Played the hell out of 1, 2, and 3, along with Freespace. Planetdescent was my home for years. Shakerheads unite!
One of the things I’ve always remembered about Decent was when you put in cheat codes it would play a little sound effect of someone saying “cheater…”
I remember getting punished by trying to use the Descent 1 cheat codes in Descent 2.
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I remember I had a super low Kali number.
Descent 3 using Kali was my first online game experience. What a crazy time that was.
that was a great game
Descent was ahead of its time. Are there any modern games that are similar?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/448850/Overload/
Overload. It was made by the old devs of the original Descent.
I think there are custom maps that recreate the original Descent levels.
Adding this to my wish list!
Miner Wars 2081 has similarities. Same people who made Space Engineers.
I never played Descent itself, but I played a shitty clone on one of those “1000 Games on 10 CD-ROMs” packs back in the day.
After learning about the source material, I always wanted to go try it but haven’t taken the time.
This game holds a special place in my life. Back in the 90s we had it on the family PC and it was so awesome.
Every once in a while I play it on DOSBox. I fully recomend it. It’s an amazing game.
Never had the chance to play it properly. I had a demo of it in a magazine CD, but could never figure out the controls
Brilliant game.
Worth playing with the PS1 Descent soundtrack too for a different experience (or Descent Maximum as it was across the pond), it got me in to Type O-Negative too.
If you liked and miss Decent, check out Overload on Steam. It’s great.
The resemblance is immediately obvious. Didn’t know this existed. Thanks.
It’s made by the original Descent devs and it genuinely slaps :)
Already bought it. It’s the Descent IV we never got 20 years ago. Dang, been a while since I thought of the dev drama surrounding these games.
Overload is VERY good I highly recommend, not even for nostalgia it is just a great game period.
For those that don’t know, this was made by the original Descent devs. It’s also great on Deck.
Fun fact: Overload supports VR.
It didn’t make me motion sick, so I’m confident nothing ever will.
Played the shit outra this and descent 2. Sad its gone, but it gave us my favourite space sim: Descent FreeSpace 1 & 2
I loved Descent: Freespace, but I liked X-Wing: Alliance better.
One of the few games from my childhood that I don’t have a copy of on any modern library. :(
I played terminal velocity, kind of like the ‘we have descent at home’
Also around that time there was a game Magic Carpet EA published that had a similar feel
Terminal Velocity was a fantastic game in its own right
Yes, I loved it.
Fuck yes, Descent 2 was even better, with your small helper robot and even more cool weapons/rockets.
Descent was one of the first games I had to play, I remember it fondly. It came bundled with my family’s first computer (along with Lemmings and Simcity 2000) so I spent a fair amount of time on it. The freedom of motion you had in Descent was impressive - albeit easy to confuse yourself with - and something I have rarely seen since.
