Underworld Ascendant

 PC
User Score
2.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 52 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 52
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 52
  3. Negative: 42 out of 52

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  1. Frogacuda
    Feb 22, 2019
    7
    Three months on, and things have improved. In my initial review I said that this game was pushed out 6 months early. That still seems about right, because three months of patches have done a lot of good, but it still feels unstable and buggy, like a beta.

    There's a lot of elements I like here. It's a mix of Underworld, Dark Messiah, and Thief, and it does a great job of giving you a lot    Three months on, and things have improved. In my initial review I said that this game was pushed out 6 months early. That still seems about right, because three months of patches have done a lot of good, but it still feels unstable and buggy, like a beta.

    There's a lot of elements I like here. It's a mix of Underworld, Dark Messiah, and Thief, and it does a great job of giving you a lot of interesting ways to solve problems. It delivers on its promise of approaching game design as a simulation, rather than having the designers curate the solutions to puzzles. With a little more polish it'll be a solid release. It is certainly not the disaster it was at launch, but not quite ready for primetime either.    … Expand

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87
#87 Most Shared PC Game of 2018

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Metascore
37

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 19
  3. Negative: 14 out of 19
  1. CD-Action
    Feb 6, 2019
    15
    Underworld Ascendant is a disgraceful mess in terms of both design and execution. [01/2019, p.85]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 10, 2019
    40
    Technically unfinished RPG full of dubious content choices that kills the fun instead of expanding the legacy of Ultima Underworld. It’s not even a good RPG. [Issue#292]
  3. Screen Rant
    Dec 21, 2018
    30
    Every mechanic to the game needs drastic improvements, and it's just plain unfortunate that Otherside Entertainment released the game as-is.
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