Genesis Noir is a fun bouncy little puzzler with a jazz-infused sci-fi story. It's a goofy little jaunt through simple little puzzles that's mainly meant to make you smile more than it is to challenge you. Most of the puzzles are quite simple and obvious (and when they're not the game usually vibrates and glows at you to show you the answers). It's a little more 'experience' than 'game' but that's okay. It doesn't try to be anything other than that.

I found it quite fun, quite pretty and very nice sounding. The soundtrack is very good, it ought to be though given what the game is. It's cute and I would recommend it. Probably not at its list price but it is often on sale and can be found on GamePass. It's a serotonin maker.

It's a strange gaming experience, frankly. I didn't expect this journey to get so complicated in the first place, and even though I love the art design, the sounds and the music, I felt a bit bad that I was struggling to understand something along the way. What was I supposed to make of it? I felt something more than that. The artwork was so strange that I realized when I got to the end of the game that it actually managed to hypnotize me. But in the end I would have liked to understand something, so I went online and got some information, and yes, the game doesn't tell as complex a story as it seems, it presents a simple story at an astronomical level, so I can't say I was bored, but I want to make it clear that my mind was tired.

Yes, it may be a very deep game, but I wanted the depth to be understood on the surface. In this era of game uniformity, I will continue to test the different experiences that games like this provide. For me, it will remain the strangest game I've played this year.