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Offline BirdofPrey

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God they sure are pushing that subscription pretty hard.
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Re: Descent: Underground on Kickstarter
Dan Wentz will be creating the music for Descent Underground!

Kickstarter update #38,
My name is Dan Wentz, and I am going to be creating some cool music and audio for Descent Underground.

Some of you old school folks might remember me as I worked on the original Descent series back in the 90s. I did level design, modeling, sound design and MIDI music for Descent 2.

I’ve been into games and music for as long as I can remember. I’m a fan of all kinds of game types, but have always gone back to first person shooters as my favorite. I mostly enjoy gaming experiences that allow balance, freedom and control.

The Parallax offices were split between Champaign, IL and Ann Arbor, MI, and as we continued to develop some add-ons collectively (Infinite Abyss,Vertigo, ports to other platforms) this difference in locations eventually led to the studios breaking off into two companies, Outrage and Volition. The last Descent game I had worked on around that time was Descent Maximum, essentially Descent 2 for the Playstation 2.

On Descent Underground I will be working on sound design and music, basically anything audio related I will be taking part in its conception, design, delivery and execution. The first leg of work will be concentrating on a short term milestone delivering 5+ minutes of music and a sizable amount of sound assets for the vertical slice.

I am extremely excited for the opportunity to work on such a great title again and with a new talented team of developers! This game is one of my all-time favorites and I cannot wait to see it continue to grow. Here is a small piece of music that is a work in progress that I am working on for Descent Underground, let me know what you think, I hope you like it.
https://youtu.be/hT7-xfK68rQ
Also, be sure to catch Wingman's Hangar tomorrow the show is always good for a few surprises.
https://youtu.be/l2Co31iK0b8
 Thank you all for making this journey possible and thanks to the team for bringing me on board. 

See you in the mines. 

Dan "Danimal" Wentz

 

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Pumped!

 

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I dared not hope that they would succeed in getting Dan Wentz working on this.  This is a dream.  The WIP track is freaking perfect.
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Just started playing the Descent Underground pre-alpha multiplayer, quite a bit of fun.
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Id rather see a Descent 4 than Underground. But I do admire the series, so I am glad they are making a new game. This will increase fanbase if done right and hopefully will lead to a Descent 4 in the future.

I just found out about this today when i found it on steam for 30$ as a early access game.
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Id rather see a Descent 4 than Underground. But I do admire the series, so I am glad they are making a new game. This will increase fanbase if done right and hopefully will lead to a Descent 4 in the future.

I just found out about this today when i found it on steam for 30$ as a early access game.

Wish granted (Yes, it's fully funded.  Steam pre-alpha playable teaser is here)

 

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Its not Descent 4 tho. You don't think they will eventually make a official one?

I did enjoy Overloads demo and will buy it when released.
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Re: Descent: Underground on Kickstarter
Might also want to check out Sol Contingency (They were developing a Descent title before they got C&D'ed by Interplay; so they just stripped out all the Descent universe stuff)

 
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Its not Descent 4 tho. You don't think they will eventually make a official one?

It's Descent 4 in all respects but ownership of the IP, and it's not like Descent had a rich canon of storytelling that's been lost.
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Well, Descent: Underground does promise a singleplayer campaign at some point. Despite the odd naming (it seems that numbering sequels has gone out of fashion recently), I think it'll be basically Descent 4. D3's storyline wrapped up pretty nicely (same goes for the Mercenary expansion), though, so they'll be starting a new story anyway.

 
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Except Underground is NOT a sequel. It's a prequel.
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This project has been a total trainwreck.
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Descent (2018) Gameplay Teaser

This looks bad...

oh no

please, I mean no offense to the devs. I LOVE Descent and want a new game very much. But everything about this trailer screams "GET YER GENERIC INDIE GAME HERE" from the lackluster framerate to the HUD that looks NOTHING LIKE DESCENT to the font used and the logos at the end.

Generic music, no plot reveals, only 30 seconds, no shock value at all... poor first impression. Sorry.

And they're charging 40 BUCKS???

 

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Wow... yeah, hopefully it stands up  as its own totally different game, because it doesn't look like it can hold up under the banner of "Descent"... we'll see.

 

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Re: Descent: Underground on Kickstarter
This seems like a lot of hot takes for a 30-second inconclusive teaser.

 
Re: Descent: Underground on Kickstarter
This seems like a lot of hot takes for a 30-second inconclusive teaser.

Perhaps, but it has been in development in some form since 2015, and is not being headed by Chris Roberts. So it should look a little better/more complete/more interesting, one would think.

 

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This seems like a lot of hot takes for a 30-second inconclusive teaser.

Perhaps, but it has been in development in some form since 2015, and is not being headed by Chris Roberts. So it should look a little better/more complete/more interesting, one would think.

The nature of it's inception and development has been too similar to Star Citizen methinks.

  

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Meanwhile, Overload released a level pack DLC. Very "Levels of the World" style. :) And it continues to be awesome.

I continue to be upset that people are going to be suckered into buying this crap instead.
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