When comparing Megabyte Punch vs Ascendant, the Slant community recommends Ascendant for most people. In the question“What are the best couch multiplayer PC games?” Ascendant is ranked 38th while Megabyte Punch is ranked 55th. 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 Reaction based combat
There is no hand holding here, no cinematics or auto combos, everything that has to be done, has to be done by the player, making for a game that requires precise control and a good amount of attention.
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 Split screen co-op controller support broken
The split screen co-op controller support has major issues where the game does not play correctly as players start controlling multiple players on multiple screens. This is not supposed to be the way it works.
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.