Descent (video game)
| Descent | |
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| Developer(s) |
Parallax Software Interplay Productions [Descendent Studios](Mac OS/Linux) G1M2 (WiiWare) |
| Publisher(s) | Interplay Productions Mac Play (Mac OS) Soft Bank (PlayStation: Japan) |
| Designer(s) | Mike Kulas Matt Toschlog Eric "Wingman" Peterson |
| Composer(s) | Ken Allen Brian Luzietti Larry Peacock Leslie Spitzer Jim Torres Tim Wiles |
| Series | [*] |
| Engine | Segment (Cube) based & Unreal Engine 4 for Descent:Underground |
| Platform(s) | PC (MS-DOS), Mac OS, Acorn Archimedes, PlayStation, PC-98 [Linux] |
| Release date(s) |
MS-DOS Mac OS
Steam February 13, 2014 |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter, shoot 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 80.00% (PC) 70.00% (PS1) |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| EGM | 7.375/10 (PS1) |
| GameSpot | 8/10 (PC) |
| Maximum |
  (PS1) |
Descent is a 3D first-person shooter video game developed by Parallax Software and released by Interplay in Europe in 1995. The game features six degrees of freedom gameplay and garnered several expansion packs, as well as a 1996 port to the PlayStation. Ports were also announced for the Sega Saturn and Panasonic M2, but these were later cancelled. The game is set out in the Solar System where the player is cast as the Material Defender, a mercenary hired by the PTMC.
Descent spawned two direct sequels: Descent II in 1996 and Descent 3 in 1999. On April 10, 2015, a prequel titled Descent: Underground was successfully funded on Kickstarter, raising over $600,000 USD through crowdfunding to bring Descent back to the PC with release expected in 2016.
On March 12, 2016 Matt Toschlog and Mike Kulas (designers of the original Descent games) successfully funded Overload on Kickstarter, describing it as a 'Spiritual successor' to the Descent series. The game is currently under development and slated for a 2017 release.
As of December 2015[update], Descent had been withdrawn from sale via Good Old Games and Steam due to a dispute between Parallax Software and publisher Interplay.
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