
Faced with a terrifying Martian invasion, you must lead Earth’s forces in a battle for our planet’s future. Create powerful human-creature super soldiers to fight an alien menace in this turn-based strategy game.
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Martians have been visiting Earth for decades, abducting animals and humans and harvesting their atomic essence to create bizarre Martian-creature hybrids. This time they’re here to claim our planet.
In this turn-based strategy game, an unlikely group of commanders will lead Earth’s military as they face an overwhelming Martian invasion. Fight high-tech saucers, grav-tanks and elite alien warriors in a battle for the planet’s survival.
Your secret weapon is the “Splice-O-Tron". With it, you can combine human "volunteers" with Earth creatures to create powerful hybrid supersoldiers to fight alongside Earth’s regular military.
Rain acid from the skies with the fast-moving cheetah-fly. Charge through enemy lines with devastating human-rhino hybrids. Or strike from the forests with your deadly squirrel-cow infantry.
As the campaign progresses, you’ll unlock new types of creature, powerful unit upgrades and game-changing commander abilities. But as your army evolves, so will your enemy’s, and you’ll face everything from the sentient organic weapon known only as “The Creep” to the Martian’s own mutant creations.
KEY FEATURES
Splice-O-Tron – Bringing some old-school Relic flavor to this genre, the Splice-O-Tron is a key mechanic in Earth vs Mars. Combining creatures with human “volunteers” will allow you to field an array of exciting and powerful hybrid units
Single Player Campaign – Earth vs Mars features an expansive narrative focused campaign composed of over 30 hand-crafted missions
Online Multiplayer – Battle against other commanders in 1vs1 multiplayer, either as the armies of Earth or as the forces of the Martian Invaders
VS Mode – Battle against the A.I. on custom maps giving endless replayability to single-player fans
Challenge Mode – Chase your high score in battles against the A.I.
Brutal Mode - Raises the difficulty across the entire campaign, where mission failure means the end of your run.
Permadeath Mode - When enabled, defeated spliced creatures are gone forever, raising the stakes of every battle.
Map Lab – Fully featured map editor allows you to create custom maps and scenarios
Unit Abilities – Many of the units in Earth vs Mars have their own unique abilities, adding new strategies and gameplay depth to this style of game
Commanders – There are multiple commanders in the game, each bringing unique abilities that change the way you play
Beautifully realized 3D world – The world of Earth vs Mars brings expressive units, vibrant environments, and stunning effects to players
Fully Voiced Experience - The game is fully voiced, bringing commanders, units and story moments to life
Earth vs Mars is our first game under the Relic Labs banner. Relic Labs games differ from our traditional, larger-scale strategy titles (which we're continuing to support and develop) in that they are created by smaller teams with shorter development cycles and a goal of experimenting in new strategy spaces, creating fun new worlds, and getting them in the hands of players sooner. Earth vs Mars was made by a small team of passionate Relicans with the goal of paying homage to some of our favorite strategy games, while adding a Relic twist.
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain*languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 41 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Русский: Нет. Хотелось бы. Мультиплеер: 1 vs 1 Геймплей: Стратегия Графика: Приятный около мультяшный стиль. Цена: 639 рублей. Очень залипательная стратегия о противостоянии людей против марсиян. В целом, довольно простая, но с прикольными фишками героев-мутантов. Есть режим пвп и вполне интересная компания. Если вам нравятся стратегии, то должно зайти. Спойлеры: [spoiler] Что ты за существо? [/spoiler] Оценка: Да (с) Ваша покорная Шиза: https://www.twitch.tv/krisophrenia
Very fun mini-tactics game - the splicing is only to create 1-3 "hero" units you will use during missions which is fun, but you are backed by otherwise a normal army. Heaps of content for the price tag, missions are very well designed and most take only 7-9 turns on average and are challenging and move at a good pace.
It's a fun little game to play when you have a bit of downtime and want to play something that you can pick-up and drop at any point. In no particular order, here is an itemized list of what I enjoyed and what I thought could use improvement: The Good: ⦁ The game is easy to understand and the campaign does a good job easing you into all of the mechanics and what the units can do. ⦁ The extreme mode difficulty never felt entirely unfair and I had to reset a few times in a few missions. It certain feels like a puzzle to solve in some missions. Definitely enjoyed that. ⦁ Every unit has a role to play and they all fit their roles very well. I never found any unit to be useless. Even basic infantry remain relevant throughout the whole campaign. ⦁ I felt the variety in the types of missions you do were good. It's not always capture HQ or wipe out all units. ⦁ The spliced units were cool idea. They get quite strong late into the campaign but never become the backbone of your army. It's hard to describe, but power level of the spliced units always feels right. Never overpowered, but never outright useless. ⦁ Subsequently, the unique abilities you get for spliced units are generally available often and can have major ramifications in the battle. E.g., the cow's Herd Mentality ability allows adjacent units to play another turn. This really changes up how you play the game. ⦁ The main antagonist, Zarb, has that typical, megalomaniac, Martian supervillain trope and for a game like this, it works very well. ⦁ Despite the overall art direction, the maps look very nice. ⦁ I have yet to encounter a single bug/issue in this game. The QA was top-notch. ⦁ You can close the game mid-mission and load your game again with the battle in the same state. Like I mentioned before, easy game to pick and drop at your leisure. The Bad: ⦁ Very subjective, but the Clash of Clans-like art style is not for me. ⦁ The game UI is competent and clear, but feels extremely uninspired. ⦁ The campaign mode's attempt at humor and character development is certainly there, but feels basic. I did not find myself growing attached to any of the characters. In fact, I was more concerned with my spliced units. I always felt bad when I had to flush one. ⦁ Some of the unit models felt a little too uninspired. The greatest offenders on the Earth side were the tank and Goliath. It is basically tank and jumbo tank. They function very similarly, but it would've been cooler to me if they had some entirely different model. Something like an IFV and tank rather than tank and big tank. The same goes for Mars with their lasertank and ultratank. ⦁ The unit abilities feel somewhat like an after-thought. They are certainly powerful, but given how long their cooldowns and how they start on cooldown immediately, I never truly felt like the ability upgrades were that impactful. That's not to say they are useless; not at all, however you can't rely on them to win battles. Heavy infantry bazooka shot, I am looking at you. Final thought: One last thing I'd like to add is perhaps this game could actually be made into a mobile game. It certainly feels like it could be done with a few UI changes. I would definitely like to play this while I am on the go.
This game strongly draws from Advance Wars and XCOM in terms of fiction, tone, and solder modification. It does feel a bit simple in terms of strategy, and one commander is way more powerful for the rest, but its fun for what it is. Its not the best strategy game on the market, but its bite-size package and simplicity make it easy to grasp for someone of any experience. Far less punishing than XCOM.
Good game but you are mid game and the menus overlap and bug not letting you finish your turn, making you lose all your progress if you didnt save previously.
A command & conquer a like round based game that offers a good value for the price. But not a game that i would play for a longer time than the main mission.
Absolutely worth it. Scratches that Advance Wars itch for a fraction of the price! Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVbguqf6mng
Ansich ein schönes Spiel ich bewerte es trotzdem negativ. Grund: Man wird am ende seiner runde ab und zu gefragt ob man seine Runde dann beenden möchte. Das führt hin und wieder dazu, das sich das Spiel aufhängt und abstürzt. Das ist mir jetzt 5 mal passiert. Heißt du darfst die mission dann immer wieder neu anfangen. Grade in den missionen 20+ ist das SEHR nervig!!!!. die missionen werden immer lächerliger.
Good game that could be better if it ran on steam deck. This should be obvious considering the source material.
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