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An Intense Cyberpunk Rpg On the Red Planet! Mars War Logs takes you to Mars, nearly a century after the cataclysm that threw the planet and its colonists into chaos. Water has become the most precious resource on the arid red planet, with a few companies fighting a perpetual war for its control.
Mars: War Logs is a rpg, action and sci-fi game
developed by Spiders
and published by Focus Entertainment.
Released on April 26th 2013 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 8 languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 2,460 reviews of which 1,845 were positive and 615 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.16€ on Eneba.
The Steam community has classified Mars: War Logs into these genres:
RPG
Action
Sci-fi
Third Person
Mars
Cyberpunk
Singleplayer
Action RPG
Story Rich
Adventure
Post-apocalyptic
Crafting
Atmospheric
Open World
Romance
Choices Matter
Indie
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for Mars: War Logs:
| UI | Subtitle | Audio | |
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| English | |||
| German | |||
| French | |||
| Italian | |||
| Spanish - Spain | |||
| Traditional Chinese | |||
| Russian | |||
| Portuguese - Brazil |
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Windows
- OS *:WINDOWS XP SP3/WINDOWS VISTA SP2/WINDOWS 7/WINDOWS 8
- Processor:AMD/INTEL DUAL-CORE 2.2 GHZ
- Memory:2048 MB RAM
- Graphics:512 MB 100% DIRECTX 9 AND SHADERS 4.0 COMPATIBLE
- DirectX®:9.0
- Hard Drive:3 GB HD space
- Sound:DIRECTX 9 COMPATIBLE
- Additional:INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED FOR THE GAME ACTIVATION
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Let's start with the obvious: most of the screens shown above are cutscenes and the two that aren't have a rather flattering camera position, zoom, and angle, as you will notice if you watch any Let's plays. Contrary to what these pictures suggest, you play in third person with the camera behind and above you. Personally, I felt the game is a bit too short for a RPG, skills are a bit rudimentary, dialogs not very memorable (I found myself skipping many of them), fights a little repetetive, and the story is a bit too classic rebel vs evil establishment. On the technical side, I noticed no show-stoppers, no major bugs. For the price, it is perfectly good entertainment. The first part of the game starts with you as a prisoner running errands for various fellow inmates, and is almost too full of great cutscenes. However, you will see less and less of those as you progress further into the game. Each act has you explore a different area. Once the act is complete you usually won't return there, so make sure you finished all you wanted to do before you move on with the main plot. There are two major factions that are relevant to the plot, and some side quests. For the most part, the side quests are just to set the mood and are rarely relevant. Lots of backtracking, especially in the first part of the game. Fights are not always necessary, as sometimes you have the option to talk yourself out of a situation. There are a number of different endings, depending on your choices. Overall, this is a good game that shows great ambition, but ultimately falls short due to some bland writing, bland characters, and bland story that is too much cookie cutter to be memorable. However, for the low price I still recommend it for a rainy weekend of good entertainment.
I'd give this a big fat meh / maybe if Steam had a middle recommendation. - voices sound worse than AI; you'll be begging for terrible AI voices after hearing these - 60FPS lock - controller doesn't work on Windows 11 without some f***ery ~ short + has 360 era energy + cool enough setup and there's a bigger, "better" mostly stand-alone sequel if you want more (Technomancer) + cheap ($1 on sale, which is what I paid and the reason I'm leaning recommend rather than not)
Playing blind on "normal" for my 1st playthrough (minimum of 1.5 to 2 playthroughs for all achievements) took just under 16 hours to reach the end of the game. Not a very long game, but I picked it up for $1.50 on sale, so nothing to complain about. All-in-all I did enjoy the game. The combat was active with a few wtf moments where enemies suddenly could dodge multiple finishing blows. Combat was a bit rough in the beginning until I started charging my weapon... electric bonk ftw!! Even through the game is fairly linear, they managed to stash some lootables that felt like minor exploration rewards. There was also a pretty good story (but grim) told through the various cut scenes. Cosidering the game is more that 10 years old (and the price I paid), I forgave much of it's shortcomings... many of which were minor... for example: 1) all loot is crafting material... whether a stash or an enemy... no gear or weapons 2) gear and weapons only come as rewards from quests or are bought from vendors 3) "romance" felt like an after-thought "system"... example ... "hi, i know we just met at the beginning of act 3, and we only walked from the Act 3 starting point to there, but because you exhausted all of my dialogue when we first met and we're now at the camp... I think i love you" .. wow, and now the romance portion of the game is complete. 4) The game can feel a bit like a walking simulator, ladder climbing simulator, and door opening simulator. The last two get annoying because they involve a mini cut scene each interaction. There are no teleporters, and if you want the "all side quests" achievement, you will be walking back and forth a lot. 5) Others have reported their dislike of the respawns, but they are required as a source of XP and crafting materials. I found I could come back to an area and it's still be clear, but once you leave it again you need to fight your way out. If you can get passed these short comings, there is a pretty fun game here. Now to crank up the difficulty and get the last few achievements. ===== Update ===== Last "extreme" run took less time (about 12-13 hrs), partially due to using the "boot camp" mod. Some things to note with this last run: 1) Folks complaining about the respawn... never learned about stealth or taking the slightly "longer way" to to avoid certain fights... also doing a certain quest "early" in Act 2 gets you your papers, which makes some spots fight free. 2) definintely followed a guide to ensure I found/completed enough side quests for the completionist achievement ... quest completion order as well as making some "right choices" were super important. "Choices matter" only for achievements. 3) I forgot to mention i had a few crashes to desktop... less than five combined across both runs, but an FYI 4) Devotion's "romanace" is really the only one where you see some gradual progression... more so because her cutscenes span much of Act 3, and ultimately triggers just before the final push to end game.
Mars: War Logs is supposed to be taking place in some futuristic world where humanity has colonized Mars, for a century at least. But the aesthetics and technology of the game is almost post-apocalyptic like Mad Max. Dirt, dust, grunge, shades of brown everywhere, abhorrent living conditions for everyone (even the folks who are supposed to be living in relative "luxury"), hardly any water, corruption is a way of life and everything looks bleak. In fact, I'm not sure if the world is "futuristic" in any sense since the technology pretty much feels like living in the late 19th century at best (apart from the odd excavator-like machines that are mostly just part of the set design rather than animated objects). Sure, they have electricity, and people can wield it as a weapon, but that's hardly a marker of futurism since even the fantasy games' mages can do that. The graphics are definitely dated for a game from 2013. I mean it feels technologically dated, even compared to some AA titles like Red Faction Guerilla which came out 4 years before it, and which clearly inspired this game. The game has that infamous 2010s eurojank - from clunky movement animations to hand to hand combat, you can feel it in everything. Traps randomly not going off are one thing but the most annoying thing for me was a 2013 title set in the future with guns not giving you a shooter stance. It's combat mechanics seem developed primarily around melee and the guns you get are like "abilities" - stuff you'd expect in a CRPG when your character gets a bow and he fires it like a projectile every now and then at the press of a button with no real reticle or targeting solution. Its absolutely not what I was expecting from a game set on Mars and it caught me off guard. During boss fights though, it can get extremely annoying because you need to be facing the exact enemy you wish to use your abilities on AND be in close range with them, otherwise it won't work. A particular boss enemy is immune to some of these abilities but you're never told that. The gameplay feels very reminiscent of the OG Yakuza games, complete with respawning groups of enemies in every cell - whether thats a direct consequence of me just beating them down instead of killing them (for morality points, and yes it is a mechanic in the game), I couldn't say. You can either neutralize enemies for moral points or kill them for money points... or serum, as its called. Serum is the currency in this game and while people freely exchange it, it can also be extracted by killing humans (which gives you negative morality). Why that's the case is anybody's guess. Weird system, but hey, even the NPCs don't kill anybody outside of scripted events so... I guess that's just how the game world is. You're usually allowed to take one squadmate with you on your adventures (except for the final mission). And they help... barely. You can't rely on them to fight most of the enemies for you. But they can be useful in driving attention away from you especially when facing multiple enemies. Otherwise, they pick one enemy and take them head on, continuing to fight him while I beat 9 other guys, and they're still fighting that one dude they picked at the beginning. The Technomancer is an exception to this, obviously. Not only can she hold her own, she can attract quite a few enemies to herself, leaving you to thin them out. Speaking of which, her character is very idiotically written. She's introduced pretty gracefully but then in Chapter 2, she basically goes from "I hate you and I'll pursue you to the ends of the earth" to "Would you sleep with me? I prefer being with you" in the matter of literally a few seconds. I mean it was so stupid that the moment the game takes one squadmate from you, the cutscene itself seamlessly transitions you into having Mary, the girl who's intent on kiling you, become your squadmate within 60 seconds flat. Her personality and overall character design really reminds me of Merrill from Dragon Age 2. Mary goes from a brainwashed, dumb girl to a free spirit of wisdom soon as she meets you, by her own admission. If David Cage had written this, you'd have expected a riot in the streets. The "RPG" aspect of the game really comes in when you get to decide which of the two factions to join. And I suppose who to romance, to a limited extent (because romance doesn't really amount to much in the game). My only gripe with it was that the game doesn't really divulge a lot of information about the two factions other than some vague one-liner description and the excuse is that you're a nobody; they don't trust you enough to explain themselves to you. Okay, it might feel realistic in the sense that you're not taking over a faction, merely joining as another recruit but then that makes it difficult to make the choice. But the ludonarrative dissonance on top of that is that while you get the short end of the stick making the decision because you're supposed to be just a recruit, you then also get to fight the enemies all by yourself. None of the factions' own forces join you, or are anywhere to be seen. When they do show up, they're part of the setpiece and that's the moment when that familiar feeling of "low budget game" starts creeping over you again. The voice acting isn't that great either. Its AA level at best. Combined with the janky animations, it looks a small step down from 2007's Mass Effect and Witcher games, even though this game came out in 2013. I've played a lot of games from this era (Red Faction, Just Cause, Dragon Age) and uhh... yeah... I didn't find the voice acting to be anything to write home about. Not sure what the others are hearing. There are some really annoying issues in the game that feel unfair during gameplay loops. Combat aside, there is a particular "area" in the game where a lot of narrative unfolds in the beginning. It has some very obvious lootable items in it, except the game doesn't let you loot them at all at any point. You're either always stuck in combat (which means the game won't let you loot) or inside a cutscene any time you're in that cell. Its incredibly frustrating to keep seeing those lootable items but the game absolutely forbids you from touching them. One cutscene leads to another and then another and then another, which all make you teleport to some other cell so you can't go back and loot it. You can only go there in after a few missions when its repopulated with even more enemies. Bugs include your character having audio lines for some dialogue options and not having them for others, subtitles not matching with characters' lines sometimes, and the occasional spelling mistakes in subtitles. Also, for some weird reason, there were thugs in a part of Tierville that I'd already defeated (they were supposed to spawn as part of a side quest). No matter, I beat them again and my character said his dialogue upon completion again, even though I'd already successfully completed this quest before. There are no fancy UI markers or GPS to hold your hand. You can't even switch to maps other than where you currently are (and yes, that means no fast travel either). Its very old school like that. You have to do everything on your own. Whether thats a good or bad thing is subjective. Overall, the game is rather short (even shorter without side missions) so the economy and customization is out of whack. There are 3 total acts and there's not much customization to do. I had the best gear crafted right after the beginning of Act 2, and was disappointed to find out that Act 3 didn't exactly bring a whole host of new gear to the table. I kept finding loot pretty late into the game even though I didn't have anything I could do with it, since out of the total 6-7 outfits that are in the game, only like 4 are customizable and I already had the best. Couldn't get the highest reputation or the skills I wanted unlocked either because the game ended sooner than I'd thought.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Mars: War Logs is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.
No, Mars: War Logs is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Mars: War Logs received 1,845 positive votes out of a total of 2,460 achieving a rating of 7.26.
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Mars: War Logs was developed by Spiders and published by Focus Entertainment.
Yes, Mars: War Logs is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Mars: War Logs is not playable on MacOS.
No, Mars: War Logs is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Mars: War Logs is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.
Yes, Mars: War Logs is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, Mars: War Logs does not support VR.
Mars: War Logs is a single-player game.
No, Mars: War Logs does not currently offer any DLC.
No, Mars: War Logs does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Yes, Mars: War Logs supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Mars: War Logs is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Online players
2
Developer
Spiders
Publisher
Focus Entertainment
Release
26 Apr 2013
Platforms
Remote Play
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