Descent 3 / Descent 3 Mercenary Bundle (Jewel Case)

Descent 3 / Descent 3 Mercenary Bundle (Jewel Case)
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Descent 3 / Descent 3 Mercenary Bundle (Jewel Case)
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Product Summary

Brand: Interplay
Format: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2001-01-11
Platform: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT
Model: FCC9512461
Publisher: Interplay
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Video Game Reviews of Descent 3 / Descent 3 Mercenary Bundle (Jewel Case)

Customer Review: 3D Freedom (and works in Win XP)
Summary: 5 Stars

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!

Description of Descent 3 / Descent 3 Mercenary Bundle (Jewel Case)

Get into the action with Descent 3 and Descent 3 Mercenary where you will test out your piloting skills using extensive arsenal of tactics and heavy firepower. With detailed environments and multiplayer missions kick it up a notch and create your own levels to compete with power-ups, robots, and scripted events.
Descent 3 is not your ordinary first-person shooter--and it never was. Instead of binding a player to the body of a military grunt or brawny mercenary, the Descent line puts the player in the cockpit of an agile and heavily equipped spaceship. Spiraling around the bowels of catacombs and pulling zero gs while decimating the enemy has long been the hallmark of this series. With version three, the game gets bigger.

In addition, the expansion Descent 3: Mercenary builds upon the existing backdrop of the Descent 3 universe. Centered around the dark conspiracy revealed in Descent 3, Mercenary will have you flying as the leader of the Black Pyros, hired by Dravis to carry out his evil plans.

The sky's the limit (almost, as there is a moratorium on altitude), and the players can now skim over enigmatic alien ruins and the bombed-out hulks of recent industry. Enemies are just as hard or harder to fight in open terrain, and some truly gifted behemoths will make players scurry for the familiar safety of the underground warren.

But the most challenging aspect of this milieu is its vigorous use of all three dimensions. If players are too regimented in forward, back, and sideways moves, some nasty 3-D accelerated surprises await them. Of course, there's standard play for the lone wolf, but for those who like to fly in packs, there's the Internet module, which enables players to congregate and interact. Descent 3 is the ultraworthy heir to a gaming dynasty, so put your tray table in its upright position and adjust your attitude. --Tamara Hladik

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