The Ascent

Great potential but riddled with game breaking bugs and entirely abandoned by devs

buggy, especially in coop, and the level layout was confusing

The game literally will not start, what a shame. Tried everything, but nope waste of time.

I think, I owe this game a review. After all, all achievements completed. And it was a ride to remember. For this I will adapt my answer in the general discussion to the remark that this game has "The Horrible map": I understand way too well what are you talking about. That was my first nightmarish experience with the game. But, the atmosphere, the level of details, the music, the sounds, the game-play, that echo of an old games I played many years ago. It's ages since I tried something like this, so I forced myself to play it. And I am glad I did that. The modern games hold your hand all the time, making it comfortable? for us, but this beast just make you feel like you are there, in that post-apocalyptic world, rude, violent, broken, dominating, forcing to think... Same like the map :) I am an older gamer, you know. Still was able to adapt to it's abrasive charm. Doing it on Hard, slowly, exploring, experimenting, delving into the story, listening to npc conversations, taking lo...

The Ascent is a visually striking game. For context, I’m running it on a 5070 Ti, so my impressions of the graphics are based on that level of performance. I really appreciate the diorama-style visual; there’s something captivating about the isometric perspective. Looking down from above, the amount of detail packed into this cyberpunk world is impressive. You can spot everything from bustling bazaars to intricately modelled fruit stands, with an incredible level of texture and care put into even the smallest objects. Rain creates slick surfaces that reflect neon signs beautifully, and the vibrant cyberpunk lighting adds so much atmosphere. NPCs go about their routines, making the world feel alive, while detailed ships fly above or dock in the background, reinforcing the scale and depth of this gritty, immersive city. I also really liked the weapons; they really sounded meaty and had a good feel about them. Now, with the not so good; Although you can eventually catch a taxi and t...

Really wanted to enjoy this because I really appreciate the theme and tone - but unfortunately found myself not enjoying the game. I'd say my biggest complaints are that I just constantly felt lost trying to get to my next mission, it was hard to tell if I was truly going in the right direction, but even worse you feel like you're constantly just slogging through seemingly endless amounts of enemies to get there, almost as if the gameplay sequence wasn't really designed - but rather there is just hundreds of people placed on your traversal path and you're expected to kill all of them - many of which will start shooting at you from off screen, adding to the frustration of it all. Positives + Beautiful graphics and presentation + Truly lived in feeling to the world, with really interesting an unique characters Negatives - Missions feel like a slog - Constantly getting lost and having to kill hordes of enemies when you just want to travel somewhere - Was hard to ever tell if I was taki...

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IT IS A FLAMING PILE OF BUGS AND BAD DESIGN DECISIONS. Seriously, don't be fooled into buying this game based on the good art direction and deceptive video previews, it is an unmitigated disaster of poor game design. From a camera that constantly moves, and frequently glitches out giving the player a completely useless or just generally confounding visual perspective (often zooming in so tight that the player has no line of sight, or angling such that horizontal position and angle of direction is impossible to judge), to the constant swarms of boss level mobs that attack you when you are simply trying to walk around town. And the non-random mission fights and boss fights are actually quite random, varying from play to play between stupidly easy to completely impossible. And all that is just the really bad choices the design team mad, and doesn't begin to cover all the straight up game breaking bugs, and the too numerous to count minor glitches that make ordinary...

the game is good im just angry cause of how easy it is to accidentally erase your saved game i hit new game instead of resume and selected my save file thinking i was just loading it like every other normal game i didnt get a warning it just let me do it

The gameplay is fun, especially with friends. The graphics and setting are great too. I would recommend this game... if it didn't keep crashing. We played two sessions, about an hour each and I think we crashed 5-6 times each session. I simply can't recommend this game. Too many crashes. Save your money. It's a shame, because the gameplay seems really promising and fun. But we had to abandon.

The game looks good, and seems like it should be a lot of fun. But there are too many hurdles to the game to keep it fun. The glitches, crashes, constant running around, cryptic menus, OP bosses, and poor map clarity make for a much more frustrating experience. Rather than a fun and engrossing game, you get a bundle of problems and out of balance enemy scales. I tried to enjoy it, and occasionally succeeded, but ultimately the bad outweighed the good