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    Descent remake on the way?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Syberia, Nov 2, 2012.

  1. Syberia

    Syberia Notebook Deity

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    Indie dev remaking Descent with modern graphics, sound [Ars Technica]

    I read this at work today and it literally made my day, week, month, and year. In fact I think I made a remark to the effect of "omg they're remaking Descent!" and people looked at me like they had no idea what I'm talking about.

    I played the hell out of this game when I was a kid, then I played the hell out of the second one, then I discovered the mission editor and tinkered around with that, then we got reasonably fast internet and I played the hell out of multiplayer, etc. etc. etc.

    Seems like it's just one person doing this project, but I hope hope hope it sees a playable release!

    Watching that demo video and hearing the (class 5?) laser brought a tear to my eye

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  2. HTWingNut

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    AWESOME! Like you I played Descent when I was, well not quite a kid, but close enough (in my 20's). Descent 2 a lot more than original descent. Single player was fun, then spent a lot of time with multiplayer with friends, then editing levels was a lot of fun, and I couldn't believe it when I got my Monster 3D card and played it more and more. Excellent game, way ahead of its time. I hope this comes to fruition too.
     
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  3. jaug1337

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    Would be cool to see a remake with real graphics :p waiting eagerly!
     
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    hockeymass that one guy

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    Might have to fire up descent 3 this weekend. I wonder if it'll still work.
     
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  5. Syberia

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    Played D3 about a year ago; installed on Win 7 x64 and ran without issue. Even worked with my wireless 360 controller.

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