Moreover, while the genies’ primary purpose is to help you progress through blocked paths, they quickly prove to be utterly charming and lovable in their own right. This way, you’re encouraged to be as creative with your genie as possible without having to worry about adhering to a particular design.
Best of all, the game will imbue your genie with the necessary ability to progress through a certain area, like fire to burn away an obstacle or electricity to turn on an elevator.
Your varied toolset extends to the titular genies you can create a variety of different Monster’s, Inc.-like hairballs with all sorts of ears, horns, tails and the like. You can also unlock new painting options through pages of Ash’s sketchbook that were torn out by the bullies and blown by the wind. In a way, it feels as simple and satisfying as waving around a wand, only with paint shooting out instead of spells.Īltogether, the game features dozens of different sketches that you can use to embellish your art, such as stars, flowers, trees, moons, butterflies and more. This took a bit of getting used to, but once I did, I found this rather intuitive. In practice, this means going into a painting mode that lets you aim your brush with the DualShock 4 controller’s motion control functionality.
To progress through Denksa, you’ll need to paint enough areas in each of the city’s districts. Naturally, though, the true beauty of Concrete Genie lies in its painting mechanics. At the same time, the game uses stylistic hand-drawn art to convey brief flashbacks, which help give the game an even more popping aesthetic. Right from the start, I took to Concrete Genie’s endearingly quirky character designs, which feel lovingly plucked from one Laika‘s uniquely animated films, like Coraline or Kubo and the Three Strings.
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