Fusion: Genesis

For 800 MS Points there are few better Xbox Arcade releases out there; make it your own mission to the stars.

Okay, so you're mostly just blasting away at anyone not wearing your current colors, but it's still plenty addictive.

This could have been a great game. Heck, it still is, but it is a real shame they did not put more effort into the player instructions instead of relying on the player to work things out as they went on. Despite this, if you are a fan of space trading and combat games, this will light up your night sky and deliver you hours of happy game play.

Fusion: Genesis doesn't invite players to play. If you're willing to come over by yourself and invest a little time and effort in this game, it has a lot to offer. A tutorial may be the answer to a broader audience. Now only the few who persist will get a great game with an even greater universe.

As it stands, it will take a very specific type of player to stick with the game long enough to mine its deep-buried enjoyment.

Even though the game gets repetitive you're constantly receiving rewards and increasing your stats, which makes the game addictive.

Had Starfire focussed on just a couple of elements rather than trying to be all things to all players, had it made the quests more varied, the progression more enticing, this could have been the start of something really special. As it stands, it's the epitome of a game trying to be a jack-of-all-trades, sadly mastering little.

Very solid game so **** kinda what XBOX live been missing.Kinda like a better Galaxy Under Fire for the Iphone if it were a twin stick shooter.I just hope people pick this **** dont overlook it due to when it was released.

This game is beautiful! I needed a break from Skyrim; so I went shopping for a different genre. Not expecting to find one as intriguing and consuming. To my surprise F:G swallowed 6 straight hours - and suddenly it was 3am (just playing the trial)! I dreamt about it and thought about it the whole next day at work. Then, I read some user and mag reviews - trying to decide if this was a "flash in the pan" and whether I should spend the 800pts on it. Well, after another 5 hours playing the full game, I'm still glad I bought it. Sure there are week points, but the depth, customization, graphics and ability to have 4 custom sentients attached to your spaceship - mining, boosting, & fighting - keep bringing me back! I look forward to digging into the multiplayer tonite; although I was only buying for single player. So - I don't know what's so horribly wrong with this game that it receives an avg 69 from the magazines. I typically average the user & magazine scores to get a true score. So far, this game is a real treat - whether you want to sit back and mine/trade, or get into a huge warzone firefight! BTW, play the trial first to get a feel for the game, then start over and concentrate on learning how to customize your pilot skills, ship abilities and sentient abilities/boosts. Privateer-meets-Galaga

This game is well worth it, not only is it just 800msp , most games are 1200. So what do we get? A Singleplayer which has 100 missions, if not more, a Multiplayer which works with a drop in drop out system and is similar to a Massive Online Multiplayer World. The level of RPG in the way you can configure your ship, make purchases etc is VERY Deep considering it's price tag and at Par with ANY Retail game similar to this. In the end what U have is a Long single player, Good Multiplayer which provides, Co-op and PvP, RPG and Action shooter:) Try the Demo it's Free but it's more like a Trainer/Tutorial which does even cover how deep this game really is:)

Pretty much a grindfest, but the game is so darn long you can't really go wrong if you like the trial. Set in the year 2525, you are a robot chip who needs to find the meaning of life. You blast away stuff to find ore, the meaning of life is not there. There is a Limbo style level. The game saves well, freezes hardly ever. Give it a shot, turkey crotch.