Genesis Rising: The Universal Crusade

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 6 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

0
Average:

1
Bad:

5

Pros:

The graphics are beautiful and the setting is rich.
Sharp visuals; genes as upgrades is a cool concept; branching campaign; amusingly bloody.

Cons:

Gameplay is an exercise in tedium and micro-management.
No mid-mission saves; too-fast pacing; frustrating interface; wasted potential.

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Last revision on April 18, 2007

Reviewers Liked

The graphics are beautiful and the setting is rich
Sharp visuals; genes as upgrades is a cool concept; branching campaign; amusingly bloody

Reviewers Didn't Like

Gameplay is an exercise in tedium and micro-management
No mid-mission saves; too-fast pacing; frustrating interface; wasted potential

Expert reviews and ratings

Skip this and go play Command and Conquer 3 or Supreme Commander if you want a fun...

By GWN on April 18, 2007

Genesis Rising makes a small leap forward in terms of an interesting tech system based on genetics, but then takes two huge leaps back in terms of playability and user experience. The game never finds a sweet spot between being challenging but still...

By Game Chronicles Magazine on April 11, 2007

Genesis Rising: The Universal Crusade got caught in a trap of its own making. While many of the ideas are creative and lend some interesting gameplay ideas to a space-based strategy setting where humans use blood-filled biological ships, there are a...

By IGN Gear on April 04, 2007

Its a story weve heard a hundred times. Genesis Rising has a lot of cool and novel ideas, but inevitably falls flat due to of a lack of common sense. It is the antithesis of a game like the recently released space strategy epic Galactic...

By GameSpy on March 30, 2007

Spec: Strategy, 1-12 Players, Teen By cnet on March 24, 2007

It’s very rare that a science fiction concept comes along and creates a whole new mythology overnight, spawning a host of rabid, cult fanatics dissecting its every premise and prostrating themselves at the alter of its inimitable individuality....

By Strategy Informer on March 20, 2007