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Additional purchases such as XP, speed and magic boosts do make some of the boss battles and dungeon crawls a little easier, granted, but there’s still enjoyment to be had here without ever spending a virtual penny. That’s not to say though that Ascend cannot be enjoyed without having to cough up some cash. At one point we’d completely ran out of currency and so our hapless hero was reduced to running around almost in the nuddy. Items found in treasure chests also are rarely more powerful than the ones already owned, which does hamper the sense of progression and discourages from venturing into the numerous dungeons.Īnother discouragement where adventuring is concerned is that weapons and armour have to be repaired using souls, and irritatingly frequently too. Souls do come quite freely, often found in treasure chests and awarded for every kill, but the in-game economy makes Greece look like Dubai as when selling items you’re refunded very little.

Each alignment offers different spells, items and access to alignment-specific dungeons, although you can buy your way into these with a large handful of souls.įrom a very early stage developers Signal reveal a rather dark sense of humour That said, the 3,000 souls you start with are enough to buy a decent weapon and one or two pieces of sturdy armour.Īfter creating your own colossal ‘Caos God’ you’re then asked to choose a magic alignment – Dark, Void or Light.

Souls are the in-game currency and even as early on in as the character creation screen the option is there to purchase extra Souls Packs – with prices starting at 240 MSP – in order to buy better equipment to get a head start. With the humble Xbox 360 about to be superseded, we’re now being treated to a free-to-play online RPG that could have easily been passed off as a full price title back when the console was originally released.īeing free-to-play, micro-transactions do unsurprisingly feature. For the first year or two the download service saw nothing but simple single-screen shooters, retro re-releases and such exciting pursuits as Hardwood Backgammon. With the Xbox One almost upon us, it illustrates just how far XBLA games have come. The arrival of this hack and slash RPG is timely.