Genesis Rising

I do recommend this game, as it is very unique, even though the story is lacking any depth. I like the bioships, upgradable, custom builds, multiple endings. Sadly I can´t give it a thumbs up, because the game crashes within the first few missions. I would gladly change my review if the developers would release a patch/working version. [h1]NOT WORKING, DO NOT BUY THIS VERSION.[/h1] [h1]Update:[/h1] I tried the fix proposed by Sparta (the review below mine), be warned: Does not the fix the issue of the game crashing (for me at least). Tried again on a different machine, because I´d really like to play this game again. Sadly the same crash occurs at the same point.

for anyone that is looking to get this game be warned it is missing a few folders for the game. you need to add them in order to play the campaign properly otherwise you be stuck with just the tutrial to play with. i recomend going he here to solve this problem. forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2592425 ootherwise the game looks neat but glitchy

Here's a game that on the surface is quite interesting; first it's an rts in spaaaaaaace. Points right there. Ships are customizable, and the take on how the ships work (read - organic ships, with your main resource being 'blood') is certainly different. But it all still falls flat; Its buggy - but not unforgivingly so, The cut scenes where juvenile to just plain boring. The ship combat was middling at best and restricted to a 2D plane. Even the missions as a whole are nothing to write home about. In the end the game has many problems that are easily forgivable on their own but this entire game is just one misstep after another. Get on special or not at all.

I bought this game a long time back and only just recently manage to make it work. This method might not work for everyone but for those that want to try anyway for a good old game. Right click on your desktop Open Nvidia Control Panel Select Manage 3D settings Select Program settings Click Add then to Browse Find GenesisRising.Exe it should be at the steam library -> steamapps -> common -> Genesis Rising -> bin Click open and it should be in the 1. Select a program to customise At 2. Select the preferred graphics processor choose the High-Performance Nvidia Processor. Don't use Global. Click apply, wait for it to process. Now you should be able to open up the game without any problems. All you need to do now is adjust the graphic settings for the window resolution size so it all fits on the screen. Enjoy.

WARNING: This game does not support Modern Intel Graphics Card from Intel HD 4000 and later(Mine was Intel UHD630). I had a dual Graphics laptop I used Nvidia 1050ti to play(not sure about AMD users). HOW TO GET THE GAME WORKING i) Disabling steam overlay is the most important thing to get the game running as it doesn't support it properly. Go to steam Library, right click and click on "properties" Uncheck both "Desktop Theatre" and "Steam overlay" and save. ii) Missing files fix that causes crashes After installing the game make sure you go to "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Genesis Rising" Right click and create new folders that are missing. Add and rename the missing folders from the following numbers. 1. save 2. replay 3. temp Then open "C:\Programs\Steam\steamapps\common\Genesis Rising\data". Right click and create one more folder and rename it to "scripts" without quotes. iii) For GRAPHIC NOT SUPPORTED ERROR. Note: you may have to do this every time you restart computer if you want to play the game. The game was set on default integrate graphics card for me. Right click Desktop and open "Nvidia Control Panel". Click on "Manage 3D setting" then click on "Add". Select "Genesis Rising.exe" On "selected preferred graphic processor for this program" select "High-performanced Nvidia Processor". Leave everything as global settings defaults as I turned off V-sync before and it crashes during mission. I am not sure for AMD. AMD users may have to do the same thing with their own control panel setup. iiii) Do not forget to set your game on Low and double check minimum requirements compare to your graphic cards. Minimum requirements players must turn off V-sync in game but not the graphic card control panel manager(do not touch the control manager settings). REVIEW There is no point of playing the game on Hard mode, you do not unlock anything (this game is harder than Homeworld). Out of all the Space RTS, this game is the worst. The good thing is there are three endings. You do not have to replay the whole game. It is on the last mission where you chose who to side with. All you need to do is select last mission save point. There is no way to save unlike other Space RTS except loading to next mission. All the saves are autosaves(so be careful starting new game). The Story is meh.

I would recommend for those who are able and willing to overcome the bugs of the game ONLY. If you desire for a working product, please pass--this is not the game you want! Pros: Cool mechanics; nice meaty ship models; pompous in-game goals. Cons: Pompous but extremely trite plot. Critical cons: Bugs and crashes; no support from the developer.

[h1] There's infestation of bad games in my library! [/h1]

how the hell are they able to sell this game on steam if it does not work? thats what i want to know!

Bought it at 75% off and i can't say i'm disappointed at that price. At first i couldn't get it to run, then i disabled Steam community In-Game and the game runs properly now. That was the only problem i had with the game. Voice acting is kinda wooden and lame at times, but the gameplay is solid and challenging with some nice and hard space battles. The idea of organic ships is original and the graphics are quite nice while exploring and battling other factions. Overall a nice little space strategy game. (If you manage to get it to work, which is the most common complaint about this game)

Well, I completed it! It's a graphically pleasing game and I enjoyed the genes configuring of the ships and stations to suite whatever mission purpose. Interesting approach to fleet building. I did experience bugs - Memory low and a few other CTDs - setting graphics to medium may have lessened these crashes alot. I owned this originally on DVD years back and the same errors happened on that one too. Characters are ok, same with voice acting. Nothing out of the ordinary on the missions. Religious rule backed by military based plot so expected something along what Star Trek V gave us. Even including a high-jacking too! Its fine if you want a game in the Homeworld style vein don’t expect it to exceed that in any way that as that truly a masterpiece. As others have said get it on a sale – Its ok. There’s worse things to spend a few quid on here.