Descent Maximum
THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE... ...your last chance to experience the nauseating feeling of total rotation, speeding through the dark, twisting mines of Descent... your last chance to encounter the unique…
Descent Maximum is a platform developed by Parallax Software, released 1 May 1997 on PlayStation and Web browser.
What Descent Maximum is
Descent Maximum is a platform game developed by Parallax Software and released in 1997. It was published by Interplay Productions. It is available on PlayStation and Web browser.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Descent Maximum holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1997 averaged 65, so it scored 10 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Descent Maximum launched on 1 May 1997, within three weeks of Star Fox 64, Shadow Warrior and Jonah Lomu Rugby. It reviewed better than 1 of the 3.
Released around the same time: Star Fox 64, Shadow Warrior, Jonah Lomu Rugby.
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