Take on Mars Review (gabgab01)
this game makes me sad.
initially, i had high hopes for this game. the dev seemed competent, but got overambitious.
you see, in the beginning this was just a mars rover simulator, but after a while, the devs tried to add a manned colony aspect to the game. and at first it was GREAT! fun building system, good survival aspects, great usage of the physics engine and totally immersive with how you interact with everything, a truly groundbreaking survival experience!
heck, you even FELT wearing a suit!
combine that with an awesome modding comunity with some really talented modders, and this used to be my favourite game!
sadly, this game was riddled with bugs, especially in the physics department, and the performance was total crap. and since those problems were due to engine limitations, the devs couldn't fix them, and in the end, they abandoned this gem of a game due to lack of funding.
you see, the devs were a subset of bohemia interactive, the guys behind ArmA, and as such the dev team received funding from their corporate bosses, not the profits from this game. and at some point some manager above said "aight, this game is now bleeding money. we just cut funding and move on to the next.", which is a shame, since the original devs of this game were REALLY enthusiastic about this game!
so now it sits in development hell, a shadow of what it once could have been, and i still long for a survival game wit hthe exact same mechanics as this game.