Genesis Noir
March 26, 2021
You play as No Man, a watch peddler caught in a love triangle with other cosmic beings, Miss Mass and Golden Boy. When your affair turns into a bitter confrontation, you will witness a gunshot fired by a jealous god—otherwise known as The Big Bang. Jump into the expanding universe …
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Critic Reviews (35)
Graphics
80.0
Gameplay
70.0
Story
85.0
"Genesis Noir presents us with a story set in a time when everything took place just after the Big Bang. Thanks to an ambitious story and a very nostalgic gameplay, we are guaranteed to be glued to the screen until …"
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60.0
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70.0
Story
90.0
"Stirring, artistic, and emotionally resonant, Genesis Noir is quite a unique experience. The puzzles can be tedious, but the game makes up for it with gorgeous art direction and sterling creativity."
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95.0
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60.0
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85.0
"The best way to summarize Genesis Noir is that it is an art piece that is only possible in its medium. It is a beautiful experience full of emotional connections, and that is told genuinely and with such intelligence that …"
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45.0
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55.0
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70.0
"Underneath the gorgeous animation and the wonderful jazz music is a journey that lacks substance. Perhaps I&s;m just the wrong target audience, and loads of other people will find a deeper meaning that I missed entirely within Genesis Noir. It&s;s …"
Read original review"I still don&s;t know exactly WHAT I played but I know that it was a unique experience. Play Genesis Noir when you really have time for it."
Read original review"Genesis Noir may not be for everyone. You’ll need patience for it – and if you like games that hold your hand, it’s likely not for you. But stick with it, and you’ll find an extraordinary and rare title unlike …"
Read original review"Feral Cat Den&s;s Genesis Noir is a unique blend of animation, music, and innovation. While it is a simple point-and-click adventure, the story is beautifully told through its stunning presentation. Some of the puzzles might not offer many challenges but …"
Read original review"Genesis Noir is a simple puzzler with point-and-click elements that are stripped back to reveal an engaging and beautiful story. It may be too easy and rather linear, but it&s;s still a well presented game that&s;ll keep you engaged throughout."
Read original review"Genesis Noir may have some top tier visuals and music, but everything else that makes up a good video game is absent. Poorly designed gameplay, uninteresting storyline, it just isn’t fun to play."
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80.0
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75.0
Story
80.0
"Genesis Noir is a sublime trip through the history of the universe. Feral Cat Den did a terrific job in terms of balancing scientific premises and mythic consequences developing a linear, but visionary, point and click experience, whose only little …"
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90.0
Gameplay
85.0
Story
92.0
"Genesis Noir is genre fiction that slow burns from a hard-boiled detective mystery to a cosmic exploration of potential and possibility. It showcases a form of storytelling exclusive to an interactive medium, not only immersing the player in rhapsodic visual …"
Read original review"By zipping through the creation of life itself, you might just find answers to why someone has been shot and how to stop it. Though some puzzles and controls can get pretty frustrating, the adventure itself is the draw, and …"
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80.0
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70.0
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80.0
"Genesis Noir is a curious and highly experimental experience. A surreal universe awaits those who immerse themselves in the game&s;s proposal, which uses a mixture of non-interactive scenes and tactile puzzles to tell a complicated love story. Many exaggerated and …"
Read original review"Although I feel like I didn’t quite understand all of what Genesis Noir was trying to accomplish in story, I absolutely understood the emotional journey it took me on. From the joyous beginnings to the urgently depressing ending and even …"
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60.0
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70.0
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85.0
"This game was not at all what I was expecting, but in a good way. It is definitely not your run-of-the-mill noir drama.There are some truly interesting ideas in here that are presented with a strong scientific basis. As someone …"
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92.0
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65.0
Story
88.0
"No Man&s;s attempt to save Miss Mass from being murdered, and its implications for the universe, so brilliantly mirror the self-indulgence of a tragic romance. To the people in a relationship, everything is the start of something big and meaningful, …"
Read original review"If a great art style and self-indulgent vagueries are all you’re looking for, then Genesis Noir is the game for you. If, however, you’re one of those pesky gamers who expect things to happen for underlying reasons and stories to …"
Read original reviewGraphics
85.0
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80.0
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90.0
"For those that love projects that take a few risks and try to do something different, you’ll find plenty to enjoy here. The imagination and variety on display is frankly phenomenal, and as fan of experiments and risks in this …"
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38.0
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68.0
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62.0
"If they tell me that they are going to tell me about the Big Bang, the creation, the stars, life, its variables and meanings through a story of a guy who sells watches and watches his girlfriend get shot, it …"
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80.0
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50.0
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65.0
"While it is a visual and aural feast, dripping with style, mechanically as a game it unfortunately struggles"
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72.0
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64.0
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71.0
"Saxophones and singularities come together in a one-of-a-kind game experience. Genesis Noir takes you on a mind-blowing cosmic cruise through time and space in order to save the love of your life - and maybe your own. Will this starry …"
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70.0
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75.0
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85.0
"This cosmic point-and-click looks and feels like no other game out there."
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75.0
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65.0
Story
90.0
"Experimental and beautiful, Genesis Noir talks about love and beauty in a way not many ways have talked before."
Read original reviewGraphics
65.0
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70.0
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85.0
"Genesis Noir is a game where visual design and presentation are more important. If you want to look for a different experience and say "gameplay is not so important", you can take Genesis Noir blindly. However, those who expect a …"
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70.0
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80.0
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65.0
"It won&s;t be everyone’s cup of tea with slower pacing and simplistic puzzles, but if you can overlook that then I believe you’ll enjoy Feral Cat Den’s Genesis Noir."
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72.0
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68.0
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69.0
"Genesis Noir is a short experience which is memorable for its unique presentation but also for its unintuitive, confusing and disorienting gameplay."
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30.0
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30.0
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30.0
"A little abstract in nature, but Genesis Noir is an all-around stunning audio-visual adventure."
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92.0
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38.0
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68.0
"Still, Genesis Noir deserves commendation for being its own thing, possessing such a clear ambition that drips off of every gorgeous screen. These screen caps here, lush as they are, lack the game’s beautiful sense of motion. Even if you …"
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95.0
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98.0
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100.0
"The big bang meets the whodunnit in this dazzlingly inventive point-and-click adventure spanning time and space"
Read original review"Genesis Noir is unique in the way that it is actually different from anything you consider a video game. The bits that make the full span of the game, at first glance shouldn’t really be part of the same whole …"
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60.0
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20.0
Story
70.0
"Here&s;s the thing, and it&s;s a bit of a kick in the pants. Genesis Noir is a very cool, very interesting and exceptionally well-presented game. It tells its esoteric story in an effective, exciting way with a litany of memorable …"
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62.0
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68.0
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72.0
"Genesis Noir is a very curious game, and mostly in a good way. The cosmic nature of its narrative is tied down interestingly in its humanized elements and the animation and music do a good job of giving every moment …"
Read original review"Genesis Noir is a visually spectacular video game with an enthralling, albeit abstract, narrative. While its more gameplay focused segments often bring the game down a notch, whenever Genesis Noir treats the player to one of its lavishly animated cutscenes, …"
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78.0
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68.0
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92.0
"Genesis Noir is a game of rare conception and points, unequal execution. It manages to tell a tragic personal story on a universal scale that, in an age of abundance of titles and narratives, manages to stand out with its …"
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30.0
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25.0
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10.0
"Very simple in its mechanics, Genesis Noir takes over with flawless atmosphere, style and a mind-blowing flight of fantasy."
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