Great, but TOUGH

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4 total messages Started by pen... Penalty Shot Tue, 28 Mar 1995 01:52

#1605

Author: pen... Penalty Shot
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 01:52

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Holy cow, this is one TOUGH game, even on some of the lower levels.  Those 
darn robots are just too smart sometimes.  The AI is incredible, but 
sometimes I find myself wishing the enemies were just a bit dumber.

'Course, the problem might be that I'm playing keyboard only, and have gotten 
actually pretty good at it, but I'd like to take the pulse of this group with 
players that have gone through quite a bit of Descent, and find out what 
controllers you guys are using.

Phoenix?  Wingman?  Thrustmaster?

Or should I wait for that Spaceball Avenger thingy to come out?

Thanks
Penalty Shot

Re: Great, but TOUGH

#1606

Author: kse... Kevin Searle
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 02:26

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>'Course, the problem might be that I'm playing keyboard only, and have gotten 
>actually pretty good at it, but I'd like to take the pulse of this group with 
>players that have gone through quite a bit of Descent, and find out what 
>controllers you guys are using.

stick to the keys IMHO
once they become one with your mind, hell
you can move in any possible combination and still
have actual control over what you're doing.
if anyone wants to challenge me on this and in the
214 area code, go for it.

Re: Great, but TOUGH

#1607

Author: jsa... Jon Saloga
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 01:34

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Penalty Shot (pen...@primenet.com) wrote:

: 'Course, the problem might be that I'm playing keyboard only, and have gotten 
: actually pretty good at it, but I'd like to take the pulse of this group with 
: players that have gone through quite a bit of Descent, and find out what 
: controllers you guys are using.

Oof. I can't imagine taking on the mid-to-upper levels in Descent with 
just a keyboard. I'm using a Thrustmaster FLCS and can't say enough good 
things about it. The programmability is very flexible and it feels like 
just about the only stick out there that's durable enough to live thru my 
spastic grip when playing Descent :)
                                                     Jon

Re: Great, but TOUGH

#1608

Author: pau... Paul Whitelock
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 02:44

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Penalty Shot (pen...@primenet.com) wrote:

: 'Course, the problem might be that I'm playing keyboard only, and have gotten 
: actually pretty good at it, but I'd like to take the pulse of this group with 
: players that have gone through quite a bit of Descent, and find out what 
: controllers you guys are using.

I'm using Thrustmaster gear: F16-FLCS joystick, WCS-II throttle, and 
Rudder Pedals. It truly is an incredible experience when you have both 
hands and both feet working -- you feel like you're part of the machine! 
I can't think of another game that I have enjoyed playing this much!

What would be really nice is VR helmet support that allowed you to look 
in a different direction than you are moving (not that I can afford a 
helmet right now :)).

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