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- Platform:
Windows 95 / 98 - PEGI Rating: Unknown
- Media: Computer Game
Martian Gothic: Unification
by
Take 2
Platform :
Windows 95,
Windows 98
Rated:
Unknown
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- Selective control of 3 specialized characters, forced to operate as remote team members
- Complex, layered plot line delivers unique, nonlinear gameplay, providing added replayability
- Explore diverse locations, ranging from Vita base to the Martian surface and deep beneath Mars
- Script and dialogue written by acclaimed science fiction writer Stephen Marley
- Dark, atmospheric, interactive music score, including Environmental Audio and true 3-D surround sound
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Martian Gothic: Unification falls squarely into the increasingly popular "survival horror" genre, where players must guide characters through a creepy environment populated with zombies, ghosts, and other enemies that just won't die. The environment in this case is a spooky base on Mars where something has gone very wrong. The three characters sent to investigate the problem enter the base through separate airlocks, in accordance with the last order they received: "Stay alone, stay alive".
The use of three characters is Martian Gothic's hook. Since they can't get near one another, puzzles revolve around using one character to help the progress of their colleagues from afar. This is accomplished by using vacuum tubes to send items to distant locations, accessing computer systems that disable security in other areas, and radioing important information to the others. If one character dies the game ends, so you must shepherd each character through the various traps and monsters scattered throughout the base.
Unfortunately, we had a hard time dealing with the game's awkward interface. The mouse isn't used at all--instead the designers decided to force users to move their characters, interact with the environment, and rummage through their inventory using only keyboard commands.
Moving around is much harder than it should be. Characters should at least be able to outmaneouvre a shambling zombie, but frequently that isn't the case. We wouldn't have minded so much if the game could be saved at any point, but in another concession to console game standards, players can save only a limited number of times, and only when they access one of the computers in the game. If you can live with those faults, Martian Gothic serves up some unique puzzles wrapped in a fairly compelling plot that should entertain for quite a few evenings. --T. Byrl Baker
Pros:
- Decent voice acting
- Interesting story with an interesting gameplay twist
- Creepy environments
- Control is terrible
- Interface is awkward
Manufacturer's Description
n this gothic action-adventure, your investigative team becomes immediately aware that their very survival depends upon their ability to work together but stay apart. The entire team has already contracted the monstrous infection that plagues Vita base, and the former Vita crew are not as dead as they appear to be
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