GymWolf
Member
The new fast and furious located on mars is looking good.
first NPC you talk to lol
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The Ascent Review Thread
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DenchDeckard
Gold Member
Graphics are friggin nuts. Sound design is incredible, punchy shooting. Only played like 2 hours but I’m genuinely quite impressed.
Oddvintagechap
Member
I have gamepass, I dont bother with it. Since I use it once every other 3 months when its a dollar. Just to get discounts on games. Maybe ill make it a thing to download indies then delete them so they get paid.
Fredrik
Member
Yeah I don’t understand how a team of 12 can make a game world of this size look more lived in than a team of several hundred devs. Just walk around the inner city and look at materials, the people, all the things moving, smoke, light, wires etc. It’s amazing.
Sygma
Member
50 is average, nice logic
Man that side quest with the mech was the funniest thing in a long time. Thing came by and utterly melted in 0.2 secs and got a cool achievement for it lol
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Punished Miku
Banned
It's no 3 out of 10 lol. That's going to go down in history as one of the most ridiculous reviews ever.
DenchDeckard
Gold Member
I rarely ever think someone's review is out of wack and think everyone's opinion is valid but man, this game ain't no 3 out of ten.
Bernd Lauert
Banned
I'm 4 hours in, game is a solid 8/10 for me so far. I can see that it probably doesn't have much longevity though. I need to try co-op with a friend, that's always fun no matter the game.
Punished Miku
Banned
Yeah, they're a little off. Turn up the aim assist and it feels good enough. Also later guns feel a bit better.
TheGodfather07
Member
sick to death of always 1 or 2 outlets giving ridiculously low scores.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
UI sucks but I have enjoyed what I have played so far.
Son_of_Zardoz
Member
Played through the first single player mission last night and really liked it. Gotta convince my friends I game with to grab it because I could see this being an absolute blast in coop.
Magnific0giganticus
Banned
Just curious but...why so few reviews (on Metacritic)? Also no User reviews there yet...what's up with that?
mortal
Gold Member
Not everyone is going always unanimously agree.
It's just their opinions at the end of the day. It's more or less what we do on Gaf, but they're getting paid for it.
Captain Toad
Member
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Stats for that?
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SpiceRacz
Member
martino
Member
it's a from his ass certainty with dumb logic also
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Read what Sony Interactive Entertainment had to say at Metacritic.com
you can tell people knowing the media from the tip of the iceberg
and of course the most successful hardware fan community have the most of them.
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Dr. Claus
Vincit qui se vincit
Dude is a diehard console warrior. Just put him on ignore.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
It doesn't hurt me at all. I just wish more people would acknowledge that just because it works for MS doesn't mean Sony needs to do the same thing. It's okay for each company to prioritize certain things.
martino
Member
JackMcGunns
Member
I personally don't mind grinding so long as it's rewarding in the end. With this game, that is likely the issue, if you're not rewarded, it feels like time wasted for people that hate grinding.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
It’s the future of gaming. Sony doesn’t have to do anything now, but in 10 years they will be in trouble if they don’t at least have a plan to move that way.
JackMcGunns
Member
Scoreless review, but sounds good:
Xboxygen
Jul 29, 2021
As we draw our conclusions, it seems important to note that The Ascent was created by a small team of skilled developers. And what else is there to say except maybe that they completed the challenge with flying colours. For almost 15 hours, Neon Giant’s game puts the RPG aspect aside to embark us on a huge romp through a larger-than-life city, whose AD rivals that of Cyberpunk 2077. Those fond of finesse and detail-oriented builds will need to go somewhere else. For the others, it would be difficult to miss the Swedish studio’s first game as it was released in the Xbox Game Pass on its launch. Visually speaking, this one is quite outstanding and is a pure action guilty pleasure made of gunpowder, metal and blood. While waiting to be able to enjoy a 4-player coop session, we’re already dreaming of a probable second part developed by a larger team. Hopefully, this would be enough to improve what needs to be improved and revamp the game from being a pleasant surprise to being a must-have.
Another positive review, but not having a score affects the final Meta, oh and thanks to Metro GameCentral, we have a shitty score compared to PC which is the exact same game.
Xboxygen
Jul 29, 2021
As we draw our conclusions, it seems important to note that The Ascent was created by a small team of skilled developers. And what else is there to say except maybe that they completed the challenge with flying colours. For almost 15 hours, Neon Giant’s game puts the RPG aspect aside to embark us on a huge romp through a larger-than-life city, whose AD rivals that of Cyberpunk 2077. Those fond of finesse and detail-oriented builds will need to go somewhere else. For the others, it would be difficult to miss the Swedish studio’s first game as it was released in the Xbox Game Pass on its launch. Visually speaking, this one is quite outstanding and is a pure action guilty pleasure made of gunpowder, metal and blood. While waiting to be able to enjoy a 4-player coop session, we’re already dreaming of a probable second part developed by a larger team. Hopefully, this would be enough to improve what needs to be improved and revamp the game from being a pleasant surprise to being a must-have.
Another positive review, but not having a score affects the final Meta, oh and thanks to Metro GameCentral, we have a shitty score compared to PC which is the exact same game.
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mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
What exactly are you saying is the "future of gaming"? The streaming part or the subscription part? Or is it both? Because I 100% disagree with the streaming part being "THE" future of gaming. The subscription part will be with us and depending on how the payouts work, "could" be the future of gaming. Music artist seem to hate it though, so who knows.
Gavon West
Member
It is good! Played for a good long bit last night. Once you understand the combat and movement and the world starts to open up, its a banger. I'd legit give it a 9 at this point.
CrimsonSquall
Member
Nice man. Glad you’re having fun
Some1ToldMeImCute
Banned
After a few hours with this, its become very funny how many ppl in here were upset by average review scores. Thats what this game is. Average. Fun, but average. There is nothing special that separates it from the pack, and there are plenty of flaws. Lots of em listed in the other thread, but the main one that boggles my mind is how garbage cover shooting is even with high aim assist. Basically gotta run around and do barrel rolls til you die (happens a lottttt) or manage to kill everyone. It doesn't get more frustratingly simple than that sort of gameplay.
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Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
For a game thats isometric its surprisingly graphically beautiful.
I couldt totally play this game in first person.
I couldt totally play this game in first person.
MiguelItUp
Member
Fun and entertainment is subjective, but after 2 hours with the game, I definitely don't think it deserves the negative reviews looming around. 3/10? GTFO with that BS. This game, for the size of the team and even the price, is really impressive. I just think a LOT of people were expecting a different experience than what they got. People really wanted a cyberpunk Diablo-like experience, but what we got feels more like a cyberpunk Gauntlet-like, at least IMO. There ARE RPG elements, but I think there's a much larger action and almost arcade-like focus.
If anything I think it's certainly worth checking out, especially if you have GP. Will everyone adore it? Not necessarily. But I can't imagine anyone would think it's trash. If anything, it's a fun and solid enough title to enjoy until the end, or even for a week or so.
If anything I think it's certainly worth checking out, especially if you have GP. Will everyone adore it? Not necessarily. But I can't imagine anyone would think it's trash. If anything, it's a fun and solid enough title to enjoy until the end, or even for a week or so.
Hayabusabruh
Member
Tried to like it, but I hate pretty much everything about the gameplay.
Some1ToldMeImCute
Banned
Why do so many feel the need to point out the size of the team who made this? Is it supposed to get a sympathy point bump in reviews cause its a small team?
I would disagree with a 3/10 for sure, but I think thats a lot more accurate than a 8 or above
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drotahorror
Member
50 is not an average rating for a game, regardless of it being smack dab in the middle. If your 'average' game had a 5/10 or 2.5/5 rating, most people would never bother. Those are fundamentally flawed games.
I personally don't think 80 is average either, I'd go with around 70-75.
What's strange is all media is different too. A TV show rating on IMDB of 5/10 is basically pure trash, while a movie with the same rating can have many redeemable qualities and even cult followings. 6/10 is average for a movie on IMDB. Around 7/10 is pretty average for a TV show.
MiguelItUp
Member
Because its impressive due to its quality. That's really it. A team's size shouldn't impact a score.
I disagree. I feel 6/7/8 is fitting. But it doesn't matter cause it's all subjective.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
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Brofist
Member
Seriously, if you have GP it's easy enough to just try the game out. In the time it takes to watch a couple review videos I'd rather just play the damn game myself.
THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
I dont get any of this. The game looked average all along, and it came out average.
Gamepass had zero to do with it.
Funny how most of the people slamming this game seem to either not have an xbox or gamepass though, hmmmm.......but I have it downloaded, looking foreward to trying it!
Gamepass had zero to do with it.
Funny how most of the people slamming this game seem to either not have an xbox or gamepass though, hmmmm.......but I have it downloaded, looking foreward to trying it!
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manfestival
Member
Downloaded the game because why not on gamepass. Watched the ACG review and knew that I was in. Have been playing this full party with a bunch of friends and we are all having a blast. I think we have put about 5 hours into the game. Just came in this thread for the first time and kinda surprised by the overall metacritic score but whatever. Having a blast so whatever
Calverz
Gold Member
He is completely brainwashed.
DavidGzz
Gold Member
Cover shooting is easy as hell. You just suck still. It has RPG elements, so you may also be missing because of weapon spray. Level up the skill that steadies your hand.
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Thirty7ven
Sony make cringe trainers.
The amount of people that make a game don’t define its quality nor should it be considered when reviewing a game.
“Solid game considering” means that if you don’t consider the fact it was made by 12 people, it’s not a solid game and therefore…. It’s actually not a solid game?
Kind of stupid ass reasoning is that anyway?
GymWolf
Member
Why don't you try the game by yourself before calling it average?!