Reply 20 of 33, by Gemini000
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I still remember when mom upgraded from a 486/DX2 66 MHz system to a Pentium 120 (when the best Pentiums were only 133 or 166... maybe 200) and the moment I saw that our CPU could handle the SVGA movies in Descent II... yeah, that was epic. :3
That is something non-fans tend to forget about the Descent series is there's actually a story to them that's a little more in-depth than the ones you get from Doom and Quake. Descent I played back the story as the PTMC guy (Dravis) talking and the Material Defender thinking about what he's being told, Descent II actually got quite a bit more cinematic with pre-rendered cutscenes, and Descent III got even more cinematic, going so far as to supporting surround sound in its pre-rendered movies. The intro and end movies to Descent III were really good for the time and are memorable even now. :)
...except I never understood why the Material Defender wears bright, neon-green boots while in the Pyro... :P
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