But she constantly fights off the urge, sticking to the mission until the two motives naturally collide.Ībove all, Kathy’s strong voice acting and performance steal the show. She wishes she could break free of the more seasoned astronauts with her and go find her missing father. Unlike Deliver Us The Moon, Deliver Us Mars cleverly leaned on the more vulnerable side of the young, inexperienced astronaut, trying to balance her emotional attachment to the mission with the more logical side of things. It’s at these points that the mission starts to seem like it’s not going nearly according to plan. At some point, Kathy even starts to wonder whether her mission is morally “right” or “wrong.” The more she follows that breadcrumb trail, the more she uncovers secrets she wishes she hadn’t. It gets more interesting when the clues she finds start to affect her moral judgment. These belong to the colonists that occupied this land before her and represent little bits of information she needs to piece together to complete her mission. The collectibles refer to holograms, text messages, and notes she finds on planet Mars. The Chase Beginsīut before she kills two birds with one stone, she runs into a series of puzzles, searches for various collectibles she needs, and encounters more rat chase scenarios that encourage exploration and discovery. When the stress signal comes through, a once-in-a-lifetime chance presents itself to retrieve the vital technology that would save the Earth from dying while also finally confronting her father, ten years after they last saw one another. In Deliver Us Mars, players follow the story of Kathy Johanson, the daughter of one of the rogue astronauts. Its intrigue largely comes from how the developer cleverly merges an important mission like saving humanity with the quite engaging interpersonal drama between the characters. The story is the glue that holds Deliver Us Mars together. When Saving Humanity Meets Interpersonal Drama Rather, a series of puzzles will be thrown at you, some pretty easy to solve, others quite obtuse, but more on that later. You won’t find any enemies or weapons for fighting here. So, instead of combat sequences, Deliver Us Mars puts its best foot forward via narration, exploration, and discovery. It’s this very intrigue in space exploration that has spawned an impressive number of space-themed games like the recent Dead Space remake, The Callisto Protocol, and more.ĭespite the influx of space games, Deliver Us Mars dares to stand out from the crowd. Just when the Earth is rendered inhabitable thanks to the effects of climate change and global warming, perhaps Mars will become the safe haven we’ll start to call our new home. We’re all familiar with how humans have been exploring the idea of living on Mars. Does it go as planned? Will Mars come to our rescue? Or should humans put their best efforts into saving Earth right from where we stand? Kick back with a cosmic drink and get ready for an out-of-this world (pun intended) adventure in our Deliver Us Mars review! A Space Adventure, But None Like You’ve Seen Before So, when you receive a stress signal from the giant red planet Mars, you cannot help but respond by sending yet another space crew to try out the saving-Earth-from-dying mission one more time. Ten years later, the Earth is faring much worse, with climate change and global warming more prominent than ever. If you played the predecessor, you'd remember how the astronauts with the moon's Earth-saving energy beam technology had a last-minute change of heart and flew off to some God-knows-where planet. This is the sequel to Deliver Us The Moon, an adventure-puzzler that took the gaming community by storm. Fresh out of the oven, Deliver Us Mars is finally here.
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