A number of these can really help you control the fight, such as Rat Bite which charmes some mobs to fight on your side, or Spiderbots which will drop serious AoE firepower on your foes. With four total slots to fill, there are a frankly dizzying amount of goodies to choose from that drastically change how your character fights and moves. Figuring out which weapons and skills you like, and then modifying your body to compliment them is something you’ll likely perfect on a second run.īeyond skills, there are also augments to consider. Straightforward so far, but finding the right balance as the difficulty ramps is the challenge. Weapon Handling is tied to how fast you reload and swap between weapons, and Critical Hit Rate is how often you’ll score a critical shot. For example, Balance raises your stun resistance and helps you move more quickly with heavy weapons. They are fairly straightforward, but when a split second can make the difference between life and death, they matter. You’ll have to seek out some of the coolest places in the game to get these upgraded and kitted out - I’m looking at you Coder’s Cove.Īs you level up you’ll get points that you can spend on an array of skills and attributes. Cyberdecks are an implanted computer that allows you to do various things like hacking doors or boxes, opening new paths, and breaching vending machines for health-buffing and healing loot. As this is a cyberpunk title, that can be guns, but it’s more often than not things you’ll jam into your meaty fleshy bits.
To meet the challenge of the ever-increasing threat, you’ll need some upgrades. That said, you will spend a lot of time tilting your thumbstick away from enemies, trying to kite them to keep them at bay while they swing pipes at your head or launch mortars at your feet. It makes for a more engaging and nuanced approach to this style of gameplay, even if just a little bit. The game can be played solo which makes cover a lot more necessary, though even more temporary as miscreants can come at you from all angles. It keeps you relatively safe, though the enemies here are thick as thieves, so that safety is fleeting at best. The Ascent features a fairly unique cover system for this genre, allowing you to take cover and then fire over the top of anything you can put your back against. The environments are packed with debris, walls, and more - and that’s where the big change hits. That’s a factor here as well, giving you a quick dodge roll with the A button (with a cooldown), and enemies from every corner. Typical twinstick titles have you dodging and weaving as a flurry of bullets race towards you, using the environment and your own personal skills to stay safe. It’s jarring to see a massive golden Buddha that acts as an entrance to a cybernetics clinic, and I absolutely love it.Īt its heart, The Ascent is a twinstick shooter with a few twists.
#THE ASCENT PC ZIP#
Advertising for various noodle shops, something akin to energy drinks, biomedical services, and more blanket the space with pink and blue neon as flying cars zip by.
The city is stacked high, but you can see the slipshod and haphazard way it was cobbled together, managing to look futuristic and yet somehow like stacked remnants of something from the past. With neon, far too much rain, body mods, and urban sprawl as far as the eye can see, developer Neon Giant delivers the perfect blend of 80’s cyberpunk, twisted science, and anime aesthetics.
As the power vacuum attracts the dregs who want a shot at seizing control, you’ve got the simple task of finding a job.įirst and foremost, the Ascent absolutely nails the cyberpunk aesthetic. Unfortunately for you, The Ascent Group, the massive megacorp driving commerce on this planet, just collapsed. Looking for a chance at something better, you have saddled yourself with debt up to your eyeballs. On planet Veles, they’ve built a massive densely populated arcology filled with indentured servants. In the future, massive megacorps own everything, and everyone.
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