<s>
Ascend	B-Application
:	I-Application
Hand	I-Application
of	I-Application
Kul	I-Application
(	O
formerly	O
Ascend	B-Application
:	I-Application
New	I-Application
Gods	I-Application
)	O
was	O
a	O
2013	O
free-to-play	O
,	O
character-action	O
MMORPG	O
game	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
beta	O
version	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
for	O
free	O
to	O
Gold	O
members	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
never	O
saw	O
full	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
18	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
delisted	O
from	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
marketplace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
1st	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
a	O
small	O
team	O
by	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
Outer	O
Heaven	O
Game	O
Studios	O
released	O
Ascend	O
:	O
Reborn	O
for	O
PC	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
again	O
as	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
character	O
in	O
Ascend	B-Application
:	I-Application
Hand	I-Application
of	I-Application
Kul	I-Application
is	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Caos	O
,	O
a	O
race	O
of	O
warriors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
more	O
closely	O
resembles	O
a	O
hack-and-slash	O
character-action	O
game	O
while	O
playing	O
it	O
than	O
an	O
MMO	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
mechanics	O
are	O
tuned	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
and	O
its	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
previously	O
created	O
Toy	B-Application
Soldiers	I-Application
,	O
a	O
game	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
reception	O
of	O
Ascend	B-Application
:	I-Application
Hand	I-Application
of	I-Application
Kul	I-Application
is	O
tenuous	O
;	O
aside	O
from	O
a	O
small	O
number	O
of	O
critic	O
opinions	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
seemed	O
to	O
be	O
received	O
generally	O
well	O
,	O
but	O
its	O
biggest	O
issues	O
seem	O
to	O
be	O
shared	O
with	O
other	O
MMOs	O
on	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
exclusively	O
until	O
2014	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
no	O
viable	O
communication	O
alternatives	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
critical	O
for	O
games	O
within	O
the	O
genre	O
,	O
for	O
players	O
to	O
interact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
however	O
,	O
you	O
are	O
only	O
able	O
to	O
use	O
its	O
integrated	O
messaging	O
and	O
recent	O
player	O
discovery	O
features	O
,	O
which	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
genre	O
where	O
you	O
're	O
often	O
typing	O
hundreds	O
to	O
thousands	O
of	O
words	O
daily	O
to	O
friends	O
and	O
party	O
members	O
,	O
results	O
in	O
quite	O
cumbersome	O
player	O
interactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reception	O
for	O
Ascend	O
:	O
Reborn	O
stands	O
at	O
roughly	O
75%	O
positive	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
is	O
the	O
most	O
representative	O
metric	O
available	O
as	O
of	O
Jan	O
.	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
criticism	O
comes	O
in	O
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
microtransactions	O
and	O
arbitrary	O
anti-farming	O
paywalls	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
