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    The Ascent

    Aug 12, 2021 4 minutes

    Developer Neon Giant

    Publisher Curve Digital

    Format PC (tested), Xbox One, Xbox Series

    Release Out now

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    Enemy tactics are rarely particularly smart; rather, they’ll overwhelm you with numbers

    An arcology is an imagined ideal: a structure designed to sustain human life while reducing environmental impact. The one on Veles, however, is no utopia. Most of the people who’ve made their way to the planet have secured their passage by signing on as indentured labourers for corporations. These ‘indents’ start off at the base of the city, in a place called Deepstink (a name even David Cage might reject for-like sheen of the Pinnacle above the clouds, this is one of the most evocative videogame settings of recent times. Given the size of the team that built it – just a dozen strong – it’s as accomplished a feat of worldbuilding in its own way as Night City.

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