Generation Zero Reviews

Generation Zero is ranked in the 5th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
50 / 100
Mar 25, 2019

Genertation Zero has potential but no purpose. Big map, good shooting mechanics, but game is not entertaining

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8 / 10.0
Mar 20, 2019

The enemies in Generation Zero remind me of all those Boston Dynamics videos. They aren't sleek or streamlined, they're chunky and industrial.

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5.5 / 10.0
Mar 27, 2019

The ideas are sound and the visuals look good, but Generation Zero doesn't have too much to offer. Looking past the glitches may offer some fun co-op play, though.

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Mar 31, 2019

Generation Zero offers glimpses of a superb game - it has brilliant atmosphere, a vast world, plenty of intrigue and some fun combat opportunities, particularly when played in co-op. However the package as a whole feels grossly incomplete, with an incredibly rough UI, copious amounts of bugs and a huge list of issues. This could be great one day, but right now it's hard to recommend.

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6 / 10.0
Apr 1, 2019

Generation Zero could have been a much better game than it actually is. I feel like it’s almost too simple to just collect ammunition and medpacks. If they had added some sort of hunger system or survival mechanics I would have had a much more enjoyable time. Randomizing item placement in the world would have been a plus aswell. The world seems to be static for the most part. I also encountered a handful of crashes while playing that seemingly reset some of my progress, but those can and will probably be patched quickly. To sum up, gameplay was fun for a few hours, but once I put it down I had a hard time wanting to go back to it. It’s nice to look at albeit a bit drab in the color department. The style of music Avalanche has chosen to go with is something that appeals to me. So Generation Zero has pros and cons to it, and it has a lot of potential if they add some DLC down the road.

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5 / 10.0
Mar 25, 2019

This game feels, looks and plays like a title in advance access. I think it will be good someday because I think it has the potential and character enough, but I do not think it is his day of departure and surely not soon either.

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4 / 10
Apr 3, 2019

It’s pretty to look at, but is such a jumbled mess and we couldn’t get our heads around it…a bit like their furniture, then.

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Evan Norris
Top Critic
4 / 10
Apr 7, 2019

Avalanche's successes in world-building and player freedom are significant, but insufficient to turn this love song to 1980s Sweden into a hit.

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3.6 / 5.0
Apr 12, 2019

On the whole I enjoyed my Swedish adventure with Generation Zero, as this kind of shooter that involves stealth and strategy over gung-ho firepower is more my kind of thing.

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4.5 / 10.0
Apr 30, 2019

If you miss the ’80s then Generation Zero may be the game for you, personally though I thought it was an odd choice for this style of game. It truly was a beautiful looking game which has been dragged down by the poor gameplay. Maybe if the map was smaller and more condensed then it would have appealed to me more, as well as not being as tedious and boring with the vast open nothingness.

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55%
Apr 30, 2019

You have to give Avalanche Studios props for crafting a very interesting world, but their efforts weren't quite enough. Right now, there's just no reason to play Generation Zero, but once it gets fixed and tweaked a bit, it could be worth trying

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3 / 10.0
Aug 2, 2019

Generation Zero is an empty, meandering and completely boring experience.

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7 / 10.0
Mar 25, 2019

Generation Zero is a game propelled by its ability to be played with a group of friends. While its technical systems may be flawed, its world and mechanics are still engaging enough for fun-times-with-mates.

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5 / 10.0
Apr 1, 2019

This strange unknown game that takes place in rural Sweden tries its best to be a great open-world survival game and it comes dangerously close to it. However, it falters in almost all of its aspects and ends up being a frustrating and mediocre experience. Glimpses of something great are to be had, but this game should have been in Early Access and iterated upon instead of giving us an incomplete romp through the cold north.

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2.5 / 5.0
Apr 11, 2019

I love the ideas that Avalanche brought to the table and there are moments where Generation Zero gets it right. The emptiness of the large world might annoy me because it feels superfluous, but it does create a sense of isolation which mixes nicely with the roaming bands of robots to create a tense atmosphere, at least for the first hour or two. I also enjoyed the more careful approach to combat, the fantastic robot designs and teaming up with friends or even random players. Sadly, though, the core mechanics of stealth, shooting and looting didn’t click with me. Yet, I’d still like to see a sequel because there’s some great potential on show in Generation Zero.

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Pixel Arts
Noshin Khalatbari
4 / 10.0
Jun 14, 2019

You have to work hard to love GZ and in the end, you will probably fail. The game, though promising, had an entertaining and lasting effect that could be entertained for hours, but the release now suffers from numerous setbacks, making it impossible to recommend it to anyone. Maybe someday the game will get better, no one knows, but what is clear is Avalanche's mistaken view of a PvE-based game.

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6.5 / 10.0
Sep 5, 2021

Generation Zero has a nice and very different atmosphere compared to titles with similar settings but there is a clear lack of focus here that makes the whole experience a little boring.

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4 / 10.0
Apr 13, 2019

A great premise that was terribly executed. Generation Zero is painfully boring and repetitive.

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5.5 / 10.0
Mar 26, 2019

So beautiful and so boring and repetitive quests and gameplay. Play it in cooperation and maybe you can stay a bit longer in this dull world.

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45 / 100
Mar 31, 2019

Generation Zero is an amalgamation of ideas, some of them pretty decent, but none executed with any great level of confidence. Despite the surprisingly strong atmosphere, gameplay annoyances and serious technical issues prevent it from having a chance to survive.

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