Concrete Genie (2019)

Pixelopus

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation VR

3.33 from 226 ratings

672 members have it in their collection · 15 playing now · 253 backlogged · 92 wish listed

How long? Main story 7h · 100% 8h (from 11 logged playthroughs)

Concrete Genie is a game about Ash, a young boy who is bullied but discovers a magical paint that might save his home town.
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Details

Developers
Pixelopus
Publishers
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Genres
Adventure, Platform, Puzzle
Themes
Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sandbox

Release dates

  • Sep 26, 2019 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR
  • Oct 09, 2019 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR

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Rating distribution

5 stars
19
4 stars
74
3 stars
103
2 stars
23
1 star
7
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Community All Reviews Statuses

amgirl

Review amgirl 3/5 · May 4, 2023

This was really cute little game. It took me a while to get the painting down a bit but once i did... well i still sucked at it but it was fun :D

ElectronicJourneys

Review ElectronicJourneys 2/5 · Sep 13, 2022

I Understand Why No One Talks About This Game Now

When people come up with ideas for these games do they just have a meeting and be like "Hey, you know those games where like the world is drained of color and you have to like restore light to it? Let's do one of those." There are so many of these games, it's crazy. I wonder where it started. Okami? …

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When people come up with ideas for these games do they just have a meeting and be like "Hey, you know those games where like the world is drained of color and you have to like restore light to it? Let's do one of those." There are so many of these games, it's crazy. I wonder where it started. Okami? That couldn't have been the first one.

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euguiss_

Review euguiss_ 5/5 · Jun 28, 2022

A arte em forma de jogo!

Platinei em cerca de quatro horas, com toda certeza é um jogo curto, porém muito emocionante.

O ponto forte desse jogo não é a mecânica em si -- que apesar de muito interessante, não é lá tão inovadora -- mas sim a história. Todo o visual do jogo é fantástico, os "grafites" que você desenha dos seus monstrinhos são perfeitos, …

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Platinei em cerca de quatro horas, com toda certeza é um jogo curto, porém muito emocionante.

O ponto forte desse jogo não é a mecânica em si -- que apesar de muito interessante, não é lá tão inovadora -- mas sim a história. Todo o visual do jogo é fantástico, os "grafites" que você desenha dos seus monstrinhos são perfeitos, as cores são extremamente vivas e o visual é belo!

Os personagens em cutscene são feitos em stop-motion, e isso te traz mais uma forma de arte. No geral, você passa mais da metade do jogo se encantando com os gráficos e utilizando a mecânica de pintura para resolver os puzzles -- que, por ventura, são bem óbvios.

Em suma, a mecânica de jogo acaba por ser repetitiva e os chefões que você deve enfrentar são piores ainda, vejo como uma tentativa de adicionar um combate num jogo artístico e falhando miseravelmente. As lutas são extremamente repetitivas e com toda certeza é a parte mais chata do jogo.

Em relação à história, é impecável! A trama retrata a vivência de Ash e passa uma excelente mensagem anti-bullying e anti-industrialização, demonstrando como a arte pode salvar tudo -- Só comparar a cidade de tons escuros e um ar de poluição do começo do jogo com o final de jogo, em que tudo se torna vivo por conta das artes que você, como Ash, deve fazer.

Para mim, o ponto chave do jogo é a introdução do passado dos valentões, em cada capítulo mostrando seu passado e o porquê se tornaram assim, demonstrando que todos possuem traumas e para inibi-los, optam por fazer outras pessoas sofrerem. enter image description here

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itamar

Review itamar 4/5 · Aug 14, 2021

Cool ideas, annoying bosses

I like this game. I has a bit of creative expression for the player, a story that looks at the behavior of people and places and some very cool visuals. I was happily playing around with my kids watching or vise versa until the very last boss, which just proved to be an annoying, repetitive boss that added nothing good …

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I like this game. I has a bit of creative expression for the player, a story that looks at the behavior of people and places and some very cool visuals. I was happily playing around with my kids watching or vise versa until the very last boss, which just proved to be an annoying, repetitive boss that added nothing good to the experience of the game. That was true to all game bosses, but at least the earlier ones were easy enough as to not annoy.

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Cpax

Review Cpax 4/5 · Apr 18, 2021

Great Interactive Art Game

Cute game with a great anti-bullying & anti-industrialization message. Perfect for those that want to play an uplifting game for a few hours beautifying a town with wall art. Best if you take your time to really create art pieces on the walls. Create individual genies along the way to help you clean up the town. Avoid bullies and slowly …

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Cute game with a great anti-bullying & anti-industrialization message. Perfect for those that want to play an uplifting game for a few hours beautifying a town with wall art. Best if you take your time to really create art pieces on the walls. Create individual genies along the way to help you clean up the town. Avoid bullies and slowly change their hearts with you kindness and art. Relaxing and easy-going game for the most part. Towards the end you actually need to fight the bullies who have been corrupted with evil ooze. That part can be much more intense and takes a bit of gaming skill. Overall a fun interactive art game that takes your 'creations' into account and animates them. Takes 1-2 days to complete. Great for all ages No prior gaming skills required.

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scaryhairyman

Review scaryhairyman 3/5 · Feb 13, 2021

Does skating better than most actual skater games do ;)

Concrete Genie does exactly what it intends to do - dive into some relaxing painting and bringing your creations alive. With a cleverly outlined plot that fits in with the entire theme, Concrete Genie will give you a rightly-set 6 hour experience.

There are tonnes of happy memories to take back especially with the childish demeanour of the genies in …

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Concrete Genie does exactly what it intends to do - dive into some relaxing painting and bringing your creations alive. With a cleverly outlined plot that fits in with the entire theme, Concrete Genie will give you a rightly-set 6 hour experience.

There are tonnes of happy memories to take back especially with the childish demeanour of the genies in the game. Try and find all the "genie moments" which are quite entertaining.

It's intended to be family fun so expect the same. The game has some of its richest moments only later in the story. That being said, it's only a matter of time before the game starts to get repetitive. Glad it's a short lived but memorable experience.

Also I will leave you with one word - skating.

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guiss1120

Review guiss1120 5/5 · Feb 3, 2021

Meu nome é Ash!

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É de longe um dos melhores jogos que já joguei!

Pude platiná-lo em 7 ou 8 horas, é um jogo curto, mas emocionante. Logo de início temos uma cutscene linda mostrando como Ash enxergava Danska, e como ela está agora.

Gostei muito da forma em que cada membro da "gangue de valentões" é introduzido, em cada capítulo mostrando seu passado …

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É de longe um dos melhores jogos que já joguei!

Pude platiná-lo em 7 ou 8 horas, é um jogo curto, mas emocionante. Logo de início temos uma cutscene linda mostrando como Ash enxergava Danska, e como ela está agora.

Gostei muito da forma em que cada membro da "gangue de valentões" é introduzido, em cada capítulo mostrando seu passado e o porquê se tornaram assim. A campanha do jogo é sensacional, trazendo essa questão de entender o lado do outro ao invés de só julgar.

Os puzzles são interessantes, e fáceis de resolver, apenas chamar o seu gênio elemental, desenhar seus pedidos que ele resolverá para você. Gostei de como o jogo trabalha com o Parkour e Stealth no começo da campanha, locomovendo-se pelos telhados para passar as áreas.

O que mais me surpreendeu com toda certeza fora o final, onde é acrescentado o sistema de combate apenas para derrotar os gênios amaldiçoados, e mesmo que de forma sútil, mudara completamente o ritmo do jogo, sensacional! enter image description here

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noplotr

Review noplotr 4/5 · Mar 28, 2020

A Fun Bit of Whimsy In These Dark Times

The art is great, the gameplay is based enough in exploration (and artistic expression) to stay engaging despite the simple mechanics, the story is familiar in its shape but novel in its details, and for its target audience it's got great lessons about empathy and community. A fun 4-hour distraction for an adult, but I could see a kid spending …

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The art is great, the gameplay is based enough in exploration (and artistic expression) to stay engaging despite the simple mechanics, the story is familiar in its shape but novel in its details, and for its target audience it's got great lessons about empathy and community. A fun 4-hour distraction for an adult, but I could see a kid spending much more time with it, especially with the Free Draw mode.

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Duskwind

Review Duskwind 4/5 · Mar 28, 2020

General Review

Gameplay= Mechanics, gameplay options (freedom), repetition, goals, difficulty

Story= plot, engagement, characters, world-building

Presentation= graphics, animation, environment/character design, Art direction, Script, music

Gameplay: 3.5/5 The gameplay was creative and new, but it would have been more fun and engaging if mechanics that became available later were introduced earlier on in the game. Story: 4/5

Presentation: 4/5

Rokal

Review Rokal 3/5 · Dec 30, 2019

Drawn to Life

The artwork is front and center for Concrete Genie which is appropriate for a game about painting. Everything about how the game looks is great: the graffiti monsters that are full of life, characters reminiscent of stop-motion animation from yester-year, and all the bright and interesting things you cover the walls of the town with. While everything looks great, the …

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The artwork is front and center for Concrete Genie which is appropriate for a game about painting. Everything about how the game looks is great: the graffiti monsters that are full of life, characters reminiscent of stop-motion animation from yester-year, and all the bright and interesting things you cover the walls of the town with. While everything looks great, the gameplay falls a bit short of the creative painting dream you might imagine when you first see the game. Painting is more akin to using stamps and the game places several limits on how and where you can paint. With the only activity you can do in the first ¾ of the game being that painting mechanic, things feel repetitive and get stale pretty fast. A late-game shift in the gameplay is welcome but does not control particularly well and feels like something out of a PS2 game. Overall, Concrete Genie feels like a really creative and passionate product that falls a bit short of the polish, gameplay depth, and length that you’d want from a modern game. There is a lot of charm and a lot to like here though and the friendly and mischievous graffiti monsters never failed to put a smile on my face.

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