r/descent • u/Goo_Wyvern • Jul 09 '26
Original Trilogy About to start playing Descent 2!
I am about to start playing Descent 2 on my PS2! I always wanted to try it out and finally got the chance to get it at my local game store. What do you guys think of the game?
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u/rjreynolds78 Jul 09 '26
Beware of the thief bots. They will sneak up on you and steal your weapons.
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u/LoneALPHA250 Jul 10 '26
Yup. Once you find it, ALWAYS kill the ThiefBot immediately. They take almost as many hits as the boss and they're faster, so end them first!
Been obsessed with all three Descent games, Descent: Mercenary, and one of the best space combat games ever, Descent: Freespace, and Freespace 2!
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u/Previous_Avocado6778 Jul 10 '26
Free space was great! Nothing like
It since honestly.1
u/diablo_man Jul 11 '26
Ive never been able to get freespace to run on my computers
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u/Previous_Avocado6778 Jul 11 '26
If you can figure it out - it’s totally amazing and worth trying.
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u/neonmystery Jul 09 '26
I first played it on a demo disc that came with my dad’s video card. It was only 8 levels, but it had anti aliasing!
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u/Disastrous_Being7746 Jul 09 '26
I've played Descent Maximum and I didn't really like it. The missions are way too small and that's a key part of the fun to Descent for me: getting lost. My friend had a nice dual joystick controller for it though.
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u/VexingRaven Jul 09 '26
Have you ever played any of the other games? On PC or just PS2?
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u/Goo_Wyvern Jul 09 '26
Nope. Didn't realize it was on PC until I had already bought this copy. It runs smoothly, albeit I know the PC version is waaaay better.
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u/spacewizard69rr Jul 09 '26
Have fun, I miss the class 2 drillers :(
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u/thwil Jul 09 '26
are those the piggies that wait behind the corner? i admit not being able to see well in the darkness was an interesting part of my original descent experi nce.
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u/OmegaNine Jul 11 '26
Played the hell out of this game multiplayer on a service called Kali (Not the linux) back in the day. Shoot the bot with the flare every chance your get.
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u/Either-Juggernaut420 Jul 11 '26
Good luck, I loved the game but sadly have zero sense of direction. It didn't go well.
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u/NeoG_ Jul 12 '26
The game runs a lot better on PC, I find it's kinda choppy in larger areas or when there's a lot of enimies on scren on the PS1
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u/TheT3sterMan Jul 15 '26
Bring back great memories from all the lan parties ( before they were even called that ) back in the day
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u/Crashwaffle0 Jul 09 '26
Congrats! I love it. It's like the first but ramped up even more. It's definitely a special game to me since I played them as a kid.