As much as I love Ascension; this is a pretty shoddy port of a much better iOS/Mobile version. Unchangable windowed resolution and a blurry, unreadable full-screen resolution are only made worse by recently introduced bugs in the patch (just in time for the holidays!).

One top of that, this version is already out of date, within a week of coming out, as a new expansion set has been release for the iOS/Mobile versions that we've yet to get.

Until the developement team gets it together, skip the port.

If you are a fan of deckbuilding games, then Ascension may very well be a good game to recommend for you. It is based off the popular (real) card game and translates well into the digital world. The object of the game is basically to acquire powerful cards to help you gather points(called honor in this game) and get rid of your weak starting cards at the same time.

However I can not in the present state recommend this game to anyone due to game breaking bugs. One of every three games I play I end up having to forfeit because the game pretty much freezes. I would be willing to revisit this review in the future should this change, however for the time being I would recommend buying the real version. It's more fun to play with friends anyways.

Have this game on my ipad, instantly bought it when I saw it on Steam .... crashes every time I try to go full screen , really pissed off ... the game is awesome and totally addictive, but I'm really sorry but I just cant recommend this version in its present state :(

I WANT MY MONEY BACK!

Picked up time-loved game, happy to be able to play solo, can't even finish one game without major bugs.

Worst bug: Every time yo purchace a card from the center row, there's a chance it will sudden;y decide you can'y buy it, for the rest of the game, but the cpu player can! SO every card you want, likely a chance the game will blovck you form it and give it to your opponment and force you intro multipule rounds where all you can do is buy Mystics and Heavys, while it takes what it feels like from the center Row... why even play the game at that point?

pros:
it's a great card game.

cons:
100% cpu usage from a 2d, turn-based card game.

Ascension the GAME is outstanding. The iOS version is an award winning classic that I play everyday. The Android version isn't quite as smooth but it's still a great game.

This PC port is total pants. I simply don't have the words for how sluggish, ugly, glitchy and slow it is. How could a company like Playdek that has made quality game after quality game on iOS actually release this steaming pile? I am appalled. The game runs at about 5FPS and is low rez and ugly. Sad. DO play the excellent physical card game, outstanding iOS or Andoid version but avoid this abomination of a PC port unless/until it is fixed.

i love ascension but some how after 3 hours it will no longer even play

The game is a peice of broken junk, I own the android app,ipad version and the actual card game. This is by far the buggiest peice of trash I have ever bought on steam. As I play it constantly buys cards that I am not clicking. Or when I go to buy a mecha construct when I have 7 mana and it cost 5 mana I select it then it simply doesn't let me buy it it just opens up my construct tab. I click it to put it in there but it doesn't budge. How about game developers finish games before they're release them. I'm tired of this half ♥♥♥ releases of games this is getting out of hand. Over all whoever made this game should lose their jobs I'm tired of half finish polished turds.

Ten hard-earned dollars vanish in the ether that is the Steam Holiday Sale cash cow. Caught up in the euphoria of snagging sweet games like Red Faction Guerilla for $4, I get absolutely HAD by this terrible electronic interpretation of an admittedly addictive deck building game that I am currently infatuated with. The versions between ALL PLATFORMS are indistiguishable, and they're all buggy. Do you want to play in windowed mode, like any sane person would with a PC card game? Nope. Do you like options? Proper grammar? Any semblence of personality whatsoever? Not here, friend.

I wish I could lie, and say I thought it was only $0.99 but I succombed to my post-holiday purchasing stupor, and having feverishly clicked one too many times I didn't read the fine print, or rather, the extra 9 in front of the other 9's.

I wish I could say that, but alas, it was pure late light laziness. It was an utter lack in motivation to read any type of review or, nay, do any research at all about the game based on pure blind faith that if an electronic version of this game is $10, it HAS to be good. A $10 version of a card game I know I love? Sign me up!

I am stupid. I am a very stupid person. You can say it. I want you to say it.

I don't feel ripped off of $9.99; more like $9. Paying 99 cents for this travesty doesn't feel nearly as crippling to the soul. I will still never play it, because it's a terrible app. It's so bad, I have it on my phone and tablet.

Isn't that something? It's almost as if they know they can half-♥♥♥ the app since they're the only people that can make an electronic version with the property. So, fans of the physical game will still buy it, because having it is still better than not having it.

Online chat with your friends? Not really at all.

Clear descriptions of what is happening each turn? Where's your sense of adventure?

Easy to set up multiplayer games? Meh. It's pretty bad, but functional.

Easy to set up anything? Now that I think about it, no.

Somebody make a competent version of this game for the sake of my sanity. It's these things I strive to rectify in this gloomy materialistic world.

Slower, buggier version of the massively botched Android port which they now have the temerity to charge up-front for. As a Kickstarter of this application, I have stood aghast at the bungling and terrible decisions made one after another with the rollout of every version and bug-filled update. This PC version runs WORSE than my earliest Android beta, everything chunking along at 5 or so FPS, glitchy menus, etc... stay away for now. The core gameplay is good. The card game it's based on is excellent. This piece of software, however, is an unfortunate pile of garbage.

Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer is one of my all time favourite board games to play with mates, family and even solo if nothing else to do.
When it was released (for FREE!) on iPad i jumped at it and play it near on every day.
I've been following the Kickstarter for "Ascension Online" and other pages/resources (http://steamcommunity.com/app/261860) for a long time now, it really looked like it would be a fantastic improvement on what the iPad is lacking for online playability.

I was on my phone when i saw it had finally been release on PC/Steam, i got so excited i immediately bought it via the iPhone App without any thought to reviewing the game release, i even gifted a few copies to mates that also love the game.
All day i was itching to get home to play and potentially stream some Ascension. Man was it a disappointment.

In a nutshell - this is a straight up port of the iPad/Andriod version of the game with little to no thought around compatibility or running state (visual/audio options).
It has been a waste of money, if you have to have it i highly suggest waiting for the steam sales to see if it appears.

To those new to this game: Ascension is a deck-building game where you try to attain the most honor. You do this by collecting high-value cards and defeating monsters. You don't play directly against other people like you do in Magic: The Gathering, but you can try to take or banish cards that other players want. The game rewards creative play.

This is a fairly easy-to-play version of the card game. In some ways I prefer it to the card game, as it handles the additions of later expansions (like convertable cards) very smoothly. There have been a few bugs so far that have forced forfeits in multiplayer play (automatic quit to desktop in an MP game), but PlayDek appears to be working through the kinks.

It's Ascension on Steam. If you know what that is, you probably already know if you want it or not.

If you don't, it's a game about building a deck by acquiring heroes and artifacts to fighting monsters to compete with other would-be heroes in a popularity contest of the gods. Or something. It's Magic: the Gathering meeds Dominion. It's fun.

There are quirks in the interface. You will probably accidentally banish the wrong card at least once while trying to quickly click through a turn. Many times trying to view a larger version of a card instead enlarges a card below it. The animations are outrageously jerky for simple 2d animation. The options screen is pretty lacking - volume is off or on. Cultist screams, on or off. Opponents are... easy or hard? The manual gives you just enough information to understand the game mechanics, and no more.

Minor interface issues aside, it's fun, it plays faster with no shuffling required, and it comes with 5 expansions. In paper, it would run about $210 for this much Ascension. For the price, recommended.

I didn't have any of the performance issues many people have mentioned. The UI is a bit strange in some regards at first, but once you get past that it isn't too bad. I know the base game is free on tablets, but it is important to note that this version does come with paid content from the "Free" version. Not sure why they packaged it differently, but it is what it is. So far it's been a pretty addictive little filler, I have zero regrets in my purchase.

Ascension the card game is one of my all-time favorite ways to waste time. It ranks just below fapping and above pooping while on the clock. It is a really well designed deck builder game, much like Dominion but with more Magic the Gathering influences in style and theme. If you're a Magic player that really likes drafting and wish there was a game that captures the thrill of pick and pass, this is your jam. I have lost ♥♥♥♥ing days of productivity due to the addictive and rewarding nature of this game. I refuse to add it to my phone for fear of banishing myself in to the Void for no reward. Puns intended. If you end up getting this game, you'll get it.

HOLD ON TO YOUR BUTTS, THERE'S MORE:

I still think the best way to play this game is with friends, giving eachother the glare of death for taking that Lifebound Hero you needed for the Unite trigger (sick ♥♥♥ card synergy) ending the bittersweet night of misfortunate draws, but beginning your month-long plot that ends with introducing his/her mother's birth canal to pleasure it has long since forgotten, then never returning her calls.

This rendetion of Ascension, however, isn't worth it. For a few less dollars on the Android or iOS market you can have a smoother experience. It's even free for just the base game. I had hoped that when they brought this gem to Steam we'd see something new, something kickass. Instead, we're getting a port of a great mobile game on to the PC (only). I don't want to spill r/pcmasterrace ink all over this review, but this game just doesn't cut it for $10. Praise Gaben.

TL;DR - Wait for the Steam sale on this one.

I could really only recommend this if you were getting it for a mobile device. It is just a really poorly done port of the mobile version with really bad controls. When you have to banish something you will hardly ever be able to actually click on what you want to banish. It is such a shame because the game is amazing. If I released this product I wouldn't be proud of it. Especially if I was charging such a high price compared to the mobile versions.

Ascension is a great game. It's a fun strategic drafting/deck-building game that rewards well-thought out strategies which change from game to game.

This game is terrible. It is a buggy hot mess. Other reviews have stated that this is a warmed over version of the buggy app and that would explain a lot... but not why Playdek has decided to drop this pile on us just in time for the holidays!

Here's some constructive criticism:

Resolution. The game won't expand to fit my screen and I find myself straining to see different cards. Come on guys. This is just terrible. What PC game doesn't have a full screen mode? And one where I might be able to actually read the cards without having to zoom them. This convinces me that I spent $10 on a half-finished mobile phone app instead of an actual game.

Controls. Counter-intuitive and and mostly terrible. I find myself clicking on and buying cards I really didn't want to buy and banishing stuff I would have liked to keep.

Lots of random bugs. First time I've had to pay for an open alpha test of a game. Any chance playdek actually tried fixing these before dropping this directly onto our faces? For their sakes, I hope they didn't because its just terrible.

Online games. Wow. Ok... where to begin. You can't talk to people, it's hard to get games together and everyone seems intent on watching cat videos instead of playing the game. How hard is it to make a customizable timer? 10 minutes is too few, 30 minutes is perhaps too long for people afking... 15-20 minute timers sound ideal, unless you're Playdek. I guess the care-o-meter just ran too low at the end of development time and we get stuck alpha testing a mobile app on our PCs.

It's a deeply frustrating experience, which is sad because the underlying game is really fun and has so much potential.

TLDR: Avoid this unless you really like squinting at your computer and testing for glitches.

Pro:
+original tabletop game is superb
+art is superb
+cross-platform multiplayer

Contra:
-iOS port, UI is not so good s it could be
-SBE promised a lot at their kickstarter, some of the promised features still lacking

Verdict:
If guys at playdek give the game some polish and develop it in right way, it will beat the ♥♥♥♥ out of Hearthstone

I like this game.

I have never played the board game version or the tablet versions so I am judging only by what I have. The game design is very solid (I will pick up the card version at some point). The card art is beautiful.

I am not having the technical issues that some people seem to be having. The game is smooth and supports my monitor just fine. The UI was obviously designed for a touch screen, but it is workable with a mouse. There are not enough options for tweaking settings for a modern PC game, but the defaults are pretty much what I would have chosen, so I guess it isn't a big deal for me.

Ascension: Deckbuilding Game is an incredibly faithful adaptation of the board game.