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Concrete Genie

Pixelopus · Oct 8, 2019

PS4

Everyone10+

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Concrete Genie is a game about a bullied teenager named Ash, who escapes his troubles by painting spectacular living landscapes and mischievous creatures throughout his abandoned hometown of Denska. As he masters this magical paint, he discovers it can purify Denska’s polluted walls. Can Ash overcome the bullies and paint his hometown back to life?

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PlayStation 4

Critic 7.5 (64 critics) · Gamer 8.5

7.8

Critic reviews

  • 3rd-strike.com

    GlennVR · Nov 03, 2019

    7.5
    Concrete Genie is a beautiful little game, with stunning visuals, interactive creativity and solid sound design. The game’s story is simple, with a clear goal, but does manage to surprise you. The gameplay is satisfying, although the Motion Sensor gameplay can be frustrating at times. The game is relatively short, but also just long enough not to get stale. The Deluxe edition bundle comes with 12 custom paintbrushes, the original soundtrack, a stunning digital art book and two interactive themes. Very nice additions, but not necessarily worth the surplus price.
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  • Cultured Vultures

    Jimmy Donnellan · Oct 14, 2019

    8.0
    These are ultimately nitpicks in what is a magical, affecting experience with a heart of gold, though. Concrete Genie paints a pretty picture that’s hard to resist. Here’s hoping Sony continue to support smaller, more creative ventures like Concrete Genie again as we move into the next generation and beyond.
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  • GameSpew

    Richard Seagrave · Oct 11, 2019

    9.0
    It’s hard to play Concrete Genie and not be charmed by it. You can just tell that a whole lot of love has been put into making it. It may not be complex in terms of gameplay, and many of its mechanics feel appropriated from other games, but it’s surprising and unique in numerous ways. As soon as you’ve created your first genie and witnessed it joyously spring to life, you’ll fall in love with it. After that, the time flies by like you’re having fun with a friend.
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  • Darkstation

    Mark Steighner · Oct 11, 2019

    8.0
    Bringing light to personal or cultural darkness through art isn’t terribly original but it’s still relatively surprising for any game to have a wider subtext, and besides, Concrete Genie’s deepest pleasures are aesthetic. It’s simply fun and rewarding to paint with light and bring fantasy fairy tale Genies to life. The VR implementation is bare-bones and is of little consequence for those without a headset, but Concrete Genie is a great example of an imaginative interactive experience that simply couldn’t exist outside of gaming. We need more of those.
  • USGamer

    Hirun Cryer · Oct 09, 2019

    6.0
    Concrete Genie is certainly easy on the eyes and ears, with brilliant colors popping out of the screen and a light, airy score to coaxe life out of your paintings. It even successfully switches around the perspective of a strained parent-child relationship compared to what we've seen in other games. Unfortunately the monotonous nature of everything in between creating Genies, from dodging bullies to dousing Denska with Super Paint, drags it down.
  • Wccftech.com

    Rosh Kelly · Oct 09, 2019

    9.0
    Concrete Genie is a fantastic game that lets you explore a beautifully realised town as well as your own imagination. While there are some tiny annoyances, Concrete Genie is so dedicated to making you feel creative that you'll barely notice them as you play.
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Gamer reviews

  • beththevampire

    Aug 18, 2021 · PS4

    8.0

    Another game that is really good for mindfullness. It was pretty, creative, and uplifting. Never too challenging (I think I died maybe once), but still enjoyable. I love that your drawings come to life, and the monsters you create are free to roam the world. There was something so basically beautiful about it that it just appealed to me. Think I finished it in one weekend. Not much replay-ability, but a great game overall.

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  • BLAZED_Hunter

    Jun 19, 2021 · PS4

    8.0

    I got this game for free through Playstation plus, It's overall a really great touching story about a town that is in ruins through art you bring the town back to life. It's not only keeps the player going through it's beautiful colors but overall a super short story and def easy platinum for any players seeking a fast and easy trophies. I would recommend this game.

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  • Bisma Y M

    Feb 6, 2021 · PS4

    8.5

    A wonderful story of Ash struggling to bring the city of Denska back to life. The main concept of painting throughout the progress is so fresh and unique, and seeing the genies alive and playing with each other as well as with as is super cool, making me jaw-dropped in excitement many times. What I really appreciate the most is the combat mechanism we would get near the end of the game. It's so smooth and fun to fight the darkness with the special power of Ash's magical paint brush. However, the use of motion sensor doesn't work pretty well for me. It makes the painting mechanism difficult to control. The problem could be in my controller tho :). But, I go through the game from the start to finish with Right analog button and it is still enjoyable. All in all, I really had fun with this game, and I think you should play this game if you're a Playstation player, since it is an exclusive

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