- Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Action
Concrete Genie is a game about Ash, a young boy who is bullied but discovers a magical paint that might save his home town.
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Gaming NexusEric HauterOct 201910/10Concrete Genie is one of the best games of this generation—an experience that expands the parameters of what video games can be. By embracing values like artistry, empathy, and beauty, this is a title that will appeal to gamers that might be feeling a bit world-weary, bringing color to a world that has been feeling a bit gray lately. If you have ever wondered why video games have to be so violent and dehumanizing, then do the industry a favor and support this game. And lest I forget to mention: Concrete Genie is a lot of fun to play.
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PlayStation UniverseLaddie SimcoOct 20199.5/10Concrete Genie is a unique action adventure game that proves that the brush is mightier than the bully. The game addresses the subject of bullying through the eyes of Ash, a boy who is the latest victim of teenage thugs who destroy Ash's sketch book and scatter it throughout the now abandoned town of Denska. As you recover the pages you discover that almost every area of the rundown town becomes a blank canvas for Ash's paintings to come alive…literally.
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WellPlayedKieron VerbruggeOct 20199.5/10Concrete Genie is a shining example of what games and studios are capable of when tackling underrepresented issues, and it does so in a way that's vibrant, creative and above all – incredibly fun
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EGMJosh HarmonOct 20194/10Concrete Genie's painting tech impresses at first and its heart is certainly in the right place, but the game ultimately proves too aimless to support its already brief running time. Adorning the city in landscapes of your own creation quickly loses its luster as you realize that what you create lacks meaningful interactivity. Even the jarring addition of combat midway through doesn't do much to counter the sense that Pixelopus couldn't find a way to build out a full game around a simple gameplay idea.
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Metro GameCentralOct 20195/10A peculiarly underdeveloped riff on Jet Set Radio that never manages to find anything interesting to do with any of its many gameplay mechanics and story ideas.
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR
- Developer
- Pixelopus
- Publisher
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Released
- September 26, 2019
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person, Virtual Reality
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
IGDB rating 7.7/10 from 67 ratings.
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