Game of Thrones Ascent

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Grab It Magazine
    May 2, 2014
    90
    The love for the source material and attention to the finest of details makes Ascent a natural extension to the Game of Thrones universe. I wasn’t happy with the IAP structure, but remain thankful for the chance to forge my own path through Westeros. [Episode 4, April 2014]
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  2. Vandal
    Apr 6, 2014
    70
    It's yet another strategy game, and even if it feels sometimes a bit chaotic, it does deserve your attention if you're a fan of the series.
  3. Arcade Sushi
    Mar 31, 2014
    70
    If you can get past that you’ll find an approachable, yet complex, role-playing game that offers a lot do, but never manages to quite break away from the shallowness of the freemium genre.
  5. Pocket Gamer UK
    Mar 28, 2014
    70
    A rich evocation of the wonders of Westeros, marred slightly by an overly light strategy model and significantly by egregious free-to-play elements.
  6. AppSpy
    Jul 28, 2014
    60
    Game of Thrones Ascent is a nice accompaniment to the show, but even fans may be soured by its reliance on timers and IAPs.
  7. Digital Spy
    Apr 1, 2014
    60
    Game of Thrones fans will delight in seeing the fantasy world in a new way, but poorly implemented waiting quests bog down players from experiencing all Westeros has to offer.
  8. 148Apps
    Mar 28, 2014
    60
    This free-to-play game based on the hit book series and TV show is as dense as they are, but with a lot of menu navigation and wait timers.

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5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 3 out of 8
  1. wendywendy12
    Jan 8, 2015
    1
    DO NOT play this game..it has more bugs in it than can count. developers never fix the bugs.BUGs galore..

    find another game.its terrible    DO NOT play this game..it has more bugs in it than can count. developers never fix the bugs.BUGs galore..

    find another game.its terrible with all the bugs and features stop working.

    did i mention how bugged it is??    … Full Review »
  2. Flabba
    Aug 16, 2014
    2
    A bland Pay-to-win game riddled with minor bugs (and several major) bugs, which all varies depending on which browser/platform you play it on.A bland Pay-to-win game riddled with minor bugs (and several major) bugs, which all varies depending on which browser/platform you play it on.

    Also, depending on which platform you play the game through there is NO question asked before you do an action that spend gold coins (provided of course that you have enough of the gold coins in the first place). Gold coins are the game's currency bought with $$ or you are given a random (1-5) amount every 7th consecutive day. Forget a day (or simply be busy) and you start from scratch on the 7-day count.

    The story is fixed and set in stone, no matter if you choose stealth or fight, or frontal or flanking attack, or choose to help or ignore someone. What happens in the story and your follow event is all the same, so it all boils down to selecting the path that gives you the greatest chance of success.

    Nothing at all is automatic. You always have to click at least twice (often more) to see/receive anything you did or produced. At least once to get to the correct building, and at least once to take the produced item. Coupled with unresponsive servers this can turn out to be more clicks. To actually start doing something you have to click a lot more.

    There is no trading of goods at all. Even between friends and allies. You have to wait for the game to finish its slow making of them (or pay $$ to speed it up) and then clickity-click.

    Until you do pay $$ the game will consistently remind you should buy some gold coins.

    At the start you get one week immunity from other players attacking/helping you, but after that you are free for all. No opt-out. A player 100 levels or more higher than you can and will attack your level 20 if they just want some easy loot.

    You buy "Sworn Swords" that do all your quests/adventures/fighting for you, but once you get more than a couple of handfuls of them the clicking becomes a job and a chore, and is increased by the consistent waiting-for-server to respond which depending on the time of day can be a couple of seconds to timing out.

    Attacks come in two categories: harmful and helpful. Failing a harmful attack gives your "Sworn Swords" wounds if they lose. Five wounds and your "Sworn Sword" that you paid for is dead and lost, unless you pay a "small" sum to get it back. Given this it is practically useless to defend against incoming harmful attacks since your one defender will take all hits from all attackers sent against you; You can choose to lose resources or risk losing something you paid for.

    You always have at least 5 % chance to lose any quest/adventure/fight, even if your skill is 1000 and your opponent's is 1. Your random winning chance is all determined by one single 1-100 dice roll. (Look up Civilization 1 and Tank/Nuke losing versus Spearman for all the fun stories this presents.) On the plus side, it is the only thing that makes you sometimes win against those higher levels attacking you.

    If you do attack/help other players the rewards will be *greatly* reduced unless you have paid real money. Paid $$: 400 reward tokens after 1000 attacks/defences. Unpaid: 5 reward tokens after 15000+ attacks/defences. (The game gives you a bunch of statistics so I checked before and after I took the bait.)    … Full Review »
  3. jakobennis93
    Dec 2, 2014
    10
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