Radix: Beyond the Void

Name: Radix: Beyond the Void
Brand: CDV Software, Epic Games, Neutral Storm, ProSoft, Union Logic

1995· CDV Software, Epic Games, Neutral Storm, ProSoft, Union Logic· Shooter, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy

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Shooter Real Time Strategy (RTS)Strategy Action Science fiction First person Third person

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In the 22nd century, humanity has achieved world peace. The United Earth Space Alliance (UESA) was able to fully concentrate on space exploration. In the year 2147, the first colony ship was launched towards the asteroid Theta-2. However, t...

Radix: Beyond the Void is a 2.5D First-person shooter developed by Neutral Storm Entertainment and published by Epic MegaGames for DOS in 1995. In the mid-1990s, the popularity of Doom led to many shareware "Doom clones", with Radix being one of the few first person shooters which takes place in a zero gravity environment and where the player controls a ship rather than a human. In some sense, Radix is superficially similar to Descent. However while Descent had full 3D maps with six degrees of motion, Radix uses the earlier 2.5D map designs of Doom clones. These are characterized by flat levels with no rooms over rooms, albeit with slopes of various degrees. Despite being a spacecraft, motion is limited with no movements upwards or downwards, nor upside down.