<s>
Genesis	B-Application
Noir	I-Application
is	O
an	O
adventure	B-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
American	O
studio	O
Feral	O
Cat	O
Den	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
on	O
March	O
26	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Genesis	B-Application
Noir	I-Application
is	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	B-Application
game	O
,	O
played	O
out	O
across	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
vignettes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Genesis	B-Application
Noir	I-Application
plays	O
as	O
a	O
metaphorical	O
narrative	O
between	O
a	O
film	O
noir-style	O
detective	O
movie	O
and	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
creation	O
and	O
potential	O
destruction	O
of	O
the	O
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
plays	O
out	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
Big	B-Application
Bang	I-Application
as	O
a	O
metaphor	O
for	O
a	O
broken	O
romance	O
between	O
No	O
Man	O
(	O
representing	O
time	O
)	O
trying	O
to	O
stop	O
Golden	O
Boy	O
(	O
representing	O
energy	O
)	O
from	O
killing	O
Miss	O
Mass	O
(	O
the	O
mass	O
of	O
the	O
universe	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
creative	O
lead	O
Evan	O
Anthony	O
,	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
Genesis	B-Application
Noir	I-Application
came	O
about	O
around	O
2013	O
after	O
he	O
and	O
Jeremy	O
Abel	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
technical	O
lead	O
,	O
had	O
read	O
Italo	O
Calvino	O
's	O
Cosmicomics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
early	O
prototypes	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
Unity	B-Application
which	O
had	O
various	O
animation	O
issues	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
to	O
switch	O
to	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Kickstarter	O
for	O
Genesis	B-Application
Noir	I-Application
was	O
launched	O
on	O
January	O
17	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
funding	O
goal	O
of	O
$	O
40,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
Calvino	O
's	O
works	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
art	O
style	O
was	O
influenced	O
by	O
animation	O
studios	O
Buck	O
,	O
Giant	O
Ant	O
,	O
and	O
Golden	O
Wolf	O
,,	O
artwork	O
by	O
Kevin	O
Huizenga	O
and	O
Marc-Antoine	O
Michel	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Windosill	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Genesis	B-Application
Noir	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
ending	O
up	O
with	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
77	O
based	O
on	O
18	O
reviews	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
and	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
81	O
for	O
both	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
simply	O
no	O
other	O
game	O
that	O
looks	O
like	O
Genesis	B-Application
Noir	I-Application
right	O
now.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Rock	O
Paper	O
Shotgun	O
Nate	O
Crowley	O
noted	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
n't	O
much	O
actual	O
gameplay	O
in	O
Genesis	B-Application
Noir	I-Application
"	O
there	O
’s	O
not	O
that	O
much	O
playing	O
in	O
this	O
game	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
Life	O
gave	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
5	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
bad	O
way	O
to	O
play	O
a	O
good	O
game	O
"	O
while	O
citing	O
the	O
awkward	O
control	O
scheme	O
,	O
visual	O
and	O
audio	O
glitches	O
,	O
and	O
poor	O
performance	O
as	O
issues	O
that	O
hindered	O
the	O
port	O
's	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
