If you've never heard of Norwegian musician and DJ Savant, you're probably not alone.
Thankfully, you don't have to be an aficionado of European dubstep to appreciate that Savant - Ascent from D-Pad Studio is a damn fine video game experience.
This decade old mobile game gets a modern refresh, adding new levels, a new look, and new music.
Some games are best enjoyed over time, but these nine aren't among them! Sometimes it's best to marathon the experience and get through them all at once! Time to break out the Cheetos and energy drink, 'cause we're stayin' up all night!
Savant: Ascent is a short arcade-style game from D-Pad that can theoretically be completed in fifteen minutes but is more likely to take three hours in total. The game opens with a cryptic Homestuck-esque cutscene complete with static images, ersatz Guy Fawkes masks, and some sweet dubstep wubbing. After this interlude, the player is ejected into a stage and told to dodge and shoot the enemies appearing on screen, which serve as both target and damaging agent as they rush you. The controls are deceptively simple; movement bounces between two fixed points, either by rolling along the ground or somersaulting through the air, and the mouse pans over the scene and shoots enemies. Other than the music, that’s basically it.
