Descent (1994) Gets a Raytracing update

1994 was 6 years ago, this doesn't really qualify as being retro

First game I ever had on PC!

Descent taught me how to fly using the numpad. I think I had A as thrust, Z as reverse, 8/2 as pitch, 4/6 as yaw, 7/9 as roll, 1/3 as horizontal strafe, and +/- as vertical.

Descent also taught me how to use dial up for multiplayer.

One of those games I owned a demo of, but was never able to control properly. But, boy, was it cool! As a kid I messed around with it, but didn’t see more than one or two levels.

I still think about it from time to time, that’s the lasting impression it had on me. I never imagined, there would be an update or remake!

Thank you for the memories!

The nostalgia hits hard here! So much fun had in this era of pc gaming.

Ohhhh boy. This is just tooo good!

The reason I still use inverted Y-axis on controllers to this day!

I think the lighting on the original was quite good, enough that adding raytracing is only adding a tiny bit more.

What it really needs is upscaled textures tbh.

Yoooooo! What a throwback!

Hah. Not surprised NHTV folks made this. Those students have made many interesting graphics/gamey projects over the years.

It looks pretty! I gotta try it.

I had a SpaceOrb 360 so I could play this. It didn't help.

Damn, that looks nice

Will this run on a steam deck? I had it back in the Weezer win 95 dialup, wutang CD-ROM mansion days.

Played a ton of Descent with my CH Products Flight Stick Pro, which is since long gone. Not sure I could play any other way.

One of the true childhood nostalgia games for me.

Sometimes I'd hear people talk about other games with Descent in the title (I think it was Descent: Freespace?) I'd think "Wait ... that's not the Descent I know of"

I remember seeing a demo in the mall when I was a kid. It looked so futuristic

I'm sure Digital Foundry are working on a video about this.

This was such a unique game. It was like a merge of a tight corridor first person shooter and a space combat simulator where there is no "up". I haven't seen anything like it since.