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Ascent Free-Roaming VR Experience

A premium highly-immersive VR experience developed for haptic feedback via motion floors, body suits and climate control. Go it alone or play with up to four friends in LAN co-op to destroy the infestation at the FuriCorp Research facility.

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December 27, 2019
6 years and 220 days ago
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About the Game

Please note that this game requires a play space of 10m X 10m. This game does not have teleportation and is not compatible with most home setups. If purchasing this for commercial use, there is no commercial fee however we do require you to buy one copy per user (5 users + server). The manual can be viewed on the Store Page. Contact details are also available to enquiries.  

The Ascent is a Free-Roaming highly immersive virtual reality experience harnessing the power of under-floor bass-shakers, haptic suits, smart-plugs and gun stocks. With additional hardware, The Ascent brings you and your team right into the game with tailored special effects: feel the ground beneath your feet shake when enemies approach, feel the grasp of your enemy with tailored haptic body feedback, feel the air rush over your head with smart-plug climate control.

Designed for VR from the ground up, The Ascent is a premium VR experience where you and up to four friends work together to clear the FuriCorp research facility of its infestation. Bespoke Boss's have special abilities that shake the ground beneath you, an intuitive weapon and healing system allow players to get into the action fast without complex controls. In multiplayer mode, a detailed administration UI make running the game a breeze, where every aspect of the game is controlled from a central server. In single-player mode put on your wireless headset or backpack PC and face the challenge alone over 5 terrifying difficulty levels.

The recommended play-space is 10mX10m through it is possible to play the game in a smaller play-space, for example 6mX6m, some areas may be unreachable but will not impact the ability to complete the game.

Not for commercial use in Ireland or UK. Please visit our website if you want to use this product commercially in those regions.