Descent is a big part of gaming history, but not many people talk about it.
  • festus@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    For people who enjoyed Descent, you may enjoy Overload. It was created by some of the original creators and is also a 6DOF shooter.

  • lakemalcom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    2 days ago

    Descent is why I invert my mouse in all fps games. I started with a joystick plus keyboard, because I was fresh off of F-19, the flight simulator.

  • psvrh@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    This and Marathon were why I almost didn’t make it into University.

  • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    I had to websearch this so might as well share it here: 6DOF = six degrees of freedom. You can move and rotate in all three dimensions.

    Accurate for Descent. I played this game as a kid. At the start I hated it, because unlike Doom you need to aim vertically (Doom has three degrees of freedom: X axis, Y axis, rotation). But eventually it grew on me, it’s like going from stale bread to a buttered toast - harder but nicer.