Very underrated game, IMO. If you thought Doom and Quake were great for 3D maneuverability in their time without ever playing this game, you missed out. This was the only game I ever played that legitimately made me forget which was was up, if up even mattered after a certain point.
One of the first 3 fps games I ever played. I think the first 2 I played were Doom 2 first level and Heretic. When my dad bought a 200mhz pentium overdrive pc in 1996, I played the demo disk Descent Destination Saturn. I never had the full version until later in life, but as a kid I did have Descent 2, which is still often my favorite mid 1990s shooter of all time.
@Fox Ayaan i really appreciate your reply. I found the site through google and Im trying it out atm. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
Whit only one exception… I would like to see all cutscenes as well; I remember being 7/8 years old and play this on the ps 1; but completely forgot the actual story line…
Ultra smooth moves, awesome playthrough ❤told a colleague of my first brush with x86 gaming, needed a video showing the fully 3D roaming playstyle, found a nice looking one with original gfx/sound (and HUD/cockpit off/fully zoomed, like I used to play it back then) but with a "novice"(?) player and your video was the "expert" link I shared 😉. Perfect 👌 Also admiring the level designs in your automap using the same (ship) controls in an intuitive way was pretty awesome as well! Thank you for this video and your time and effort put into this! 😎Much appreciated!
I love how ruthless and efficient your style is! Speedruns are obviously impressive in their own right, but there's something almost beautiful about the the way you weave through the robots, lobbing out homing missiles with no hesitation, sweeping through the game like a one-man army.
I like how many of these levels took me close to an hour to beat when I was a child, and this guy breezes through the whole game in an hour and a half.
Years of my childhood condensed in 3hr 20 min. Although I was always more of a plasma guy myself. Never thought to line up shots with fusion though, some pretty good ones in there!
Fusion sucks when playing with keyboard, it's harder to aim this way. I could never put the Fusion cannon to a good use myself and I thought that it was essentially garbage until I saw this longplay.
Fusion takes a while to figure out how to use effectively, but once you do it's deadly. There were certain anarchy levels where I really dominated with it.
Watching someone go back and play this amazing game makes you realize just how far ahead of it's time this game actually was. As far as I'm aware, it was the only game at the time that not only allowed you to, but required you to move and think in three dimensions. I know that now you could compare it to something like, say, No Man's Sky, until you realize that it took roughly two DECADES for a game even remotely close to this to be made.
nothing quiet like this no.. here were a lot of flying sims back then.. some could do full 3D controls like this.. even the roll and strafe functions.. but most had TERRIBLE graphics and were all kind of same thing.. and all REALLY hard on the machines even with no textures and such lol.. but this just was an actual playable full 3D, controls are smooth, great controls and frame rates even WITH the fact it actually had "graphics" to speak of.. and the underground maps just add to the allure I believe.. There was certainly nothing else like it.. Terminal Velocity was a year or 2 later I think, but mostly above ground but very similar.
26 décembre 1996, j'ai offert son premier ordinateur à mon fils après une année douloureuse, il avait 8 ans, c'était un pentium 133 qui m'avait couté 12500 francs à l'époque^^ Il y avait 100 logiciels dessus, dont Descent.. La découverte des premiers jeux vidéo. Un immense souvenir, des heures et des heures de jeu.
I remember playing descent in my youth, while listening to descent. Courtesy of fear factory. How I miss my youth. So many great memories. Playing this game was one of them.
I remember playing this with Adriano Celentano - Susanna and Opus - Life is Life in the background xD My parents didn't want to hear explosions and monsters, so my Descent & Doom experiences had a little extra funk haha
Playing descent on Kali online was the best thing I remember during the 1990's. I still remember the battles in the Minerva level. You memorize every single turn and twist and learn how to listen to sounds to figure out where your enemies was hiding. When the voodoo 3D video cards came out, it completely changed the landscape. Good times.
I wonder if we ever did battle. I spent so much time in high school in insane multiplayer battles online. Such good times. Descent was the first game I was really good at in multiplayer. I once wiped someone out using nothing but flares.
I was feeling nostalgic, and I remembered my mom played this game. She didn't get far like you had but you sir are a fucking artist with this game. My favorite part was when you destroyed the reactor and saved the hostages and exiting by a hair. That was spicy shit.
What a remarkable level of mastery and artistry. You have attained a form of fine art I never knew existed before watching this (and your D2 longplay, which is even better.). Wow, just amazing.
As a vintage player I rate this one above doom. I admit it was an easier parental pass compared to the the demons of doom screaming in pain, but fighting that reactor. [SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE ACTIVATED], is a phrase that will forever echo in my mind.
Played this as a kid with the old school flight stick (using a com port, of course) It truly was ahead of its time, as the only other flying game was the far more pedestrian flight simulator. I would like to add it also has one of, if not THE, best soundtracks ever.
Old comment, but you missed the star wars flight sims I guess. X wing and tie fighter were awesome and required power management. A little more complex than the arena game that's out now.
The first ten levels were shareware and came with at least acer computers with win 95. I played this a lot as a kid and can still remember those first ten well because it was a couple years before I had the full game. Before ubiquitous GPS, people needed better spatial memory.
Now these are some gamer skills right here! I only played the demo of this game AGES ago so I never got the whole experience plus it was kinda scary for me as a kid, but damn do I still remember the sound effects and the cool music! It must have taken a long time to memorize the controls and enemy locations!
Decent was the first game I purchased for the Playstation. I got the station for Christmas and I do believe I came with a race game. Anyway, I drove 120 miles to purchase a MEMORY card and Decent. When I got home I think I played for 6 hours straight and I was the only kid in town that had one. It was AWESOME! this video brings back some great memories. Thank you!
I never played Descent, I didn't knew it existed on playstation, I had Forsaken, which is a bit more modern clone. Too bad there isn't more games like this, and that schmups are stuck with 2D.
Wow! You killed the last boss in seconds while it can take me some hours and in a lower difficulty. Great game play!!! Wish I could finish the game in just some 3 or 4 hours like you but I like to explore and get most of the secrets.
My Descent strategy was to rotate my ship so any curved corridor was arched up under me. Then i would keep my perspective as if i were cresting a hill and levitate up to spot my opponents while exposing as little of my ship as possible. You really did have to think in 3D to succeed at Descent.
I have never seen anyone fly so smoothly in this game, it's such a joy to behold. I'm sad to admit I never finished this, and sadder still to say it's because of the drillers, blech. I should give it another shot.
Yeah, the drillers are nasty. Not surprising they have such a loud and distinct "activation" sound to warn you. I think one weak spot of the drillers is that they can be destroyed with a single homing missile. It's pretty effective against them, at least when you know where they are. A lot of saving and reloading should do the trick.
Great Vid. I am just doing my first ever play-through on Ace difficulty, though not nearly as skillfully as this. The biggest differences is how I approach bosses (Level 7) now vs 20 years ago. I remember hiding in the central tunnels trying to beat him on Rookie years ago, with multiple saves over months. This time, I beat him within a minute not dying.
This is one of the few games I've played that allows you to shoot out the lights, and it actually gets dark. I grew up playing this, thinking every game had lighting mechanics like this, and I have been disappointed ever since.
This game definitely was - and still is - pretty much ahead of the time. That's why it dint't get any popularity and further development. I still remember the map on pressing TAB, where I couldn't get where I am and where to go! The more it's amazing to watch how you are getting done with it! Thanks!
Great!!! Thanks for share. First time I played it , was in 1998/99. It was a demo with 7 levels. Later I bought Descent II and recently I bought I, II and III (with III, I can't find the actions to take) Any way, great job you do. As somebody said before, better this than a videogame film. Greetings from Mexico City.
Amazing gameplay, especially as you're only using mouse! You must have played this for hundreds of hours as you know all the robot positions and never get lost in the mines. I think level 5 was a nightmare for me but you fly through it without any hesitation!
Thank, I'm just getting used to the controls again.. this was a true pleasure to watch, I hope to get back to being half this good again.. This game.. I have decided might be my favorite game... maybe one of the best ever.. Been lots of good shoooters, lots of flying sims and racers and RPG's and platformers.. so many games.. But THIS when it came out blew my mind, I always wonderd if it was NOSTALGIA and the WOW factor of playing a PROPER 3D game multiplayer..ectect.. But nope, going back and recently pllaying it and watching this.. what a game..no 3 hour interactive movie tutorials.. no being forced to play each level a certain way and being sold as "player freedom" no bs.. just good honest video game, 100% gameplay with no gimicks and just flying the craft when you get to this level is so satisfying.. Amazing how much BLOAT is the problem in newer games, I'm here for GAMEPLAY.. something you can just absorb yourself into for hours without people trying to get into your head or feelings or pushing thier agendas. And man, its so smooth for mid 90s.. what an accomplishment.
Probably one of the first PC games I ever played as a kid in the 90's haha, but I remember it took me like a year to finish it lol. You did it in just over 3hrs 🤣
One of the first truly 3D games, mid '90's, DOS. The others were Carmageddon and Terminal Velocity. I played this on a Pentium-75, 16Meg RAM, 2 Voodo cards. Couldn't get enough of it.
Descent didn't have good 3d ports. The 3dfx original was the best, and there were some features missing, but improved graphics. Descent 2 however was a joke because it didn't properly shade the enemies, so they were full bright, and looked better in software. Never tried the virge version, but I think it was both broken and slow. Today we have like two ports, with only one being viable with dated graphics, and the other one improved graphics but broke the game and isn't developed anymore. As for carmageddon, it was ok, but the Android port ended up being the best version.
Впервые , поиграл в неё - у знакомых... Так же , как и doom 2 , иheretic ... А потом , появился - cd ! Где и находилась , большинство игр... Назывался он - ,,антология id sofware,,! Но тогда , стоял win 98 ... А играть приходилось у знакомых и друзьях!.. Ностальгия , блин! Обязательно и её - пройду! Классика жанра и ностальгия!
Amazing gameplay. I remember watching my dad playing this when i was a kid. I never managed to fully dominate it or install it again 😭. Had to be happy with Mechwarrior 4 Vengeance.
This game needs a remaster. As much as I loved Descent 1 and 2, those perfectly smooth, rectangular hallways are really jarring. Imagine how cool it would be to fly through a mine that actually felt like a mine, with jagged, irregular geometry.
My dad and I used to play this a lot back in the 90s whenever I visited him, but he only had the shareware edition. Still, I had lots of fun with this game.
Cool video. Back in 1996, when I got Pentium 1 - 133 MHz, there were a Descent game in Windows 95. I completed all 10 levels (as I thought) and then the game started from level 1. In this video, the last level was 7, where you should beat the boss. It was hard to play just on keyboard without mouse but now I realised that it was demo version like other games that were installed with Hexen, Majesty, Pitfall, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Death Rally... :D
Ahhhh memories.. I drove 2 hours to pick this game up when i got a PS 1 for Christmas. I remember i was pissed because i was supposed to geta memory card as well and i forgot! Games were SO MUCH harder back then. I did finish Descent but, it took me forever.
Pretty sure this came with my in box ps, only game I had for a several months. So fun, I loved the angles you could find twisting around upside down and sideways, and still keep ripping through it. My friends hated it, I loved it cuz it was so much better when you got better, and played the harder settings
I was very young when I played Descent I just know that I was too pro that I finished the big boss on level 30 i guess in a few very fast hits lmao what a game this was!
I could never figure out the controls of the space ship that you move around in. I had a basic keyboard setup and moving around was difficult lol! I love the sound effect in this game. Was top notch back in the day. The upgraded laser sounds, the missiles, fusion cannon, etc. Just excellent.
Played this to bits on local lan, then the internet wasn't really great and you could go online using KALI. But they charged for the service, so you needed to reconnect after the (10minutes?) timelimit. Sort of how Vocaltec Internet Phone worked back then. But man we played keyboard only back then. Ahhh the memories!
i remember when it was out i tried virtuel reality for the first time in a store. It had this game installed so i was looking around with the googles. VR never broke thru back then =) and hardly now.
Damn this game is cool, I experienced it on my parents first Mac . Along with the computer came this pack with a bunch of stupid games, as well as having Descent. Always stood out, and I played the shit out of it naturally.
I remember playing this game as a kid I think I completed the game at least 3 or 4 times but I never knew what I was doing the whole time. oops now that I'm watching Descent 2 I've realized that I never played this one but played Descent 2
I'm 54 years old but this particular game I remember as if it were yesterday. I would play online with my friends. great memories.
Play the game👍👍👍👍👍👈
Me too. I played it on Kali.
Me too. Remember all those good days playing with buddies with coxial Ethernet cables…
Most played game of my childhood. Had lan wires running around the house to play with friends.
@@sven31415The Hindu goddess?
Very underrated game, IMO.
If you thought Doom and Quake were great for 3D maneuverability in their time without ever playing this game, you missed out.
This was the only game I ever played that legitimately made me forget which was was up, if up even mattered after a certain point.
once you learned that it didn't matter, everything became smooth sailing, played this for years as a kid
this game was my very first game i had as a kid loved it!
One of the first 3 fps games I ever played.
I think the first 2 I played were Doom 2 first level and Heretic.
When my dad bought a 200mhz pentium overdrive pc in 1996, I played the demo disk Descent Destination Saturn. I never had the full version until later in life, but as a kid I did have Descent 2, which is still often my favorite mid 1990s shooter of all time.
Took me weeks until i figured out you could swap weapons which made it allot easier haha
The first game that let you move in any direction you wanted. Absolutely stunning.
Great to see people have not forgotten this masterpiece.
Excellent longplay! Decided to watch this instead a movie - better choice!
@Fox Ayaan i really appreciate your reply. I found the site through google and Im trying it out atm.
Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
Whit only one exception… I would like to see all cutscenes as well;
I remember being 7/8 years old and play this on the ps 1; but completely forgot the actual story line…
I have Descent 1,2, and 3 and still play it on an old Windows XP machine that I don't even have online. I LOVE these games!
How can I get this game?
@@Aliensuperstar4835 All 3 are available on GOG
I got them all on gog. Along with the old zork games.
@dwindeyer yes, gog is great, but a good stick is what's hard to get now.
DAYUM! That's a lot of views..
Really appreciate all of you stopping by
Ultra smooth moves, awesome playthrough ❤told a colleague of my first brush with x86 gaming, needed a video showing the fully 3D roaming playstyle, found a nice looking one with original gfx/sound (and HUD/cockpit off/fully zoomed, like I used to play it back then) but with a "novice"(?) player and your video was the "expert" link I shared 😉. Perfect 👌
Also admiring the level designs in your automap using the same (ship) controls in an intuitive way was pretty awesome as well!
Thank you for this video and your time and effort put into this! 😎Much appreciated!
Best game ever. Fast paced, graphics, controls, level design. Perfect.
I love how ruthless and efficient your style is! Speedruns are obviously impressive in their own right, but there's something almost beautiful about the the way you weave through the robots, lobbing out homing missiles with no hesitation, sweeping through the game like a one-man army.
Now watch Zero Master play Doom
Yea, it was a thing of beauty.
I like how many of these levels took me close to an hour to beat when I was a child, and this guy breezes through the whole game in an hour and a half.
He’s played them before, you know.
Holy Moly - those are some 6DOFn flying skills!
Sick trichording!
Lethal aim, huge situational awareness.
10/10
Finally someone who can play Descent.
Years of my childhood condensed in 3hr 20 min. Although I was always more of a plasma guy myself. Never thought to line up shots with fusion though, some pretty good ones in there!
Fusion sucks when playing with keyboard, it's harder to aim this way. I could never put the Fusion cannon to a good use myself and I thought that it was essentially garbage until I saw this longplay.
Fusion takes a while to figure out how to use effectively, but once you do it's deadly. There were certain anarchy levels where I really dominated with it.
The first game that let you move in any direction you wanted. Absolutely stunning.
0:00:00 - Intro
0:00:05 - Level 1: Lunar Outpost
0:02:57 - Level 2: Lunar Scilab
0:07:32 - Level 3: Lunar Military Base
0:12:13 - Level 4: Venus Atmospheric Base
0:17:29 - Level 5: Venus Nickel-Iron Mine
0:22:26 - Level 6: Mercury Solar Lab
0:28:45 - Level 7: Mercury Core
0:37:25 - Level 8: Mars Processing Station
0:44:32 - Level 9: Mars Military Dig
0:50:25 - Level 10: Mars Military Base
0:58:14 - Secret Level 1: Asteroid Secret Base
1:01:41 - Level 11: Io Sulfur Mine
1:06:44 - Level 12: Callisto Tower Colony
1:12:05 - Level 13: Europa Mining Colony
1:21:39 - Level 14: Europa CO2 Mine
1:33:31 - Level 15: Titan Mine
1:39:27 - Level 16: Hyperion Methane Mine
1:47:38 - Level 17: Tethys H2O Mine
1:57:57 - Level 18: Miranda Mine
2:07:23 - Level 19: Oberon Mine
2:16:44 - Level 20: Oberon Iron Mine
2:19:52 - Level 21: Oberon Platinum Mine
2:26:00 - Secret Level 2: Asteroid Military Depot
2:29:59 - Level 22: Neptune Storage Depot
2:34:43 - Level 23: Triton Storage Depot
2:44:12 - Level 24: Nereid Volatile Mine
2:52:23 - Secret Level 3: Asteroid Robot Factory
3:01:07 - Level 25: Pluto Outpost (paused 3:01:10 - 3:01:30)
3:09:50 - Level 26: Pluto Military Base
3:16:56 - Level 27: Charon Volatile Mine
3:20:39 - Outro
Watching someone go back and play this amazing game makes you realize just how far ahead of it's time this game actually was. As far as I'm aware, it was the only game at the time that not only allowed you to, but required you to move and think in three dimensions. I know that now you could compare it to something like, say, No Man's Sky, until you realize that it took roughly two DECADES for a game even remotely close to this to be made.
nothing quiet like this no..
here were a lot of flying sims back then.. some could do full 3D controls like this.. even the roll and strafe functions.. but most had TERRIBLE graphics and were all kind of same thing.. and all REALLY hard on the machines even with no textures and such lol..
but this just was an actual playable full 3D, controls are smooth, great controls and frame rates even WITH the fact it actually had "graphics" to speak of..
and the underground maps just add to the allure I believe..
There was certainly nothing else like it.. Terminal Velocity was a year or 2 later I think, but mostly above ground but very similar.
26 décembre 1996, j'ai offert son premier ordinateur à mon fils après une année douloureuse, il avait 8 ans, c'était un pentium 133 qui m'avait couté 12500 francs à l'époque^^ Il y avait 100 logiciels dessus, dont Descent.. La découverte des premiers jeux vidéo. Un immense souvenir, des heures et des heures de jeu.
I remember playing descent in my youth, while listening to descent. Courtesy of fear factory. How I miss my youth. So many great memories. Playing this game was one of them.
I remember playing this with Adriano Celentano - Susanna and Opus - Life is Life in the background xD
My parents didn't want to hear explosions and monsters, so my Descent & Doom experiences had a little extra funk haha
How deep I descend? Until I feel my end?. What a phenomenal album.
This game was the reason I failed my PE exam in 1995. So addictive!
nice
Playing descent on Kali online was the best thing I remember during the 1990's. I still remember the battles in the Minerva level. You memorize every single turn and twist and learn how to listen to sounds to figure out where your enemies was hiding. When the voodoo 3D video cards came out, it completely changed the landscape. Good times.
I wonder if we ever did battle. I spent so much time in high school in insane multiplayer battles online. Such good times. Descent was the first game I was really good at in multiplayer. I once wiped someone out using nothing but flares.
I was feeling nostalgic, and I remembered my mom played this game. She didn't get far like you had but you sir are a fucking artist with this game. My favorite part was when you destroyed the reactor and saved the hostages and exiting by a hair. That was spicy shit.
What a remarkable level of mastery and artistry. You have attained a form of fine art I never knew existed before watching this (and your D2 longplay, which is even better.). Wow, just amazing.
1:51:20 triple shot! Nice
I remember I loved the textures in this game, and I have to say, they still look amazing!
As a vintage player I rate this one above doom. I admit it was an easier parental pass compared to the the demons of doom screaming in pain, but fighting that reactor. [SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE ACTIVATED], is a phrase that will forever echo in my mind.
Played this as a kid with the old school flight stick (using a com port, of course) It truly was ahead of its time, as the only other flying game was the far more pedestrian flight simulator.
I would like to add it also has one of, if not THE, best soundtracks ever.
Old comment, but you missed the star wars flight sims I guess. X wing and tie fighter were awesome and required power management. A little more complex than the arena game that's out now.
@@poopsmith6853If 6 degrees of freedom is your jam, don't miss out Elite: Dangerous, one of the best space simulators out there.
You must have one unbelievably vast memory. How you weren't getting lost was the most amazing part of watching this gameplay. SUPERB!!!!!
The first ten levels were shareware and came with at least acer computers with win 95. I played this a lot as a kid and can still remember those first ten well because it was a couple years before I had the full game. Before ubiquitous GPS, people needed better spatial memory.
@@poopsmith6853 First 7 Levels were shareware, actually. Unless you had D1 Destination Saturn.
Now these are some gamer skills right here! I only played the demo of this game AGES ago so I never got the whole experience plus it was kinda scary for me as a kid, but damn do I still remember the sound effects and the cool music! It must have taken a long time to memorize the controls and enemy locations!
Man if they ever gave me a Decent HD remake I would spend so much money on that! This game was my childhood and is so unknown by so many people.
also what kind of setup are you using that you are navigating that fluently? haha. As I kid I never moved that precise and fast! haha
@@Biggiewhite75 Keyboard and Mouse. Also, look up Overload on Steam.
Best playthrough by far.
Great steering-flow and firing-precision.
And finally someone, who uses ALL weapons.
Decent was the first game I purchased for the Playstation. I got the station for Christmas and I do believe I came with a race game. Anyway, I drove 120 miles to purchase a MEMORY card and Decent. When I got home I think I played for 6 hours straight and I was the only kid in town that had one. It was AWESOME! this video brings back some great memories. Thank you!
I never played Descent, I didn't knew it existed on playstation, I had Forsaken, which is a bit more modern clone.
Too bad there isn't more games like this, and that schmups are stuck with 2D.
Wow! You killed the last boss in seconds while it can take me some hours and in a lower difficulty. Great game play!!! Wish I could finish the game in just some 3 or 4 hours like you but I like to explore and get most of the secrets.
oh man, 36:12 it's fear of my childhood))) so many tries to get through it)
My Descent strategy was to rotate my ship so any curved corridor was arched up under me. Then i would keep my perspective as if i were cresting a hill and levitate up to spot my opponents while exposing as little of my ship as possible. You really did have to think in 3D to succeed at Descent.
One of my favorite games from childhood. Watching you just nearly effortlessly glide though it was a pleasure. ❤
My guy putting all 6 degrees of freedom to use. You have some of the smoothest moves I've seen in any playthrough of this.
Six Degrees of Freedom meets Six Paths Senjutsu
I have never seen anyone fly so smoothly in this game, it's such a joy to behold.
I'm sad to admit I never finished this, and sadder still to say it's because of the drillers, blech. I should give it another shot.
Yeah, the drillers are nasty. Not surprising they have such a loud and distinct "activation" sound to warn you. I think one weak spot of the drillers is that they can be destroyed with a single homing missile. It's pretty effective against them, at least when you know where they are. A lot of saving and reloading should do the trick.
Save and reload, that's how I got through the game !
This brings back so many memories haha! First game I ever played on PC.
Great Vid. I am just doing my first ever play-through on Ace difficulty, though not nearly as skillfully as this. The biggest differences is how I approach bosses (Level 7) now vs 20 years ago. I remember hiding in the central tunnels trying to beat him on Rookie years ago, with multiple saves over months. This time, I beat him within a minute not dying.
I played this when I was 10. It taught me some CQC. :)
Thank you for helping bring this memory back.
Beautiful flying skills, Kaizen, awesome to behold. I look forward to your Descent 2 longplay in the future!
This is one of the few games I've played that allows you to shoot out the lights, and it actually gets dark. I grew up playing this, thinking every game had lighting mechanics like this, and I have been disappointed ever since.
im fascinated how u remember every corner of the game. u always know exactly where to go or what to do.
Probably completed a couple practice runs in the week or two prior to this one. Hope ya enjoyed, homie!
This game definitely was - and still is - pretty much ahead of the time. That's why it dint't get any popularity and further development. I still remember the map on pressing TAB, where I couldn't get where I am and where to go! The more it's amazing to watch how you are getting done with it! Thanks!
I really thought your ship was toast on level 16! This game is excellent, especially the soundtrack. Thanks for the upload.
Great!!!
Thanks for share.
First time I played it , was in 1998/99. It was a demo with 7 levels.
Later I bought Descent II and recently I bought I, II and III (with III, I can't find the actions to take)
Any way, great job you do.
As somebody said before, better this than a videogame film.
Greetings from Mexico City.
Why is this soo much better than modern games to me? I'm getting excited just watching
I was literally biting my thumbnail at 17:18, you cut that one really close!
Same here
aaaaaaah
me too :D
Came here to see if someone was going to mention that!
Amazing gameplay, especially as you're only using mouse! You must have played this for hundreds of hours as you know all the robot positions and never get lost in the mines. I think level 5 was a nightmare for me but you fly through it without any hesitation!
This is an absolute good! 😂 Thanks for this gameplay. Good old days from childhood.
Thank, I'm just getting used to the controls again.. this was a true pleasure to watch, I hope to get back to being half this good again..
This game.. I have decided might be my favorite game... maybe one of the best ever..
Been lots of good shoooters, lots of flying sims and racers and RPG's and platformers.. so many games..
But THIS when it came out blew my mind, I always wonderd if it was NOSTALGIA and the WOW factor of playing a PROPER 3D game multiplayer..ectect..
But nope, going back and recently pllaying it and watching this.. what a game..no 3 hour interactive movie tutorials.. no being forced to play each level a certain way and being sold as "player freedom" no bs.. just good honest video game, 100% gameplay with no gimicks and just flying the craft when you get to this level is so satisfying..
Amazing how much BLOAT is the problem in newer games, I'm here for GAMEPLAY.. something you can just absorb yourself into for hours without people trying to get into your head or feelings or pushing thier agendas.
And man, its so smooth for mid 90s.. what an accomplishment.
This game really wowed me when it came out.
Probably one of the first PC games I ever played as a kid in the 90's haha, but I remember it took me like a year to finish it lol. You did it in just over 3hrs 🤣
Turning 39 next week and I remember playing this game in the 90s as a teen. So much fun!
Watching you play this is very satisfying
Part of my childhood. Love it
One of the first truly 3D games, mid '90's, DOS. The others were Carmageddon and Terminal Velocity. I played this on a Pentium-75, 16Meg RAM, 2 Voodo cards. Couldn't get enough of it.
Descent didn't have good 3d ports. The 3dfx original was the best, and there were some features missing, but improved graphics. Descent 2 however was a joke because it didn't properly shade the enemies, so they were full bright, and looked better in software. Never tried the virge version, but I think it was both broken and slow. Today we have like two ports, with only one being viable with dated graphics, and the other one improved graphics but broke the game and isn't developed anymore. As for carmageddon, it was ok, but the Android port ended up being the best version.
@@JohnDoe-ip3oq I still have the games, software and V2 cards. I can NOT find a legacy system to set it up!
Yo guys im from 87 Poland and that was one of my favourite in 90s’. This gamplay looks pro gamer.
this game has a killer soundtrack! I remember playing this back in the day for hours
What an amazing game
So cool. Thank you for uploading this. And for destroying those TVs at the start of lvl 2
I remember seeing this for the first time in 1995 or so and I was absolutely thrilled.
Level 13 had me on the edge of my seat, I could see your frustration, well played!!!
I had this game one the PSOne when I was a teenager and Descent is one of my favorite games.
Впервые , поиграл в неё - у знакомых... Так же , как и doom 2 , иheretic ... А потом , появился - cd ! Где и находилась , большинство игр... Назывался он - ,,антология id sofware,,! Но тогда , стоял win 98 ... А играть приходилось у знакомых и друзьях!.. Ностальгия , блин! Обязательно и её - пройду! Классика жанра и ностальгия!
I think this is really the best retrogame of the 90s
Amazing gameplay. I remember watching my dad playing this when i was a kid. I never managed to fully dominate it or install it again 😭. Had to be happy with Mechwarrior 4 Vengeance.
This game needs a remaster. As much as I loved Descent 1 and 2, those perfectly smooth, rectangular hallways are really jarring. Imagine how cool it would be to fly through a mine that actually felt like a mine, with jagged, irregular geometry.
store.steampowered.com/app/448850/Overload/
One of my favorite games when I was kid. I would like to see a remake of decent.
Unless you know about Overload, be sure to look it up. It's the only true Descent remake.
@@Kaizen777 you open my eyes bro. Special thnx I check it and I didn't know it. I will buy it soon for sure.
My dad and I used to play this a lot back in the 90s whenever I visited him, but he only had the shareware edition. Still, I had lots of fun with this game.
An advice: you must shoot to that purple spaces where teleport the robots. I did it before and from a time after shoot they'll never bother you.
That'd be too easy
@@Kaizen777 not really.
Cool video. Back in 1996, when I got Pentium 1 - 133 MHz, there were a Descent game in Windows 95. I completed all 10 levels (as I thought) and then the game started from level 1. In this video, the last level was 7, where you should beat the boss. It was hard to play just on keyboard without mouse but now I realised that it was demo version like other games that were installed with Hexen, Majesty, Pitfall, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Death Rally... :D
Ahhhh memories.. I drove 2 hours to pick this game up when i got a PS 1 for Christmas. I remember i was pissed because i was supposed to geta memory card as well and i forgot! Games were SO MUCH harder back then. I did finish Descent but, it took me forever.
really amazing player, first time know I missed so many levels ahead. :P
what a pro, this game was so intense, descent into nightmares
My favorite. And it’s OST. Masterpiece.
OMG! This is a beautiful classic.
So, THAT's how a master plays like!
I would love for the descent series to make a comeback! I grew up playing this. It's what got me into FpS in the first place.
It did.
store.steampowered.com/app/448850/Overload/
There is Forsaken
@@Kaizen777 yeah, but I dont have a PC :(
Oh my God i forgot I had this growing up...i was watching another video and they mentioned this i almost cried this game was part of my childhood lmao
Great game, Superb music and Sound
I couldn’t get past 2 minutes of level 4. It’s nice to see what other levels looked like
Thanks for the long play, watched the whole thing star to finish
Literally no one talks about this game, which is WILD. Its excellent.
I never had any interest in games except this series. I wish it were available today on modern platforms.
There is Forsaken on PC.
And Overload.
I honestly wish I included the briefings in this ..
That's actually what I came for but damn you got some skillls!!Thanks for posting!
The D1 Mac OST totally rules!
Pretty sure this came with my in box ps, only game I had for a several months. So fun, I loved the angles you could find twisting around upside down and sideways, and still keep ripping through it. My friends hated it, I loved it cuz it was so much better when you got better, and played the harder settings
I was very young when I played Descent I just know that I was too pro that I finished the big boss on level 30 i guess in a few very fast hits lmao what a game this was!
I spent so much time playing this as a kid!
I could never figure out the controls of the space ship that you move around in. I had a basic keyboard setup and moving around was difficult lol!
I love the sound effect in this game. Was top notch back in the day. The upgraded laser sounds, the missiles, fusion cannon, etc. Just excellent.
I first saw the shareware version of this game at a CompUSA when it first came out. It was so amazing. They were featuring Doom 2 beside it.
I love this game. It was my favorite and I wish they would make it for the PlayStation. I would love to relive The Nostalgia
Played this to bits on local lan, then the internet wasn't really great and you could go online using KALI. But they charged for the service, so you needed to reconnect after the (10minutes?) timelimit. Sort of how Vocaltec Internet Phone worked back then. But man we played keyboard only back then. Ahhh the memories!
I forgot how great this game was
i remember when it was out i tried virtuel reality for the first time in a store. It had this game installed so i was looking around with the googles.
VR never broke thru back then =) and hardly now.
I remember this being one of those games you could link 2 PS1s together and could play but I never got to do that. I would love to see that done.
Damn this game is cool, I experienced it on my parents first Mac . Along with the computer came this pack with a bunch of stupid games, as well as having Descent. Always stood out, and I played the shit out of it naturally.
1:06:44 Level 12, one of my favourites!
Madman!! You took out the final boss in one sweep!!
Very nice playthrough. Not your usual fare of clinical speedrun bullshit. Just a great understanding of game mechanics and badassery.
I remember playing this game as a kid I think I completed the game at least 3 or 4 times but I never knew what I was doing the whole time.
oops now that I'm watching Descent 2 I've realized that I never played this one but played Descent 2