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Descent IV: Invasion
"You're going down.........for the last time."
Website http://www.descent4.net
Developer Originally, Midnight Squadron Design Studios;
changed to Orbital Design Studios.
Publisher N/A.
Project Info Planned fan-made sequel to Descent 3. Halted due to copyright issues. Planned features included:
- Originally planned as a total conversion of Red Faction, then Descent 3. Now utilizing the
Crystal Space engine.
- Single- and multiplayer.
- "'Pure' Descent, a combination of the best of Descent 1, 2 & 3."
- Full sequel to Descent 3.
- "Combined SP and MP demo will be released for a possible public BETA."
- "Custom Descent-style mines,space stations, starships, ane open space arenas."
- Six new ships: Pyro GX, Pyro SE, Pyro NX (tentative), Gravix, Tigg-SB and Aggressor Prime.
- "All weapons from D1/2/3 except for the Blackshark, EMD and D3's Omega Cannon (using D2's Omega).
New weapons currently included but may or may not exist in the final game are: Phase Missiles, Havoc
rockets, EMP Cannon, and the Pin Gun (Think MIB)."
- "Special weapon loadouts for each ship. Over 30 weapons in the game, but a maximum of 20 on any
ship. (10 primary, 10 secondary + countermeasures)"
- "A corrected level-to-ship perspective."
- Powerups will include blue/yellow/red keys, ammo rack and full map.
- Robots from Descent 1, 2 and 3 (D3 robots rescaled).
- "Planned ports to PowerMAC, Linux (with other *nix flavors a possibility) and of course Win9x-XP."
- "Both in-game and prerendered cutscenes useing both scripting and a new movie format."
- Thirty Single Player levels with a wide array of Multiplayer levels to support the many gameplay modes
nativly supported by Descent IV."
- "No Glide support" (not supported by Crystal Space engine).
- D4Edit level editor and Descent 3 to Descent IV level converter.
- "Extreme modability."
- "Custom soundtracks by Audiocat, Spydre and Copperhand."
- "Multiplayer modes such as:
- Domination
- Assault
- Instareap
- Defend and Destroy
- Capture and Hold
- CTF
- Anarchy
- Hyper-Anarchy
- Monsterball
- Cooperative"
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Robots
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Defender's Alien Bot contribution (not necessarily in game) |
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Weapons & Powerups
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Concussion Missile |
Concussion Missile |
Concussion Missile |
Ammo Rack |
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Blue Key |
Yellow Key |
Red Key |
Full Map |
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Gauss |
Vulcan |
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