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Symphony Of The Good Intentions: A Quick Review For 'Evil Genome'

Evil Genome is a Metroidvania-type game where you play the role of a woman named Lachesis who is exploring and doing battle in a wasteland of a world. Flanked by an AI named Alfa, you're forced to make an emergency landing on a mining planet where you become the defacto savior of the lower class workers. You'll battle your way through hoards of enemies in hazardous levels in order to free them from their oppressors and eventually find a way off this man-made hell hole.

Symphony Of The Good Intentions: A Quick Review For 'Evil Genome'
credit//Crystal Depths Studios

The game has a decent flow to it that reminded me a lot of Symphony Of The Night, where you make quick moves and combo up your fighting abilities to make quick work of your enemies. As you make your way along, you have a pseudo-RPG system where your character grows stronger and you're able to upgrade your weapons and abilities to continue onward and face off against harder foes. However, if you can make heads or tails of the skill tree in the game, good on you. There's no guide as to how it works or how best to level yourself up, so everything is pretty much trial-and-error.

Symphony Of The Good Intentions: A Quick Review For 'Evil Genome'
credit//Crystal Depths Studios

One of the biggest obstacles you have to overcome, which you shouldn't, is the localization. This was made by a Chinese developer who apparently skimped out on the translation fees, so there are parts of the game's story, menus, and other randomized things that make zero sense and you just have to determine what the intent was. If this were a cheap game that was nonsense to begin with, it would be funny. Here, it's frustrating as hell and makes you wish you knew what they were thinking.

Symphony Of The Good Intentions: A Quick Review For 'Evil Genome'
credit//Crystal Depths Studios

Evil Genome isn't a terrible game, but it isn't that great either. If you just love running around and killing things, you'll be fine. But if you want anything more from the game beyond that one mechanic, you'll need to develop a sense of humor over how bad it was put together and a much thinker skin for things that just don't make sense.


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Gavin SheehanAbout Gavin Sheehan

Gavin is the current Games Editor for Bleeding Cool. He has been a lifelong geek who can chat with you about comics, television, video games, and even pro wrestling. He can also teach you how to play Star Trek chess, be your Mercy on Overwatch, recommend random cool music, and goes rogue in D&D. He also enjoys hundreds of other geeky things that can't be covered in a single paragraph. Follow @TheGavinSheehan on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Vero, for random pictures and musings.
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