Fit check
Is Mars: War Logs worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- RPG players who want a cyberpunk setting on Mars
- Players who prefer developing a character around different combat styles
- Adventure-focused players who want quests, companions, and consequential choices
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking turn-based or strictly tactical battles rather than continuous real-time combat
- Players who prefer a narrowly focused campaign instead of varied quests, crafting, companions, and character development
- Players looking for a setting outside science fiction and corporate conflict
Our take on Mars: War Logs
The mix of combat styles, crafting, companions, and quests gives the adventure breadth but sacrifices concentration on a single mechanic. Players choosing this structure trade a specialized experience for several connected RPG systems.
What is Mars: War Logs?
Set nearly a century after a catastrophe on Mars, the game follows Roy, a renegade drawn into a conflict over the planet’s scarce water supplies.
Character development uses skills and perks for melee combat, ranged combat, stealth, and Technomant powers. Players can make choices that affect the story, create armor and weapons, and recruit companions. Combat unfolds in real time against formidable opponents and creatures from Mars. The adventure includes a wide range of quests as Roy becomes involved in the struggle among companies and colonies competing for control of the planet’s water.
How Mars: War Logs plays
- 01Character specialization
- Skills and perks support melee combat, ranged combat, stealth, and Technomant powers.
- 02Equipment crafting
- Armor and weapons can be crafted during the adventure.
- 03Companion recruitment
- Companions can be recruited to assist Roy during his quest.
- 04Dynamic combat
- Battles take place in real time against opponents and Martian creatures.
- 05Story choices
- Decisions made during the adventure affect the story.
Mars: War Logs compared to similar games
Alpha Protocol™ follows an agent dealing with an impending catastrophe, while Mars: War Logs combines character specialization, crafting, companions, and real-time combat in a conflict on Mars. Ghost of a Tale emphasizes exploration and stealth in a medieval world populated by animals, whereas Mars: War Logs also includes melee combat, ranged combat, and Technomant powers.
Mars: War Logs: platforms & release
Is Mars: War Logs worth it?
It is worth it if: RPG players who want a cyberpunk setting on Mars. Skip it if: players seeking turn-based or strictly tactical battles rather than continuous real-time combat.
Where can I download Mars: War Logs?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Mars: War Logs's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Mars: War Logs on?
Windows only.
