I just got an email from releases.com to say generation zero is out tomorrow. Is it? why is noone talking about it?
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Generation Zero
- Thread starter Norwegian_Imposter
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- The game is probably not that interesting
- It doesn't have AAA marketing budget
- Early reviews don't look promising
- It's published by THQ Nordic
- It doesn't have AAA marketing budget
- Early reviews don't look promising
- It's published by THQ Nordic
I see. So it's being self published by Avalance for digital? Good to know.
Gamekult [FR] posted their review
3/10
Pros:
- It's a pretty game
- Menu screen song is really good (considering it is plagiarism of Stranger Things & Terminator)
Cons:
- An awfully empty open world
- The AI of the robots
- No stake, no failure conditions, no depth
- In the end, the game has 5 hours worth of content repeated as nauseam
- Re-use of everything in the game, from assets to its foundations
- Lack of agency, you need to do what the devs intended you to do.
- Sync issues between players (as an example, in one session, two players can not have the same weather, which is a gameplay element)
3/10
Pros:
- It's a pretty game
- Menu screen song is really good (considering it is plagiarism of Stranger Things & Terminator)
Cons:
- An awfully empty open world
- The AI of the robots
- No stake, no failure conditions, no depth
- In the end, the game has 5 hours worth of content repeated as nauseam
- Re-use of everything in the game, from assets to its foundations
- Lack of agency, you need to do what the devs intended you to do.
- Sync issues between players (as an example, in one session, two players can not have the same weather, which is a gameplay element)
Wooof. Seems to be a real stinker. A shame, the premise was interesting.
Might steal this to meet my daily Dad Joke quota, if that's alright! 😂
Was keen until I started hearing how it was ostensibly Sir, You Are Being Hunted, but with a bigger budget.
Other reviews so far are basically, "some good, some bad, some ugly, maybe one day they will have gotten rid of the ugly"
I'm really interested in the Sweden setting since I'm a Swede myself and that it has coop but from the review posted here it doesn't look good Sadly
RPS had a preview and it sounded underwhelming. Also, I didn't know they weren't actually working with Simon Stålenhag, so oof
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/20...ero-rises-above-the-doubts-about-its-concept/
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/20...ero-rises-above-the-doubts-about-its-concept/
Will definitely get this for 20€ or so
"Generation Zero is a game that has fantastic potential but falls short in so many areas. The Excellent combat and generally great atmosphere is let down by a myriad of bugs, a very limited range of enemies to face off against, boring quests and a world that is just too large and sterile, particularly if played alone. The potential of bug fixes and increased enemy types would make this a fantastic budget purchase" https://wccftech.com/review/generation-zero-review/
"Generation Zero is a game that has fantastic potential but falls short in so many areas. The Excellent combat and generally great atmosphere is let down by a myriad of bugs, a very limited range of enemies to face off against, boring quests and a world that is just too large and sterile, particularly if played alone. The potential of bug fixes and increased enemy types would make this a fantastic budget purchase" https://wccftech.com/review/generation-zero-review/
That's a shame, the premise sounded great - a lot of potential. We weren't sent any early review code, only a copy for launch day...so there's that.
Reviews don't sounds great, but I've seen games like this embraced by the community that didn't review well leading up to release. I'll keep an eye on it since the concept and setting seem interesting to me.
OP
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where did you get it cheap?
I might jump in on this if its cheap as I have a swedish wife so she might coop with me.
I am still in GCU so that is about $30 + free ship. Plus I had BestBuy $15 store credit so it was near $15.
