Always have really really really low expectations Some of these "old school classic retro" games were quite terrible in their day.

Descent 3 is great - if you didn't like D1 & D2, it won't change your mind, but I thought it was a fine continuation to the series and had heaps of fun with it in both SP & multiplayer back in the day. I understand it's a bit finicky to run on modern PCs though.

No idea about Blood 2, but I'm not a big fan of Blood 1 either. Psychedelic Eyeball played through it on his Youtube channel a while ago and it looked a bit chewy.

I don't know about Blood 2 and Descent 3, but I quite liked Tomb Raider 1, 2 and 3 and recommend them if you like 3d platforming. I also have to say I played these games 15 years or so after release and I think they still hold up quite well on their own on merits of exploring, puzzles and atmosphere. As shooters I do not recommend them however.

Descent 3 was boring when I checked out the first few levels. Never thought much of it. Blood 2 is a disaster that could have been great if GT didn't decide to ship a game that was about half finished; I think the best review on it I've seen is Civvie 11's 3 part epic.
Of course, you CAN mod it with Extra Crispy to make it more playable, but that mod has some serious enemy spawning problems (I got into rooms where there were nearly 10 soldiers clipping into each other because of how insane the spawn rates are.)

Your money is better spent elsewhere though. I recommend getting MechWarrior 2 & 3 and Starsiege if you haven't already.

Descent 3 boring...? How?

Descent 3 is literally a 6D0F Unreal 1. And let's be honest, it improved alot of issues Descent 2 continued to suffer from. (namely actually making the AI challenging and such)

Descent 3 also has really wonderful multiplayer but the co-op play crashes alot... There's way too many good custom maps for the game to list here.

DracoNihil wrote:

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Well, it's been a while since I have played the game, so maybe I was just very pessimistic. When I find the time I might give it another shot to see if I can level with you on that 😀

Just don't play Descent 3 on "Insane", it is basically like trying to play UT99 on "Godlike" difficulty, i.e. neigh impossible.

Blood 2 isn't directly bad, but there's probably like 50 FPS games I would recommend playing before it.

leileilol wrote:

Always have really really really low expectations Some of these "old school classic retro" games were quite terrible in their day.

Yeah, probably need to get with the times and get a modern rig. Only thing with the games these days is you need:

fast internet
steam activation
origin activation
license activation
urine sample
fingerprint
facial recognition

Ok I'm being sarcastic - sorry, but wish things were simpler that's all.

Blood 2 isn't bad on itself, but if you are a fan of Blood 1 then expect little of the original climate and humour.