Game:

Descent (1994)

Duration: 8:47

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Difficulty rating: 2

Level description:

Full Name: William Hancock Hamilton IV
CompuServe ID - (Bill Hamilton) 76564,3172

Name of Mission: Ice's Outpost I

Description of Mission: This chaotic outpost contains
many tricks and traps for the unsuspecting pilot.

With a variety of robots and weapons, this level can
test the nerve and skill of even the most veterian pilots
(depending on difficulty settings). Strategy and planning
play an important roll in navigating through
Ice's Outpost I.

One final note: Things are not always as they
appear to be!

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My opinion:

This level is quite hard.

You are immediately in the line of the fire right at the beginning. Laser bolts raining from all directions. I flew into the room with the lifters at least they don't shoot so I was able to make a safe spot there where I can start my attack.

The energy center room is the hardest of all. If you enter the energy center 4 red mechs are unleashed from all directions. Your only chance is sticking to the ceiling. But you also need to pick up some smart missiles at least 2, so you pick off 1 red mech with them right away. In that place the player likely eat a whole volley of homing missiles if you are careless. The fact I made that area almost unscratched was pure luck.

In the room where you get the yellow key, you can find some one-way walls that can be used to destroy the cloaked drilled and the plasma mechs.

From this point the level isn't too hard.

Additional notes:

- The 4 mega missiles near the grate are concussion missiles.
- The one mega missile at 7:30 at the end of the room is a trap, it unleashes a red mech from the floor which is hard to dodge. I didn't risk.

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