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Descent 3

Includes Mercenary Expansion The gut-wrenching Descent saga continues with more pulse-pounding action than ever before. Dive into massive subterranean strongholds and experience a whole new degree of freedom, as you careen through canyons and craters on the surface above... powered by the all-new Fusion™ engine. Test your piloting skills against an army of battle-drones and assault-bots using an extensive arsenal of tactics and heavy firepower. Immerse yourself in the wonders of the Descent universe, filled with new friends and old enemies, as the plot twists and turns with each daring mission

Release date
November 24, 2017
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Outrage Entertainment
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Interplay
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Includes Mercenary Expansion The gut-wrenching Descent saga continues with more pulse-pounding action than ever before. Dive into massive subterranean strongholds and experience a whole new degree of freedom, as you careen through canyons and craters on the surface above... powered by the all-new Fusion™ engine. Test your piloting skills against an army of battle-drones and assault-bots using an extensive arsenal of tactics and heavy firepower. Immerse yourself in the wonders of the Descent universe, filled with new friends and old enemies, as the plot twists and turns with each daring mission.

Prepare yourself for an explosive new 3D action experience with that will turn you world INSIDE... OUT! Are you able to reveal the dark conspiracy threatening not only you but also the world you know? Don't you wanna know who stands behind the intrigue in which you were involved in Descent 3? Then relax your mind and body before the next battle begins. Cause when it happens, with an impact of a speeding roller-coaster, you won't be able to break free before you finish the Descent 3: Mercenary expansion.

Still not enough? Then test your creativity by designing your own maps in the level editor. After finishing your marvelous creation explore it by yourself or with your friends. Now both games and editor bundled together!…

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★ 8.6/10GOG · 1,332 ratings
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Most helpful8

★ 5 / 5
Descent 3, as the crowning finale of the Descent series, is a wonderful futuristic shooter that involves plasma cannons, mining robots infected by a nasty…
★ 5 / 5
The Descent Series is still at the top of my list. Yes, games have evolved today into amazing pieces of work graphically etc. but the…
★ 5 / 5
After the excellence that was Descent 2, its hard for anyone to follow it up. Descent 3 however was able to recapture most of the…
★ 3 / 5
I'll start with what I like. Descent 3 has the best art direction out of any 6DOF shooter. It has the coolest looking robots, it…
★ 4 / 5
The GOG package avail. is easily worth every penny spent on it. In it you get the expansion pack, Mercenary, and quite a few additional,…
★ 5 / 5
This was one of my favorite games back when I first got a PC with a 3d accelerated card! It was a real Jewel! I…
★ 5 / 5
Descent is propably my favourite game series ever. And this here is - unlike many people say - not at all a bad entry. Descent…
★ 2 / 5
Although the 3d works ok, all the 2d overlays and menus are heavily corrupted, making it very difficult to pick out and change settings. Additionally,…

Most recent8

★ 5 / 5
Haven't played in years. It's great to have it back. Works great on windows 11
★ 5 / 5
I never played this 360 shooter as a kid before, now that I play it, its so much fun.
★ 4 / 5
I played through Descent 3 many years ago. It still holds up in GOG, and the 3dfx graphics and smoothness should be fine on most…
★ 1 / 5
Amazing game ruined by greedy IP owners. Bought this expecting a proper modern port of the classic Descent, but it's just a bare-bones 62 MB…
★ 5 / 5
WHEN RELEASED THE GRAPHICS & AUDIO WERE ABOVE MOST OTHER GAMES
★ 5 / 5
Sad that it was the last, This game had a good story that developed with the completion of each mission. Each new mission was very…
★ 5 / 5
I got hooked on Descent and have played all of them. Descent 3 is just great. A remastering would be even better, but I'm not…

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