2006 review by me of Into Cerberon mod on GameSpy's PlanetDoom

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Looks like it is that time again, to ‘decent’ into the mines. Thanks to the authors who made the mod “Into Cerberon”. This mod looks and feels a lot like the Decent game I played a few years ago. Absolutely incredible what the Doom 3 engine can be made to do. This mod is only multiplayer however, and while I couldn’t find a multiplayer server on the internet, in the short time I had to play this mod, a friend gladly helped in testing out this mod in multiplayer.

The game has shadows enabled so you can see the shadow of the ship you travel in if you are close to something, for example, a wall or door(just don’t fire a missile at your own shadow at close range). The ship is armed with shields, lasers, turret guns (such as chain, auto canon), plasma gun, missiles. The mod has new textures, items and sounds to make you easily forget this is a Doom 3 engine.

The game plays very nicely but I have a comment on that. It moves at the same pace as the doom marine, where, I would have liked the ship to be a little faster. The level design certainly permits faster movement. Perhaps this will be added on later as in the control configuration it has an option for afterburner with a message indicating its coming soon. Most of what you expect from a ship movement is there such as rudder, bank, fore and ventral.

After playing this, and having touched the Decent game last, many years ago, it seems I like playing this more than the Decent I remember. That’s something you don’t hear everyday however I would really like to see a little faster movement.

In conclusion, if you are a Decent fan, you have just been rewarded with this fantastic multiplayer mod. It captures the feel very nicely and it is very easy to forget you are ‘flying’ through a Doom 3 engine. I couldn’t help but wonder what it would be like to fly past a horde of imps while firing the plasma canon.

The mod, including information and many screenshots can be found at: http://www.chmodoplusr.com/IntoCerberon/index.php

-Reviewed by Shadow Master.