Genesis Alpha One

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
65

Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 20
  3. Negative: 1 out of 20
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  1. Impulsegamer
    Feb 11, 2019
    72
    Genesis Alpha One is a fun space simulator/roguelike experience for players who enjoy resource gathering and crafting, ship management and first-person shooter mechanics – and want to play something where they’re all bundled into one package. It’s not the biggest triple AAA title on the market, but it’s definitely one of the most unique games to release and kick off 2019.
  2. The Indie Game Website
    Jan 29, 2019
    70
    Genesis Alpha One is an ambitious triple-I game that, even though it relies too much on continuously repetitive and similar-looking activities, provides a deep, engaging and challenging experience thanks to its great visuals, some surprises along the way and gameplay mechanics that quickly become natural and intuitive.
  3. GameOver.gr
    Feb 8, 2019
    65
    Stick with it for more than an hour and you may well change the feeling of utter boredom to a genuine attachment for the survival or your spaceship. That is until the Framen board relentlessly your vessel and annihilate the 3-4 hour progress back to point zero.
  5. Everyeye.it
    Feb 3, 2019
    60
    Not always fascinating.
  6. Metro GameCentral
    Jan 29, 2019
    60
    The mix of tactical spaceship building and roguelike action is intriguing, but Genesis Alpha One suffers from a split personality and a limited development budget.
  7. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 4, 2019
    55
    Monotone missions and uninventive enemies, combined with bad AI, makes this game more of a chore than enjoyment.
  8. BaziCenter
    Jan 31, 2019
    55
    Genesis Alpha One mixes many elements from different genres together to create a whole new experience, but even if there were no shortcomings in other sections like visuals and sound design, which there is, GAO is still not mature enough to be considered a revolutionary title it is trying to be.
  9. Games.cz
    Feb 25, 2019
    50
    The author's many interesting ideas somehow result in a completely boring and forgettable experience which exhausts itself after the first hour. Afterwards, you are trapped in a generic universe with fun in very short supply.
  10. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Feb 12, 2019
    50
    An interesting mash-up of ideas from various space exploration games, from ship building to alien battling, in a single spacefaring package that never quite gels. [Issue#159, p.93]
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  11. Edge Magazine
    Feb 1, 2019
    50
    Without a clear motivating engine to drive your actions, it can feel like you're constantly playing just the top layer - that strategy wrapper of base-building, resource management and upgrade trees you might expect in an XCOM or Total War - without ever getting to play the actual game bit buried underneath. [March 2019, p.118]
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  1. VG247
    Jan 29, 2019
    Genesis Alpha One really grew on me over time. At first, I was easily frustrated by my own apparent idiocy and failure, but the longer I played, the more it made sense and I was proud of my all female crew on the USS Goldhawk. If you’re looking for a survival, space-exploration shooter that’s oddly relaxing, then Genesis Alpha One is for you.

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User Score
4.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 36
  3. Negative: 20 out of 36
  1. Wolfenstein51
    Feb 6, 2019
    2
    This game is a slog. So boring. It basically expects you to manage multiple systems within the game with no direction. It is much worseThis game is a slog. So boring. It basically expects you to manage multiple systems within the game with no direction. It is much worse than No Man's Sky was at launch. Here is your ship, here are the planets, here are some generic aliens, have fun everyone! The game is not fun....AT ALL. It gets a 2 from me because it runs at 60 FPS. I traded it in after 3 hours. Save your money.… Full Review »
  2. Redman0909
    Feb 1, 2019
    7
    I would say this game is a solid 7/10, mostly because they created a fun game loop with a creative concept that may have been a bit tooI would say this game is a solid 7/10, mostly because they created a fun game loop with a creative concept that may have been a bit too complex for them to fully realize, while this game has many great points (detailed ship building, fun research system, great art design, and high replayability) it also has a few short areas that dampen the experience. Most of the negatives are around some bland combat, lack luster ai, and occasional repetitiveness. There are also some balancing issues involving invasion fleets, if you EVER get boarded by one of the roaming enemy ships, you're done, restart the playthrough. If boarded your ship will be flooded by endless waves of enemies that will kill all your crew members and eventually you. I've done a large number of playthroughs of this game and besides one that ended due to bugs infesting my ship and chewing apart the hallways, all have ended due to encountering a boarding party, These ship boardings are so overwhelming to the point where i wonder if its a glitch.

    Just to restate the positives... This game really is a gem, i mean so much crazy sh*t happens, that bug death I brought up was due to my tractor beam pulling in cargo that was infested with bugs, I thought my crew killed them all but it turned out one had escaped into the vents and made it to the ships left wing where it began laying eggs everywhere.

    Cut to five minutes later and I'm crawling in the maintenance tunnel desperately trying to destroy eggs and keep them from separating the entire wing from the ship and destroying our biotanks, denying the ship a steady flow of clones, but as I desperatly tried to clear the eggs, the spiders had metastasized through the entire ship and destroyed everything. And that was just one play through.

    This game has some awesome moments, but a few things hold it back too much for me to recommend at full price. I would wait a while for it to be cleaned up a bit and maybe on sale for like ten bucks off    … Full Review »
  3. Murdock007
    Jan 31, 2019
    10
    I found Genesis alpha one extremely addictive, it took me several attempts to beat it, but it was well worth it and you can continue to playI found Genesis alpha one extremely addictive, it took me several attempts to beat it, but it was well worth it and you can continue to play even after you found your genesis planet. If your a fan of FTL then you'll love Genesis, it doesn't have the ship combat, but it has so much more with building your own ship, defending it and planet resource gathering all in glorious 1st person and the end boss fight is so cool and intense...I love it :)… Full Review »
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