![]() ![]() Starting with their head, you paint their bodies then adorn with with as many accessories as you please. Luckily you’re given a number of sprites throughout your adventure that allow you to summon Genies at certain locations. You need special paint given to you by a Genie for those. Though you’ll find that there are some walls that you can’t paint on, as they’re covered is a strange purple substance. It doesn’t matter if what you create is a masterpiece or not, you just need to bring some life to them walls. And you’re not penalised if you’re not particularly artistic, either. That’s not to say you can’t create some detailed and unique pieces of work though Concrete Genie‘s painting system is robust. Painting them pretty much just determines their size and angle. You’re not going to be actually drawing anything yourself though, you merely select objects to draw from your library. You then press the right trigger, et voila! You’ve made a work of art. After whipping out your paintbrush with the push of a button, you can use either motion controls or the right analogue stick to move a pointer around the screen. ![]() Restoring power to the many lights found within Denska simply requires you to paint on nearby walls. Although there is some puzzling involved that will make you put your thinking cap on, and plenty of opportunities to be creative. At least not the first part of it, anyway. Concrete Genie certainly isn’t a game that’s going to challenge you. They’re easy to find, but if you get stuck there’s a handy map that shows you where they all are. To do that, you move through three areas, illuminating the lights within each of its zones. The first two thirds of the game are all about cleaning up Denska and bringing light back to it. It’s fair to say that Concrete Genie is a game of two parts. One of Ash’s creations brought to life, Luna wants you to restore Denska to what it once was, and provides a magical paintbrush with which you can complete the task. But it’s there that Ash meets the mysterious yet lovable Luna. Then they shove him in a cable car that leads to a haunted lighthouse. They steal the notebook in which he loves to doodle, ripping out its pages. Playing as Ash, it’s a run in with the bullies that starts your adventure. A small town, families and businesses abandoned it years ago, leaving its streets to be the haunting grounds for a group of troublesome bullies. Need to know more before splashing the cash? Well, here goes.ĭenska is overcome with negativity. And if you want to experience it in the best way possible, you should take a punt and buy it right now, before reading the rest of this review: Concrete Genie is a game that you’re best going into blind. It’s a short tale of bullying and escapism, leveraging game mechanics from a wide variety of games but presenting them in a way that feels fresh. This artistic adventure from Pixelopus is one of the most heartwarming experiences I’ve played through on PS4. That’s what I’m taking away from Concrete Genie. Things are rarely what they appear to be on the surface. ![]()
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