Ascendant
You are summoned by a mysterious figure to The Stygian Abyss, a dangerous dungeon world imperiled by the beast Typhon. To save this world, and yours, you must find your way through the Abyss, uncover lost secrets and overcome many challenges. KEY FEATURES DEEPLY IMMERSIVE WORLD Explore a fully-realized dungeon realm, from the outpost of Marcaul to the depths of the Vault of Nyx. Interact with useful flora and fantastic creatures, while surviving dynamic enemies and a degrading world state. HERO OF YOUR OWN Tailor your skillset with over 75 combat, stealth and magic skills. Craft over a hundred different spells using the runic spell crafting system. LOOMING THREAT Set out on more than 70 quests and numerous Side Bounties that reward you for avoiding detection, going unarmed and more. UNIQUE REWARDS SYSTEM Earn rewards and unlock skills through resourceful, unboxed gameplay and ingenious performance. Solve challenges in unique ways and push yourself to experiment.
Game Discussion
Steam User 9
After all the patches the game became quite playable and enjoyable for the fans of the Thief series. It is slow and stealthy, it rewards exploration, and completing bonus objectives feels great after you figure out how to do them. Physics is hit or miss sometimes, but settings things on fire feels soooo great. TLDR, Deus Ex and Thief fans will love it.
Steam User 7
I just finished the game to completion tonight...and don't fully understand the intense negativity surrounding this game. I do see that there was a lot of backing and promises that went unkept, so in that regard I can understand how I would have been disappointed as well.
This is by no means a 'great' game, nor maybe even a 'good' one -- but it's not 'bad'. For me it was a relaxing experience, not-quite as dungeon-crawly as I was hoping for. I had never played the original Ultima Underworld titles, though I am interested in doing so -- they're just REALLY old at this point & nostalgia isn't a factor for me when I briefly tried one.
My biggest gripe with the game is that the map system is awful, and when you combine that with moving SO SLOW...it gets very tedious in retreading the same ground trying to figure out where the hell you're supposed to go. Once I got some boots that made me 25% faster, the speed was much less of an issue (and, in my mind, should be the default speed). I didn't like having to eat food either, but I eventually found a helm that took that requirement away.
The praise I CAN give this game, is that it got me interested in some more immersive sim-esque games. Someone in the Discussions had mentioned Dark Messiah of Might & Magic -- a game I'd been eyeing for years. I picked that up on sale, and will likely be firing that up soon.
If you want something not too challenging, but fun to look at (at times), this might be worth checking out. I didn't buy it at full price.
BTW, the ending is nice and lengthy. They actually gave more time to the characters that I did in knowing them (I wish there was more story and interactions, but alas -- they're pretty much non-existant).
Steam User 3
This game is great as long as you
Get it on sale
Have low expectations
Enjoy janky games
Lookup the file to get the kickstarter items
If you fit all of these criteria you can have a good time with it.
Steam User 24
It's not what it longed to be, it's not what it set out to be, it's not even what it could have been after the foolish dream had been put to rest eventually, but what remained of it is enough to make us catch a glimpse of the majesty of the immersive sim and keep the dream going.