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Descent II

ConfirmedOct 14, 2021· Released

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When does Descent II come out?

Descent II released on Oct 14, 2021 on Linux, PC, Mac, DOS.

About

The plot is linear and is mostly provided for the introductory and concluding full-motion video cutscenes. After the "Material Defender" (voiced by George DelHoyo) has destroyed all of the Solar System's mines in the original game, he stops in the asteroid belt to dock. He is then contacted by Post-Terran Mining Corporation executive Dravis, who exploits a loophole in a contract to coerce him to accept a new mission or forfeit his reward and face legal action. The Material Defender consents, and as Dravis tries to convince him that he is merely embarking on a reconnaissance mission, his ship is fitted with a prototype warp core. He is then sent to clear out PTMC's deep space mines beyond the Solar System.

The Material Defender teleports to Zeta Aquilae and five other, fictional star systems and destroys their mines. In the sixth system, the last mine seems to run all through a planetoid, which is revealed in the final cutscene to be a large spaceship. After the spaceship breaks apart, the Material Defender alerts Dravis to his return home, but his warp drive malfunctions and he teleports to an unknown location. The camera then fades to that location and the ship appears, heavily damaged and crackling with excess radiation drifting towards the camera, ending with the words "to be continued..." being displayed.

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Release dates

Platform / regionDateStatus
PC (Microsoft Windows)Mar 13, 1996Confirmed
DOSMar 13, 1996Confirmed
DOSMar 29, 1996Confirmed
MacAug 1996Confirmed
PC (Microsoft Windows)1996Window
DOS1996Window
PC (Microsoft Windows)Jun 19, 2008Confirmed
PC (Microsoft Windows)Feb 19, 2014Confirmed
LinuxOct 14, 2021Confirmed

Developer Parallax SoftwarePublisher MacPlay

ShooterSimulation

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