The Ascent

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 354 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 48 out of 354
  3. Negative: 57 out of 354

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  1. Cristian86
    Jul 31, 2021
    9
    Muy bueno, visualmente increíble aunque fallos en el rendimiento, nada grave
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  2. ArnoldHaloBR
    Jul 31, 2021
    9
    Um jogo magnífico. Gráficos incríveis. Cenários destrutiveis. Mtos inimigos na tela. Um mundo aberto caprichado e com muitos npcs. Trilha sonora maravilhosa e uma temática cyberpunk incrivel. Parece que tô jogando Blade runner.
  3. therealhaden
    Aug 1, 2021
    9
    Impressive work by a team of 12. In it's current state it has some flaws, especially performance and coop-wise. Give it some time to become an even greater experience.

    A true masterpiece.
  4. Shenmu3
    Aug 1, 2021
    9
    The game has a few bugs, but the story is quite good for this setting, shooting is juicy and after about 3 hours you just can't stop playing.
  5. bakaknv
    Aug 8, 2021
    9
    Great visual and shooter mechanic. High tech low life atmosphere and pure narrative.
  6. Depmaster
    Mar 25, 2022
    9
    Ambientação cyberpunk incrível!! pra quem é apaixonado pelo gênero, mais RPG compra garantida !
  7. vigilanteOito8
    Jun 14, 2022
    9
    Joguei no lançamento achei ruim demais a mira.
    Um ano depois voltei a jogar e to achando magnifico o game, porem to jogando o teclado e mouse, nisso eu acho a mira precisa.
  8. cmfrip
    Nov 4, 2021
    8
    I really liked the Ascent ! It's like Diablo, but with GUNS!
    It had good combat, Guns options, combat-buffing extras and the RPG system was good. The story is worth playing through too: it was not predictable and typical of a good indie game!
    Other really great creative aspects such as world design and information on the world itself. The art was really impressive and clearly    I really liked the Ascent ! It's like Diablo, but with GUNS!
    It had good combat, Guns options, combat-buffing extras and the RPG system was good. The story is worth playing through too: it was not predictable and typical of a good indie game!
    Other really great creative aspects such as world design and information on the world itself.
    The art was really impressive and clearly illustrated their love for their trade and considerable effort - I expected it to look worse - some scenes are impressive!

    Some Ok things, that could be improved:
    -The RPG system could have been better, but it was different and functional. I enjoyed the learning and rewards it gave!
    -The map was hard to accurately identify terrain at times (viz. Corp-zone) , however the game is saved, given the directions to the quest function worked well.

    However, there were some areas where it lacked and ideally should be fixed if possible[!] :
    -Some things regarding aiming did not work and made playing the game fustrating.
    -Camera behaviour where traversing the world (in few places) was quite bad.
    -The quest system was hard to navigate when you had a screen full of side quests at different locations.
    -Open world made travelling a chore sometimes - the devs could easily fix this!
    -Also the range of the screen also was a pain and could do with improving - though it worked    … Expand
  9. Mandulum
    Aug 31, 2021
    8
    A great mashup of cyberpunk and scifi with twin stick shooting. The story, unfortunately, was just getting interesting when they ended it.

    Date Completed: 2021-08-31
    Playtime: 18h
    Enjoyment: 8/10
    Recommendation: It's good fun
  10. Steyraus
    Jul 30, 2021
    8
    Man this game is bad Ass and so close to being Epic ,,except ,, it has the Game Pass cyrse. Its filled with jenk and bugs..
    The visuals , gunplay, progression, charter design is awsome. But the 3rd time you loose all you hard earned funds to a bugs , you cant help be pissed. Several time I bought an item and they took the money , but I never got the item.. Ive had several crashes and    Man this game is bad Ass and so close to being Epic ,,except ,, it has the Game Pass cyrse. Its filled with jenk and bugs..
    The visuals , gunplay, progression, charter design is awsome. But the 3rd time you loose all you hard earned funds to a bugs , you cant help be pissed. Several time I bought an item and they took the money , but I never got the item.. Ive had several crashes and missons bug out or freeze..
    I really hope this game gets a more polished version for a psyical release, because they were so close..    … Expand
  11. CptAhnungslos
    Feb 6, 2022
    8
    Came for the graphics, stayed for the atmosphere. The world is so dense with details ,the music is superb, everything just fits and creates an fantastic cyberpunk atmosphere. The gameplay is solid and fun, the story does its job. Pleasant surprise.
  12. Hack
    Aug 10, 2021
    8
    A fantastically crafted world that feels alive and looks stunning. Filled with believable characters who are all voiced to a very high standard. The overall presentation of the game is extremely cool and goes a long way to making the game enjoyable.

    Gameplay wise it’s a top down shooter, which I’m generally not a massive fan of but it works well in The Ascent. You can choose from    A fantastically crafted world that feels alive and looks stunning. Filled with believable characters who are all voiced to a very high standard. The overall presentation of the game is extremely cool and goes a long way to making the game enjoyable.

    Gameplay wise it’s a top down shooter, which I’m generally not a massive fan of but it works well in The Ascent. You can choose from countless abilities and weapons, all of which change up how you approach missions. Do you want to go full damage? Sure, or maybe you want to take a ton of defensive and healing abilities, that’s viable too.

    On a more negative note the game does suffer from a lot of bugs right now, especially in co-op, my friend and I ran into issues such as our UI just disappearing, or not being able to break from NPCs dialog options, as well as hard crashes to desktop. Performance is also not great, I am using a high end PC and the frame rate was all over the place, with DX11 being playable and DX12 being completely broken, the devs are aware of these issues so I’d maybe wait until the game is fully patched as it did hurt my experience.

    Overall I enjoyed The Ascent a lot, it’s a great game with a few fixable technical issues. I finished the campaign in just over 10 hours, and I had a lot of side quests left to do so I’d estimate about 15 hours if you did everything.    … Expand
  13. CamyVero
    Sep 14, 2021
    8
    I started to play this game in my Xbox One, but I was unable to finish it there. Some kind of error related to lack of memory closed the game and it don't allow me to play. So.... taking advantage of 'Play Anywhere' feature in Game Pass synced my save state in pc and continue playing. It's an excelent game in my opinion. Very good cyberpunk atmosphere, a huge and decadent city to explore,I started to play this game in my Xbox One, but I was unable to finish it there. Some kind of error related to lack of memory closed the game and it don't allow me to play. So.... taking advantage of 'Play Anywhere' feature in Game Pass synced my save state in pc and continue playing. It's an excelent game in my opinion. Very good cyberpunk atmosphere, a huge and decadent city to explore, to carry out missions and kill bad guys. I can recommend if you like top down perspective game, and twin stick shooters.… Expand
  14. nitorita
    Aug 31, 2021
    8
    An immersive cyberpunk experience never seen before. A ton of effort was poured into making the world as vast and authentic as possible, with plenty for you to explore at your own pace.

    You are free to approach the game however you like, and there is a sizable arsenal to choose from. Enemy difficulty is balanced well enough to necessitate a fair amount of micromanaging. Plenty of story    An immersive cyberpunk experience never seen before. A ton of effort was poured into making the world as vast and authentic as possible, with plenty for you to explore at your own pace.

    You are free to approach the game however you like, and there is a sizable arsenal to choose from. Enemy difficulty is balanced well enough to necessitate a fair amount of micromanaging. Plenty of story and lore is jacked into the game for you to really take in the atmosphere. The performance in the game is pretty good, as long as you do not enable any RTX (you don't really see those effects anyway).

    There are a few quirks though. The controls feel a bit clunky. The movement can get tedious as there is no sprint. Some merchants are largely pointless and many of the weapons are underpowered, causing you to upgrade the same basic ones you have throughout the game. Many side missions are offered long before you can actually tackle them.

    Overall, I felt it was time well spent. I found myself truly absorbed in The Ascent's world, unlike games like Cyberpunk 2077 which could not give me the same immersion as it had no real substance. I'm a sucker for meticulously designed worlds, and this game definitely packed one of the best I've experienced in a long time. The gunfighting may have been a little stale, but it did not weigh on my overall satisfaction with the game. I definitely recommend this game for every cyberpunk fan out there.

    On a side note, I personally did not experience any of the game breaking issues as others have noted (and I'm on the Xbox Game Pass version), so chances are high that they have been patched out already.    … Expand
  15. philzlz
    Aug 12, 2021
    8
    Finished the game in three days (around ten hours playtime).

    I am a huge fan of sci fi and the cyberpunk setting and the art team has done a fantastic job with world building. There are so many small details (just peak into lit windows or small alleys) and they absolutely nailed it. Shooting was fun, the guns felt all different and powerful and graphically it impressed me but that    Finished the game in three days (around ten hours playtime).

    I am a huge fan of sci fi and the cyberpunk setting and the art team has done a fantastic job with world building. There are so many small details (just peak into lit windows or small alleys) and they absolutely nailed it.

    Shooting was fun, the guns felt all different and powerful and graphically it impressed me but that also brings some negative points. Running this on a 3080 it was impossible to get an acceptable framerate with DLSS and Raytracing.

    I also had bugged waypoints, quests and crashes and saw a few typos. I am surprised this was not spotted in playtesting and was a bit disappointed because this game has a lot of potential. The story was also nothing special and the ending cut short.

    Overall fun but those bugs need to be fixed.    … Expand
  16. efcosplays
    Aug 4, 2021
    8
    The Ascent is a gorgeous game that knows exactly what it is. Doesn't complicate things just for the sake of "More" and isn't simplistic just for the sake of "Less." It's exactly what it needs to be, knows it and it thrives because of this. Did I mention is gorgeous? The Ascent really nails the art direction and level design. While many players complain about the map, I instead think theThe Ascent is a gorgeous game that knows exactly what it is. Doesn't complicate things just for the sake of "More" and isn't simplistic just for the sake of "Less." It's exactly what it needs to be, knows it and it thrives because of this. Did I mention is gorgeous? The Ascent really nails the art direction and level design. While many players complain about the map, I instead think the developers did never had the intention for us to play it following the map as we do with an open-world game. I think the map is something we could've done without, because having it has left a desire for more on it, when it's not entirely necessary. One con I have with the combat is that you could be walking down a hallway with no enemies, but when you encounter one up in front of you, enemies would spawn out of nowhere. So, if you backtrack a bit from where you came from, where there were no enemies before, you now, out of nowhere, may encounter several of them. This really makes no sense and it's a bit frustrating to me, because when I have many enemies in up front I'd like to be able to walk back to safety. I understand devs probably want me to keep moving, but I think there are other and better ways to accomplish that. Yet, my biggest complaint is the game's performance. The game stutters with effects, especially with explosions, to the point where is game breaking. Apparently as you play along it starts to perform better. But when you close and open the game again, it starts with the struggles. I've also encountered a few bugs here and there. For example, Bosses and some battle arenas have a cinematic, but if you skip these too quickly the enemies would not load properly, making you have to restart the game. I've also encountered an issue where I quit to the main menu and the game would not recognize any inputs from my controller nor keyboard, so I have to force alt-f4 to quit the game instead of through the menu. There's a bit of polishing that needs to be made but this game is a true gem, in my opinion. Is one of the coolest games I've played this year and I can't wait for the devs to expand on it with, possibly, new game modes and content.… Expand
  17. jonmax11021981
    Aug 1, 2021
    8
    Um bom jogo, excelentes gráficos e boa jogabilidade. Tem alguns problemas com a mira alta, mas no mais, um ótimo game, principalmente considerando que foi desenvolvido por 12 pessoas. Vale a pena conferir.
  18. PassMeDaMustard
    Aug 5, 2021
    8
    Played on both Xbox Series X and PC but mostly switched to PC for the better mouse controls and quite a few crashes on Xbox.

    Had a lot of fun with this game, and recommend it with some caveats. It has quite a few bugs/design issues with many side quests not accessible till later on but with no warning you can't get to the places you need to. Fast travelling is a real pain especially    Played on both Xbox Series X and PC but mostly switched to PC for the better mouse controls and quite a few crashes on Xbox.

    Had a lot of fun with this game, and recommend it with some caveats. It has quite a few bugs/design issues with many side quests not accessible till later on but with no warning you can't get to the places you need to. Fast travelling is a real pain especially access tiers, although later on taxis help a fair bit. It can also be quite hard to distinguish a lot of the weapons and what advantage they give you.

    But the damn timed defend the area battles are a real pain and I wish they did something else instead. I'm only playing single player and they might be more manageable with more than one player. I quite like the limited heal and body battery mechanics normally but not in these battles.

    The game is stunning looking and sounding (with some audio glitches sometimes) and mostly a lot of fun. I hope they continue to refine and extend it because it's a great base but not quite fully fleshed out in a lot of areas.

    I just wish the boss battles weren't timed, and maybe had a bit more health in them for the ones that drag on. Sometimes you just can't outlast the waves without eventually accumulating too much damage. There's one I'm stuck on near the end (I think) that you can't leave a limited area or the timer resets and that is just infuriating.

    There are quite a few minor issues too like spelling mistakes and sometimes you can't shoot until you change your loadout for some reason. Also not being able to change the controls and keybindings is a bit of a problem. I struggled to use grenades due to stupid key binding and m for map is too far away (o for direction help also). I'm this will be patched at some point.    … Expand
  19. LironesAlviento
    Aug 4, 2021
    8
    Me ha sorprendido mucho, me esperaba muy poco y es un juego super entretenido, con un sistema de combate, unos gráficos y forma de mejorar el personaje que me ha gustado mucho, igual a la larga un poco repetitivo pero ha sido una grata sorpresa.
  20. fastoch82
    Mar 18, 2023
    8
    Deserves way better than the actual Metascore of 73. Great visuals, great gameplay, average story, very nice game in the end. Made by something like 12 people, it's outstanding to see what such a small studio can accomplish. Can't wait to play their next game.
  21. Nite4awk
    Jun 13, 2023
    8
    I asked for a game like this for so long... and this game delivers. A real gem.
  22. dotrem
    Nov 15, 2021
    8
    Great game. Surroudings and ambient are real beautiful, so sometimes i just running around in photo mode. Nice writting and characters. Good design work.
    But gameplay not so great. i'm not counting bugs, it understandable for small indie team. There a lot of thing in gameplay.
    1 Map. It's aful usually i have no idea where is PoI what i looking for. Map doesn't help. 2 Game is really    Great game. Surroudings and ambient are real beautiful, so sometimes i just running around in photo mode. Nice writting and characters. Good design work.
    But gameplay not so great. i'm not counting bugs, it understandable for small indie team. There a lot of thing in gameplay.
    1 Map. It's aful usually i have no idea where is PoI what i looking for. Map doesn't help.
    2 Game is really short. There are only a few main quests.
    3 Half of main quests are defending a endless waves of enemies with timer. Really boring beating same enemies in same decorations.
    4 Unsatble difficulty curve. When i reach level 10 i hit found myself in locations with enemies of 14-18 levels and they hit hard.
    5 Almost every abilitiy and agumentation is useless or dangerous for the player. Most usefull thing are Hydraulic Slam and healing field.
    6 Burst rifles with homing bullets are too overpowered. Once you find one of those rafles and you will never use anything else. With these rifles 1/3 of abilities become useless. You don't need to put any points in Aiming or Balance.
    7 No fast trevel. Yes there are such a thing like a taxi or subway, but it's not a fast travel. Existing system ligicaly correct, i think, but unhandy and stupid in terms of the game. For example if you need to travel from one level to another, you have to use taxi to elevator location. After run to elevator to needed level, use it. Then call taxi to needed location again. It takes a lot of time and load screens.

    I can compare this game with Remember Me. Both stunning games. But gameplay itself so bad that i only asking self Why devs made action games but not adventures instead.    … Expand
  23. Playmaker7118
    Jul 30, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The ascent es un juego muy divertido y frenético, sin embargo creo que. La edición de xbox series x se quedó corta.
    No está totalmente pulido para consolas y no incorpora características como quick resume.
    Aun así son cosas que pueden mejorar y harán que la experiencia del juego sea maravillosa coló a l juego en sí    … Expand
  24. MezaraKabul
    Aug 10, 2021
    8
    The game is good overall. I couldn't understand how long the loading screen took. Missions are fun.
  25. balzak
    Oct 10, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. De las mejores experiencias jugables que he tenido este año, si bien el juego presentó de inicio una serie de bugs, en ningún momento fue impedimento para poder apreciar lo que ofrece el juego. Destaca la ambientación y el apartado grafico, es que el nivel de detalle de verdad puede volar la cabeza a cualquier amante del cyberpunk. La música es otro apartado que sobresale en el juego, emocionando e intensificando ciertas batallas como con el jefe Celine y suena la música de extraterra, no me importaba perder tanto pues al final disfrutaba cada vez que repetía esa batalla y sonaba la música de fondo, y así hay otros momentos sublimes donde la música mejora la experiencia como en dreamworld. Finalmente puntúo con un 8 pues no pude experimentar el modo multijugador que muchos aseguran el juego se vuelve mas divertido aun.… Expand
  26. Zeneko90
    May 7, 2022
    8
    Ein wirklich tolles Spiel. Optik, Gameplay, Balance, Welt, Immersion, Charaktere alles wirklich top.
    Es machte so viel Spaß in dieses Spiel und dessen Welt einzutauchen. Die Optik ist auf alle Fälle über alle Zweifel erhaben. Das Gameplay schön wuchtig. Die Welt sieht einfach richtig klasse aus (Cyber Punk). Ob nun jede einzelne Kleinigkeit ausgereift bis zum Ende ist? Bestimmt nicht. Der    Ein wirklich tolles Spiel. Optik, Gameplay, Balance, Welt, Immersion, Charaktere alles wirklich top.
    Es machte so viel Spaß in dieses Spiel und dessen Welt einzutauchen. Die Optik ist auf alle Fälle über alle Zweifel erhaben. Das Gameplay schön wuchtig. Die Welt sieht einfach richtig klasse aus (Cyber Punk). Ob nun jede einzelne Kleinigkeit ausgereift bis zum Ende ist? Bestimmt nicht. Der Loot könnte mehr Vielfalt und Kreativität vertragen. Die Charaktere tiefgreifender. Die Quests mehr ausgearbeitet und das zum Teil unnötige umherlaufe nervte auch ein klein wenig. Das sind aber alles nur kleine Punkte im großen Ganzen. Das Ende lassen wir vorerst raus, da ich das Gefühl hatte, dass es definitiv zu einem 2. Teil kommen soll bzw. wird. Je nachdem wie erfolgreich das Spiel am Ende geworden ist. Ich habe das Spiel erst im Januar 2022 "nachgeholt", also knapp ein halbes Jahr nach Release. Und ich muss sagen, dass ich weder Glitches, Bugs, noch Abstürze oder sonst was. Es lief auf meiner mittlerweile betagten 1080 auf 1440P mit Ulti/Max Einstellungen mit flüssigen 80-90 FPS. Außer bei einigen Boss Gegnern mit vielen Projektilen gingen die FPS drastisch runter.

    Fazit:

    Aber alles in allem ein richtig gutes Game, dass ich jedem empfehlen kann.
    Also auf alle Fälle jeder der den Gamepass schon abonniert hat. Wer es noch nicht gemacht hat, dann tut dies und holt das Spiel unbedingt nach.

    Meine Wertung sind 8,5 von 10 Punkten.

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    A really great game. Looks, gameplay, balance, world, immersion, characters are all really great.
    It was so much fun to dive into this game and its world. In any case, the optics are beyond all doubt. The gameplay is pretty massive. The world just looks really great (cyber punk). Whether every single little thing is mature to the end? Definitely not. The loot could use more variety and creativity. The characters more profound. The quests were more elaborate and the sometimes unnecessary walking around was a little annoying. But these are all just small points in the big picture. We'll leave out the ending for the time being, because I had the feeling that there should definitely be a second part. Depending on how successful the game ended up being. I didn't "catch up" on the game until January 2022, almost half a year after the release. And I have to say that I don't get any glitches, bugs, crashes or anything else. It ran on my now aged 1080 on 1440P with Ulti/Max settings at a smooth 80-90 FPS. Except for some bosses with lots of projectiles, the FPS went down drastically.

    Conclusion:

    But all in all a really good game that I can recommend to everyone.
    In any case, everyone who has already subscribed to the game pass. If you haven't done it yet, then do so and definitely catch up on the game.

    My rating is 8.5 out of 10 points.    … Expand
  27. KinimodYunmi
    Sep 18, 2022
    8
    Bester Laufsimulator!

    Hätte ich so nicht rausgebracht, leider noch einige Bugs drin, weswegen man des öfteren mal neustarten muss. Vom Gameplay her ist es aber wirklich interessant und macht echt Spaß, eine Story ist gerade eben so vorhanden. Manche Kameraperspektiven sind etwas unübersichtlich und Games unter 30 Stunden Spielzeit sind auch etwas kurz, gerade lieb gewonnen und auch    Bester Laufsimulator!

    Hätte ich so nicht rausgebracht, leider noch einige Bugs drin, weswegen man des öfteren mal neustarten muss. Vom Gameplay her ist es aber wirklich interessant und macht echt Spaß, eine Story ist gerade eben so vorhanden. Manche Kameraperspektiven sind etwas unübersichtlich und Games unter 30 Stunden Spielzeit sind auch etwas kurz, gerade lieb gewonnen und auch schon wieder vorbei. Für den fairen Preis kann man dann aber auch wieder nichts sagen.

    Insgesamt hat es sich gelohnt, hat Spaß gemacht und ich musste mich nicht ernsthaft aufregen.    … Expand
  28. EVIL_UJIN
    Oct 15, 2022
    8
    + Стрельба супер
    + Детализация супер
    + Дизайн локаций просто офигенный, хочется делать скриншоты каждые 20 шагов + Проработка мира супер + Сюжет норм + Система развития норм + Спецэффекты огонь В общем, это больше киберпанк, чем Киберпанк 2077)    + Стрельба супер
    + Детализация супер
    + Дизайн локаций просто офигенный, хочется делать скриншоты каждые 20 шагов
    + Проработка мира супер
    + Сюжет норм
    + Система развития норм
    + Спецэффекты огонь

    В общем, это больше киберпанк, чем Киберпанк 2077)
  29. Matt2790
    Aug 17, 2021
    7
    Good enough game. The world design , graphics and the level of details are fascinating. Gameplay and mechanics are wonderful *in general*, despite some inconveniences at some points. Story/narrative is just ok and nothing more. Side missions are just tasks/chores and nothing more. And there are plenty of bugs, some are just irrelevant, but others do screw your playing session or yourGood enough game. The world design , graphics and the level of details are fascinating. Gameplay and mechanics are wonderful *in general*, despite some inconveniences at some points. Story/narrative is just ok and nothing more. Side missions are just tasks/chores and nothing more. And there are plenty of bugs, some are just irrelevant, but others do screw your playing session or your entire mission for good.
    I've had no freezes/crashes at all though. Took me 18 hours to complete the main game plus 16 side missions.    … Expand
  30. Rawnchie14
    Mar 26, 2022
    7
    The Ascent brings one of the best depictions of a futuristic cyberpunk environment with an interesting take on class structure and looting. The world design is certainly the highlight of this game, often drawing you into how impressive some of the areas can be with tons of detail.

    Gameplay is solid enough with fairly good pacing. Playing alone kinda sucks, solely because the majority of    The Ascent brings one of the best depictions of a futuristic cyberpunk environment with an interesting take on class structure and looting. The world design is certainly the highlight of this game, often drawing you into how impressive some of the areas can be with tons of detail.

    Gameplay is solid enough with fairly good pacing. Playing alone kinda sucks, solely because the majority of the challenge in the game is a steady diet of positioning, clustering enemies and periodic cover shooting - which is a hit/miss mechanic in the game. Playing MP is where the game shines as the sheer chaos multiple players brings makes for a bombastic blast that pales in comparison to the SP experience - in my opinion.

    So is the game good? I'd say yes, it certainly is - given the genre and style. However there are quite a few aspects I wish were done differently. There are often stretches where you are seeking your next point of reasonable progression, given while the world is open - traversal is time consuming. Also each encounter, can feel very similar to the last one? Some variations of enemies give a little spice, but more or less each encounter will feel very honed in, which can be a good thing for some. For myself, it was what made me eventually tire of the game. But I certainly enjoyed what I did play and am sure many others will continue to do so.    … Expand
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Metascore
74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 51 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 26 out of 51
  3. Negative: 0 out of 51
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 17, 2022
    100
    The Ascent provides you with a unique opportunity to visit the not-so-distant dystopic future of our world in an action-packed manner and also in a graphically astonishing way. Its various possibilities of character creation allow for a unique playthrough and replayablity.
  2. Gamersky
    Dec 20, 2021
    76
    The Ascent has an excellent shooting experience and is great for playing with friends. However, apart from "shooting another wave of enemies", the game can bring very limited fun. The dull story and gameplay will easily bore you in this cyberpunk world.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Oct 22, 2021
    79
    Many games go for the cyberpunk vibe lately, but few can live up to this style as good as The Ascent does. [Issue#255, p.44]
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