Genesis Noir

 Xbox One
User Score
7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 27
  3. Negative: 3 out of 27

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  1. Xbox_Alive
    Mar 29, 2021
    8
    Genesis Noir has you play as No Man, a watch peddler caught in a love triangle with other cosmic beings, Miss Mass and Golden Boy. When your affair turns into a bitter confrontation, you will witness a gunshot fired by a jealous god which is otherwise known as The Big Bang. Jump into the expanding universe and search for a way to prevent or destroy creation and save your love. With a focusGenesis Noir has you play as No Man, a watch peddler caught in a love triangle with other cosmic beings, Miss Mass and Golden Boy. When your affair turns into a bitter confrontation, you will witness a gunshot fired by a jealous god which is otherwise known as The Big Bang. Jump into the expanding universe and search for a way to prevent or destroy creation and save your love. With a focus on tactile puzzles and exploration, you’ll experiment with objects in small slivers of the universe to discover how they can be manipulated to progress your journey. Dial a rotary phone and destroy a civilization, plant a garden, improvise with a musician, create life while all in your search for a way to save Miss Mass. The Big Bang isn’t just the birth of creation as we know it, it's also a gun blast frozen in time with the bullet speeding towards the love of your life. You’ll jump into pockets of time, explore moments throughout the lifespan of the universe, and search for a way to change the course of destiny. You’ll observe moments in the history of the universe, from the first microseconds of life trillions of years into the future. You will you learn about these new creations while on your journey as No Man. If this sounds like your type of game heard over to the Xbox games store, as it’s currently on sale and if you miss the sale the normal price is easy on the pocket too for all to enjoyed here.… Expand
  2. lordvorax
    Mar 30, 2021
    8
    Genesis Noir è il primo gioco sviluppato dai Feral Cat Den, un progetto molto ambizioso a livello di contenuti e di pubblico, che ci porta in viaggio attraverso la genesi dell'universo e della vita. è accompagnato per stile e motivi di storia, da diversi pezzi Jazz, che scandiscono in modo perfetto l'avventura, sia per la natura libera del Jazz stesso, sia per lo stile che viene adottato.Genesis Noir è il primo gioco sviluppato dai Feral Cat Den, un progetto molto ambizioso a livello di contenuti e di pubblico, che ci porta in viaggio attraverso la genesi dell'universo e della vita. è accompagnato per stile e motivi di storia, da diversi pezzi Jazz, che scandiscono in modo perfetto l'avventura, sia per la natura libera del Jazz stesso, sia per lo stile che viene adottato. Non ci sono dialoghi, ma il gioco è completamente tradotto in Italiano nei sottotitoli laddove presenti. Jazz è perfetto anche per definire quanto accade a schermo, con avvenimenti che cambiano e mutano in continuazione, improvvise e spiazzanti situazioni, in una libera interpretazione e narrazione della storia della Genesi dell'universo e della vita, visualizzata e mostrata al giocatore in modo spontaneo e non ragionato, seguendo i sentimenti e le emozioni, come in una vera sessione di jazz. Non è propriamente una visual novel, non è ludicamente particolarmente ricco da definirlo avventura o puzzle game... è però un mix di questi tre elementi. La storia dell'universo viene narrata in modo originale tramite l'investigazione del nostro protagonista, che indaga sull'omicidio della donna amata di cui è testimone, allo scopo di salvarla in qualche modo, e qui già un paradosso che si mescola con la follia generale che pervade tutto il gioco. Ci troviamo a risolvere dei semplici puzzle, che vanno dall'interagire in modo sempre differente ed originale con l'ambiente, ad "unire i puntini sullo schermo", a trovare le giuste coppie, a seguire delle impronte e così via... Genesis noir è "gioco" molto coraggioso e sperimentale. Richiede una discreta pazienza al giocatore per entrare nella sua logica illogica, nella sua astrazione del racconto, nel suo gameplay così tanto discontinuo.

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  3. umkara
    Mar 30, 2021
    9
    i can`t say i understand anything thats going on in this game, but its a nice experience afterall.
  4. GamergodsFail
    Mar 27, 2021
    8
    Genesis Noir is the kind of art I don't need to completely understand to actually enjoy and appreciate it as an interactive game. Most of the puzzles are fun, the art style is unique and the jazz music fits the "noir" tone perfectly. It's a crazy cosmic trip about manipulating time to change the fabric of the universe, and I fully embraced every chapter, save for a few moments that causedGenesis Noir is the kind of art I don't need to completely understand to actually enjoy and appreciate it as an interactive game. Most of the puzzles are fun, the art style is unique and the jazz music fits the "noir" tone perfectly. It's a crazy cosmic trip about manipulating time to change the fabric of the universe, and I fully embraced every chapter, save for a few moments that caused some bad bugs and other nuances.… Expand
  5. Xplocion
    Mar 2, 2022
    8
    The good:
    The game can be approached in two ways:
    a) as a huge astrophysical-mathematical plan to try to stop the destruction of the universe or b) as a film noir detective film. It's a game that tells a story and the situations are resolved with various mini-games, some are easy like just clicking on the yellow, others are somewhat complex puzzles. Colorful graphics (simple but very    The good:
    The game can be approached in two ways:
    a) as a huge astrophysical-mathematical plan to try to stop the destruction of the universe or
    b) as a film noir detective film.
    It's a game that tells a story and the situations are resolved with various mini-games, some are easy like just clicking on the yellow, others are somewhat complex puzzles. Colorful graphics (simple but very colorful and expressive). Excellent Jazz and Big Band Jazz soundtrack. There is a part where you can unleash the Jazz syncopation and improvise, turn up the volume and enjoy. The entire game is full of references to scientific theories and postulates, especially astrophysics and particle physics. 1000G "easy" following the story. Two well-defined endings. It's on Xbox Game Pass. I am amazed at the way in which with simple words they explain very advanced postulates such as gravitational waves, relativity, event horizons or the Penrose Effect.

    The bad:
    If neither of the two approaches hooks you, you are going to have a very bad time. If you don't know what they're talking about, you're going to have a really bad time. If you don't like film noir or detective films from the 1950s and 1960s, you're going to have a really bad time. If you don't like Jazz music, you're going to have a really bad time. If you are not hooked, you will surely leave it halfway. It is definitely not a game for minors, neither because of the language nor because of the references to drugs and other vices. Very short game.

    Lo Meh!:
    If you just want the achievements, skip the dialogues, do the minigames and do something else. If you really want to know what they are talking about, you have to look for references to Astrophysics and Particle Physics in academic books (not in internet crap). Maybe "your trip" is useless.    … Expand
  6. Ismy
    Apr 2, 2021
    9
    original and an incredible mind trip. Genesis noir is available on xbox game pass
  7. treehugger
    Apr 11, 2021
    10
    Super cool game! Relaxing but intense story. You will have to work too figure it out but trippy and and unlike most games I've seen before. Xbox version does still have a few bugs so far they go away with a level reset. Mostly is been a cursor problem. Still way with my time!
  8. juantanamobae
    May 27, 2021
    8
    This isn't a game, it's an interactive piece of art.
    This game is an audiovisual Ambien ( and I mean that as a compliment)
    Once you accept that you'll find the work very engaging and interesting though also very abstract and confusing. My only critique of the game and why I deducted two points is that there is a long cutscene toward the end that I found thematically too incongruous    This isn't a game, it's an interactive piece of art.
    This game is an audiovisual Ambien ( and I mean that as a compliment)

    Once you accept that you'll find the work very engaging and interesting though also very abstract and confusing. My only critique of the game and why I deducted two points is that there is a long cutscene toward the end that I found thematically too incongruous from the rest of the work. If you're looking for something to do to help you relax and doze off I found this "game" very soothing I would play out one scene every night before bed before the ending.    … Expand

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Generación Xbox
    Apr 14, 2021
    72
    Genesis Noir presents us with a story set in a time when everything took place just after the Big Bang. Thanks to an ambitious story and a very nostalgic gameplay, we are guaranteed to be glued to the screen until the end of the adventure.
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  2. Washington Post
    Apr 12, 2021
    100
    If a crime writer, a cosmologist and a mythologist collaborated on a video game, the result might be Genesis Noir, the most conceptually audacious game to hit digital storefronts in many moons.
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  3. Xbox Tavern
    Apr 5, 2021
    75
    Even with these foibles, I still really dug the majority of Genesis Noir. The fantastic presentation made it easier to forgive some of the repetition and bugs, and for all the grandiose nature of the story, it was still interesting to follow and piece together. It could probably be completed in one or two sittings, so if you’re up for something a little different, I’d definitely recommend checking out Genesis Noir.
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