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Underworld Ascendant
Underworld Ascendant is the next-generation follow-up to the critically acclaimed, Ultima Underworld series. Plunge into The Stygian Abyss, a stunning fantasy realm, rife with danger and full of intrigue. Utilize your environment to your advantage. Devise the ideal battle plan or think on your feet.
Details
- Released
- November 14, 2018
- Developer
- OtherSide Entertainment
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure · Indie
- Publisher
- 505 Games
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Underworld Ascendant Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
This ascension feels more like a descent into madness. A return to the Styigan Abyss is not a journey to be recommended.
Underworld Ascendant is just broken. What little roleplaying game fun there might’ve been is taken off the table by technical failings, a save system that feels like cruel and unusual punishment, and a bland story that takes place in similarly repetitive environments. Not one of the core systems for interacting with the world, be it combat, magic, or stealth impresses on its own, and that’s when they even work right. Our beleaguered Ascendant is thus sent, over and over again, into buggy dungeons to complete fetch quests and assassination missions to the best of their unimpressive abilities. U...
Underworld Ascendant is a difficult game. Not because the systemic design allows for so much experimentation. Not because the dark corridors and moody anti-chambers are filled with so monstrous enemies that are hard to defeat. No, Underworld Ascendant is a difficult game because it just doesn’t work.
Even if you can get past the countless technical issues, Underworld Ascendant is a poorly designed abomination that ruins the Underworld series even to those who've never heard of it. This is the final nail in the Immersive Sim™ coffin. Bury it and salt the earth.