FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles
Game
Game2007
Genesis Rising
Developer Metamorf
Genesis Rising: The Universal Crusade is a 3D Real-time strategy game set in a distant future. The game was developed by Metamorf, published by DreamCatcher Interactive and released in 2007. The game takes place in space, where players control ships and try to eliminate the opponent. The game's primary focus is on squad tactics. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
118 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 30, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
29
Rotten
34 positive · 82 negative
95% range 22–38%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 34 | 82 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
2 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Negative
51 of 165 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 118 · most liked firstLet me start by saying that while I do recommend this game, the Steam version has given people some problems; some say they have had errors on trying to launch, which I have not had, and others have said they have had some in-game oddities such as ships not loading, which I did encounter and initially kept me from advancing past the 2nd map. The steam version is missing a couple of folders. It is silly but adding these empty folders resolves some of the problems such as the ships not loading.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is broken. Millions of error messages when I load it up, then it dies. None of the fixes available worked for me. Don't bother buying it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After I recieved a message from my supposed best friend of six years to buy this game, I was a little dismayed to find out it was in fact complete and utter rubbish and I would have been better placed to bet my money on the Queen's Head sunday league team winning the champions league. First of all to make the game even playable you have to edit folders and such sorcery in the game's root directory. I do not want to be doing this. I'm one of those people that still believe computers are run by…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I do recommend this game, as it is very unique, even though the story is lacking any depth. I like the bioships, upgradable, custom builds, multiple endings. Sadly I can´t give it a thumbs up, because the game crashes within the first few missions. I would gladly change my review if the developers would release a patch/working version. NOT WORKING, DO NOT BUY THIS VERSION. Update: I tried the fix proposed by Sparta (the review below mine), be warned: Does not the fix the issue of the game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →for anyone that is looking to get this game be warned it is missing a few folders for the game. you need to add them in order to play the campaign properly otherwise you be stuck with just the tutrial to play with. i recomend going he here to solve this problem. forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2592425 ootherwise the game looks neat but glitchy
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Here's a game that on the surface is quite interesting; first it's an rts in spaaaaaaace. Points right there. Ships are customizable, and the take on how the ships work (read - organic ships, with your main resource being 'blood') is certainly different. But it all still falls flat; Its buggy - but not unforgivingly so, The cut scenes where juvenile to just plain boring. The ship combat was middling at best and restricted to a 2D plane. Even the missions as a whole are nothing to write home…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After much looking at Youtube about this game, I broke down and bought it for the $2.50 on the Winter Holiday Sale. Unfortunately, on the very first mission my ship won't load which prevents me from finishing or even starting. I also have errors when I click the start button in my library. You can click through the 8+ errors and still launch but that never instills faith when starting a game. I would love to recommend Genesis Rising because of the concept, the music, and being able to enjoy the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I say stay away from this item. I like this item, but, it has many faults in the Steam version. Just make a Google on it. Its a shame they still sell it WITHOUT addressing the problems. But I guess with their 0% return policy it is easy money. Also they are not ACCREDITED with BBB and they to NOT reply to BBB inquerys. Sorta says a bit.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WARNING: This game does not support Modern Intel Graphics Card from Intel HD 4000 and later(Mine was Intel UHD630). I had a dual Graphics laptop I used Nvidia 1050ti to play(not sure about AMD users). HOW TO GET THE GAME WORKING i) Disabling steam overlay is the most important thing to get the game running as it doesn't support it properly. Go to steam Library, right click and click on "properties" Uncheck both "Desktop Theatre" and "Steam overlay" and save. ii) Missing files fix that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game a long time back and only just recently manage to make it work. This method might not work for everyone but for those that want to try anyway for a good old game. Right click on your desktop Open Nvidia Control Panel Select Manage 3D settings Select Program settings Click Add then to Browse Find GenesisRising.Exe it should be at the steam library -> steamapps -> common -> Genesis Rising -> bin Click open and it should be in the 1. Select a program to customise At 2. Select…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would recommend for those who are able and willing to overcome the bugs of the game ONLY. If you desire for a working product, please pass--this is not the game you want! Pros: Cool mechanics; nice meaty ship models; pompous in-game goals. Cons: Pompous but extremely trite plot. Critical cons: Bugs and crashes; no support from the developer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has anyone ever played GENESIS: RISING? @cyclonus11.bsky.social tipped me off to this wild comic book that came bundled with it, and after reading, I'm definitely intrigued to check out the game!
unlabelledView post →There's infestation of bad games in my library!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →how the hell are they able to sell this game on steam if it does not work? thats what i want to know!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought it at 75% off and i can't say i'm disappointed at that price. At first i couldn't get it to run, then i disabled Steam community In-Game and the game runs properly now. That was the only problem i had with the game. Voice acting is kinda wooden and lame at times, but the gameplay is solid and challenging with some nice and hard space battles. The idea of organic ships is original and the graphics are quite nice while exploring and battling other factions. Overall a nice little space…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →got this game thinking wow looks great... waited not long to install.. eager to try it out and BAM! dont bother buying until they fix it, I read each of the pages I found around the net, and on steam to fix it and it will not even work... it is a good job it was under £2 but despite that I still feel robbed... as could have put that money to something that actually works... so please steam, fix it... the folder system that is messed up doesn't fix the game when you manually add the folders,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, I completed it! It's a graphically pleasing game and I enjoyed the genes configuring of the ships and stations to suite whatever mission purpose. Interesting approach to fleet building. I did experience bugs - Memory low and a few other CTDs - setting graphics to medium may have lessened these crashes alot. I owned this originally on DVD years back and the same errors happened on that one too. Characters are ok, same with voice acting. Nothing out of the ordinary on the missions.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is worth a few bucks now just to see the nice art style and checkout living ships and the out there space opera story line. Sadly the game has issues. The latest version on Steam works fine for me on Win 10 with no additinal effort, the missing file directory thing seems to have been fixed. Playing it for fun however is severly hampered by two things: Having to micro-mouse in order to use the best weapons (no hotkeys for them) and no player initiated saves. Cool to checkout,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved this game back on disk when I found it awhile ago, but now? steam what have you done! go take a look at a GoG game and steam you will see that with a little bit of effort ON YOUR BEHALF you can make old games play on new systems....alas this one DOES NOT work on my windows 7 pc, the pc the disk worked on before......awesome game if you find it on disk otherwise do not buy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Seems to be missing some files, locks up on start and has to be shut down in manager. TOTAL RIP! Do Not Buy this game!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game files are broken and it takes alot to put the game back to working condition i do not recomend this even though it is an alright game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Three thousand years in the future, mankind has carved a bloody path towards domination of the known universe. Self-proclaimed as a divine race and beyond reproach as a species, they view all alien races as inferior. With fleets of organic starships genetically engineered for war, humanity sets out to conquer the last remaining independent galaxy - The Universal Heart. As Captain Iconah, you are commissioned to uncover the location and purpose of the Heart. Take command of a living fleet,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Genesis Rising: The Universal Crusade is the only tactical space combat game I know of which uses the idea of organiform spaceships which is even a rare topic in Scifi literature. You upgrade your ships via genetic mutation. The necessary genes can be acquired through devouring conquered enemy ships or by trading with other races. It is fully voice acted and looks quite nice for a ten year old game. Movement is limited to a plane so no six degrees of freedom here. There is only one catch - you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game keeping screwing up on odd places. It won't continue objectives and I can't figure out why.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →avoid this at all costs, even free!!!!!!! developer disappeared and game broken. love to meet one of the 'brass' from the company just once.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game does not work no matter what u do if u acidentally bought it id see about getting your money back if you can cuz i wouldent take this broken game if it were given to me free
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tough one to get running. Yet A GEM once you do. Win 11 here required EVERY FIX available in the forums. I had to download the Exe replacement off GoogleDrive, and UNPACK all the Zip files in the WORLDS forlder before I got the joy. Also game ONLY runs PERFECTLY for me aspect ratio wise at 720p. Still even with all these issues THE GAME IS WORTH IT :) an overlooked classic IMO only reason it gets such bad reviews is due to how hard it is to get running for many people I am a computer…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another THQ cash grab, release cash in, and abandon.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First mission already not working. Probably only compatible with Windows XP or something. There is probably a fix for it in the community area, but meh.. I finished this game years ago and just bought it to have it on steam.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game won't even start for me it says "Cannot obtain procedure: glVertexAttrib2hNV" and won't do anything after that.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WON'T EVEN START!!! Steam should have more care about the Games they sell as their "support" is nil! ADDED: Since I had played it time before (NOT in the Steam Version), I decided, for the Nth time, to try the suggested solutions, creating the necessary folders, etc… and it was a No-Go! Once you get a “Shader Error” there's no hope… this Game seems not to recognise an NVDIA Video Card (I guess it's too old and they didn't update it)! My Final Say: Although it had its moment of glory, now…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tells me my graphics card is unsupported and none of the fixes suggested by anybody works. Guess I'll just have to get a refund. A real shame, because it looks rad and has an interesting premise.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game doesnt work. Do not purchase. Valve should have removed this thing from their store years ago.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →greate for a couple plays but the game needs to be updated or expanded upon. Its a bit repetive after you played it for the 10th time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, I only paid a dollar for this game (sale), so I am not surprised to find out that it doesn't work. At first it would crash to the desktop, but I managed to a least get to the opening menu and start a game. Then it would crash in the loading screen, so pick you poison. The "None Stream Version" might work better or not I couldn't tell you. However be prepared for some trouble shooting in any case.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one very tedious LOADING game. If you want to purchase it? You just might consider the loading/running fix I posted for it. Click view community hub then click discussions. This game apparently works superb on a Windows 10 operating system.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →works well on win 10 and all folders they said were not there seem to be fixed . looks like the old dark star 1 not sure how this can be neg game grab it now while on sale what a bargin
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm only recommending this because its 1$ right now. But when it goes off sale its not worth the price. The game crashes a lot. Id say 8 crashes within 15 hours of game play time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →27/01/2019 THE GAME WORKS - I can confirm the game is playing fine, using a GTX 780M WINDOWS 10. I bought this game because I remember it from years ago. graphics and the controls are outdated yes ofcourse it is an old game, but it is also a game I have enjoyed playing. If you like the idea of space with living gentic ships then you might enjoy this game it isn't like any other games out there currently, and to be honest its a shame. I would say for the price of £5 you cant really go wrong,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just stopped workign one day. No matter what i do. Says my video card is no longer supported....
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't quite understand the hate. Back in the days this game brought me hours and hours of fun. I really enjoyed it. The idea of biological spaceships and everything.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mostly I'm quite okay with things that have swarms of bugs flying out of every orifice, but not so much with software. There's some decent ideas (and a fantastic/terrible plot) underneath the bugs, but I can't really recommend this. Watch an LP on youtube or something instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tried all possible attempt to troubleshoot, but just couldn't. Just doesn't run on Windows 8 62bit system. Would have been helpful if the store page mentioned it. Read online that some people managed to get it to work, but I'm left scratching my head here. Managed to tone down the initial launch error message to 1 by fixing a few lines in the Crucifom.cfg file, but no matter what suggested fix I try, the game would crash as soon as I try to even start a tutorial campaign. Pity, loved the idea…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't buy it, it won't start. I get "Cannot obtain procedure: glVertexAttrib2hNV" when I try to get the game to run. I've tried it on Windows 8, Windows 7 and XP.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →!!Warning!! this game does not actually -RUN- on most systems the developer links are all dead and seem to have been taken over by malware
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only compatible with AGP gfx...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Won't work. Crashes on scenario loading for tutorial and campaign. I think I got this in a bundle. Oh, well, uninstall.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"NOT ENOUGH MEOMORY" Yes... that last part is misspelled, and yes, this is the crash window popup i got. Expect to see it too if you buy this drm protected gem
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was OK when it was new. I remember I picked it up back then and got decently far into the campaign. The "living ships" approach is nice, though the ships only move on the X and Y axes. The problem is, after the tutorials, you make a couple of Paragon/Renegade decisions in conversations and then the first map loads. And just the first map. As in, nothing but the first map. Your ship, the one you're in, the one you use to explore the stones in the first map? Not there. NO…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This stupid pile of ♥♥♥♥ should not be played by anybody with more than 3 and a half functioning brain cells. Gameplay is atrocious and slow, and not interesting in any way. The graphics are an eye sore to look at, even with it being made over a decade ago. The UI must have been designed by a team of incompentent monkeys throwing piss stained banana peels mixed with smegma onto a blank canvas, then getting some dumb degenrate who is missing an eye and is almost legaly blind to port it over to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An OK game delivered in a broken state. WARNING! The steamversion does not save your game which breaks the game because your units dont get carried over to the next mission. There are also many people who report having problems starting the game in the first place. I did not experience that. You can download savegames from the Internet and put them in a "save" folder that you have to create. Then you can play the game more or less in the intended way. The game itself is ok, but i found the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is unplayable on laptop with Intel HD graphics - won´t even start!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Under no circumstances buy this game. Not unless you have an ancient PC. It will not work, or even if it does you will have major glitches and issues. I was really hoping for something to keep me busy whilst I wait for Homeworld Shipbreakers but all this did was keep me busy reading forums on how buggy this is!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DONT! JUST DONT, i regret buying now, even aftr the good reviews the games looks nice BUT thats IF u can play it. after getting an error before the game even starts, which i managed to fix, i then instead got about 30-50 errors alone before the game starts, which in the end it does, but thats not all. it keeps doing these 30-50 error mssages every time i change the options, start a game or do anything that requires a loadin screen. THEN the game loads.... with all the textures coloured in big…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To me this game was always unreachable in the past due to my lack of Nvidia video card. but it is also one of the best RTS games out there despite its bugs, worked on by devoted people this game falls under the cult classic category. this game is unique and very fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great concept A game that is fantastic, the weird living ship thing, really hits a spot for me. highly enjoyable. be wary it does have some stability issues.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like this game and i even have a few older computers to run it. It has some great ideas and the story with the living ships is really new. Great videos scenes and story. Unfortunately, it seems that the version from steam has a bug as the ships don't appear in the first mission. I have an older version of the game on the same computer and it runs without problems (Windows 7). So i can recommend the game only if you're willing to create some folders (see forums) and take the risk that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed this game when it came out back in the day and was excited to play it again. I can not begin to describe how upset i am with steam and the developer for having a completely broken game that doesn't work for sale! If you buy this after all the warnings and negative reviews, you deserve to be fleeced. It is completely unethical that this game is on here in it's current state. Honestly, I think this is criminal behavior on the part of Steam, Metamorf, and THQ Nordic! DO NOT BUY!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Genesis Rising was a fun and entertaining game back in the day and did have a an average story line coupled with a limited plane of movement. That being said I would have once still recommended this game. However since the release on steam the game has not been optimized nor set up correctly for modern graphic cards and systems. Buggy and crashs fairly offten. If you do buy this game please know to get it to run with ships accually spawning in the campain mission start do the following. 1)…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mixed feelings. I actually like this game. The concept of the bio-ship that changes based upon your needs is cool to me. I have played the game outside of steam and loved it. Inside of steam, it seems to be broken. When I looked around to other users of the game, I read the instructions of how to make it work. I created the folders that I was instructed to create and then the game would start. After that, the graphics were chewed up. Stream could/should have put a bit more work into…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
Posts are quoted from public profiles with links to the original. Want yours removed? Contact us.