Descent 3 + Mercenary

When i was in the 2nd grade i first saw the game descent. When i got descent 3 one year for christmas it became and instant fav. This re-defined shooters for me. After playing other like duke nukem and halo and going back to descent, descent can STILL give a better game time then any other the other FPS games out there.

the descent games are awesome. there is still a group of us that play for fun and events. descentrangers.com if interested please go to the site and shoot us a email.

I grew up on this game. It single handedly cast me into the amazing realm of PC gaming. I did online play for years till they shut down the server hosting, and I will argue to death how this game DEFINES what FPS gaming is all about. No game can even come close to the splender of 6 degrees of freedom that this game allows. And even though it came out in 98, it puts COD and MOH to shame.

Descent 3 is a unique entry in the series, attempting with much effort to shake up the old game formula by introducing new twists to each level in order to turn the third installment of the series into something more than just a maze with keys to be found and enemy bots to be shot to pieces. There's a bit of a story going on in an attempt of tying together the different labyrinths. Graphics, though impressive at the time, are kind of nice to look at, but, as to be expected, considerably less impressive now. The places this game is taking place in are wonderful: From sewers to more sewers and caves to city streets, subway train systems, mines, space stations and even a very large spaceship. I especially like the addition of large-ish outdoor areas. The twists they tried to apply to each level is unfortunately what makes this game feel increasingly tedious. It feels like there's always one extra loop for you to jump (fly) through and I feel it doesn't do the game much good. I'd often find myself wandering around the ever same areas FOR HOURS, looking for a clue on how to progress. That's because it's often not entirely clear what the designers had in mind for you to do in order to progress. And that is the big downside of this game, in my opinion. Descent 3 is still a game that is nice to look at imo. It has a great atmosphere and beautiful environments which are nicely varied. They really did try to offer the player more than just flying through mineshafts this - and it shows. Unfortunately the puzzles are not always implemented all that well, which is getting tedious and frustrating. I haven't even yet started playing the addon, but the feeling I had with the main game is that it somewhat overstays its welcome. You will get A LOT of descent 3 for your money. And it's probably a lot of fun in coop or DM multiplayer, if you can find someone. Personally, I'd recommend D1 or D2 - or even Overload instead. This one's more or less for nostalgia's sake only.

More about the compatibility about the game, then the game itself. It worked flawlessly on my Vista64 machine. Being afraid with older games and their compatibility I was pleasantly suprised to see this game in running order. The only issue is that Vista doesn't recognise the installer as an installer, and had to run it in admin mode myself. Not a big problem.