Generation Zero

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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 148 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 57 out of 148
  2. Mixed: 40 out of 148
  3. Negative: 51 out of 148
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  1. Dimsim1
    Aug 22, 2019
    10
    Great game. The only thing wrong with it was that they released it way too early. I haven't encountered any bugs because most of them have been fixed, and this game is by far NOT empty. In fact, i'd say BOTW is more empty than this. It's overall a great game, that's best played with friends, but it's still fine single player (which is what i'm playing).
  2. asgxpro
    Jan 28, 2020
    8
    This game is one of the most underrated of the year. Very few people seem to have heard about it and those that did seem to have just reviewed it and forgot about it. The developers have worked very hard on releasing many fixes and gameplay updates in their monthly updates and are also very active and communicative with their community. There is still much room for improvement andThis game is one of the most underrated of the year. Very few people seem to have heard about it and those that did seem to have just reviewed it and forgot about it. The developers have worked very hard on releasing many fixes and gameplay updates in their monthly updates and are also very active and communicative with their community. There is still much room for improvement and additions but it is still a great game and I would recommend it.… Expand
  3. Fox706
    Nov 9, 2019
    8
    I think generation zero is a good game but not perfect.Yes it can crash sometimes but it's a lot of fun if you're playing it with your friends
  4. JonJonz
    Dec 31, 2021
    9
    If you like stealth, this is the best stealth game there is. The game is balanced for coop play, so when you play solo, you are facing a significant challenge. That means lots of sneaking around prone in the first half of the game just to find half way decent weapons, gear and ammo. Run and gun will only work for super skilled elite players. Time passes at the same rate as real time,If you like stealth, this is the best stealth game there is. The game is balanced for coop play, so when you play solo, you are facing a significant challenge. That means lots of sneaking around prone in the first half of the game just to find half way decent weapons, gear and ammo. Run and gun will only work for super skilled elite players. Time passes at the same rate as real time, but game days are about 4 hours, so there is lots of night time play. Just walking in the woods in this game is like taking a real hike and very refreshing, from the crunch of leaves under foot to the wind in the trees.

    Pros:

    * Gorgeous outdoor enviroments, lighting and weather effects
    * the best environmental sounds ever in a game
    * equisite robot designs and animations
    * excellent random distribution of robots
    * smart ai with little cheating
    * glorious explosions

    Cons:

    * very repetitive play cycle in 1st half of game - forage for ammo for 1 hour, hunt robots for an hour, repeat.
    * feels unfinished - lots of bugs - visual oddities, getting stuck in cargo containers
    * inventory issues - limited storage or ways to recycle loot
    * grindy endgame of hunting Bosses for Experimental weapons
    * fort wave denfense mode is clunky and repetitive    … Expand
  5. drshiwago
    Mar 27, 2019
    8
    Graphics and Artstyle really do fit the 80s vibe. If you are looking fora game with quest markers and a minimap or other handholding features Gen0 might not be for you. But get 3 friends together and its gonna be an awesome coop experience where you solve mysteries, explore a beautiful landscape and fight some robots.
  6. codergirl42
    Mar 26, 2019
    10
    Great graphics and fun gameplay, solid launch from Avalanche. Love the co-op features as well as solo.
  7. Kunray
    Nov 12, 2019
    10
    My friend recommend the game to me and for once I decided to take him for his word and buy the game.
    In Generation Zero, I found the combat to have solid depth with the added tactical elements no fight ever feel repetitive.
    There is a vast and beautiful open world to explore with a great deal of variation in the landscape.
    Great game in my opinion.
  8. Bruc3e
    Mar 26, 2019
    10
    I love this game Thanks Avalanche !!! Excelent optimization beautiful and atmospheric graphics Atmospheric gameplay i love 80s !!! And great soundtrack like in Just cause 4
  9. Yawnz
    Mar 27, 2019
    10
    I'm always searching for co-op games and I'm excited to finally play Generation Zero. Robots and mecha usually throw me off the couch, but this one is so fun.
  10. Xenide
    Mar 26, 2019
    10
    Fantastic Atmosphere, satisfying and fun gun play, one of the best game made without a massive budget.
  11. jokreg
    Jun 7, 2019
    10
    This is not a bad game, not at all. It's a GREAT game with some glitches and bugs (the devs are amazingly listening to the community and doing their best to solve ALL the problems, btw) but still very enjoyable. Atmosphere, story, battles/explosions and that awesome swedish landscape are the best part of the game. Really, give this game a chance, you won't regret it. I'm sorry for all theThis is not a bad game, not at all. It's a GREAT game with some glitches and bugs (the devs are amazingly listening to the community and doing their best to solve ALL the problems, btw) but still very enjoyable. Atmosphere, story, battles/explosions and that awesome swedish landscape are the best part of the game. Really, give this game a chance, you won't regret it. I'm sorry for all the people spreading hate for this game because it came out with some broken mission and unpolished stuff but it's not fair to keep being so angry at this small studio just because the game is not perfect. They're working hard to develop the game further and polish everything, give the guys some support and have faith or it will just become a forgotten jem for the future.… Expand
  12. Gardarika
    Dec 20, 2019
    10
    DIGNITIES:
    it is a pity that the short) game went, it would not be bad to add a workshop mods, the game would be livelier
    DISADVANTAGES: Cons the World is striking in size, and sometimes emptiness. When you run on an empty field, creeps the feeling that the gameplay is artificially stretched. I learned about the new product from Avalanche. From the very beginning I realized that this    DIGNITIES:
    it is a pity that the short) game went, it would not be bad to add a workshop mods, the game would be livelier
    DISADVANTAGES:
    Cons the World is striking in size, and sometimes emptiness. When you run on an empty field, creeps the feeling that the gameplay is artificially stretched.
    I learned about the new product from Avalanche. From the very beginning I realized that this is a simple, almost budget project, but cool.
    The exit was waiting.
    The game came out, collected its average scores and went a bit past me. Although I love such here is AA-releases.
    And now I managed to play on a free weekend, even with a friend. It was a fun experience. Graphics in place, optimization too. As least launch on ultras was able even I, with my something a bucket. Apex Engine is cool. Mountain landscapes, forests, rivers are very beautiful. It should have been called "Sweden Engine", and this game is promoted as a technodemku engine.
    The world is striking in size, and sometimes emptiness. When you run on an empty field, creeps the feeling that the gameplay is artificially stretched. And when on the same field you run for / from robots, everything falls into place. Wide locations promote and defections, and ambushes, and sniper shooting and all that. All this in the game is, implemented normally. Small guns first, then catches the gun, then it is a problem to find ammo, then go to bigger guns, and then one finds a RPG and does not want to share. That's greedy PI... roegnik. Take care of the shells to RPG, by the way.
    Loot in the game fun. On the initial location of lot lot, then it sharply enough, and to find the good stuff, will have to run in invisible places and side quests. Then the meat starts, the enemies die in packs, spent a clip, found two, johnny shot through the legs, someone, resnite, I ran out of adrenaline.
    The enemies are also different: in the beginning you need to fight in robotami, then they become more and the situation hotter. Then there are ticks, then hunters, all sorts of walking dudes, and a few bosses still. And if the alarm is raised-you can shoot with enemies for a long time. Really a long time. Even at the level that we got for their 5-10 hours in the game, you can specifically get stuck. Perhaps, because near was boss, but were shooting we with them half an hour of exercise, all patrons squandered, almost all killed, and then boss simply is gone(
    What an atmosphere. She's cool. There are a lot of sounds, some invisible animation effects. You get into the game and you don't want to go out. And then I with friend in another settlement killed all enemies, went through field, killed there all enemies, rightly move on a new island (when open map, to watch on its progress, don, that you, of course, cleaned up 2 Islands, but in scale the entire maps this at all nothing. And here we go to the next location, again we see the Church, and then we hear a loud tramp. Slow. I pull out my binoculars and see a giant in the distance. That. From the cover. It's slow, it's heavy, and it's really huge. Spoiler: he's dangerous. We have already got some skills by the time guns heavy score, but mentally was not ready for such a meeting.
    We decided to attack.
    Health he well up the wazoo, fired from different angles, beitili, chakali, how much HP, avoided him, hiding in the shelter. He once hit-raises all the Windows. The second time will hit - maybe to knock him down. It is slow, even a little predictable, but it is a real giant robot, exactly as it can be imagined. The battle with him is a test of speed, accuracy and agility. And victory is victory. Best prize. Deserved award.
    And also in the game there is some pumping, and we found a couple of bugs, in General, nothing critical, everything is solvable.
    In General, if if excess money and although would 1 each-recommend    … Expand
  13. Sjalka
    Apr 11, 2019
    8
    The 80s, robots and Sweden (its Sweden, isnt it? or is it Norway? ... who cares) - i love it. Living in Iceland, i find the houses and designs immediately recognizable (although quite repetitive...)

    The visuals range from great (much of the flora/fauna and some outdoor designs) to pretty terrible (much of the indoor designs and objects) The AI is abysmal and gets stuck in doors and    The 80s, robots and Sweden (its Sweden, isnt it? or is it Norway? ... who cares) - i love it. Living in Iceland, i find the houses and designs immediately recognizable (although quite repetitive...)

    The visuals range from great (much of the flora/fauna and some outdoor designs) to pretty terrible (much of the indoor designs and objects)

    The AI is abysmal and gets stuck in doors and walls, the weapons are rather boring.. and the enemies are pretty much all the same and lack variety.

    Why is it still an 8/10 for me? - well, not for the gameplay .. i just like wandering around in an 80s technicolour Scandinavia ...

    but objectively .. taking it as a GAME - i would give it a 4/10 for being barely average.    … Expand
  14. Brianhenneberg
    Mar 27, 2020
    8
    With the new march 2020 update this game is an absolute thrill. Fights are so intense and enemies are hard. Ammo is scarce so you cant just go all Doom on their asses. Stealth, well laid plans for a good fight, thorough search for resources and intelligent use of surroundings are crucial. I was so positively surprised by this game. The abandoned world does not feel empty, as many haveWith the new march 2020 update this game is an absolute thrill. Fights are so intense and enemies are hard. Ammo is scarce so you cant just go all Doom on their asses. Stealth, well laid plans for a good fight, thorough search for resources and intelligent use of surroundings are crucial. I was so positively surprised by this game. The abandoned world does not feel empty, as many have said, but intensely atmospheric and scary. I really enjoy this game.… Expand
  15. Deceit
    Jun 4, 2021
    8
    I haven't played threw the whole game.I will still play it after this review.I like this game because it adds something new,innovative,for example instead of zombies there are robots.To be honest didn't think the score for Generation Zero would be so low.I got threw like 50 % threw the first island.Some may find it boring.for me is somewhat fun.Looting,planning your attack on the robots orI haven't played threw the whole game.I will still play it after this review.I like this game because it adds something new,innovative,for example instead of zombies there are robots.To be honest didn't think the score for Generation Zero would be so low.I got threw like 50 % threw the first island.Some may find it boring.for me is somewhat fun.Looting,planning your attack on the robots or gun blazing trhew them.I honestly don't have too many complaints.I have about(for now) two complaints:1.Field radios don't work after quiting the game.2.Performance issues.For now I would say it is pretty solid7/10.… Expand
  16. Gurkenhobel
    Feb 23, 2022
    10
    What i love about that game, is what many others don't like...no people (SPC) in this game or not many, you are just running around in this beautiful swedish landscape and i feel almost like home!
    The eerieness when you walk at night and see the empty police cars with the flashing blue and red lights just gives me shivers.
    I guess, 3 years after it's initial release, it has solved almost    What i love about that game, is what many others don't like...no people (SPC) in this game or not many, you are just running around in this beautiful swedish landscape and i feel almost like home!
    The eerieness when you walk at night and see the empty police cars with the flashing blue and red lights just gives me shivers.
    I guess, 3 years after it's initial release, it has solved almost all the issues people had, when they first played this game.
    Now with the free Landfall Update it's getting almost to crowded, with the additional "party" inhabiting this island, but still fun to play.
    People who like to travel and explore and are not that storydriven, will love this game, it's so much fun!    … Expand
  17. direWuf
    Mar 3, 2022
    8
    Really enjoying this game now. I tried it a while back before the added content, and it felt empty and I didn't like the combat.
    Now I love it. The map is huge, the atmosphere is spot on, and I really enjoy the combat.
    When I kill the bigger machines, it is very satisfying. The world doesn't feel as empty, so I actually enjoy running (or riding a bike) to spots on the map to explore. I    Really enjoying this game now. I tried it a while back before the added content, and it felt empty and I didn't like the combat.
    Now I love it. The map is huge, the atmosphere is spot on, and I really enjoy the combat.
    When I kill the bigger machines, it is very satisfying.
    The world doesn't feel as empty, so I actually enjoy running (or riding a bike) to spots on the map to explore.
    I wish the reviewers from 2019 would come back and give it another go, like I did.
    Definitely worth it.    … Expand
  18. Alamaos
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Generation Zero is an absolute masterpiece of a game! From the stunningly detailed open world to the exhilarating combat mechanics, it's a gaming experience that's truly unparalleled. The Scandinavian landscape is beautifully recreated, making exploration a joy in itself. The game's unique premise of battling hostile machines in a post-apocalyptic 1980s Sweden is refreshingly inventive.Generation Zero is an absolute masterpiece of a game! From the stunningly detailed open world to the exhilarating combat mechanics, it's a gaming experience that's truly unparalleled. The Scandinavian landscape is beautifully recreated, making exploration a joy in itself. The game's unique premise of battling hostile machines in a post-apocalyptic 1980s Sweden is refreshingly inventive.

    What truly sets Generation Zero apart is its cooperative gameplay – teaming up with friends to outsmart and outgun these mechanical foes is incredibly satisfying. The strategic depth in planning and executing attacks keeps you on the edge of your seat, and the sense of accomplishment when you triumph over your metallic adversaries is unbeatable.

    The attention to detail in the game world is astounding, from the eerily abandoned houses to the intricate machine designs. The sound design immerses you in the tension-filled atmosphere, enhancing the overall experience.

    With frequent updates and an engaged developer community, Generation Zero continuously evolves, ensuring that you'll never run out of challenges. Whether you're a solo player or enjoy co-op action, this game offers endless thrills, making it a must-have for any gaming enthusiast. Generation Zero is a true gem in the gaming world, setting a new standard for open-world shooters!    … Expand

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Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 29
  3. Negative: 9 out of 29
  1. Riot Pixels
    May 26, 2019
    50
    Three hours in, and Generation Zero is running on fumes. It will take you 30 hours to get to the end of this story, but what's the point? This game is just as dead as everyone in the alt-dimensional Sweden.
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  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    May 15, 2019
    69
    Generation Zero was designed with co-op in mind, but it lacks basic quality of life features, like dedicated servers, ignore list for matchmaking and even something as vital as integrated voice chat. [Issue#237, p.50]
  3. The Overpowered Noobs
    May 2, 2019
    60
    An interesting take on the post-apocalyptic genre, full of beautiful vistas and a streamlined interface, but moments of awe are punctuated with run-ins with the buggy and inconsistent AI.
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