Author Topic: Other Descent games. (Read 12314 times)

admiralxgmx · **on:** March 27, 2009, 11:44:31 pm

I see you have Descent FreeSpace 2 forums and files, but what about the other Descent game?

- = expansion pack
Descent series
Descent
-Levels of the World
Descent II
-The Vertigo Series
-The Infinite Abyss
Descent 3
-Mercenary
Descent IV
Descent FreeSpace: The Great War
-The Silent Threat
-Darkness Rising
Descent FreeSpace 2
Descent to Undermountain
Descent Maximum

Dark Hunter · **Reply #1 on:** March 28, 2009, 01:22:55 am

A few corrections:

-Descent IV doesn't exist.

-Hadn't heard of Undermountain, but after a bit of research that looks like a different game universe, not part of the Descent series. Using the graphics engine does not a part of the series make.

-The name of the game is Freespace 2, only the original had "Descent" in the title, and even then that was just the American release due to trademark reasons. Officially, the Freespace series and the Descent series are different, and do not have anything in common (beyond being developed and produced by the same people that is).

To answer your question, while many of us have played and enjoyed the Descent series, this forum is first and foremost about the Freespace series.

By the way,

blackhole · **Reply #2 on:** March 28, 2009, 01:47:42 am

Descent IV should exist >C

Androgeos Exeunt · **Reply #3 on:** March 28, 2009, 02:13:59 am

Quote from: blackhole on March 28, 2009, 01:47:42 am

Descent IV will exist...eventually.

Fixed?

Galemp · **Reply #4 on:** March 28, 2009, 10:24:54 am

Try SectorGame on the External Sites link at the top. There's also a bunch of other Descent sites that have D1/D2/D3 mods and missions. We really are Freespace focused here.

admiralxgmx · **Reply #5 on:** March 28, 2009, 11:31:37 am

Actually Descent 4 is currently in development by Interplay. After Interplay recovered from their bankruptcy, they put a message on their website saying that they will be making Descent IV.

Aardwolf · **Reply #6 on:** March 28, 2009, 03:51:50 pm

Link to message, or I'm calling shenanigans.

Dark Hunter · **Reply #7 on:** March 28, 2009, 07:16:48 pm

I believe he's referring to Interplay's message in which they said they'd be expanding their old franchises, and listed Descent among them. I don't think they explicitly said that Descent IV was in development though.

On the other hand, the fact that they reregistered Descent's trademark is rather telling...

admiralxgmx · **Reply #8 on:** March 28, 2009, 09:17:21 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descent_4
http://s1.zetaboards.com/ClanGM/forum/798700/
http://www.videogamer.com/news/interplay_confirms_plans_for_mdk_and_decent_sequels.html
http://www.planetdescent.com/site/articles/asrale/9-11-00-asrale-volition.asp
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6182846.html?tag=result;title;0
http://www.interplay.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=42

Androgeos Exeunt · **Reply #9 on:** March 28, 2009, 09:56:33 pm

PlanetDescent is probably one of the best Descent fansites out there. Even better, Mongoose is one of the webmasters.

Mongoose · **Reply #10 on:** March 29, 2009, 02:23:20 am

Not "webmaster" so much as "guy sitting mostly apathetically by as the site barely remains held together by duct tape."

Androgeos Exeunt · **Reply #11 on:** March 29, 2009, 03:19:54 am

Heh.

You haven't checked the last e-mail I sent you, right?

Mongoose · **Reply #12 on:** March 29, 2009, 01:37:16 pm

Depends what it was about.

Androgeos Exeunt · **Reply #13 on:** March 30, 2009, 06:14:20 am

Quote from: Mongoose on March 29, 2009, 01:37:16 pm

Depends what it was about.

I was some old e-mail I sent...what, last year, I think, about ripping the actual Credits music from Descent 3 instead of using Sound Recorder to record it.

Mongoose · **Reply #14 on:** March 30, 2009, 05:32:39 pm

It probably got lost somewhere in the sands of time. Though given the current state of PD, there probably isn't much of a point in resurrecting it at the moment.

Androgeos Exeunt · **Reply #15 on:** March 30, 2009, 10:55:49 pm

I'd like to keep this thread alive, but it's in the wrong board. Can somebody move it to Gaming Discussion?

CP5670 · **Reply #16 on:** March 31, 2009, 05:29:23 pm

I guess this thread was the only useful one he created.

I'm playing through a bunch of custom Descent 2 level packs right now, through D2X-XL.

Androgeos Exeunt · **Reply #17 on:** March 31, 2009, 09:24:45 pm

Two days ago, I converted all the music from Descent 3 from OSF to WAV format and sent it over to my Mac. Since then, I've made the game renditions of Failsafe, Thirteen O, Pink Slip and Conveyor. I know that Jerry Berlongieri made the HQ versions and passed them over to PD, but I don't really like those.

chief1983 · **Reply #18 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:47:32 am

I'm probably the only one in the community who actively reads Interplay's SEC filings, and I can say with some certainty that they haven't made any specific mention of working on a Descent franchise game currently, nor have they 'recovered' from their bankruptcy. Although it looks like Microprose is investing in them now and trading some game franchises and cash for Interplay stock (yes that's right, Microprose, although it's not quite what you would think).

Androgeos Exeunt · **Reply #19 on:** April 07, 2009, 03:05:02 am

When you say "Microprose", I automatically think "RollerCoaster Tycoon". My next thought is, "How could it be so bad?".

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