Mars War Logs - Discussion Thread

[Ethan_Hunt]

Mars: War Logs is a 3rd person action RPG that takes the player into a futuristic and decadent universe, with a strong storyline where each choice is crucial.

Using the same universe as our previous project, we rewrote a story, adapted to a "short" format for digital, and came up with new characters. We also re-thought the gameplay to make it solidly RPG, with a variety of quests, dynamic and tactical combat, varied skill trees, multiple-choice dialog and a complex craft system.

Mars: War Logs is therefore a "short story" in the Mars universe that offers complete and solid gameplay with high replay value.

"Over a century after the catastrophe that shook Mars and threw its colonists into chaos, power is now shared between the different companies distributing the arid planet's most precious asset: water. The conservative and somewhat archaic Abundance thus struggles to maintain its influence in the face of Aurora, a young guild whose power stems from their plethora of Technomancers, people capable of focusing their energy in Terran artefacts to create devastating “magical” effects.

Our story begins in the middle of these struggles, when a young prisoner of Abundance meets Roy, a cynical an unwavering man, and decides to keep a war diary..."

Take on the role of Roy Temperance, a multi-talented renegade, and surround yourself with companions with real personalities.
Choose from the numerous dialog possibilities and influence the destiny of your people.
Personalize your fighting style through a dynamic and developed combat system, for entirely different approaches depending on the choices you make.
Personalize your development by choosing from dozens of skills and numerous additional perks!
Modify and create your own equipment with our craft system.

Game Info

Platform: Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, PC Digital
Game Release: May 2013 (PC), Q3 2013 (XBLA/PSN)
Genre: RPG/Action

Trailer:

Combat Gameplay trailer:

 

[djvirus]

looking good. Releasing in May, something in the lines of sleeping dogs gameplay.

 

[atiamd]

Looks interesting..... What was this developer's last project that they are talking about?

 

[Gannu]

Game is out on Steam.

 

[djvirus]

Been playing this for the past 3 days. This game has potential to being better developed. Combat seq aint that impressive but atleast teaches how not to stick to one place while fighting, combat is pretty decent, nothing wow! of the sort. the stealth on this is a big joke, i couldn't manage to sneak at all at any levels. It does have dialogue driven feature where depending on the way you answer, the story and the consequences change, however there's no knowing what it could turn out to be whether you are really bad or really good. This just a time killer game that atleast might keep you a little busy untill the new game titles come.

 

[djvirus]

Just finished this game. Gotta love the stroyline in this, its does has quiet different endings depending on the choices you make during gameplay. Just wish the developers were given more budget to improve the graphics, UI, etc. If anyone needs any help in some sidequests, lemme know.

 

[Gannu]

Is this title something in the likes of Mass Effect?

The title has been received poorly going by the scores. Metascores at 60%.

 

[djvirus]

Is this title something in the likes of Mass Effect?

The title has been received poorly going by the scores. Metascores at 60%.

Well Kind off, however it doesn't have such a big impact like mass effects does. This is a very low budget game, so don't expect too much of graphics on this, gameplay could have been better as its more concentrated on fights rather on guns. Its just another game to pass your time.