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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Ascendance

Prepare for Ascendance, the second downloadable content pack for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Ascendance comes with four multiplayer maps and one Exo Zombies co-op map. It also includes a new Exo Ability in…

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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Ascendance is a shooter developed by Sledgehammer Games, released 30 April 2015 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The main story takes about 5 hrs to finish.

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What Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Ascendance is

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Ascendance is a shooter game developed by Sledgehammer Games and released in 2015. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Prepare for Ascendance, the second downloadable content pack for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Ascendance comes with four multiplayer maps and one Exo Zombies co-op map. It also includes a new Exo Ability in a special playlist for Ascendance maps: Exo Grapple.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Call of Duty series

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Ascendance is the 126th of 204 entries we hold in the Call of Duty series. The next entry was Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Supremacy in 2015. Its critic score of 73 is almost exactly the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Collection 1 at 90.

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How it was received

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Ascendance holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 8 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™ i3-530 @ 2.93 GHz / AMD Phenom™ II X4 810 @ 2.60 GHz, 6 GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 450 @ 1GB / ATI® Radeon™ HD 5870 @ 1GB. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 55GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Ascendance launched on 30 April 2015, within three weeks of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Mortal Kombat X, Kerbal Space Program and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Mortal Kombat X, Kerbal Space Program, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood.

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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Ascendance — frequently asked questions

When did Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Ascendance come out?
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Ascendance was released on 30 April 2015 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Ascendance?
At minimum, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Ascendance needs Intel® Core™ i3-530 @ 2.93 GHz / AMD Phenom™ II X4 810 @ 2.60 GHz, 6 GB RAM, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 450 @ 1GB / ATI® Radeon™ HD 5870 @ 1GB graphics, 55 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Ascendance?
The main story of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Ascendance takes around 5 hrs, or 8 hrs for 100% completion.
How many GB is Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Ascendance?
The PC version needs about 55 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("55 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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