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frontpage Posted by StrifeZero 8 months ago
frontpage Posted by StrifeZero 8 months ago

The Ascent (PC Digital Download)

$2.50

$30

91% off
CDKeys
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CDKeys has The Ascent (PC Digital Download) on sale for $2.49.

Thanks to Deal Hunter StrifeZero for finding this deal.
  • Note: Code will activate and play via Steam (free to join).
Deal Instructions:
  1. Click here to go to the product page.
  2. Add to cart and complete purchase.
  3. CDKeys will send you an email with the Steam Code.
  4. Download or open Steam and click on Games - Activate Product.
  5. Enter code that was provided from CDKeys.
About this item:
  • The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?

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  • About this deal:
    • Please see the original post for additional details and give the WIKI and forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Written by StrifeZero
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CDKeys has The Ascent (PC Digital Download) on sale for $2.49.

Thanks to Deal Hunter StrifeZero for finding this deal.
  • Note: Code will activate and play via Steam (free to join).
Deal Instructions:
  1. Click here to go to the product page.
  2. Add to cart and complete purchase.
  3. CDKeys will send you an email with the Steam Code.
  4. Download or open Steam and click on Games - Activate Product.
  5. Enter code that was provided from CDKeys.
About this item:
  • The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?

Editor's Notes

  • About this deal:
    • Please see the original post for additional details and give the WIKI and forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

Original Post

Written by StrifeZero
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Also available as part of a Fanatical 3 FOR $4.99 5 FOR $6.99, or 8 FOR $9.99 bundle.
https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick...rpg-bundle

I'll probably still buy from CDKeys as the rest of the games look like stuff I wouldn't play or I already own. Tower of Time looks neat but I can find zero accounts of it working on Steam Deck nor does it appear to have controller support even if it also released on the Switch.

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8 months ago
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8 months ago
WooHoo2You
8 months ago
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Also available as part of a Fanatical 3 FOR $4.99 5 FOR $6.99, or 8 FOR $9.99 bundle.
https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick...rpg-bundle

I'll probably still buy from CDKeys as the rest of the games look like stuff I wouldn't play or I already own. Tower of Time looks neat but I can find zero accounts of it working on Steam Deck nor does it appear to have controller support even if it also released on the Switch.
Last edited by WooHoo2You February 21, 2024 at 12:19 PM.
8 months ago
311 Posts
Joined Dec 2018
8 months ago
Dv8r
8 months ago
311 Posts
Fun game, but it seems like you get to a point where you're not strong enough to take on the next mission and there are no more side missions available at your level.
2
8 months ago
1,267 Posts
Joined Jan 2020
8 months ago
RepFree83
8 months ago
1,267 Posts
Got first key through the fanatical bundle, and second key this way via CDKeys (to do co-op)
8 months ago
652 Posts
Joined Aug 2005
8 months ago
str8flexed
8 months ago
652 Posts
Quote from Dv8r :
Fun game, but it seems like you get to a point where you're not strong enough to take on the next mission and there are no more side missions available at your level.
Hmmm. I beat this game a few years back. I did go and search for upgrades though
8 months ago
2 Posts
Joined Nov 2019
8 months ago
rusrockt10
8 months ago
2 Posts
Quote from Dv8r :
Fun game, but it seems like you get to a point where you're not strong enough to take on the next mission and there are no more side missions available at your level.
This seems kind of the opposite of my experience. I struggled early on, but once I found a couple of strong weapons and leveled them up, I had an easier time with later missions. Still a tough game though.
Pro
8 months ago
120 Posts
Joined Sep 2013
8 months ago
sabk2001
Pro
8 months ago
120 Posts
Been having a blast steaming this on my G Cloud
8 months ago
1,297 Posts
Joined Aug 2007
8 months ago
DirkBelig
8 months ago
1,297 Posts
As a game, it's OK - rote story, meh gameplay - BUT it is one of the most visually beautiful games which totally nails the rain and neon cyberpunk aesthetic with crowded alive cities and subterranean areas where there are all these fine details like robots working on maintenance, etc.

They added a free camera photo mode which allows you to move from the isometric perspective to whatever you want and when you turn the camera around you can see they put in details in areas which would never be seen in the default view. Look at this flyaround [imgur.com] captured on Xbox Series X - normally you only see the deck at the beginning and end. Here's a shot from the PC with ray tracing on [imgur.com]. It was on Game Pass.

After I beat the game and all the side missions (a glitched denied me the cheevo for completing all side missions), I combed every inch of the world for every hidden item just to look at things. It was made by a really small team and there's a video on YouTube discussion how they made such a varied world with clever texture tricks. May buy this just to be able to replay on my RTX 4080 with OLED ultrawide monitor for cheap.