Descent

by Sony

Product Details

• ASIN: B00002STPK
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,380 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Manufacturer Description

Descent features true 3-Dimensional worlds with light-sourced shading texture mapping 3D morphing directional sound effects and sizzling music. You begin deep below the surface of Lunar Base I where an unknown alien race has taken over the chasm of the Post-Terran Mining Corporation. Lunge straight down mine shafts twist around never-ending tunnels and fight your way past robotic menaces in an environment that's truly 36-degree 3D ... move up down sideways and twist around shooting everything everywhere. Hang on to your senses as you drop straight down mine shafts on a ride that leaves you spinning.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly the master of all true 3-D games!, November 17, 2001

By	psycho "psycho_surge" (Kansas) - See all my reviews

With all of the Descent games out there, its seems like this one was kind of left in the dust. But in my opinion its probably the best and my favorite of them all. While Descent II expanded more with new features and Descent 3 totally changed the whole mission, this game is probably the most original of the three. So maybe its considered too basic, but that's acutally what I like about it. It has the coolest robots, the coolest levels, and the best soundtrack I've heard ever! I get immersed in this game and the gameplay does it. Granted the graphics are really pixelly, but who cares? The music and the levels keep me playing. While Descent II divided the levels up into different solar systems and kept recycling the music over and over again, not Descent. With 21 different musical compositions and 30 partially unique levels, this ones gives more variety. Also the surprises at the end of levels 7 and 27 were nice. In closing, this game is great. I grit my teeth and prepare to obliterate hoards of nasty mechanical nighmares every time. Get it if you can, they should re-release it. DESCENT RULES!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Port of a PC Title, April 14, 2003

By A Customer

Descent was one of the most innovative games of its time. To this day, there has been nothing else quite like it. The general gameplay of Descent meshes an interior engine like Doom with a space combat simulator control scheme. The end result is a game where you can fly anywhere, even upside-down, through the levels.

You are Material Defender 1032, a mercenary hired by the Post-Terran Mining Corporation to douse a robotic rebellion in their intergalactic mines. It seems that a mysterious alien virus has overtaken control of the robots and is coercing them to attack Earth. Thus, you are sent to purge the PTMC mines by destroying their fusion Reactors.

The objectives of each level are fairly simple. Find the appropriate colored keys to open the proper doors in order to find the Reactor. Upon finding the Reactor, you can destroy it setting off a countdown sequence during which you must race to the exit as fast as possible. It is a compelling formula that never grows old.

The Playstation version of Descent is a worthy port of its PC counterpart. It offers new features including:

- An awesome new Redbook soundtrack. Some of the tunes come from the PC version of Descent 2, but most are actually remixes of the MIDI music found in the original PC Descent game.

- New movies. The game is marked by several CG-animated movies, including lengthy renderings of the introduction sequence and the ending sequence in full-motion.

- Colored lighting. During countdown sequences, the entire mine turns red and the lights pulsate. Weapons also have a colorful hue about them when they hit walls or other objects.

Still, the Playstation version is inferior in some respects. The most obvious is the framerate. It can be rather choppy at times and I would guesstimate it hovers around 15-20 fps. Moreover, it would have been cool if the multiplayer modes were split-screen instead of requiring two televisions, two Playstations, and two copies of Descent.

Needless to say, though, if you've never played Descent here's a good place to start. One of the more remarkable aspects of this port is how well the PSX controller was used. Anyone who has played Descent on the PC knows there are a ton of controls. Yet, somehow, Parallax simplified it all to fit on a PSX controller in a very intuitive, natural fashion.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Descent, May 27, 2001

By A Customer

This gmae is the BEST. As soon as i started playing it i was hooked. I would play for hours, just staring at the screen untill my mind was interupted by the phone ringing, or something like that, sometimes i would get into the game so much that i wouldn't evan hear the phone. The story line is set in the future with you as a soldier of some sort piloting a small spaceship. An unknown alien race has sent in some kind of computer virus into droids working in minneral mines on different

planets throughout the solar system. You have been assinged to go into these mines to rescue any survivers, Destroy as maney Robos as possible and finnally destroy the mines them selves.

The graphics in the game are very good(they are a little rough). the theme music is great(i esspecially like level 5's). Each of the twenty sevan levels are completely different(3 secret levels too). All this makes descent, THE GEATEST GAME EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!