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…
Underworld Ascendant is an adventure developed by OtherSide Entertainment, released 15 November 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Linux.
What Underworld Ascendant is
Underworld Ascendant is an adventure game developed by OtherSide Entertainment and released in 2018. It was published by 505 Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Underworld Ascendant holds a critic score of 21 out of 100. That places it above 1% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 48 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Underworld Ascendant launched on 15 November 2018, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption 2, Battlefield V, Hitman 2 and Spyro Reignited Trilogy. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption 2, Battlefield V, Hitman 2, Spyro Reignited Trilogy.
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