Genesis Rising
Three thousand years in the future, mankind has carved a bloody path towards domination of the known universe. Self-proclaimed as a divine race and beyond reproach as a species, they view all alien races as…
Genesis Rising is a strategy, released 6 August 2007 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Genesis Rising is
Genesis Rising was released in 2007. It was published by THQ Nordic. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Three thousand years in the future, mankind has carved a bloody path towards domination of the known universe. Self-proclaimed as a divine race and beyond reproach as a species, they view all alien races as inferior. With fleets of organic starships genetically engineered for war, humanity sets out to conquer the last remaining independent galaxy - The Universal Heart. As Captain Iconah, you are commissioned to uncover the location and purpose of the Heart. Take command of a living fleet, altering your starship's DNA in real-time as you grant them new and powerful abilities. The Universal Crusade has just begun!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Genesis Rising holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 3,249 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 16 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Genesis Rising launched on 6 August 2007, within three weeks of BioShock, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition, Rome: Total War - Collection and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: BioShock, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition, Rome: Total War - Collection, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations.
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