Mars (video game)
Encyclopedia
Mars is an upcoming action-adventure RPG
video game for the PC
and PlayStation 3
console.
elements such as exploration with combat elements. Players will be able to use the Sun as a weapon to defeat enemies. Firearms and ammunition will be in limited supply meaning the player will have to rely on melee weapons such as swords and knives. The game will feature multiplayer modes such as fighting with up to three players against random creatures or fighting directly against three other players, but the game will not contain a co-op mode. Later on in the game the player will have the ability to customize their characters.
200 years into the future, where it has been colonised. The water available on the planet is in limited supply and the planet's orbit suddenly alters, ceasing its communication with Earth
. Strange sun rays turn some the planet's inhabitants into mutants and the rival water companies go to war with each other, causing the planet to go into chaos. The player will control two characters, Seth, a soldier, and Pandora, a 'technomancer'.
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
video game for the PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
and PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
console.
Gameplay
The game will combine RPGRole-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
elements such as exploration with combat elements. Players will be able to use the Sun as a weapon to defeat enemies. Firearms and ammunition will be in limited supply meaning the player will have to rely on melee weapons such as swords and knives. The game will feature multiplayer modes such as fighting with up to three players against random creatures or fighting directly against three other players, but the game will not contain a co-op mode. Later on in the game the player will have the ability to customize their characters.
Plot
The plot of Mars will concern the planet MarsMars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
200 years into the future, where it has been colonised. The water available on the planet is in limited supply and the planet's orbit suddenly alters, ceasing its communication with Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
. Strange sun rays turn some the planet's inhabitants into mutants and the rival water companies go to war with each other, causing the planet to go into chaos. The player will control two characters, Seth, a soldier, and Pandora, a 'technomancer'.