TowerFall Ascension

 PC
User Score
6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 164 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 94 out of 164
  2. Mixed: 31 out of 164
  3. Negative: 39 out of 164

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  1. Quhunar
    Apr 20, 2014
    5
    Kept reading about a smash bros killer, i instantly bought the game, i like 8-bit style and indie games anyway so it seemed to be the perfect deal.
    Everything i love in smash bros is not in this game. I don't say it's a bad one but what the **** this game is more of a copy of "super mario war", the free game you can find online. Smash bros is a complex fighting game, this is an arcade    Kept reading about a smash bros killer, i instantly bought the game, i like 8-bit style and indie games anyway so it seemed to be the perfect deal.
    Everything i love in smash bros is not in this game. I don't say it's a bad one but what the **** this game is more of a copy of "super mario war", the free game you can find online. Smash bros is a complex fighting game, this is an arcade game in arena.
    I don't understand why this game is so hypped, i think it's because of the ouya having way less games than xbox live arcade for instance. On XBLA you can find a lot of crazy multiplayer games like 'hidden in play sight' or even fighting platefromer games better than towerFall in my opinion.

    With my friend we play every local multiplayer games we can find, and we spent more time on mario party than on this game so this is quite sad.
    Overall i think you should test this game or see videos before buying (not like me). The gameplay is really straight forward, the gameplay variations comes from the items, not from characters (they're just skins).

    i put 5/10 because i think this should be payed half price, and i don't think at all that this game deserve a 10/10. I would keep playing it for fun but never more than 30 minutes.

    One last thing : super smash is played in tournament. This game have a tournament ruling but it fools no one. I rather see sumotori dreams in tournament...    … Expand
  2. cimerians
    May 27, 2015
    5
    Fun couch multiplayer game with Joust like game play. Hit other things before they hit you. Repeat.
    Its fun and funny but ultimately too difficult and frustrating on later levels. In my case I didn't even bother with hardcore. Also there are not enough boards to justify an asking price of 10 bucks or more. If you want to torture yourself with a love/hate type game by all means try this    Fun couch multiplayer game with Joust like game play. Hit other things before they hit you. Repeat.
    Its fun and funny but ultimately too difficult and frustrating on later levels. In my case I didn't even bother with hardcore. Also there are not enough boards to justify an asking price of 10 bucks or more. If you want to torture yourself with a love/hate type game by all means try this out but for me its a solid 5 out of 10. A briefly fun but ultimately frustrating experience.    … Expand
  3. lucipher
    Mar 13, 2014
    6
    An excellent multiplayer brawler in the vein of Smash Brothers.

    However, it falls down because it does not have online multiplayer. If you have people who you can play with, at a games room at work, at school, or if you are a child, this is great.

    If you are an adult used to gaming with friends online, unfortunately this game is not for you.

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#7 Best PC Game of 2014

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Metascore
87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Riot Pixels
    Jun 5, 2014
    85
    TowerFall: Ascension is polished to almost perfection in both style and substance.
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  2. PC Gamer
    Mar 26, 2014
    90
    A single-screen platform brawler that’s about as good as the genre has ever been—in versus or wave-survival mode.
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  3. Meristation
    Mar 26, 2014
    85
    Towerfall has frantic, addictive and fun gameplay with an incredible local multiplayer. A game that loves the pixel and sprites age.
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