Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition

This is a very hard game to review, because I have very mixed feelings - please let me explain. This game is terrible at being amazing. Ok, the explanation: The idea of flying through space as the last hope to save our species from extinction is overused but a cool idea. To complete this mission you will be building a living breathing ship that you populate with clones and command them as your crew, this is exquisite. You collect Alien DNA and splice it together and create hybrid clones which have unique benefits and drawbacks - pretty damn awesome. You take excursions to alien planets to mine resources and explore derelict ships and crashed satellites for new tech and unlocks for subsequent games, my blood pressure spikes with excitement just thinking about it. You fight off space pirates trying to board your ship and murder you or steal your resources, I've fought bravely but i've also run like a coward - fire up the hyperdrive and jump to the nearest star. Shields barely held as I hid in the suns corona (I know, even being a coward is badass). Your crew get sick and infected from diseases and parasites which you have to research and develop the cures and Alien bacteria or insects can board your ship and infest it, with devastating consequences if you do not take proactive action to routinely sweep the ship... I mean this game sounds like it was conceived from some illicit activity between the brain waves of Peter Molyneux and John Carmack. ... This game is bad at executing nearly every one of those concepts.... It is such a shame, because there is clearly talent in the making of this game, but it felt like an amazing ambition was abandoned for reasons we will never know. I love this game, but I wouldn't want you to be disappointed. Think about that before you purchase it please.

This game is trash and fun at the same time. It feels sluggish and unpolished and yet it scratched an itch I didn't know I had. Building your space ship (or more space station) in an strategic efficient way, fighting alien infestations, finding new blueprints and gathering resources created a gameplay loop that kept me invested enough. One of those games you grab on sale and be surprised of the fun later on.

The NPC clones in Genesis Alpha One feel very limited once you understand how the green gas/aliens spawn and spread through your ship. At that point, you often end up just standing around watching as the clones slowly handle the threats—usually taking far too long to do so. Clones can manage aliens reasonably well when they're contained inside the refinery. However, loose aliens that spawn at the ore deposits have free rein across the ship unless you proactively block them off with turrets or shields. As for green gas rank 3 clones do allow NPCs to destroy spore nests that happen to be directly in their path, but that's the only scenario where they act on them. Otherwise, they completely ignore the nests. Once spores make it into the crawl spaces, only you (the player) can deal with them effectively. My biggest pet peeve is the clones' slow reactions, overall limitations, and purely reactionary behavior. They won't take initiative or go out and handle problems proactively—something has to happen right in front of them (or in their assigned work area) before they'll respond. This turns infestation management into a tedious chore where you're constantly babysitting the ship instead of exploring or expanding. A few quality-of-life suggestions that would make a huge difference: Add dedicated buildings like a Security Room where clones could work in shifts, actively roaming the station as patrols. Or an Engineering/Janitor Room that sends clones into crawl spaces to repair damaged energy nodes (a nice nod to games like Dead Space). Even better, let security clones handle some of the maintenance and cleanup duties too. These changes would reduce the amount of manual intervention required and make the crew feel like a more capable, self-sustaining team rather than passive workers who only react after things go wrong. Overall, the core loop of ship-building, exploration, and survival is unique and engaging, but the AI limitations hold it back from feeling as smooth and immersive as it could be. If you're okay micromanaging infestations and doing a lot of the heavy lifting yourself, there's still fun to be had—especially once you get turrets and higher-tier upgrades online.

Главная проблема в рутине, которая становится скучной (если угодно, рутинной) уже через пару часов. Весь геймплей сводится к бесконечному циклу. Летим к обломкам на планету, собираем одни и те же ресурсы. Нет масштаба и даже точки интереса однотипные почти во всех случаях. Шутерная составляющая тоже не спасает. Стрельба и движения персонажа ощущаются "деревянными", оружие не имеет веса. Враги на последних сложностях нечестные, как всегда в подобных играх. И тогда игра превращается в мучение, потому что баланс в таких ситуациях отсутствует напрочь. Отдельная попаболь заражение корабля инопланетными паразитами. Сначала механика кажется интересной, но очень быстро выясняется, что капитан огромного корабля, вынужден лично лазить по вентиляции и вычищать слизь, потому что ваши клоны стоят AFK и неспособны помочь в именно самом нудном процессе. Вау, кто бы мог подумать!? Кроме того, игра страдает от отсутствия глубины и харизмы. Сюжета как такового нет, персонажи безликие. Не получается получать удовольствие от прогресса и всего остального. Слабо.

I absolutely love this game, but it has been abandoned for awhile.

well...the concept is great...it would be nice if it was coop or online pvp coop

I beat the game on the tutorial run and haven't picked it up again but I plan to eventually, it's not the best game ever but there really is not many games similar to it and it is not very expensive.

The idea is great but there just are so many really bad design decisions and it gets really repetitive