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  • Descent Underground? STFU!!!!

    From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 10 20:50:42 2022
    "Descent: Underground", the embattled sequel to the original 6DOF FPS franchise, apparently isn't dead yet. Despite rumors that it was
    pining for the fjords, the project still trundles on. It won't be
    called "Descent: Underground" anymore (nor will it make use of any of
    the original Descent assets or IP), having been instead saddled with
    the silly-sounding new title, "Ships That Fight Underground" (which
    does have an upside of abbreviating to STFU).

    Honestly, at this point I'm not sure I care. The "Descent" games were
    always a niche runner-up to other games in the FPS genre; I moderately
    enjoyed the original, was bored by the second game, and barely touched
    the third game. From what little I've seen of "Ships That Fight
    Underground" (nee "Descent: Underground"), it wasn't doing anything to
    reverse this sense of ennui. Given all the funding issues and lack of excitement about the game, it doesn't seem I'm the only one who feels
    that way.

    I wish the project success but outside of pleasing some die-hard fans
    I don't think they're going to make much of an impact.

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  • From rms@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 10 21:16:37 2022
    "Ships That Fight Underground" (which
    does have an upside of abbreviating to STFU).

    As someone who the Descent games meant a lot to, I'm disgusted by this travesty and the underhanded dealing surrounding it. Thanks for pointing
    out the article though.

    rms

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  • From PW@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Thu Mar 10 21:41:35 2022
    On Thu, 10 Mar 2022 20:50:42 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    "Descent: Underground", the embattled sequel to the original 6DOF FPS >franchise, apparently isn't dead yet. Despite rumors that it was
    pining for the fjords, the project still trundles on. It won't be
    called "Descent: Underground" anymore (nor will it make use of any of
    the original Descent assets or IP), having been instead saddled with
    the silly-sounding new title, "Ships That Fight Underground" (which
    does have an upside of abbreviating to STFU).

    Honestly, at this point I'm not sure I care. The "Descent" games were
    always a niche runner-up to other games in the FPS genre; I moderately >enjoyed the original, was bored by the second game, and barely touched
    the third game. From what little I've seen of "Ships That Fight
    Underground" (nee "Descent: Underground"), it wasn't doing anything to >reverse this sense of ennui. Given all the funding issues and lack of >excitement about the game, it doesn't seem I'm the only one who feels
    that way.

    I wish the project success but outside of pleasing some die-hard fans
    I don't think they're going to make much of an impact.


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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to rms on Fri Mar 11 08:32:46 2022
    rms <rsquiresMOO@mooflashmoo.net> wrote:
    "Ships That Fight Underground" (which
    does have an upside of abbreviating to STFU).

    As someone who the Descent games meant a lot to, I'm disgusted by this travesty and the underhanded dealing surrounding it. Thanks for pointing
    out the article though.

    Article? Did I miss it?
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  • From rms@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 12 17:36:25 2022
    As someone who the Descent games meant a lot to, I'm disgusted by this
    travesty and the underhanded dealing surrounding it. Thanks for pointing
    out the article though.

    Article? Did I miss it?

    https://worthplaying.com/article/2022/3/10/news/131035-descent-reboot-development-resumes-renamed-into-ships-that-fight-underground/

    rms

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to rms on Sat Mar 12 20:38:13 2022
    rms <rsquiresMOO@mooflashmoo.net> wrote:
    As someone who the Descent games meant a lot to, I'm disgusted by this >> travesty and the underhanded dealing surrounding it. Thanks for pointing >> out the article though.

    Article? Did I miss it?

    https://worthplaying.com/article/2022/3/10/news/131035-descent-reboot-development-resumes-renamed-into-ships-that-fight-underground/

    Thanks. :)
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