Overload

Since there are not many descent-like games out there and we are all used to "regular" fps, it takes some time to develop muscle memory for the movement, but when you got it, the gameplay feels awesome! The weapons are less built for veriety but more for picking 2 primaries and 2 secondaries you like, upgrade them first and then roll with them. I only played on Hotshot difficulty, so that might be different on higher ones. This game will sharpen your movement, orientation and navigational skills while being really fun and feeling really tight and precise. The only thing bothering me are the achievements. Too many include idiotic busywork... But that's pretty much it with the negatives... This is the descent formula perfected. These games are very similar gameplaywise and level-layout-wise, that's because I would love seeing some developer expanding on this gameplay principle... maybe playing as some sort of attack drone in a normal environment with gravity and not only those labyrinth space stations and mines... Well, at the end only two things are certain: If you liked descent or want to broaden your shooter expertise you should buy this game, and that there never really was a GOAT debate in basketball in the first place...

A fantastic Descent-like game. I recommend it to anyone who was a fan of the 90's classic.

Descent but better.

Its Descent (Descent II to be precise) for modern computers with improved physics and graphics, but c'mon its Descent II - 2. Really loved replaying it as Descent is one of my childhood games and I loved it. My main gripe with the game are the last levels, which I find a bit too punishing, and less interesting overall as the enemies are a bit too strong and you often can't just "play well" - a couple of times I had to save-scum to get past an annoying section. But again, loved the main game, and my main complaint about this game is essentially "I want more of the good parts", and that's a good complaint to have !

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It's more Descent, by the team that made Descent. I think that's already a pretty strong recommendation, and it's a shame that the title being a little generic and Descent being niche seems to have kept it from the limelight. If you were born this century and don't remember Descent, it's like an fps shmup. It's a flight sim dungeon crawler. It's very brain off and a lot of fun. If you like retro, or just games that feel good, I'd absolutely recommend this on a sale. I think it's the best of the Descents, with secret hunting being generous enough that you don't need to grub over every level to stay competitive and the nav drone being a godsend for casual play. I think this would've been a 6.5/10 out of PC Gamer back in the day, and that's probably some of the highest praise I can give any game. Edit: The hologuide not being useable during the escape sequence, and the exit area sometimes being blocked off until you take out the reactor, and the levels being die and go back to the start, means you should start automatically dropping a save at the reactor once you're a few levels in. This probably doesn't need to be this way, game design has evolved in the past twenty years, but it could be way worse.

This game is genuinely so slow and boring and repetetive the only time I had fun with it was the first boss level. Everything before and after that has been a slog. I haven't even finished the game because I just get so bored playing the levels I can't bring myself to sit through the entire campaign. The variety in levels is really bad to be honest, they feel like the same thing over and over and over again except maybe a different enemy type is spammed. The upgrade system breaks the game in half, it forces the whole game into some single segment save system and doesn't add anything meaningful other than trying to get you to wander around levels even more. There is very poor environmental communication and the escape sequences are just awful. I would be interested in the story but there is really no way to view it at your own pace, audio logs can easily be missed and the main briefings are set to the pace of the world's slowest reader with no way to speed it up, what's worse is they automatically skip themselves afterward, so either you sit there and read like grandma for 7 minutes without skipping a beat or you just say ♥♥♥♥ it and ignore the story entirely, and the story is maybe the only potentially interesting thing this game has. There isn't even any sort of database or way to look back at stuff that I know of save maybe some system only available at the end of a level which doesn't provide much benefit. The game subsequently has to barrage you with information and do this weird stop and go pacing instead of letting you view what you've discovered on your own terms. I can't recommend this game because there's just so much better out there. If you want to burn time with a generic ho hum gameplay loop while your thoughts entertain you, then sure, play this. But if you want to actually enjoy the time you burn I'd suggest you look elsewhere.

Great game. Looks great and has fantastic controls. If you played Descent then you'll like it for sure

If you like Decent, you will love this one with updated graphics. Fun levels and an easy recommend.

https://youtu.be/OQWyKzSNtUk Knowing exactly what it is and delivering precisely on target results in a game that feels perfect for it's structure and matches with look and setting.