Descent like fun on the Playstation 3...is there any?
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Descent like fun on the Playstation 3...is there any?
I just put a PS3 in the house for the family to enjoy and I'm thinking surely by now someone must have created a game that possesses some of the same qualities as Descent3 like flying in zero gravity, shooting enemy ships and has an online multiplayer aspect to it.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Anyone have any suggestions?
If you're willing to consider a racing game, try Wipeout HD. It's something I played over the summer. I'd definitely consider it the \"Descent\" of racing games, complete with difficult learning curve.
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Olympia Gold 3 is the Descent of racing games.Jeff250 wrote:If you're willing to consider a racing game, try Wipeout HD. It's something I played over the summer. I'd definitely consider it the "Descent" of racing games, complete with difficult learning curve.
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I have them both. Make me an offer!Alter-Fox wrote:You could always get the PS1 version of Descent, and Descent Maximum. I believe the PS3 is compatible with any game that was released for an older Playstation.
Of course finding those would be something of a challenge. The last time I checked the Playstation online store didn't have them.
There is one of the Wing Commander games on the PSN. But no Descent like game as far as I know. I haven't bought any psn games for probably about a year now. They just aren't coming out with anything worth it any more, plus they started charging $15 for most instead of $10. That kills \"virtual\" purchases for me.
Why doesn't it work?
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Was Olympia gold 3 that massive mod for D3? I tried it quite a while after it was released, but it was extremely buggy...Warlock wrote:wow i havent herd that name in some time.
Olympia Gold 3 is the Descent of racing games.
its sad i did some of the art for it but never played it
Wipeout reminds me of Rollcage and Rollcage 2. Both were made for PS, so they're aged... but fun with a learning curve.
The problem for a true 6-DOF playstation game is that there isn't enough control space... so people end up overwhelmed by the complexity of trying to just control their ship. For a PC, at least you could map to like 12 keys for a single hand.
The problem for a true 6-DOF playstation game is that there isn't enough control space... so people end up overwhelmed by the complexity of trying to just control their ship. For a PC, at least you could map to like 12 keys for a single hand.
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Exactly.snoopy wrote:The problem for a true 6-DOF playstation game is that there isn't enough control space... so people end up overwhelmed by the complexity of trying to just control their ship. For a PC, at least you could map to like 12 keys for a single hand.
The PS1 Descent games suffered from that very problem - I just ran out of controls every time I tried to find a config that allowed simultaneous trichording/afterburning/shooting. It's the main reason I never went back and re-played them on Playstation; once through was enough.
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Yeah, it almost became sort of a swear word around here. x_xWarlock wrote:wow i havent herd that name in some time.
Olympia Gold 3 is the Descent of racing games.
its sad i did some of the art for it but never played it
Well if it's any consolation, I stole your avatar ^_~
Actually, I think the reason OG3 was so buggy was because it was designed to take advantage of certain key features of the 1.5 beta patch.
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Neo wrote:Yeah, it almost became sort of a swear word around here. x_xWarlock wrote:wow i havent herd that name in some time.
Olympia Gold 3 is the Descent of racing games.
its sad i did some of the art for it but never played it
Well if it's any consolation, I stole your avatar ^_~
Actually, I think the reason OG3 was so buggy was because it was designed to take advantage of certain key features of the 1.5 beta patch.
yeah i did like 4 or 5 pix and few wep designs and yeah it got to the point where i just gave up and said f this im done. OG3 ruened 3d art for me
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Y'think?Foil wrote:Olympia Gold 3 was never finished, and the last version released still had a number of bugs.
I think we're getting off topic and we still haven't answered Will's question (though I think the answer is probably that there aren't any Descent-like games period).