Descent
The Descent games are 3D first-person shooters. Unlike other FPSs, they offer six degrees of freedom. This allows for movement and rotation along the X,Y, and Z axes.
Phew, Descent WiiWare Still in Development...Wait, What?
Having the word "descent" in a headline yesterday squirreled the nausea-inducing Descent series into my head. It also reminded me that Interplay once tasked someone with porting Descent to WiiWare. There's been nothing on Descent for WiiWare in nearly a year, though, so I decided to ask the question all the other gaming writers of the world weren't willing to ask: what happened to Descent for WiiWare?
Turns out it's still alive at developer G1M2, who last worked on SNK Arcade Classics 0 for PSP.
"Thank you for asking us about Descent for Wii," said a company spokesperson. "It is still in development and we are hopeful that the project will be completed soon. While it has taken longer than expected, we are hopeful that people will like the final product when it comes out. More details to come soon..."
One less mystery of the world to solve, guys. (Nobody tell Jeff about this.)
Having the word "descent" in a headline yesterday squirreled the nausea-inducing Descent series into my head. It also reminded me that Interplay once tasked someone with porting Descent to WiiWare. There's been nothing on Descent for WiiWare in nearly a year, though, so I decided to ask the question all the other gaming writers of the world weren't willing to ask: what happened to Descent for WiiWare?
Turns out it's still alive at developer G1M2, who last worked on SNK Arcade Classics 0 for PSP.
"Thank you for asking us about Descent for Wii," said a company spokesperson. "It is still in development and we are hopeful that the project will be completed soon. While it has taken longer than expected, we are hopeful that people will like the final product when it comes out. More details to come soon..."
One less mystery of the world to solve, guys. (Nobody tell Jeff about this.)
Who got nauseous playing Descent? I played that game for three years straight and never got sick playing it.
I bought a Saitek Cyborg Evo on the off chance that a) I would replay the Descent and Freespace games, and b) that maybe, possibly, someday they'd make a modern Descent or Freespace. That zero-g ship section in Red Faction: Armageddon is the closest I've seen yet to a modern Descent.
Also really curious to see how a Wiiware version of Descent works! Can't even figure out how the flight controls would work.
Man, I could remember playing Descent on the computer they had in my homeroom in middle school. Those were the days.
"Thank you for asking us about Descent for Wii," said a company spokesperson.
i missed out on Decent, never played one, so i wouldn't mind checking it out at this point to see what the talk is about.
" Patrick Klepek always asking the hard hitting questions like "Hey, is Descent for WiiWare cancelled?" "Ex-actly.
" Just reminded me of picking up Descent and Tunnel B1 on the same day, one game got played the hell out of, the other got played once. I still don't know what Tunnel B1 was meant to be. "Man, I remember that game. I really didn't like it.
I really, really like patrick and i think he is the best thing that has happend to giantbomb in a long while.
And he is an awesome writer
I love Descent. All 3 games are for sale on GOG.com for cheap.
I have the OpenGL port of Descent 2 on my computer as we speak. I was able to play it off the disk (DOS Box is the coolest thing ever), but couldn't resist high resolution.
Personally, I liked the Virtual Boy version. I lost my vision, but games couldn't have gotten any better then that anyway, right?
Already Patrick Klepek is pulling his weight around here. Not only do I now know that Descent is being made for wii ware, but also that there is a video game called Descent!
" "Thank you for asking us about Descent for Wii," said a company spokesperson. "I like that response. "Thanks for remembering that this game exists." :)
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