The Genesis Project

Well. I would like to say I gave this a genuine and honest try. However... 10 years for 2 hours of gameplay that isn't even accurate to the setting and with systems that are incredibly frustrating to understand. The class system is clearly biased and half baked. While some aspects and combos are incredibly good, some others are essentially worthless and mind numbingly boring to play. Went from playing a Mage of Space which was pretty fun to a Prince of Doom which was absolutely chunking damage to an Heir of Breath playthrough where I couldn't even use my abilities in combat and the movement was deceptively awful, to a Witch of Mind which was almost depressingly awful and the stun didn't even function. There is a clear bias in some of the designs of the aspects and classes or a complete lack of thought put into it. Inventory management was hell considering you can only hold 4 items at once and the item you can use to expand it doesn't work. The devs prioritize adding new dungeons instead of actually fixing the problems. Dungeons are repetitive, the puzzles are unengaging, and often times bugged so you can't even proceed. I really do not want to be rude but it feels like the game devs did not actually test their own game. On the mage of space playthrough, i had a planet where the dungeons were pipes, and i found another pipe and went through it only to get stuck and end up having to bug my way out of the random pipe. Normally, I find bugs endearing but these bugs are more like pests and need to be dealt with before even fathoming proceeding. TLDR: 10 years for maybe 2 hours of gameplay where 75% of the gameplay is dealing with bugs, unexplained systems, and dealing with ♥♥♥♥♥♥ classpects that realistically should not be underperforming. 2/5, two grist for the attempt and soundtrack.