https://www.hostilemars.com
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1402820/Hostile_Mars
Big Rook Games wrote:Hostile Mars is a factory-building game focused on combat! Explore an open world and discover new tech to unlock powerful weapons and structures. Create efficient supply chains using delivery bots. Salvage destroyed enemies for resources. Design your base to withstand increasing waves of enemies!
Satisfactory + They Are Billions. It's especially welcome because Satisfactory's combat aspect is very limited, and the devs don't plan to expand it. They have said they want a peaceful game lol. So we're left with the modders there. But here the combat seems really hectic, so that's good. On the other hand, the factory pieces seem very basic and nowhere near as cool and numerous as Satisfactory's. It's so frustrating when each game seems only able to provide 50% of the experience... But at least the genre is expanding and people are noticing the various games' faults, so eventually we're bound to get one game that fully delivers. Until then... we can play Satisfactory for the building and this for the action. And who knows, maybe they'll improve the building here, though I am not hopeful since they don't even seem able to get basic things about the setting right, as I just mentioned in their forum in a thread that'll probably get me banned: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1402820/ ... 9571963065
Go to the official site for a beta signup.
Also, there is a singleplayer "prologue" coming March 15.
Hostile Mars: Prologue
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2088 ... s_Prologue
In general I am not super-excited because many things about this project seem half-assed. The official site for example, or even the game's logo. But maybe it's just a small team, and if they get some sales they'll grow it. In things that matter, production values are nicely high, and the action looks very hectic and nicely complex. So it's worth keeping an eye on the project.
Also... the physics system at the core of the game IS genuinely impressive, and if the base-building and enemy designs fully support it, it COULD lead to some crazy action and tactics, and logistics. Check the videos below. It's a new level of gaming in the genre for sure. Even Factorio didn't send thousands of enemies at you, and the effect of physics on Satisfactory is minimal compared to this.
What is Hostile Mars?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2wm6ch ... XVyolQO3wj
Hostile Mars Bots Blocked By Enemy Scraps Gameplay Preview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzvWHUoHoP8
TBA.