Aug 31, 2010 Descent 2 intro and gameplay, played and recorded with DOSBox. The 3Dfx version can be run in gulikoza's DOSBox: - set memsize=32 - patch the game to v1.2. Gta 4 Windows 7 64 Bit Crack on this page.

Descent 2 to see this page in German. Descent 2 was published in the year 1996.

It offered 30 new levels - 24 regular ones and 6 secret levels. The opponents and some of the weapons were new as well. For the first time, a small guiding-robot (guidebot) accompanied the player. It showed him upon request the next destination, powerups, hostile robots, hostages or the level exit. New was also the afterburner which helped the own ship to get more speed.

While Descent 1 offered only a resolution of 640x480, now 800x600 were possible (with the command -superhires even 1024x768 and 1280x1024). However, also Descent 2 was, as his predecessor, a pure DOS game. Later some patches were issued which optimized the game for Windows 95 as well as some graphic chips (for example by ). In comparison to Descent 1, Descent 2 was designed by far more extravagantly. Sukisyo Game more.

That became already noticeable in the intro film sequence. Audio music titles of bands like 'Type-O-Negative' were new as well. They were stored on the Descent 2 CD and could be played on a normal CD player, too. However, nothing had changed at the game principle.

The task of the player still consisted in combating robots, freeing hostages and, at the end, destroying the main reactor of the mine or a huge robot. In comparison with the predecessor, the levels were clearly more complex. Because of a bug, the final opponents in level 20 and 24 were undefeatable on the difficulty levels “Ace” and “Insane”. This was later fixed by a. However, it is very recommendable to have as much as possible earthshaker missiles for the boss of the last level;-) Descent 2 does not look up to date on current graphics cards, even at a resolution of 800x600. Furthermore, there are problems, if you want to play it in Windows XP. In order to avoid them, you can use the OpenGL patch.

With its help, you can play Descent 2 even at a resolution of 2048x1536 and also in Linux and Mac OS X! In comparison to it, it offers a lot of improvements, such as graphical effects (e.g. Smoke) and an optimized multiplayer modus. Even Descent1 missions (inclusive the original Descent) can be played with its help. Supports high resolution textures as well.

They can be downloaded from the of D2X-XL. They are incomplete, but they improve the graphics of Descent 2 enormously!

In order to activate them, they have to be in the folder “Textures”. That folder has to be copied to the installation directory of Descent 2 (example: c: games descent2 Textures). Furthermore, the command “-hires_textures 1” has to be present in the d2x.ini.

Additionally, has got a “nostalgia mode”. If you activate it, the Descent2 menu looks like in former times. To start it, you have to write the command “-nostalgia 1” in the d2x.ini.

You can find a precise description of the options that the d2x.ini offers on the page of D2X-XL. Another OpenGL patch for Descent 2 is called. It was developed by the DXX Rebirth Project and supports Windows as well as Linux and Mac OS. Quote from its website: “DXX-Rebirth is a Source Port of the Descent and Descent 2 Engines, utilizing OpenGL graphics and effects, advanced Multiplayer and a bunch of improvements, bugfixes and new features. Our Philosophy is to bring these games to the new millenium, keep ‘em alive – reborn. It’s our desire to maintain the original Feeling and Gameplay we all love so much.” Installation instruction for Descent 2 and: •. Install Descent 2 from the CD-ROM (maximum).