ASCENXION
IndigoBlue Game Studio · 2021 · Shoot 'Em Up, Metroidvania, Bullet Hell, Side Scroller, Twin Stick Shooter
PC
Mostly Positive76% · 33 📉 Recent reviews down 64%
Compare prices in Official Stores
Screenshots
About ASCENXION
ASCENXION is a 2D shoot 'em up game where you explore the field to progress. We've borrowed elements of Metroidvania style games, in which you unlock new areas with skills and items that you obtain through exploration.
Players must overcome puzzles, traps, elite units, boss fights, and other various obstacles while navigating the field. Grow stronger through rewards earned, to uncover the truth of this world.
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1000000/extras/synopsis.gif
One day, humanity became extinct due to an enormous explosion. Not a single entity was left to pass on the reason behind the extinction, nor to remember those who had disappeared.
After what seemed an eternity, you have awoken in the midst of traces of a past human civilization. As you wander aimlessly, you encounter various records left behind by humans and beings who assist you. Will you be able to uncover the secret of this world and face the truth?
Fast-tempo battles with added strategical elements
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1000000/extras/combat.gif
ASCENXION is an action shoot 'em up game, but in order to give the player a combat experience that differs from bullet hell games, we decided to make choices and concentration key gameplay points, instead of simply avoiding enemy bullets and attacking all over the place.
There are a variety of strategic elements such as terrain cover, reduced movement speed during basic attacks, and mutual sharing of resources consumed by attack and evasion skills. Also, players must use basic attacks, skills, and items' active effects to defeat enemies.
Get items through exploration
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1000000/extras/items.gif
Players can explore unknown lands to acquire dozens of distinctive items. Items are divided into 'rune stones', which combine weapons and use effects, and general items which provide basic lasting effects and experience bonuses.
Elements of Development
Important concepts in ASCENXION are 'unleashing potential' and 'skills'. Each aircraft type has four skills, and from the second skill, they will be unlocked upon defeating boss monsters that you encounter during the game.
Players must overcome puzzles, traps, elite units, boss fights, and other various obstacles while navigating the field. Grow stronger through rewards earned, to uncover the truth of this world.
Synopsis
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1000000/extras/synopsis.gif
One day, humanity became extinct due to an enormous explosion. Not a single entity was left to pass on the reason behind the extinction, nor to remember those who had disappeared.
After what seemed an eternity, you have awoken in the midst of traces of a past human civilization. As you wander aimlessly, you encounter various records left behind by humans and beings who assist you. Will you be able to uncover the secret of this world and face the truth?
Features
Fast-tempo battles with added strategical elements
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1000000/extras/combat.gif
ASCENXION is an action shoot 'em up game, but in order to give the player a combat experience that differs from bullet hell games, we decided to make choices and concentration key gameplay points, instead of simply avoiding enemy bullets and attacking all over the place.
There are a variety of strategic elements such as terrain cover, reduced movement speed during basic attacks, and mutual sharing of resources consumed by attack and evasion skills. Also, players must use basic attacks, skills, and items' active effects to defeat enemies.
Get items through exploration
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1000000/extras/items.gif
Players can explore unknown lands to acquire dozens of distinctive items. Items are divided into 'rune stones', which combine weapons and use effects, and general items which provide basic lasting effects and experience bonuses.
Elements of Development
Important concepts in ASCENXION are 'unleashing potential' and 'skills'. Each aircraft type has four skills, and from the second skill, they will be unlocked upon defeating boss monsters that you encounter during the game.
- Skills
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1000000/extras/skills.gif
You can only select one of two skills for each stage, but you can change your choice at any time. You need smarts and a good gamer mind to change your skills according to the situation, whether it be the terrain or enemy type! - Unleashing Potential
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1000000/extras/evolve.gif
ASCENXION has a main character with some great power sealed inside. Of course, this great power can be unleashed. By completing an event that you will inevitably encounter during the game, you can unleash this power, and when this power is unleashed, modifications are made to its skills and overall stats that suit an aircraft of such great power. Each unleashed aircraft has a different play style, so choose the one you like, and keep leveling it up!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Before i get into the review i must say i was having quite a bit of fun for several hours, but by the end the game kept dragging on and eventually became so incredibly difficult that i had to give up. I always base my reviews on wether or not it is worth picking up the game to beat it (untill the credits roll). So for this game i would say no, i do not recommend it. However if you're literally a gaming god, or if quitting a game halfway doesn't bother you, you could still pick this up. On sale the game is pretty cheap, you can pick up the soundtrack along with it in a bundle or seperately. The OST i recommend picking up in any case as it's really good! For regular gamers or completionists like me i'd say pass up on the game, it's not special enough to be worthwhile. I'm gonna discuss the many flaws this game has as well as some of it's strenghts. The main gripe i have with this game is the balance, mainly that it's all over the place... Ranging from super easy bosses/enemies to harder ones you can safespot. By the end there are borderline impossible bosses that have way too much health and can delete you in less than a second. In fact nearly everything in the lategame can delete y…2 found this helpful
looks promising, but there is no option to disable fullscreen mode, therefore it's lagging and has low fps. adding window mode would fix all of this issues. (and yes, my system fits the minimum requirements)1 found this helpful
the most overlooked mv that i own. i own about 200 of them. great atmosphere challenging shmup / twin stick combat. slick graphics. understated soundtrack. brutal but rewarding bosses. lots of love went into this one. i hope the dev catches a break the games are on point
Another game my brother assisted with, this one I observed enough to say it definitely seems fun. That said, it is unpolished, there are minor and major bugs that become readily apparent if you don't play just right. Like the game crashing so hard we had to restart the pc to break out of because he pushed a block as he shot a button to switch open doors. In fact, that puzzle doesn't feel play tested at all, considering you can get stuck and need to reset the puzzle even if you did everything you could properly because of positioning so precise you can't do anything about it. In addition, there is a buggy item combo that kind of breaks how the game looks at your special energy, allowing you to overuse skills, but also it randomly takes all of your energy at times. Despite that, I think I can still recommend it if you look past it. I think, to me, it looked to be around a 6.5/10, good, but not great.
I liked this game. It has it's fair share of issues, don't get me wrong. There are some big difficulty spikes and balance issues, but overall I'd say it's a fun challenge if you can deal with the rough parts.
I need money Edit: Whoever designed Circle of Binding needs to seek psychiatric help
Community reviews
—
0 reviews
Sign in to write a review.
No reviews yet. Be the first to review this game.
