[Huntingwhale]

Ascent is a cool game for sure. Probably the best graphics on any dungeon crawler ever. But sadly I had to give up and won't be playing it again. Too many gitches that caused it to crash regularly (maybe it's better on XSX).

The most frustrating part of the game is all the damn walking. It takes you 20 minutes to walk from point A to B, watch a short cut scene, than another 10 minutes to walk point B to C. Rinse and repeat for the entire game with a few cool battles in between. There is a taxi (fast teleport) feature, but it is almost useless as it only works in certain areas.

When I finally sludged my way to what I am assuming is near the end of the game, I was brought to an area where my guy isn't strong enough to beat the level and I am at a point of no return so I can't exit the mission back to the main game to level up. I'm stuck where I am in an endless loop of dying without being able to strengthen my guy. Haven't played the game since.

Still, it's worth it just for the graphics. It looked phenomal on my XB1. I'm sure it looks even better on XSX. One of the few games where simply the graphics alone make it worth diving into, even though the gamplay can be frustrating.