Games

The Ascent

Neon Giant

2021•Shooter•PEGI 18

Taste attributes: actionadventurescience fictionrobots/ai/spacefastfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarylinearglossybig & variedall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survivalsocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leadsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and wide-ranging: a fresh shooter, fast rather than slow-burning. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: fast · Originality: very fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

72 / 100

99 ratings

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About This Game

The Ascent is a solo and co-op action RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Confusion and chaos ensue, security and order are in disarray, and without protection, everyone is left to fend for themselves. Stop gangs and hostile corporations from taking over and discover what really happened.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Welcome to The Ascent Group arcology, a self-contained corporate-run metropolis, stretching high into the sky and filled with creatures from all over the galaxy. You play as a worker, enslaved by the company that owns you and everyone else in your district. One day, whilst sent on a routine assignment to make use of your skills with a cyberdeck, you are suddenly caught in a vortex of catastrophic events. The Ascent Group, the largest mega corporation on the planet, shuts down for unknown reasons, causing the automated security systems to go haywire. The survival of your district is...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureScience fictionRobots/ai/spaceAll consuming questHuman spirit/resilience/survivalSocial commentarySolving the riddle/not as it seemsTroubled leadsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

CyberpunkDystopianPreviously on - utomik

Where to play

Details

Developer: Neon Giant
Publishers: Krafton, Curve Digital
Released: 29 July 2021
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Time to beat: 21h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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Games are scored on the same ten characteristics as films and matched with the same formula and your own match bands, from your film and TV taste. Game scores are estimates, made by fixed rules from IGDB genres, themes, keywords and descriptions.