It’s limited and restrictive, the opposite of what art is supposed to be. It’s a bit boring as there’s very little creativity from the player themselves, you can’t truly make your own unique creations which is a bit upsetting in a game so focused on art. Every area you paint, you get to choose what you paint from a pre-determined set of what are basically stencils that you’ve collected along the way. You are doing the same thing over and over again but you have some input. Concrete Genie makes that the main and almost only objective where it almost feels like a collect-athon at a certain point. The way I often saw it was how in Ubisoft games, you have to liberate areas as a side objective. You’re largely focused on steering yourself away from bullies by fleeing their sight or distracting them so you can paint key areas. That said, the gameplay is simplistic and for some, that might be less than ideal. Concrete Genie counters that with something unique and refreshing. ![]() This month and next month, a number of M-rated titles about ripping demons in half, blowing up villages, and shooting every person in sight will be released. It’s a wholesome message and one that’s needed in a world that is severely lacking this kind of purity. ![]() Concrete Genie is a game about solving issues not with conflict or violence but purity and imagination. With this new tool, the young artist can create portraits of brimming fields of sunshine and flowers or unique monsters that bring happiness rather than scares. Ash lives in a rundown and polluted town robbed of life and filled with bullies but after a series of events, he’s given a magic paintbrush that can breathe new life into the mostly deserted town of Denska. In a sea of “sad dad simulators” from PlayStation, Concrete Genie paints a beautiful picture of positivity.Ĭoncrete Genie follows a lonely boy named Ash who doodles to drown out all the issues in the world around him. Sony is known for its massive AAA exclusives and while they’re gearing up to release a new one next month, don’t let their new, smaller exclusive fall off your radar.
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