Not too bad shooter, good visuals, atmosphere with decent gameplay actually but in general its very mid. In the ascent you are someone trying to live its day to day on a cyberpunk distopic world full of war, neon and capitalism. The best thing this game does is atmosphere and visual ambientation, everything was greatly designed, with care and fine detail. Even tho its a top down shooter you still apreciate how good it looks. But aside from this, its pretty forgetable The gameplay was not bad. The shooting was fun, it had impact and there is some enemy variety but its very, very simple and basic. The rpg mechanics/stats exist but dont expect anything complex. Its core was well designed but its just way too simple and it can wind up being repetitive And the story. I cant say much about it cause to be honest i just couldnt get into it. The characters are forgettable, the dialogues are always using acronymes for everything and it expects you to read every single thing in the codex to understand properly, but its a boring world to make me bother. Its just about a Joe who is quite violent and you get to do jobs for a fat guy and then for a fat girl, like you could say its a bit more complex than that, but its maybe the only game that i couldnt bother less to follow it. Overall, if you love top downs you would like this for its gameplay and atmosphere, also it has coop, but dont expect nothing that you will remember forever. If you arent a fan of these things i would play in ps plus or gamepass. If you really like the premise or these kind of stuff then maybe 5 or 10$

*A great game, especially in terms of ambientation. The cyberpunk world portrayed is exciting, pleasing to the eyes and with a interesting storyline. and while it's not groundbreaking in any way, the game delivers on the basics well done.* Um ótimo jogo, especialmente em termos de ambientação. O mundo cyberpunk retratado é emocionante, agradável aos olhos e com um enredo interessante. E embora não seja inovador de forma alguma, o jogo entrega o básico com perfeição.

The Ascent is fun at first and it definitely has a great cyberpunk dystopian aesthetic that immediately draws you into its world, but it ends up being a little shallow on the gameplay side, with little to actually do or interact with other than blowing **** up. The rpg mechanics are too limited, and the unbalanced difficulty spikes that aren't really necessary can add a bit of frustration. One minute it's a little too easy and the next it's nearly impossible. All that is fine once you get the trick of it down, but still, the gameplay is too simple, repetitive, and involves far too much idle time walking around between fetch points and backtracking. Additionally, it's still riddled with bugs after four years. During my time with it I experienced numerous sound glitches, graphical stutters, crashes, and at one point my guns just stopped firing mid combat. There's also a weird sound bug where the gun sounds keep firing long after the battle has finished. I would say the only real plus to this game is the graphically stunning and detailed open world which is truly a marvel to gaze at.