{"id":2381,"date":"2021-08-03T14:38:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T12:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/03\/the-ascent-review-a-frenetic-murderfest-in-a-dystopian-future\/"},"modified":"2021-08-03T14:38:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T12:38:25","slug":"the-ascent-review-a-frenetic-murderfest-in-a-dystopian-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/03\/the-ascent-review-a-frenetic-murderfest-in-a-dystopian-future\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ascent review \u2013 a frenetic murderfest in a dystopian future"},"content":{"rendered":"

PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X; Neon Giant\/Curve Digital<\/strong>
This high-octane, low-intelligence arcade sci-fi shooter is set in a neon-lit city whose upper levels house the wealthy while the impoverished live in sewers <\/p>\n

When I was a kid, nothing beat our family\u2019s weekly pilgrimage to the local video store Vidbiz. While my parents pondered which thriller to digest with their takeaway, I\u2019d gawp at the colourful PlayStation games on the corner shelf. Game rentals let me embark on interactive adventures I could otherwise never have afforded \u2013 while consuming an entire share-size pack of Sour Skittles in the process. Xbox\u2019s Game Pass subscription gives me a similar buzz, offering a library of games to choose from and giving players the chance to try out odd or middling games that they\u2019d never actually buy.<\/p>\n

Sci-fi shooter The Ascent is a good example, the equivalent of a high-octane but intellectually bereft action flick. It is flawed but fun and atmospheric, set in a predictably bleak urban dystopia full of indentured workers, shady mega-corporations and augmented outlaws. Developer Neon Giant has dressed up The Ascent\u2019s loot-driven blasting as an anti-capitalist critique: the class divide is built into planet Veles\u2019s sleazy cyberpunk architecture. Its most impoverished inhabitants are banished to the sewers while wealthy citizens dwell in the districts above. As you climb your way up this tower-like metropolis, your grizzled mercenary fights tooth and nail to slowly \u2013 and literally \u2013 ascend to the upper echelons of society.<\/p>\n

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\nPC, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X; Neon Giant\/Curve DigitalThis high-octane, low-intelligence arcade sci-fi shooter is set in a neon-lit city whose upper levels house the wealthy while the impoverished live in sewers
\nWhen I was a kid, nothing beat our family\u2019s weekly pilgrimage to the local video store Vidbiz. While my parents pondered which thriller to digest with their takeaway, I\u2019d gawp at the colourful PlayStation games on the corner shelf. Game rentals let me embark on interactive adventures I could otherwise never have afforded \u2013 while consuming an entire share-size pack of Sour Skittles in the process. Xbox\u2019s Game Pass subscription gives me a similar buzz, offering a library of games to choose from and giving players the chance to try out odd or middling games that they\u2019d never actually buy.
\nSci-fi shooter The Ascent is a good example, the equivalent of a high-octane but intellectually bereft action flick. It is flawed but fun and atmospheric, set in a predictably bleak urban dystopia full of indentured workers, shady mega-corporations and augmented outlaws. Developer Neon Giant has dressed up The Ascent\u2019s loot-driven blasting as an anti-capitalist critique: the class divide is built into planet Veles\u2019s sleazy cyberpunk architecture. Its most impoverished inhabitants are banished to the sewers while wealthy citizens dwell in the districts above. As you climb your way up this tower-like metropolis, your grizzled mercenary fights tooth and nail to slowly \u2013 and literally \u2013 ascend to the upper echelons of society. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X; Neon Giant\/Curve DigitalThis high-octane, low-intelligence arcade sci-fi shooter is set in a neon-lit city whose upper levels house the wealthy while the impoverished live in sewers When I was a kid, nothing beat our family\u2019s weekly pilgrimage to the local video store Vidbiz. While my parents pondered which thriller …<\/p>\n

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