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[-] lakemalcom@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

Descent is why I invert my mouse in all fps games. I started with a joystick plus keyboard, because I was fresh off of F-19, the flight simulator.

[-] GreyCat@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Damn, I had never such a specimen in the wild.
Let's observe its behaviour ๐Ÿ‘€

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 6 points 3 days ago

I had to websearch this so might as well share it here: 6DOF = six degrees of freedom. You can move and rotate in all three dimensions.

Accurate for Descent. I played this game as a kid. At the start I hated it, because unlike Doom you need to aim vertically (Doom has three degrees of freedom: X axis, Y axis, rotation). But eventually it grew on me, it's like going from stale bread to a buttered toast - harder but nicer.

[-] festus@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

For people who enjoyed Descent, you may enjoy Overload. It was created by some of the original creators and is also a 6DOF shooter.

[-] rocky1138@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

Overload also supports VR. It's a heck of a lot of fun zooming around, blasting baddies in 3d.

[-] psvrh@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

This and Marathon were why I almost didn't make it into University.

[-] viking@infosec.pub 3 points 3 days ago

Hell yeah, good times!

this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2025
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