When comparing Master Spy vs Ascendant, the Slant community recommends Ascendant for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D games on Steam?” Ascendant is ranked 50th while Master Spy is ranked 61st. The most important reason people chose Ascendant is:
Through the use of "Blessings" the user can modify their attacks and make a custom build character that behaves as they want, for their fighting style.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Invisibility cloak
Players get an invisibility cloak in the game as a main mechanic where it is used to sneak around. Of course movement is limited when in use which makes for some great puzzle aspects to the game when trying to figure out how to best sneak around.
Pro Over 30 minutes of pixel video cutscens
Reminiscent of 2d pixel games from the past Master Spy implements a variety of video cutscenes to further flesh out the story, completely done in 2D pixel art.
Pro Modify ones attacks
Through the use of "Blessings" the user can modify their attacks and make a custom build character that behaves as they want, for their fighting style.
Pro Old school difficult gameplay
This game is tough, much like arcade beat 'em ups that sucked the player in as well as their quarters. But this is all on purpose as the game has randomly generated levels, much like a roguelike and being like a roguelike, death will be frequent.
Cons
Con Calling it a stealth game is a stretch
Even though the setting of the game draws inspiration from stealth "lore" it is at its core a twitch platformer in disguise (get it?).
Con Difficult
This is a game made to be extremely difficult, in the vein of Super Meat Boy or N+ the player will die and die a lot. This can be frustrating a time goes on and the further one gets as the game really increases difficulty.
Con Not much of a story
The game tries to blend different mythologies together into one story containing many different gods. While this is not the worst story to try and tell, once the gameplay begins the story pretty much falls to the wayside.