Descent coming to WiiWare – prepare barf bags

Friday, April 16th, 2010

Devin Coldewey is a Seattle-based writer and photographer. He has written for the TechCrunch network since 2007. Some posts he’d like you to read: The Dangers of Externalizing Knowledge | Generation i | Surveillant Society | Choose Two | Frame Wars | The User’s Manifesto | Our Great Sin His personal website is coldewey.cc. → Learn More


Do you people remember how disorientating Descent was back when it first game out? I mean, we had Doom and Flight Simulator and all that, but spinning around in those little passages trying to laser a fool was a whole new thing. And a lot of people got dizzy, myself included. Well, now you can be nauseated all over again, as everybody’s favorite tunnel-shooter is coming to the Wii.

As of this moment, they’re just porting the first game, complete with new control scheme. According to Interplay CEO Hervé Caen:

Descent will pair perfectly with the motion sensing Wii Remote controller and we can’t wait to show players how intuitive the game play and control can be.

I guarantee if this sells more than a few thousand copies, they’ll move on to Descent II and Descent 3, which is my favorite. I have it installed right now, in fact. There’s a revelatory feeling unique to Descent when you really get your bearings and think “wait, the objective should be up this hatch and behind me” and promptly do a loop-de-loop without losing your place or your lunch.

Look for it later this year, around fall.

Sponsored Ads

blog comments powered by Disqus

Sponsored Ads

Sponsored Ads

Events

Crunchies Awards
January 31, 2012
Davies Symphony Hall
San Francisco CA
Learn MoreBuy Tickets