Descent 2

I loved this game! Shame this download doesn't come with the Vertigo mission pack. Another +20 levels of fun made it better.

And movement control implemented very well. Just demanding a little training at first. But then... the discovery of so many things, secrets, tactics... until the end of the level. It was a a completely new kind of shooter like Wolfenstein was a first 3D. But you needed a good 486. It worked fairly with a 486sx/25MHz (if you had 8M)... but it would fly with a 486/50MHz. Version One is better to get the grip on the theme. You go until the end, again and again until there are no more levels. Version 2 is nicer and more realistic, but also a bit too difficult (wich is not well scaled in some levels). Never tried version3 because of that. Maybe now!

The best DOS game series of all time in my opinion! The only three dimensional first person shooter I know of. Whoever has the rights to the Descent title, needs to make an Xbox Live Arcade version if not a full fledged game for Xbox 360! I will buy it!

And thats this game in a nutshell. Great maze crawl with enough action and hidden zones to keep you searching long after you know how to finish the level. The piloting can be done from a keyboard (I prefer it that way) or gamepad/joystick/mouse. Regardless of HOW you fly its challenging to master the strafes and longshots not that you have to, Much like its FPS counterparts running in guns blazing is still an effective method on most maps. Graphics are obviously from the dos era but you wont care after a few minutes of game play. Sound is amazing the soundtrack is actually industrial techno esque and not just some 8bit garbage. ALL in ALL great game and worth the money everytime.

Descent is my favorite game of all time. I've played *tons* of games throughout my life, but none has been as interesting and re-playable as Descent. Only wish they were still making them...oh well, at least GoG.com had the good oldie's available for download :)