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5413114 No.5413114 [Reply] [Original]

Why did it not make the sort of waves that the famous 2D/2.5D/3D shooters of the early-to-mid 90s did?

>> No.5413117

Not enough tude

>> No.5413120

>>5413117
Hmm... I think you're right. All those famous shooters had either tude (Doom, Duke, ...) or at least some kind of other kind of gripping atmosphere (Quake). Descent is just fighting against drones and while it's atmospheric, I guess it's not really atmospheric in an iconic way.

>> No.5413123

it was only decent

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>>5413114
It made a fair number of waves at the time, enough to spawn two immediate sequels and multiple franchise spin-offs/spiritual successors. Also, pic related was a ubiquitous forum avatar in the 90s and early 00s

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>>5413123

>> No.5413201

>>5413142
Yeah, i played and loved it and recall others online discussing it. Never became a cultural sensation like doom or quake though, i guess because the 6dof controls are more difficult, and often people require a joystick, whereas doom and quake are pretty straightforward with almost 2D game-play.

>> No.5413205

>>5413120
Spot on. Same reason Marathon never really took off.

>> No.5413374

>>5413114
Because it was literally a tech-demo

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>>5413114
It did. The shareware release was all over the place and it sold well enough for them to make a sequel. We played it a lot over network, at home and at work. Stellar possibilities in death match if you master its controls and the 6dof mindset.

>> No.5413389

>>5413374
Nonsense.

>> No.5413418

>>5413387
Had this on our high school network as shareware. Pretty fun deathmatch

>> No.5413438

>>5413387
how fucking stupid are you that you can't even read the OP but you think you're answering it. AS MUCH OF A WAVE AS

>> No.5415194

>>5413418
Yeah, it was fun. I actually bought the original game though (and put it on our hs network).

>> No.5415314

Bootlegged the original from a friend and a few of us played together via-dial up and then cable connection

It was a super fun multiplayer and to be actually playing together with others in a relatively simple way (the interface for lan connections and dialing into others computers worked quite well) it was a bit ahead of its time.

>> No.5415364

Same reason tank controls didn't catch on - it's unplayable unless you have >100 IQ.

>> No.5415517

>>5413114
I remember this being demoed in the stores. One store that we used to go to had to remove it bc it was giving people motion sickness when they played it.