Free Steam Keys to Descent Underground for next 30 minutes

i was just looking at game play. this is you right?

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Thanks, DD. I'll give you my thoughts as soon as my Time Warner starts working again.... Never played the original, but would you recommend a game pad or keyboard and mouse?

 

cool. good luck with the game and thanks for letting me check it out.

 

Dang the game looks cool. Missed out, but ah well. Might try it out eventually

 

I'll give it a run when I'm off later today. I was in bed grumpy about the quality of the Rockets play being no better than the Texans....

 

Sure, send one over, I loved Descent when it originally came out - we had customers drooling over it in Circuit City when I was at work selling computers! :grin:

 

Awww I missed it??

 

Can I have the keys to your Ducati instead DD?

 

Damn, I missed this thread because I wanted to avoid the kneejerks in the GARM after I got home from the game. Oh well, looking forward to hear what those who got keys have to say about it.

 

Too late for the free steam keys?

 

Well I am a huge moron for backing this thing on kickstarter. Should have just waited for free keys. lesson learned.

 

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Thanks!

That's actually what I have installed. Played 1 & 2 back in the day, now I finally have a computer powerful enough to play the third one

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I know i'm late ,but hook a brotha up!

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please

 

Dang I missed it!

 

Just played a couple of rounds against bots. Pretty fun game and cool 3D shooter.

My biggest issue while test playing were the controls, and for a 3D shooter like this, controls mean everything. I prefer a keyboard + mouse because WASD gives me forward, backwards, left, right, and space bar + Left Shift gives me up and down. It's a bit harder on the gamepad because to go up or down, you have to take your right thumb off the look joystick. I had an issue with sensitivity for the mouse. I upped it to the max, but it didn't feel like the smoothness of the joystick. Maybe it was limit of the ship or the lack of real estate with a mouse compared to an infinite toggle joystick, but I hope a mouse can emulate a joystick better.

Also, the control/binding menu. That is a mess to navigate! Each function has a separate drop-down menu, and without knowing the game or controls, it's hard to associate a function to its button let alone what it means in game. I can imagine it's difficult to design an intuitive control/keybinding menu, but I had a hard time figuring it out.

Just some first impressions. I'm intrigued now. As far as gameplay, the default map is pretty small and tight, especially with a poor turn radius with a mouse. Also, I hated how bots will be right in your face as soon as a door opens. Maybe the doors need to open further away instead of being right on it? I'm curious to know what other testers have mentioned.