History VideoGame / RadixBeyondTheVoid

Shooter fans might recall that Creator/InterplayEntertainment's ''VideoGame/{{Descent}}'', [[DuelingGames a similar game, came out that same year.]] Unlike ''VideoGame/{{Descent}}'', where you typically faced a few powerful [[MechaMooks robots]] or a single, very powerful [[BossFight boss,]] ''Radix'' pitted the player against [[MultiMookMelee swarming hordes of weak bots]] that would [[DeathOfAThousandCuts quickly shred your ship]] to pieces if not dealt with swiftly. Unfortunately, due to "inferior" graphics (Radix used sprite-based entities, while Descent had full 3D models, albeit with ''very'' visible polygons) [[SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove the game was largely ignored in favor of its competitor]].

[[NamesTheSame Not be confused with]] the [[TheContributors Troper named Radix.]]

* SpreadShot: The [[EnergyWeapon Plasma]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOntheTin Spreader.]] [[UnpredictableResults Its shots zig-zag wildly along the horizontal plane they were fired from.]] On the upside, if they miss the first time, [[PinballProjectile they might hit your target on the rebound.]]

* MechaMooks: Most of which have [[GlowingMechanicalEyes glowing]] [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] [[GlowingMechanicalEyes eyes.]]

* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Most of the game takes place in these.

* GatlingGood: A rather unique example. See the Trope page for details.

* [[RealIsBrown Real Is Red And Gray]]

* AntiGravity: Much like the [[CoolStarship Pyro]] in ''VideoGame/{{Descent}}'', your craft largely [[YouFailPhysicsForever ignores such silly concepts as gravity and inertia.]]

''Radix: Beyond The Void'' is is a [[FirstPersonShooter First Person]] Corridor-based space shooter developed by Neural Storm Entertainment and published by EpicGames, then Epic Megagames, in 1995 for MS-DOS. Now {{Abandonware}}, you can obtain the full game [[https://www.myabandonware.com/game/radix-beyond-the-void-29l here.]]

''Radix: Beyond The Void'' is is a [[FirstPersonShooter First Person]] Corridor-based space shooter developed by Neural Storm Entertainment and published by Prosoft in 1995 for MS-DOS. [[http://www.epicclassics.com/order.html A CD version remains available for $15 from Epic Classics.]]

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: One level in the first episode consists of a large water treatment plant and it's associated tunnel network.

-> ''"[[LetsDance Let's kick some]] [[AliensAreBastards xenomorphic]] [[GoshDangItToHeck butt!]]"''

* HumongousMecha: In the last level of the first episode, [[DualBoss you face a pair of massive]] [[TheTerminator Terminator-like]] robots with wrist missile launchers.

--> ''[[LetsDance Let's kick some]] [[AliensAreBastards xenomorphic]] [[GoshDangItToHeck butt!]]''

Shooter fans might recall that Creator/InterplayEntertainment's ''{{Descent}}'', [[DuelingGames a similar game, came out that same year.]] Unlike ''{{Descent}}'', where you typically faced a few powerful [[MechaMooks robots]] or a single, very powerful [[BossFight boss,]] ''Radix'' pitted the player against [[MultiMookMelee swarming hordes of weak bots]] that would [[DeathOfAThousandCuts quickly shred your ship]] to pieces if not dealt with swiftly. Unfortunately, due to "inferior" graphics (Radix used sprite-based entities, while Descent had full 3D models, albeit with ''very'' visible polygons) [[SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove the game was largely ignored in favor of its competitor]].

* AntiGravity: Much like the [[CoolStarship Pyro]] in ''{{Descent}}'', your craft largely [[YouFailPhysicsForever ignores such silly concepts as gravity and inertia.]]

* TheMaze: While not ''nearly'' as difficult to navigate as ''{{Descent}}'s'' levels and lacking the [[OutrunTheFireball mad rush to escape the exploding mine,]] the levels are sufficiently complex to annoy the casual player, at least tempoarily. Navigation troubles are are also compounded by the fact that you are unable to totally stop moving (without a specific PowerUp), not to mention the swarms of enemies.

Shooter fans might recall that Creator/InterplayEntertainment's ''{{Descent}}'', [[DuelingGames a similar game, came out that same year.]] Unlike ''{{Descent}}'', where you typically faced a few powerful [[MechaMooks robots]] or a single, very powerful [[BossFight boss,]] ''Radix'' pitted the player against [[MultiMookMelee swarming hordes of weak bots]] that would [[DeathOfAThousandCuts quickly shred your ship]] to pieces if not dealt with swiftly. Unfortunately, due to "inferior" graphics (Radix used sprite-based entities while Descent had full 3D models, albeit with ''very'' visible polygons) [[NeedsMoreLove the game was largely ignored in favor of it's competitor.]]

** Hardest - ''[[LetsDance Let's go kick some xenomorphic butt!]]''

Shooter fans might recall that {{Interplay}}'s ''{{Descent}}'', [[DuelingGames a similar game, came out that same year.]] Unlike ''{{Descent}}'', where you typically faced a few powerful [[MechaMooks robots]] or a single, very powerful [[BossFight boss,]] ''Radix'' pitted the player against [[MultiMookMelee swarming hordes of weak bots]] that would [[DeathOfAThousandCuts quickly shred your ship]] to pieces if not dealt with swiftly. Unfortunately, due to "inferior" graphics (Radix used sprite-based entities while Descent had full 3D models, albeit with ''very'' visible polygons) [[NeedsMoreLove the game was largely ignored in favor of it's competitor.]]

** Hard - ''[[BadassBoast Another glorious]] [[{{Alien}} day in the corps!]]''