Genesis

 PlayStation 4
User Score
4.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 51 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 51
  3. Negative: 25 out of 51

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  1. aidosgem
    Sep 2, 2019
    0
    Another day, another cheap rip-off of popular game. I find nothing positive to say about this game. Even if it was free I feel violated.
  2. Heradity
    Sep 2, 2019
    0
    It's just not good game. Even most mobile Mobas are more balanced and funnier to play than this pile of mess.
  3. xcgamerxx
    Sep 2, 2019
    0
    The only good aspect this game has to offer is the controller support for MOBA game. However the game itself is utter trash. Avoid by any means.
  4. HTGamer
    Aug 16, 2019
    2
    Genesis is a new MOBA with many similarities to League of Legends, to the point of it being labeled a LoL clone. Genesis' unique selling point is that it's been designed to be played only with a console gamepad - even on PC when it eventually releases there (no K/M they say). All sounds fair enough, but this game has tons of issues.

    My first impressions were the worst. I had to suffer    Genesis is a new MOBA with many similarities to League of Legends, to the point of it being labeled a LoL clone. Genesis' unique selling point is that it's been designed to be played only with a console gamepad - even on PC when it eventually releases there (no K/M they say). All sounds fair enough, but this game has tons of issues.

    My first impressions were the worst. I had to suffer chinese texts through the introductory tutorial, I just played without knowing what I were doing, and even when I randomly stumbled upon the language setting in the options menu, I had to restart the f***ing game for english to be applied. Thankfully there was an english voice-over during all this.

    Currently the overall gameplay balance is utterly broken. Some items break the game and a few heroes are OP (particularly Zeus). Why does Genesis feature 6 hero classes (mages, carries, tanks, supports, warriors, and assassins) in a 5v5 genre? It confuses players.

    Currently Genesis' default gameplay settings are automated, and I mean that in a bad way. Abilities are upgraded automatically as you play. Items are selected automatically and purchased with a one button press mid-game without even having to go back to your base. This automated setting can be altered in the menus. Then again, I can't manually target where I attack, I can only switch a priority setting between enemy heroes, minions and structures, and this can't be changed like the abilities/items upgrades I mentioned before. The whole automatic concept is plain stupid. I can target on my own, I need no babysitting.

    Another issue is that (other than Apollo) they don't give away some starting free heroes like Smite does (let alone Paragon where every hero was available to all). There are some hero rotations, but hopefully the need to grind coins to unlock them won't be too much.

    Which brings me to the game's monetization. There are 3 different currencies (2 normal which are gained through gameplay, 1 premium which is gained with real money). Heroes are priced differently from one another instead of having a universal cost like Smite. This game is potentially pay to win because some heroes can only be bought with paid currency. I HATE P2W scams. The game's store also has some crafting materials and other suspicious-looking items, not sure what they are about but I hope again it's not P2W in some way.

    This whole situation is not a big surprise since Genesis is a chinese production, and chinese free to play games have the worst reputation in terms of predatory monetization and pay to win schemes. If you think EA and their loot boxes are evil, that's only because you haven't played any chinese F2P games before. In the case of Genesis, this game has launched with its monetization system in full swing (these guys ain't just selling skins for heroes, they sell tons of skins for weapons, add-on wings, kill animations, etc.), but gameplay quality is a relative afterthought. These guys want to get their hands on players' wallets before offering some quality gameplay.

    Genesis has launched with tons of issues, and this was to be expected. Maybe a few patches in the next couple of months will improve this game. But some issues are not just a matter of rebalancing, they are inherent design flaws, and without a radical redesign (for example, let players manually target where they attack instead of relying on "priority") Genesis will fail. All Genesis has done to me is making me want to go back to Smite. A game that I find utterly bland and uninspired, compared to the now-defunct Paragon.

    And this game is too much of a LoL clone. You can even meet assassins mid-laning, or no junglers in the team, typical of everyday LoL gameplay scenarios. Which begs the question, why hasn't LoL itself been released on consoles anyway? We can do away with pointless clones.    … Expand
  5. 119977
    Sep 2, 2019
    0
    I should have deleted the game after the tutorial crashed my whole console but I gave it a try. I wanted to like the game and tried to play around 10 rounds. The map is okay at best and the heroes do look ok but the gameplay itself is just not good at all. Literally everything in this game is behind paywall and grinding the game is frustrating because of huge balance problems. PerformanceI should have deleted the game after the tutorial crashed my whole console but I gave it a try. I wanted to like the game and tried to play around 10 rounds. The map is okay at best and the heroes do look ok but the gameplay itself is just not good at all. Literally everything in this game is behind paywall and grinding the game is frustrating because of huge balance problems. Performance was also pretty bad, FPS was dropping all the times and network ping was rising from 70 to 400 all the times even when I have no problems with other games. There is single player "story mode" but it's just boring hack and slash. Heroes are uninteresting and most are copied from other games like LoL and Smite but even manages to make those interesting concepts into less thrilling experience. After 10 matches seeing someone getting 30 kills and solo killing the whole enemy team I was so happy to delete the game. It's a shame that no major MoBa excluding Smite are on console, but even without competitors this game is worst moba I've played so far on any platform.… Expand
  6. LightNova
    Oct 21, 2019
    4
    This game has potential but sadly it doesn't hit the mark.

    On the positive side, it's nice to see more console-focused MOBAs becoming available and the loot-based PVE campaign is a refreshing addition (though it seems matchmaking for the campaign is empty). On the down-side, the game suffers from frequent lag spikes and high ping (in the UK). It seems like there are some balancing    This game has potential but sadly it doesn't hit the mark.

    On the positive side, it's nice to see more console-focused MOBAs becoming available and the loot-based PVE campaign is a refreshing addition (though it seems matchmaking for the campaign is empty).

    On the down-side, the game suffers from frequent lag spikes and high ping (in the UK). It seems like there are some balancing issues to sort. The in-match shop is extremely clunky and unintuitive. The ping and chat system feels far too restrictive. AFK/leavers seem rampant (with losses still counting). There seems to be no way to customise your item or skill builds. The microtransactions are in-your-face and come across as desperate.

    Overall, it needs work but the developers seem far more interested in monetising it than addressing the problems.    … Expand
  7. KhaimeraTamer
    Oct 14, 2019
    2
    First off, the balancing for the heroes is literally non-existant. Damage Balancing for towers is non-existant. You can have your whole kit set up with defensive items, and still get 2 shot. OTHER THAN THAT, you can tell that the game has potential to be really good. The characters are unique, (sort of. I'm looking at you, Greek Pantheon characters) the abilities fit for the most part. ItFirst off, the balancing for the heroes is literally non-existant. Damage Balancing for towers is non-existant. You can have your whole kit set up with defensive items, and still get 2 shot. OTHER THAN THAT, you can tell that the game has potential to be really good. The characters are unique, (sort of. I'm looking at you, Greek Pantheon characters) the abilities fit for the most part. It plays pretty well. But I can't rate it any higher than a 2. Not unless they fix those damned balancing issues… Expand
  8. Wjssss
    Nov 1, 2019
    0
    Abomination is the word to describe this game, nothing good to say. Everything, and I mean everything is awful. I don't understand how did they manage to do everything wrong, I thought games are tested before they are published?
  9. Floralpoe
    Sep 2, 2019
    0
    Imitation is not always the sincerest form of flattery. Not in this game. Not at all.
  10. Tatsu-Yoshi
    Sep 9, 2019
    0
    Utmost garbage of a game don’t waste your time just play smite it has balance
  11. LolekWin
    Nov 24, 2019
    0
    Unbalanced game!! Match take too much (40-60 mins) so many items for pay real money!!avoid it!!!!
  12. Keithsciguy
    Dec 5, 2019
    3
    The reason I give it a 3 is because the lack of bugs present and the looks of the game were great other than that it's unbalanced garbage. They add new characters that totally shatter the old ones like they don't matter the community is toxic always leaving match 3,seconds in or the entire enemies team rushes one lane in 5 minutes and destroys because they all went broken new characters
  13. BestNoob
    May 11, 2020
    3
    Could be a very good MOBA on PS4/Console. But developers doesnt seem to be interested in making good games. inbalanced (OP Chars), buged and full of toxic and trolling players. And littlebit pay 2 win (most overpowered champs only buyable with specific ingame currency)
  14. Fast1g
    Feb 14, 2020
    0
    Trash servers, ping 100-700, many posts about it in official discord. The game is poorly optimized. Console is noisy. Look at SMITE, а great example of how it should be
  15. Adept-GG
    May 26, 2020
    2
    The game was great. The company that made it are vegetables.. till this day. Less than 5 employees cause they fired all of them. And not 1 upset since
  16. Davor11
    Feb 2, 2021
    1
    Game is dead more then 1 year, no care from anybody. No updates,no balance....
  17. RafaelVscs
    Jan 26, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Esse jogo é cu simplesmente totalmente bugado só tem 1 server q eu fico com 200 de ping e ainda mais o jogo é muito desbalanciado c eu pudesse eu mamava o ceo desse lixo pra todo mundo chamar ele de viadinho… Expand