Editing Descent II (section)

{{Short description|1996 video game}}
{{About|the video game|the unrelated film|The Descent Part 2}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Descent II
| image = Descent II cover art.png
| developer = [[Parallax Software]]<br />[[Interplay Productions]] (Mac OS)<br />R-Comp Interactive (Risc OS)
| publisher = [[Interplay Productions]]<br />Mac Play (Mac OS)<br />R-Comp Interactive (Risc OS)
| series = 
| director = {{ubl|Mike Kulas|Matt Toschlog}}
| producer = Rusty Buchert{{Sfn|Manual|1996|pp=68–69}}
| designer = {{ubl|Jasen Whiteside|Mark Dinse|Che-Yuan Wang}}
| programmer = {{ubl|Matt Toschlog|Mike Kulas|John Slagel|Jason Leighton|Che-Yuan Wang}}
| artist = {{ubl|Adam Pletcher|Jasen Whiteside|Doug Brooks}}
| writer = Ryan Garcia
| composer = {{ubl|Dan Wentz|Brian Luzietti|Larry Peacock|Leslie Spitzer|Jim Torres|Tim Wiles}}
| released = '''MS-DOS'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|March 13, 1996|EU|March 29, 1996}}'''Mac OS'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|August 1996}}'''PlayStation'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|May 15, 1997|EU|Mid-1997}}'''RISC OS'''<br />{{vgrelease|WW|May 19, 2001}}
| genre = [[First-person shooter]], [[shoot 'em up]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
| platforms = {{ubl|[[DOS]]|[[Mac OS]]|[[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]|[[RISC OS]]|[[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]}}
}}

'''''Descent II''''' is a 1996 [[first-person shooter]] game developed by [[Parallax Software]] and first published for [[DOS]] by [[Interplay Productions]]. A version for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] was released under the title '''''Descent Maximum'''''. It is the second installment in the ''Descent'' video game series and the sequel to ''[[Descent (video game)|Descent]]''. The player controls a spaceship from the pilot's perspective and must navigate extrasolar underground mines to locate and destroy their reactors and escape being caught in their self-destructions, while engaging and surviving infected robots, which will attempt to destroy the ship. Unlike other first-person shooters, its [[six degrees of freedom|six-degrees-of-freedom]] scheme allows the player to move and rotate in any three-dimensional space and direction.

''Descent II'' started as a project intended to expand the original using a [[compact disc]]'s storage, and later became a standalone product. The game received very positive reviews from video game critics, who widely lauded the multiplayer mode and the inclusion of the Guide-Bot, a scouting robot that guides the player to their objectives. The PlayStation version's reception was rather mixed, with critics often disagreeing in their evaluations of its [[frame rate]]. A sequel, ''[[Descent 3]]'', was released in 1999.