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Descent 3

Descent 3

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: One of the greatest
Review: When I first played the origanal descent I loved it. I would play for hours, just staring at the screen. When I my friend said he had descent 3 I just had to try it out. I must say it is a great game. The graphics were slightly better than descentI. I also liked the robot allie who follows you around and helps you. The levels were however, much harder than those of descentI. also, the robots seem a lot smaller than they really are. When they should be 4 feet long, they look like 1 ft. But it is still a great game, One of the greatest sci fis i have ever played. If you are thinking buying this game, trust me, it will be worth it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Best of the Series - Without a Doubt
Review: With Descent 3 you are getting a high impact, heart pounding shoot-em up with great graphics, gameplay, and a thriving multiplayer community.

First to the graphics, which if your system can handle it are amazing. Hate to use that word, since it's so overused, but it truly is. A real high definition, true to life 3D environment which will keep you asking, "Why is the bathroom so far away?"

For the gameplay it's second to none. A quick tip if your buying this game, buy a nice joystick along with it, if you don't have one already. This game was made for a joystick, and without it, it takes away from the game significantly. More buttons the better.

Before I begin to talk about the multi-player option, the single player game consists of 15 large levels, with of course increasing difficulty. So to the AI has gotten smarter this time around, and will ocassionaly double-back on you for that surprise attack. Also to, there a lot better at deeking your shots which was something the last two Descents lacked.

But now onto the multi-player game, which this game was really made for. In multi-player which is easy to logon onto via Outrages own network PXO you can pick to play deathmatch, cooperative, capture the flag, and monsterball. This is just four of the nine varriations. A word to the wise however, good luck trying to play with a 56.6 modem, the lag will be tremendous. You must have cable, or ADSL for true multi-playing action.

But alas, all games seem to have a downside, and for this one it's the sound. Although the explosions, and laser fire sounds are realistic, the soundtrack however gets rather annoying. But, it's only a minor drawback.

So in summary this game is made for a true shoot-em up fan with a High-End computer, a fast Internet connection, and of course a nice Joystick.

Pro: Excelent Graphics, Great Gameplay, In-Depth Single Player Missions, Thriving Multi-Player Community.

Con: The Soundtrack is rather Poor.

Requirements: Pentium-200, 32 MB RAM, 4X CD-ROM, 3D Accelerator w/ 4MB, mouse, sound board, 3-D accelerator, Windows 95; Windows 98


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