1994 was 6 years ago, this doesn’t really qualify as being retro
I’m Commander Sheppard, and this is my favorite comment in the Fediverse.
And my Axe!
One of those games I owned a demo of, but was never able to control properly. But, boy, was it cool! As a kid I messed around with it, but didn’t see more than one or two levels.
I still think about it from time to time, that’s the lasting impression it had on me. I never imagined, there would be an update or remake!
Thank you for the memories!
A good joystick or even gamepad can help a fair bit with the control. Keyboard sometimes felt… complicated
Descent taught me how to fly using the numpad. I think I had A as thrust, Z as reverse, 8/2 as pitch, 4/6 as yaw, 7/9 as roll, 1/3 as horizontal strafe, and +/- as vertical.
Descent also taught me how to use dial up for multiplayer.
The reason I still use inverted Y-axis on controllers to this day!
The nostalgia hits hard here! So much fun had in this era of pc gaming.
Played a ton of Descent with my CH Products Flight Stick Pro, which is since long gone. Not sure I could play any other way.
Link to the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCGnQoakOWc
I had a SpaceOrb 360 so I could play this. It didn’t help.
Will this run on a steam deck? I had it back in the Weezer win 95 dialup, wutang CD-ROM mansion days.
First game I ever had on PC!
I think the lighting on the original was quite good, enough that adding raytracing is only adding a tiny bit more.
What it really needs is upscaled textures tbh.
Ohhhh boy. This is just tooo good!
Yoooooo! What a throwback!
Hah. Not surprised NHTV folks made this. Those students have made many interesting graphics/gamey projects over the years.
It looks pretty! I gotta try it.
I remember seeing a demo in the mall when I was a kid. It looked so futuristic
