Ambition

About

Ambition is a 2D strategy RPG game that explores a village with teleporters to dangerous dungeons. In this strange and quirky world, battle bosses like a one-eyed turtle with a fancy tophat, a giant centipede that lurks quietly in the desert, and many more!

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

44%

Audience ScoreBased on 16 reviews

stability5 negative mentions

The game is free to play, which shows the developers' dedication to making it accessible to everyone.
There are some cool ideas and potential for the game to improve with further development and polishing.
The visuals, while criticized, have been noted as nice by some players, indicating a level of artistic effort.

The game is plagued with numerous bugs, making it unplayable and frustrating for players.
There is a severe lack of content, with repetitive gameplay and minimal enemy variety across biomes.
The controls are not customizable, and there is no tutorial or instructions, leaving players confused about gameplay mechanics.

stability
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's stability is heavily criticized, with users reporting numerous bugs, frequent freezes, and a lack of content, likening it to an unfinished alpha version. Overall, the gameplay experience is marred by these issues, leading to frustration among players.
- “Gameplay is a buggy quagmire of lightweight, dumbed-down RPG gameplay that makes the average RPG Maker asset flip look sophisticated.”
- “For real, it's like an alpha version, so there's a lot of incomplete and buggy things.”
- “Buggy, no instructions or controls explanation, freezes often.”
graphics
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
75%
The game employs outdated retro pixel art, which some players find charming, but it lacks modern graphical enhancements and options for improvement. While the visuals are appreciated, they are overshadowed by gameplay deficiencies, particularly given that the game is still in alpha development.
- “The visuals are nice, but the gameplay is lacking a lot of features (but as I said, it's in alpha, so that's expected).”
- “A choice was made to use obsolete, decades-old retro pixel art as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics.”
- “There's no way for gamers to try to improve the low-quality graphics.”
- “There's no other graphics tweaks.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The music in the game is criticized for its lack of looping and frequent resets upon level transitions, leading to a disjointed experience. Additionally, players note that the music can break when accessing the inventory, and there is no option to turn it off easily. Overall, the audio design detracts from the gameplay experience, contributing to a sense of frustration.
- “When entering your inventory, the music will break, and it does not loop, always resetting upon transitioning to the next level.”
- “There is no way to turn off the music other than going to the inventory when you enter a new area.”
- “The music does not loop and will always reset upon transitioning to the next level.”
gameplay
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The gameplay is criticized for being simplistic and riddled with bugs, resembling a poorly executed RPG Maker project. While the visuals are appealing, the overall experience feels incomplete and lacking in depth, though some users acknowledge that it is still in alpha development.
- “Gameplay is a buggy quagmire of lightweight, dumbed-down RPG mechanics that make the average RPG Maker asset flip look sophisticated.”
- “The visuals are nice, but the gameplay is lacking a lot of features (though it's in alpha, so that's expected) and I think there should be a storyline.”