Generations Lost is a platform action game in which the player takes the role of Monobe, an adventurer on the search for the past of his people. Thanks to his magic armour Monobe is able to execute many different moves. Besides running and jumping, Monobe can roll on the ground, deliver blows with hands and feet, and shoot energy balls. With the help of an energy rope Monobe can swing from platform to platform. Most of the time, Monobe has to solve several puzzles, find secret switches and survive deadly traps. The game is split into six areas which can be accessed via the "Magic Box" teleporter.
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For years I would tell people this is one of my favorite games on the Genesis. That it was under-appreciated, a game with a paper thin story that could be easily discarded in favor of just staying there and enjoying the environments, a testament to how precise a thing eerieness is to convey in a video game and how tricky it can be to pull that off, even just for part of a game.
Years later, I discovered the director of this game is one of the people most responsible for The Last of Us aside from The Druck Man, and I want to take it all back.
Years later, I discovered the director of this game is one of the people most responsible for The Last of Us aside from The Druck Man, and I want to take it all back.
Generations Lost is generally grouped alongside "cinematic platformers" such as Flashback and Another World, although it doesn't bear that much similarity to either. I think maybe it's just the closest thing? Seems hard to pin this one down, really. It is definitely more story driven, as uninteresting as the story itself is.
I believe this is by the same people who made the shitty X-Men game also for the Genesis, but I find this to be a noticeable improvement. Music and level design are better, or at least less visibly poor. It's still damn frustrating at times, but definitely not to the same extent. I'd give this a look maybe if you're like diving really deep into the Genesis catalog, looking for really obscure but still serviceable games.
I believe this is by the same people who made the shitty X-Men game also for the Genesis, but I find this to be a noticeable improvement. Music and level design are better, or at least less visibly poor. It's still damn frustrating at times, but definitely not to the same extent. I'd give this a look maybe if you're like diving really deep into the Genesis catalog, looking for really obscure but still serviceable games.