Eden Genesis

Critic reviews

• Slant Magazine

  Aaron Riccio · Aug 22, 2024

  7.0

  While the plot is occasionally predictable and the voice acting is a bit of a letdown, none of this takes away from the overall charm and mystery of Eden Genesis. Even when the final area, Node Zero, strips away all of the glamor of Eden’s districts, reducing things to a wireframe orange, it’s never anything less than exhilarating to find ways around obstacles, running along the safe underbelly of a fiery platform in order to double-jump up and slash through an enemy on the other side of it before finding another safe ceiling. If this is mental degeneration, then Disturbed had it right back in 2000: “Get up, come on get down with the sickness.”

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• Digital chumps

  Will Silberman · Aug 20, 2024

  7.8

  Like Aeternum Game Studios’ prior work, Eden Genesis made me feel like I was a master of platforming – at least once I had spent enough time in each level patiently trying, trying, and trying again to get that S rank. Its platforming-meets-metroidvania is unique, but I just wish that there was greater effort made into giving each biome a unique set of mechanics to distract from the steep difficulty curve.

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• Screen Rant

  Leo Faierman · Aug 07, 2024

  5.0

  Eden Genesis has a rich pool of references to giddily point toward, but very little unprecedented innovation or personality to uplift its genre, and that’s a big problem. As a time-trials platformer, it’s only just about average in terms of control quality, creative hazards, and challenge level. For the latter, it leans more towards achingly precise triggers, but muddies this water with mechanics that are more frustrating than fun.

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• Hardcore Gamer

  Zach Mckay · Aug 07, 2024

  7.0

  While the writing is a little generic and the voice acting isn’t perfect, Eden Genesis still has a considerable amount of charm. Some voice acting is much better than the rest, so most characters' voices will be hit or miss. It's still fun to see the story unfold, but during some periods of the game, the writing can start to be a drag or might just not click for you. Eden Genesis is still a fun game to play and the gameplay loop is top-notch. The trials we are given to complete start easy, but grow into legitimate challenges that will take many tries when you're looking to get the best rank possible.

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• MeriStation

  Carlos Forcada · Aug 07, 2024

  7.5

  Eden Genesis es un plataformas de precisión repleto de contenido, que hará las delicias de una audiencia muy concreta: quien disfrute repitiendo niveles o mirando los fantasmas de otros jugadores para mejorar sus tiempos, encontrará aquí un pozo de horas y diversión. Para los demás, es un juego que se las apaña para que queramos volver por más, con una historia que va más allá de lo habitual en el género y una banda sonora con momentos muy inspirados, culminada por los arreglos al piano de la streamer Elesky. Un proyecto que muestra a un estudio encaminado a la excelencia.

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• Checkpoint Gaming

  Tom Quirk · Aug 06, 2024

  7.5

  Eden Genesis is quite a fun title which fans of 2D platformers and speedrunning in particular are likely to enjoy. While the plot won’t knock your socks off, it’s a reasonably engaging little sci-fi tale while it lasts. The game is let down by its slow-paced mandatory combat levels, of which there are way too many and which feel at odds with the lightning-fast and flowing platforming which makes up the bulk of the rest of the game. However, with plenty of extra content to experience once you have reached the end credits, those looking for an engaging 2D platforming challenge to test your skill and reflexes will have a good time with Eden Genesis.

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