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I'm really beyond flat busted, so I expect I'll have to pass on this, even, or especially, at $25, but I remember some long long hours at this being my first real foray into multiplayer co-op environs. I ventured into Heretic a bit later, but didn't coop for a year or two. This was all about chasing your mates and blowing them up :) Looking a bit on the short side for funding, but it might make it.
 
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Wow, I've been waiting a long time for a new Descent. The soundtrack always seems to be good in Descent games for some reason, and this one sounds like it will follow suit. Also, I like the game mechanics - there's never a lot of story, but that was never the point of the Descent series; firing up the afterburners and hurtling through corridors, and barrel-rolling around in huge caverns while dodging missiles and lasers in full 3D free-space was always its strong point, and I miss that gameplay. Plus, it's based on the Unreal 4 engine and it looks fantastic so far! Will almost definitely buy this game if/when it comes out.
 

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Being the owner of the original Descent 1 + 2 + 3 game's and reading the linked thread some of the comments indicate that they intend to have in game unlock add on purchase's
For me that's a big PISS OFF

probably wont Buy this game because of that.
 
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They aren't the narrow tunnels that I remember.

To hell with that game, looks far too cartoony too.
 
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I like the pseudo-cartoony Unreal-2k4-ish look from that era. Maybe they should tone down the neon lighting a little and make the mines a little grungier, and I'm sure they'll make plenty of claustrophobic, winding tunnel levels. I'll give it a shot, at least for old times sake.
 
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At the current pledge rate, it's not even going to make it to 60% funded.
 

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I don't think they're going to make it, with only 4 days left. I hope they manage to find some funding elsewhere: I'd love to see this come to fruition.
 
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