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1996USK 12PC92 % positive19.99 €

A classic six-degrees-of-freedom shooter where you pilot a ship in every direction through twisting alien mines full of hostile robots. Key hunting, new weapons and disorienting 3D navigation make for intense action.

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  • Interconnected level design
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Descent II special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Overload

97 %Match

2018PEGI 12PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable94 % positive24.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Descent II: interconnected level design, good gunplay and a sci-fi setting.

Overload is a six-degrees-of-freedom shooter that revives the Descent formula: you fly weightlessly through tight mine complexes, blasting robots and hunting for keys and secrets. Precise controls and fast, frantic combat are the core appeal.

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Shooting and gunplay

A landmark sci-fi shooter: a lone marine fights through the industrial hellscape of Stroggos against a cybernetic alien army. It delivers fast gunplay, interconnected hub levels, a pounding metal soundtrack, and influential deathmatch multiplayer.

Doom II: Hell on Earth

Interconnected level design

The legendary shooter classic sends you and your Super Shotgun through maze-like levels packed with demons that have overrun Earth. Blistering, relentless combat, hidden secrets and nasty new foes like the Arch-vile keep it a genre benchmark to this day.

Unreal

Shooting and gunplay

A 1998 classic first-person shooter in which you crash-land on an alien world and explore striking landscapes and ancient architecture while fighting the brutal invaders who enslaved a peaceful race. It stresses atmosphere and discovery alongside the gunplay.

Quake

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

id Software's landmark shooter sends you through grim, gothic Lovecraftian mazes full of monsters, with lightning-fast movement, frantic gunplay and a brooding industrial soundscape by Trent Reznor. Its multiplayer also made history.

Quake III Arena

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

Quake III Arena is a pure arena shooter where blistering movement like strafe-jumping, precise aim and controlling item spawns decide every match. There's no campaign, just relentless deathmatches and duels against bots or real players.

Retrovirus

Shooting and gunplay

You fly through the inside of a computer in a six-degrees-of-freedom shooter, hunting down an invasive virus. The zero-gravity movement and twisting corridors evoke classics like Descent.

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter

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A classic late-90s first-person shooter in which you play a time-travelling warrior hunting dinosaurs through sprawling jungle levels, searching for keys and secrets. A wild arsenal and maze-like level design define the experience.

Eradicator

Shooting and gunplay

A 1990s first-person shooter in which you cleanse a mysteriously reactivated automated fortress of hostile enemies. Gunfights are mixed with switch and door puzzles and the hunt for the route through the complex.

Forsaken Remastered

Shooting and gunplay

You pilot a hoverbike through ruined underground tunnels in full six-degrees-of-freedom, blasting automated defenses and rival scavengers. This remaster revives the 1998 retro shooter with updated visuals and tech.

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