When comparing Gunpoint vs Ascendant, the Slant community recommends Gunpoint for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D games on Steam?” Gunpoint is ranked 48th while Ascendant is ranked 50th. The most important reason people chose Gunpoint is:
Players can choose how they play as stealth is not a prerequisite, players can run and gun if they feel like or even go around setting traps.
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Pros
Pro Stealth is not forced
Players can choose how they play as stealth is not a prerequisite, players can run and gun if they feel like or even go around setting traps.
Pro Movement is precise and empowering
Movement is very fluid in the game and works very well, which is needed for a platformer. It is fun jumping around and there are no consequences when falling too far, so it allows for plenty of experimenting on where one can travel in a level.
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 Extremely short
The man story can be beaten in under 3 hours, which makes for a pretty short game.
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.