Descent 3 / Descent 3 Mercenary Bundle (Jewel Case)

List Price: $39.95 Discount Price: $2.96

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PC Gamer (1-year)

Customer Reviews:

Pretty Good, but not everyone's type of game [Posted on 2002-01-19]
I bought Descent 3 several Months ago. It has some good cutscenes, and a plot that's more than an excuse to frag. I enjoyed what I have played so far, but when you get stuck, (and you will), the game suddenly loses its interest. You need to be a good gamer to fully appreaciate this game, or at least willing to put some serious time and effort in. I like the expansion pack a little better than the normal game, both in graphics and action. I'm not a real fan of the Descent series, but if you were madley in love with at least one of them, this is your kind of game. Be sure to have a good crisp joystick, good speakers, and lots of time!

Excellent value; excellent game. [Posted on 2002-01-29]
A candidate for GAME OF THE YEAR OF 1999, Descent 3 is, by far, the best of the trilogy and three years later, still remains one of the best-looking and best-playing computer games that I've ever come across.

Like the previous two prequels, in Descent 3 one flies a quasi-diminutive robotic ship through neon-lit tunnels, destroying enemy robots, collecting powerups and advancing from level to level in order to complete ones' mission. One major advantage that this latest installment of the trilogy has over the previous two is that -as opposed to being COMPLETELY limited to the inside of tunnels- in Descent 3 one can access tunnel exits and fly OUTSIDE.

Like other stellar Interplay titles, Descent 3's menu, alone, belongs in the hall of fame: Setup is extremely user-friendly and there are so many options that it's not even funny. D3's graphics are excellent, the sounds are superb, the weapons are evenly balanced, as is the gameplay -not too fast and not too slow- and the missions are very challenging, but not impossible.

Although Descent 3 may not be for everyone (I, personally loathe Role-Playing-Games and related genres) if you might be or are interested in first-person combat flight simulators replete with technologically-advanced science fiction elements, then you can't go wrong with purchasing Interplay's 9 dollar Descent 3/Mercenary expansion title. At a mere nine dollars, it's practically too good to be true; it's like winning the lottery or a sweepstakes.

Hello! Multiplayer Anyone? [Posted on 2003-02-28]
I've been reading these reviews of Descent 3 and I'm shocked that most of the posts have been about the singleplayer.

If you're looking for a singleplayer game, look somewhere else. The Descent 3 singleplayer is boring. I never even finished the singleplayer of my favorite game of all time.

Multiplayer is what Descent 3 is all about. Forget Counterstrike. Forget Quake and Unreal. This game requires more skill than those games have in their pinky fingers.

If you're looking for an easy multiplayer game, Descent 3 is not for you. On your first day you may die 50 times in a row at the hands of more experienced pilots. But is it worth it? Most definitely. It's one of the few things that still gives me an adreniline rush. I almost fell asleep snowboarding the other day. I guess that's what D3 does to you.

I have some friends who prefer to watch me play rather than try to learn it themselves. For me, it's fun to play and fun to watch. I still play D3 every chance I get and no game will ever take it's place. I playe warcraft 3 on the side, but Descent 3 will always be my main squeeze (videogamewise.)

Plenty of people play online on PXO. Hop in some time. You'll meet some cool people who are always willing to help newbies... and umm make inappropriate jokes. ;)

Update... [Posted on 2006-11-25]
Multiplayer or Single player, it's a matter of taste... Either way, Descent still lives! (personaly I like both) PXO is no more, but people still play online every day.

Descent 3: Retribution consists of 15 huge levels... 7 in Mecenary. (Plus multiplayer maps) The levels are a work of art and the music is awsome. This game is absolutly the greatest of it's time (1999) and is still a great game today. New missions and mods are still being made today, and best of all they are free! At this price you can't go wrong. Get demos, patches and info at Planet Descent.

3D Freedom (and works in Win XP) [Posted on 2007-03-30]
This is a unique game in its kind. It is much more fun than shooting space ships in the open space and than being attached to the ground with a human-like being.

When I got the game -the version sold here- I was a little worried to find out it wouldn't work in XP. And the first time I run it, it didn't. After that I closed a couple of applications that I had running on background (including antivirus) and installed the Patch 1.4 (D3_1.4_NOCD_Patch.exe. [...]

It definitively requires a joystick. I've tried to play with a mouse (or the little pseudo-joystick that acts like a mouse in a laptop) but it is frustrating the little control you have over the ship (even when you can move the ship it is though to aim). So, with a joystick it feels like is heaven. :)

I remember that when I first played Descent (being a teenager), I was amazed by it. So, this new version that preserves all the concepts from the first one and it is improved in graphic quality (and other aspects, like new robots, the probe, etc) has burst my desire to sit in the cockpit and unravel the PTMC mines!

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