Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition

great game would be nice if they kept on updating the game adding new stuff and adding multiplayer/co-op

A neat little game. It has some flaws but once you understand the gameplay loop they're not so bad.
The tutorial does not really prepare you for how punishing the infestation mechanic is, or how important it is to isolate the possible infestation vectors and surround them with turrets and energy shields. The tutorial doesn't even mention that there is an extensive network of "belowdecks" maintenance tunnels that serve absolutely no purpose other than to let alien infestations spread unchecked through the ship. They're certainly not used for actual maintenance -- I live on the ship, and I know for a fact nobody ever goes down there for any reason other than killing aliens.

Also, the tutorial gives the impression that this is primarily a crew assigning, resource-gathering, crafting game. It teaches you how to assign crew to stations, as if it's something you're regularly going to be doing. It doesn't sufficiently warn you that your crew are idiots who will allow alien infestations to run rampant while happily continuing to teleport more aliens on board, causing more infestations.

All of these things can be managed, but only by using mechanics you are not really informed exist.
I'm still recommending this game, but mainly because it is so cheap it is well worth the money spent. At the very least you'll get an entertaining few hours out of it.

one of the best games i've ever played, the atmosphere, the music, the sound, the small details... the depths of this game is unbelievable + strong replay value

Good loop. Good UI. Great game.

7/10

Honestly I find the game to be pretty fun. Could it use some work? Absolutely. Considering its a 4 almost 5 year old game I dont see anything changing with it but I just found this game today and wish I had found it sooner.

The ship building is a lot of fun. You have to manage resources and be smart about what you build and how and be strategic with placing things so you can easily keep an eye on infestations.

The infestations get kind of annoying as I cant figure out if they just randomly pop up when you hyperjump to other areas, in general, or if they just spread from missing one bug when harvesting resources. Everytime you use the tractor beam to harvest something or every time you return from a planet and the robots unload your resources there is a chance of an alien spawning that can cause an infestation. that much i found out, but how to keep it under control if you miss one is a lot of work and can get kind of annoying.

The planet exploring isnt really exploring. Its a really small area that will have a handful of resources around your landing site and a potential crash site/satelite of some sort you stand by until it reaches 100% and during the entire time youre on land you are fighting off random waves of whatever alien spawns there so its essentially a PVE extraction run. get (the lander can only hold 5 resources a trip) as much of a resource as you can and return back to the ship. This whole process could be WAY more fun. Like explore a planet, maybe run down labs and misc resources around the planet, build little habitats or something on these bases. etc

Im assuming theres a game over if you run out of crew. It seems when you die the captain title transfers to another crew member and you become that person.

Theres honestly still so much potential to this game but considering the age of it take it for what it is. If this company is still actively devloping id love to see them make another game like this but with A LOT more to it because there is so much more they can do to expand this game and make it incredible.