Underworld Ascendant Reviews
A blatantly unfinished and uninspired nostalgia project that sheds a certain, peculiar light on the immersive sim at large.
Riddled with bugs and bizarre mechanics, Underworld Ascendant is a bafflingly poor debut from OtherSide Entertainment.
Underworld Ascendant is a buggy, repetitive, and boring mess of an RPG.
Underworld Ascendant misses the mark with almost every shot. Even when freed from the expectations its historical baggage brings, it is a clear failure.
A sadly failed tribute to one of the greatest RPGs of all time, Underworld Ascendant is simply far too flawed to recommend to either fans of the original Ultima Underworld, or in-depth RPGs in general.
There's a game behind the many issues and flaws of Underworld Ascendant; we just don't know when (or if) we might see it one day.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Underworld Ascendant touches on something but never really grasps it. It doesn't utilise any of the improvements from its long absence from the industry and even falls flat compared to the game it is meant to be the successor of.
We hoped to get a spiritual successor to Ultima Underworld, but it turned out to be terrible mix of Dark Messiah and Thief, full of problems and bugs. This game is a complete mess, and it didn't deserve your attention at all.
Review in Russian | Read full review
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.
Bad ideas and bad errors, with glitches and bugs. The feeling is of a game not completed, with no polishing at all.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Underworld Ascendant has its cons: long loading times, rough gameplay and a lousy AI. However, it has good points such as a good atmosphere and a quite realistic interplay of shadows and lights. In addition to who liked the Ultima Underworld installments, they will enjoy it a lot.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
As a spiritual successor of the Ultima Underworld series, Underworld Ascendant fails in almost every way.The promising introduction is followed by a brisk quality drop. A wasted potential.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Simply put, the game seems unfinished and was likely rushed to market resulting in a horribly broken world that offers no incentive to return to it, even if future patches alleviate some of the myriad of issues.
Underworld: Ascendant is a very ambitious RPG from a well-seasoned staff that knows the genre. Unfortunately, there is so much that gets in the way of having a great time; a wasted potential from some talented individuals.
The spiritual successor to Ultima had good intentions, but that may be the only good thing about it.