The Genesis Project

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The Genesis Project is a single player and multiplayer role playing game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by Perfectly Generic Team and was released on April 13, 2022. It received positive reviews from players.

The Genesis Project is a game that allows players to practice alchemy, build houses, and fight various enemies, including evil imps and even their own dad and friends. The ultimate goal is to create and destroy universes, making the fictional Sburb game a reality. Players explore and develop their skills in this unique and immersive experience.

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Audience ScoreBased on 1,840 reviews

gameplay21 positive mentions

stability242 negative mentions

The game captures the chaotic essence of Homestuck and the experience of playing SBURB, making it enjoyable for fans.
Character customization and house building are fun and allow for creativity, adding a personal touch to the gameplay.
Despite its bugs, the game provides a unique and entertaining experience, especially when played with friends.

The game is riddled with bugs that can lead to frustrating experiences, such as softlocks and items disappearing.
Multiplayer functionality is unstable, often resulting in disconnects and issues that hinder gameplay.
The controls and UI can be clunky and unintuitive, making it difficult for new players to understand how to progress.

stability
243 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is widely criticized for its significant stability issues, with players reporting numerous bugs and glitches that often hinder gameplay, making it feel unplayable at times. Despite these problems, many users find the game enjoyable and fun, particularly for fans of the Homestuck franchise, suggesting that the chaotic nature of the bugs adds to its charm. Overall, while the game shows potential, its current state is marked by instability and a lack of polish, leading to mixed recommendations.
- “The game runs smoothly without any major bugs, allowing for a seamless multiplayer experience.”
- “I appreciate how stable the game is; it rarely crashes and provides a consistent performance.”
- “Playing with friends is enjoyable because the game maintains a bug-free environment.”
- “The game is a buggy mess, with frequent disconnects and unstable mechanics breaking the game.”
- “It's a buggy mess to the point where it's almost unplayable.”
- “This game has so much potential to be amazing and a great inspired look at the sburb game from homestuck, but the bugs, glitches and tutorial make it very difficult to enjoy the game to its fullest.”
gameplay
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The gameplay of "The Genesis Project" is a mixed bag, with players enjoying the engaging mechanics and character customization but frequently encountering bugs and confusing mechanics that hinder the experience. While the core gameplay loop offers fun combat and building elements, many users find the overall experience shallow and repetitive, often requiring external guides to understand the mechanics. Despite its potential and nostalgic appeal for Homestuck fans, the game's numerous glitches and lack of polish detract significantly from its enjoyment.
- “The gameplay loop is engaging, balancing strategic planning with adapting to unpredictable events.”
- “The art style is charming, and mechanics are easy to learn yet offer depth for long-term play.”
- “Despite those issues, the actual gameplay is very addicting; the alchemy system is extremely fun to experiment with.”
- “I enjoyed messing around with my friends and my partner, but this game has no actual gameplay, and I honestly feel like most of my hours were spent just doing stupid useless stuff instead of actually playing.”
- “Dumped hours into it hoping for something more, only to be deeply disappointed by shallow gameplay and a lack of real innovation.”
- “Game is a buggy mess, with frequent disconnects and unstable mechanics breaking the game.”
humor
35 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor in the game is widely appreciated, particularly when played with friends, leading to hours of laughter despite its numerous bugs and glitches. Many players find the quirky references and absurd situations amusing, although some feel that the humor can become repetitive or overshadowed by gameplay issues. Overall, the game's comedic elements, including funny item names and unexpected moments, contribute to its charm, even if it struggles with functionality.
- “However, that doesn't mean you shouldn't play it; my friends and I spent multiple hours laughing at how completely unplayable the game is.”
- “I barely understand anything about either the game itself or the source material, but forcing my friends into a purgatory room with nothing but 4 cars inside is pretty funny, so 11 deleted computers out of 10.”
- “The upgrade mechanics are also really interesting and make for some really funny item names, like my personal favorite (because of its length), the 'dersite ragey electronic radioactive coloured spacey volatile grimdark pogo driver'!”
- “Stop saying it's accurate to Homestuck because it's buggy; you are not funny.”
- “The jokes fall flat and feel forced, making the humor more cringeworthy than entertaining.”
- “I expected clever writing, but instead, the humor relies on tired clichés and predictable punchlines.”
story
26 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story is criticized for being flat, convoluted, and lacking depth, with many essential elements from the source material missing. Players express frustration over repetitive interactions, bland NPCs, and numerous bugs that hinder quest completion, leading to a sense of incompleteness and disengagement. While some fans appreciate the game's potential and faithfulness to the original story, they feel it requires significant improvements and additional content to enhance the overall experience.
- “There's definitely a lot that could be better with this project, but also seeing how faithful it is to the story, I can't really be all that mad.”
- “The story and interactions with NPCs are very dry at the moment and feel very repetitive; there's nothing really to do besides kill enemies, explore a very underdeveloped world with occasional dungeons, and level up, which doesn't feel rewarding after a while.”
- “The story is convoluted and fails to engage.”
- “The story and interactions with NPCs are very dry at the moment, and feel very repetitive. There's nothing really to do besides kill enemies, explore a very underdeveloped world with occasional dungeons, and level up, which doesn't feel rewarding after a while, since you only gain a finite amount of powers and anything past that just feels like a number.”
- “Devoted Homestuck fans might be tickled by the possibility of mimicking their favorite story on the small screen, but beyond that, there's unfortunately little to the Genesis project in its current state.”
graphics
25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of the game are praised for their charming and accurate emulation of the Homestuck art style, effectively blending 2D aesthetics with 3D elements. While many users appreciate the cute character designs and nostalgic feel, there are significant concerns about bugs, glitches, and the need for graphical improvements. Overall, the visuals contribute positively to the gameplay experience, but the current technical issues detract from its potential.
- “The art is super cute and accurate to the Homestuck art style, as well as following the lore and in-world game mechanics really accurately!”
- “Visually, the game does a pretty good job at emulating the Homestuck aesthetic given its 3D nature, which I think is a very good call and is one of the game's strong points.”
- “I love the 3D/2D art style and the music; it has so much character to it.”
- “The graphics definitely need to be retouched at some point.”
- “Call me spoiled for playing a ton of beautiful games, but I have a love for flash games too, and even though a lot of flash games' graphics are way outdated these days, they still look better than this.”
- “Did I mention the graphics suck?”
music
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game has received widespread acclaim, with players praising its quality and how well it complements the art style and gameplay. Many reviewers highlight the enjoyable themes and tracks that enhance the overall experience, making it feel immersive and true to its source material. Overall, the soundtrack is described as outstanding and a significant aspect of the game's charm.
- “I love the fact that the player gets their own theme and strife music; it makes it feel like you're actually in the comic with those cute touches.”
- “The art style is great, the music is great; most of it is just lovely all around.”
- “What do you mean human rap artists are the only ones brave enough to write their own grammatical train wrecks and call it music!?”
- “The lobby music is a real bop though.”
- “Edit: also the soundtrack is an absolute banger.”
grinding
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the grinding aspect of the game both engaging and frustrating; while the dungeon grinding and item alchemy provide a rewarding gameplay loop, it often feels tedious and is compounded by a reliance on microtransactions for progression. Many enjoy the cooperative experience, but note that the interface and building tools can be cumbersome, detracting from the overall enjoyment. Despite these issues, the core mechanics still offer a fun experience, especially when played with friends.
- “Expect frustrating grinding and a reliance on microtransactions to progress.”
- “I have had to ban myself from ever playing this game on my own without my friends because if left to my own devices I will spend literally all day going crazy with the item alchemy and grinding grist for the item alchemy.”
- “Very faithful to the comic, right down to the (optional) tedious inventory nonsense!”
optimization
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's optimization is widely criticized, with players reporting significant instability and overheating issues even on high-performance systems. Despite its appealing visuals, many users feel that the developers need to prioritize optimization improvements to enhance gameplay experience. Overall, the current state of optimization is deemed inadequate, leading to a lack of recommendations from players.
- “I think I have the most optimized Tower of Babel.”
- “Also, I have a fairly new laptop (MSI GS66 Stealth, 2 years old this winter) and even on extreme performance + gaming mode, it overheated 3 times in the 8 hours I played today and yesterday, so it would be nice if more optimization was added.”
- “I don't advise it yet; while it is one of the most developed Homestuck-themed games, the optimization just isn't there.”
- “Of course, there are more issues, but this is the issue that I had. I really hope that the devs actually listen to the community and try to resolve the issues. The game has really cool visuals, but it's badly optimized and really unstable.”
- “Also, I have a fairly new laptop (MSI GS66 Stealth, 2 years old this winter) and even on extreme performance + gaming mode, it overheated 3 times in the 8 hours I played today and yesterday. It would be nice if more optimization was added.”
- “I don't advise it yet. While it is one of the most developed Homestuck-themed games, the optimization just isn't there.”
replayability
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Overall, players find the game's replayability to be moderate, with some expressing a desire for improved playability due to existing glitches and bugs. While some users acknowledge the game is fun and somewhat replayable, they note that it has only become significantly more enjoyable as updates have addressed its issues.
- “This game is alright, fun, and somewhat replayable.”
- “I wish this game had more replayability.”
- “The game is still buggy, but it's significantly more playable now.”
monetization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The monetization model is criticized for encouraging frustrating grinding and heavily relying on microtransactions for player progression.
- “Expect frustrating grinding and a reliance on microtransactions to progress.”
- “The game feels like a constant push to spend money rather than enjoy the experience.”
- “It's disappointing how much of the content is locked behind paywalls.”
atmosphere
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the atmosphere of the game to be genuinely rewarding, enhancing the overall experience as they invest more time into it.
- “With enough playtime, it's very easy to immerse yourself in a genuinely rewarding and atmospheric experience.”
- “The game's atmosphere is incredibly immersive, drawing you into its world with every detail.”
- “The haunting soundtrack and stunning visuals create an atmosphere that is both captivating and unforgettable.”
character development
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Character development is positively noted for its appealing customization and cute design, with some players finding a connection to the comic that shares the same art style, enhancing their overall experience.
- “I thought the customization and character design looked cute, and my friend directed me to read the comic because it had the same art style.”