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Descent II

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Also known as
Descent 2 Descent II: Counterstrike

This 3D shooter tasks the Material Defender with clearing mines across distant planets, navigating tunnels to destroy reactor cores.

Descent II was first released for MS-DOS in 1996, making it both the original release year and the DOS platform release year.


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Platform
MS-DOS
Released
1996
Genre
Perspective
1st-person
Size
27.75 MB
Version
AUTORUN.BAT
Rating
0 votes

About Descent II

Descent II expands its predecessor's content with additional environments and hostile robotic units to encounter. The player's capabilities are enhanced by several functional additions, such as a navigation assistant and systems for temporary speed boosts or defensive reallocation.

These new tools often prove essential for progression, indicating a challenging experience where their use becomes integral. The game operates as a first-person combat simulation within three-dimensional spaces.

Descent II Screenshots

10 images
Main menu
Returning from the first Descent game (from the intro, in Asteroid belt)
They send you immediately to the second Descent (from the intro, warp sequence)
One of the new robots of Descent 2
In-game shot - 1
In-game shot - 2
Game loading screen (3Dfx version).
Game start (3Dfx Voodoo patch from Parallax/Interplay, running in DOSBox w/ nGlide).
Game start (3Dfx Voodoo 2 patch from 3Dfx Interactive, running in DOSBox w/ nGlide).
Full-screen no HUD view (3Dfx patch from 3Dfx Interactive). Full cockpit view mode is not available in the 3Dfx versions.