Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition

Picked this up on whim as it looked interesting and must admit, I really enjoyed it! An FPS base (spaceship) build with resource gather and shooting in a randomly generated star cluster. Its is some mini tasks that are not very engaging, and there is repetition, but on the whole I found my self kind of caring about my crew, my ship and 'the mission'. Will definately replay a good few more times yet.

This is a very fun roguelike that dares to get out of the beaten path and tries to do something new. I like the cheesy 50's sci-fi vibe and it's atmosphere. One huge bonus is the modular way you can build your ship, the game really lets you go to town (within limits) on what your ship design is going to be. To be honest, it has a number of flaws. The gameplay loop can and will become repetitive, and most of the ship modules don't really have anything to do (some side games or interactive objects would have made them feel more lived in). I would have liked for the crew to have a little bit more of personality but then again, since its a rougelike its all procedural so having compelling characters is almost imposible since all of them are also expendable. You can change their names so thats something! So, why the five stars even though this game has those flaws and more? Well, easy, the developers really stepped out of the comfort zone and created a game that to my knowledge is unique. It might not be the best base builder, nor the best space exploration game, and it certainly cant compete with the polished action or visuals of your AAA game. But it is the best game that combines all of these themes into one. I think the result it's pretty solid. If you like this type of games give it a try,. It's more than worth its retail price, but if you are on the fence get it when it goes on sale.

I personally find this game great in terms of its overall concept but its just missing alot here and there like the randomly generating rogue like aspect is whats solely relied on over progress. I got above average skills but the whole thing ended up repetitive after 3 hours in my first run after the tutorial, have yet to get my crew TPK'ed but ive probably hit the point of nothing new left to explore further. usually when i think if rogue like its that i will be constantly in danger and every encounter is supposed to put me in a critical condition instead im in a constant state of anxiety not knowing when i have to spend another half hour cleaning infestations, like it spreads so fast but the danger of cleaning it up is minimal at most

Pros: - fun experience once you get the hang of it. Cons (require new maintenance release, current release: 147.8763): - some loading screens have incorrect info: - that clone lab can be used to research alien abilities, - that plants can multiply (haven't seen this happen even with 3 gardeners, perhaps with 4 it's possible), - ... - needs "mirroring" of the buildings instead of rotation in the ship-building interface, - reactor room is hard to incorporate into the ship design, - conquering shipwrecks is **HARD** - tens of enemies (~100 even) and they do swarm in starting location, - pirates (comparing to shipwrecks) are easy and quick - perhaps shipwrecks are too hard. - no info about resources in the shipwreck/downed pirate in the "galaxy map", - fairly low amount of "drop" locations for enemies on the planet, - monsters sometimes get stuck on the planetscape i.e. when "dropped" into a rock, - glitches in the graphics - planets/debris icons disappear sometimes (I got a screenshot), - upgrade card is lost when disassembling module with an upgrade, - "attacking" and "scanning" is sometimes switched (first scanning then attacking?), - awareness (IMHO) should highlight "bad" lichen/nests but I think it only highlights eggs producing growth, - needs more achievements (did all of the below - if those would be present): - research all weapons to tier III in one round, - research all clones to tier III in one round, - research (3?) abilities to tier II in one round, - research all abilities to tier III in one round, - research everything (except diseases) in one round, - conquer "critical" mechanics pirate, (can't be done with "low" danger pirates) - conquer "critical" framen pirate, - have X crew of sergeant/lieutenant/commander rank, - needs more achievements (didn't do the below ones): - "unlock clone" per clone type? - start a Genesis without any of the crew getting sick along the way,

It's alright, but I seriously think that if it were cooperative I would have enjoyed it much much more