The Ascent

While this style of game usually is not my preference, I can definitely see why people enjoy The Ascent, especially in co-op. Playing with another person made the experience much more enjoyable, and the combat felt satisfying overall. I especially loved the one-hit splats with some of the weapons (super satisfying). The cyberpunk atmosphere and world design are a standout. The environments are highly detailed and visually impressive, and exploration and firefights both feel impactful, with a strong sense of scale and chaos that keeps encounters engaging. That said, there were several bugs during the playthrough. Player 2 could sometimes see uncollectable uCreds and med kits, and there was also a bug where you could roll through the casino platform into the abyss and push your co-op partner off as well. The game would also occasionally freeze or crash, both in co-op and single player. Navigation could also be frustrating at times. Quest directions usually guided you along walking routes, even when using the taxi or metro system would have been much faster. There were also moments where quest markers disappeared, making it difficult to figure out where to go next. For achievement hunters, some achievements can also be annoying in co-op since certain progress appears to require the final hit. This was especially noticeable with Zell, the level 35 bounty, and the achievement for defeating 50 level 35+ enemies. Despite the bugs and navigation issues, I still had a good time with it. If you enjoy top-down shooters and co-op games, this is worth checking out.

Игра великолепная. Проходил ее уже три раза (пару раз на консоли) и все еще очень доволен. Насыщенные деталями локации, кучи секреток и отсылок а так же огромный простор для кастомизации своего головореза просто не дадут скучать. Велес (планета, на которой происходят события игры) полон как и веселых моментов, так и совсем уж грустных. Кучи доп миссий и реально хорошая компания в связке с крутыми пушками будут приносить удовольствие не один десяток часов

Purchased the game in English but was forced to use Russian only, even if the purchased game was in english and all settings are in english. Refunded the game for that. It was fun though but all interface was bugging me to hell. Do not force users to play in a language they dont want.

buggy as hell co-op. Otherwise, pretty solid fun

【NOT RECOMMENDED 不推荐6/10 】 非常尴尬的一款游戏，美术硬派，设计却乏善可陈，而且有大量干扰游玩流畅度的设计点，让人很快就疲惫了 太可惜了

No control over camera angle <- this is a crime, especially when the devs have decided in some places it's so zoomed in you can't see more than 15 feet in front of you. Aiming mechanics wonky. Dying means fighting your way back through areas you've already cleared.

I'll keep it short, the visuals of this game are great when they're not bugging out at times and I really enjoyed the art direction, but that's probably the best part of the game as for the rest it's was below average. The story felt overly complicated but at the same time too simple, characters weren't that interesting and there wasn't really much to hook on to. The gameplay was fine at the start but started to degrade over time, I never felt like I was getting stronger or better at any point I felt like I just needed to use more items to kill less enemies while also dying faster despite leveling up health and getting better equipment, on top of the game feeling very unbalanced in favor of the enemies. Last gripe was the open world aspect, while there is fast travel I still ended up needing to backtrack constantly through areas that almost instantly get repopulated with new enemies I just finished killing which makes any trips feel tedious after the first hour, on top of enemy levels being all over the place making traveling a bigger pain than needed. overall, best viewed from a distance rather than played.