Descent II
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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!
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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) ā #123 in the ā150 Best Games of All Timeā list
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The Descent-Network
Site Description: "The Descent Network hosts the biggest websites for Descent-related information and download since mid of 97. Since mid of 1998 we are extending our web to cover all other games released or about-to-be released by Volition, Inc. and Outrage Entertainment. This URL, descent-network.com, is there to combine the sites and to serve as a gateway to the Descent Network sites, as well as offering shared resources." My Opionion: Its the largest collection of stuff for the Descent Series that I have ever seen, thousands of levels for Descent 1,2,3 and Freespace 1,2. Numerous contests going on, like level building contests and robot building contests. Also has a whole arsonal of Descent robot and level editing tools for download. If you like descent, you will LOVE this site. -
The Official Interplay DESCENT II Page
official game page at Interplay's website from 1997, preserved by the Wayback Machine -
Wikipedia: Descent II
Information about Descent II at Wikipedia
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- MobyGames ID: 694
- Steam App: 273580
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Game added by Accatone.
Macintosh added by Scaryfun.
Additional contributors: Zaroba, tarmo888, DreinIX, Patrick Bregger, MrFlibble.
Last modified March 10th, 2023.