Description
The second Descent game features new levels,
new weapons and new robot enemies. It also comes with helpful ideas for the player like the Guide-bot, the ability to fly with afterburner or energy-to-shield converter that many times they
become a must!
Alternate Titles
- "Descent 2" -- European title
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Trivia
3D card support
The 1.2 patch of this game provides support for 3dfx and Rendition Video cards. The gameplay is the same, but the blockiness was smoothed out. The result is a more realistic looking game environment.
References
A cheat code in
Descent II is FREESPACE. This was also the name of the
next game from the developer.
References to the game
A voice sample from the game was used in the song
Plasticity (on the same-titled record) by the industrial band Front Line Assembly.
Soundtrack
Descent II features music by the New York goth metal band Type O Negative in the form of a very shortened, instrumental version of their song Haunted, as well as two tracks written by industrial legend OhGr (formerly of Skinny Puppy), called Ratzez and Glut.
T-Shirt
The original marketing slogan for
Descent II was "Your going down... AGAIN!" You could even get a T-Shirt featuring that slogan if you purchased the game from CompUSA.
Awards
- Computer Gaming World
- November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) – #123 in the “150 Best Games of All Time” list
Information also contributed by
FloodSpectre,
NeoMoose,
phlux,
Rantanplan and
Scott Monster
