Descent to Undermountain [#01] - Bad Game Hall of Fame

Channel:

Bad Game Hall of Fame

Subscribers:

4,460

Published on May 31, 2024 3:30:59 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBaVL8ocUVI

Game:

Descent to Undermountain (1997)

Duration: 3:01:19

197 views

6

What happens when you task a team with building an RPG on top of an engine built for a "Six Degrees of Freedom" first-person shooter, given just six months and four developers with which to build it? You get what may well be the most dire Dungeons & Dragons video game ever designed. So begins Cassidy's 'Descent to Undermountain.'

Presented by the Bad Game Hall of Fame: https://www.badgamehalloffame.com
Tune in to the Bad Game Hall of Fame on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/badgamehalloffame

COMMENTATORS:
Cassidy: https://cohost.org/BadGameHOF

SOURCES:
- Excerpts from Erik Bethke's 'Game Development and Production': https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/structuring-key-design-elements

ORIGINALLY STREAMED: 2024-05-30

CHAPTERS or GAMES PLAYED:
0:00 - Opening
0:26 - Stream Intro
7:08 - Character Creation
14:59 - 'Quest One: Corner the Kobolds'
1:01:13 - 'Quest Two: Cassalanter Tomb'
1:23:14 - 'Quest Three: Seek the Shadow Thieves'
2:57:21 - Closing

Other Statistics