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Descent

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4.6/5

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4.6

163 Reviews

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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,...
Genre:
Shooter - Simulation - Sci-fi
Tags:
Sci-fi, Classic, Simulation, Science, First-Person, show 7 more... Pixel Graphics, Difficult, FPS, Space, Shooter, Good Old Game, Flight
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4.6/5

( 163 Reviews )

4.6

163 Reviews

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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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Time to beat
12.5 hMain
20 h Main + Sides
30 h Completionist
16 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Shooter - Simulation - Sci-fi
Tags:
Sci-fi, Classic, Simulation, Science, First-Person, show 7 more... Pixel Graphics, Difficult, FPS, Space, Shooter, Good Old Game, Flight
Works on:
Windows (10, 11), Mac OS X (10.9+)
Release date:
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Company:
Parallax Software / Interplay
Size:
25 MB
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Rating:
ESRB Rating: Teen (Animated Violence)
Game features
Co-op
Multi-player
Single-player
Languages
English
audio
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Changelog (13 November 2024)
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User reviews

Posted on: December 31, 2017

mitticus

Games: 6 Reviews: 1

The first truly 3d action game

Duke Nukem was 2D... Descent another classic - and the multiplay second to none. Dated graphics and concepts now in 2017 but for its day a truly unique experience. Defo worth a bash.

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Posted on: March 8, 2018

budalla9

Games: 2 Reviews: 1

Damn Fun!

Old school FPS flyer that will chew through your time as you work your way across a pretty good world while perfecting your aerial combat skills. Bought in '95, last played when I retired my last MS-DOS supporting computer when Win7 came out. Buying the the version on GOG tonight. (I wonder if my old joystick still works? lol)

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Posted on: February 28, 2021

Saamat

Verified owner

Games: 329 Reviews: 27

The 1 that spark the luv for sims & FPS

Though the graphics is dated (it's almost 26 years old now), the climate of the game still stays true. Those dark, tight corridoors, where Medium or Heavy Lifters lurk. Their Tungsten claws clawing at my ship's shields and a Large Hulk with Homing Missiles right around the corner along with other aggressive robots. Even though I'm not a kid anymore, it still makes an impression (those blasted claws >.

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Posted on: September 11, 2024

pnfleury

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Games: 429 Reviews: 4

great old game

Great even now

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Posted on: December 26, 2024

micahryandavis

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Games: 18 Reviews: 1

descent is my good ol game

I grew up on Descent games. very fun stuff to me. was a unique fps in its day. If you find the easy difficulties too easy, go more challenging, it really can get hard.

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