent. Sensory overload in 360° 3-D. Welcome to Descent™ - 27 levels of the most mind-bending, stomach-churning action game ever. Featuring true 3-Dimensional worlds with light source shading, texture mapping, 3-D morphing, directional sound effects and sizzling music,...
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4.6

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Product details
1995, Parallax Software, ESRB Rating: Teen...
System requirements
Windows 10, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c, 1 GB available space...
Time to beat
12.5 hMain
20 h Main + Sides
30 h Completionist
16 h All Styles
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Description
Prepare To Start Your Descent.

Sensory overload in 360° 3-D.

Welcome to Descent™ - 27 levels of the most mind-bending, stomach-churning action game ever. Featuring true 3-Dimensional worlds with light source shading, texture mapping, 3-D morphing, directional sound effects and sizzling music, this is technology taken to the limit.

Something has happened at Lunar Base I. The Post-Terran Mining Company has lost contact with the miners and none of the mining robots are responding. The PTMC has brought in you the Material Defender to deal with the situation. Your mission is to find any survivors and find the source of threat. You will start a journey that takes you from the Moon to Pluto. Best of luck Material Defender.

Lunge straight down mine shafts, twist around never-ending tunnels and fight your way past robotic menaces in an environment that's truly 6 degrees of freedom... move up, move down, shoot everything everywhere. Hang onto your senses (and your lunch) as you drop straight down mine shafts on a ride that'll leave you spinning.

And what's the good of losing your mind if you can't share the experience with your friends? Descent invites you and your buddies to dive into the action together with head-to-head combat and cooperative two-player modem and eight-player network support.

Get ready for Descent...

(C) 1995 Parallax Software Corp. Descent and the Interplay logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Interplay Entertainment Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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D1 in-game soundtrack avatar HD wallpaper D1 best soundtrack (MAC) manual reference card
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This game is powered by DOSBox.
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Time to beat
12.5 hMain
20 h Main + Sides
30 h Completionist
16 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11), Mac OS X (10.9+)
Release date:
{{'1995-02-13T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Size:
25 MB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Teen (Animated Violence)

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Changelog (13 November 2024)
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Posted on: May 31, 2010

ildperez1969

Games: 70 Reviews: 4

Descent 1 + 2

This is without doubt the best 3d shooter ever made. It is rare that a game be made with no flaws. I'm a real hard person to impress. This game has the highest replay ever in a game. The best movement. The best graphics (for its time). This game equals instant addiction. The game play is in my opinion second to none. The level design was way ahead of its time. The hidden places, the enemy's that sneak out just when you think your safe. The arsenal of weapons is just unreal. On top of that there are a few mods out there that will enhance the graphics even more. So if you finish this game as is get the mods and its like playing a whole new descent game again. Add to that the more then hundreds of levels you can find online for free. For the price you just can't go wrong. If thats not enough you get both descent 1 & 2.


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Posted on: July 1, 2010

Daggerknight

Verified owner

Games: 196 Reviews: 13

Perfection

The game that got me into computer games. More than any other game of its time, Descent 2 made you feel like you were zooming into a virtual world. A fantastic soundtrack, amazing gameplay that really is not found anywhere else, and a great atmosphere make this one of my all time favorites.


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Posted on: July 20, 2010

abram

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Games: 3 Reviews: 3

BEST GAME EVER!

Descent requires fast thinking and real-to-life space shoot-em-up combat. Awesome game! Never gets boring!


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Posted on: July 22, 2010

FlaxWombat

Verified owner

Games: 111 Reviews: 3

The start of a legacy...

Descent is notorious for an action packed gameplay and a good soundtrack to back it. The omni-directional movement scheme makes players think of every angle of attack, an enemy can come from anywhere, at any time. Sometimes even from places you have already been... Watch your back in every corridor as you venture into the mines of the Post Terran Mining Corporation to extinguish the menace that has taken control with an iron (no pun intended) grip. This game can, in semi-rare cases, cause motion-sickness...


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Posted on: July 25, 2010

Descent Review

A great game, and thank you GOG for providing DOSBOX and making things a ton simpler :)


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