Mars: Total Warfare

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Mars: Total Warfare is a multiplayer real-time strategy game. It was developed by TCR and was released on December 1, 2018. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Mars: Total Warfare uses authentic Martian landscapes to create an intense RTS experience best described as a hybrid between team multiplayer and massively multiplayer online. Fight over natural resources vs human or AI opponents and conquer a crater ridden world, with pink sky and blue seas!

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69%Audience ScoreBased on 75 reviews

graphics5 positive mentions

story1 negative mentions

The game offers deep and complex strategy gameplay with multiple unique factions, requiring constant tactical adjustment.
Extremely well optimized to run on very low-end PCs while supporting large-scale battles with hundreds of units and smooth performance.
Free to play with a wide variety of units, buildings, and dynamic combat, providing a fun experience especially for fans of classic RTS games.

The UI and controls are clunky, unintuitive, and difficult to use, with issues like slow camera movement and lack of proper tutorials making it hard for new players.
The game suffers from poor graphics, outdated visuals, and lack of polish, including low resolution maps and assets, which detract from the experience.
Multiplayer suffers from lack of community management features such as private servers, passwords, and blacklist, plus reports of instability, crashing, and possible security risks have been mentioned.

graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics are generally considered outdated, simple, and sometimes difficult to look at, but they enable large-scale gameplay with high performance and frame rates. While some users find the visuals challenging or lacking, the gameplay and scale largely compensate for the modest graphical quality. There is also anticipation for future updates to improve both graphics and controls.
- “The simple graphics allow for insane scale in terms of numbers of troops, which is cool.”
- “The graphics are rather old looking, but with super high FPS and the game plays well too.”
- “If you expect this to be graphically good, you’re wrong, but the gameplay and performance make up for the graphics.”
- “Graphics are difficult to look at without getting nauseating.”
- “This game will probably need better graphics or at least better controls.”
gameplay
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay involves resource harvesting, building extensive bases, and commanding robotic units to defeat opponents, offering a challenging AI experience despite somewhat wonky controls. While the graphics are basic, the game's performance and large-scale unit management are impressive. Future updates are expected to enhance graphics, gameplay mechanics, and controls further.
- “Very nice game, the AI is challenging and the controls are a bit wonky but it runs very well for a game meant to have unit numbers in the thousands. If you expect this to be graphically good, you're wrong, but the gameplay and performance make up for its graphics.”
- “Since this game has base building mechanics and a PvE mode, it would make sense to also have a mode where you fight a proper AI player that builds their own base and attacks you with forces it constructs.”
- “Gameplay consists of finding a server and logging on, then using your commander bot to harvest resources and build from a large array of buildings and robotic vehicles, then destroying your opponent.”
- “Since this game has base building mechanics and a PvE mode, wouldn't it make sense to also have a mode where you fight a proper AI player that builds their own base and attacks you with forces it constructs?”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is highly optimized, capable of handling large unit numbers smoothly and delivering excellent performance with very high frame rates. While the graphics are not a highlight, the gameplay runs efficiently without lag.
- “Very nice game, the AI is challenging and the controls are a bit wonky, but it runs very well for a game meant to have unit numbers in the thousands. If you expect it to be graphically impressive, you're wrong, but the gameplay and performance make up for its graphics.”
- “Incredibly well optimized, I could get over 700 FPS easily.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The replayability of this game is heavily criticized, with users advising against downloading it due to concerns about malware. They recommend alternative games that offer better, safer play experiences.
story
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story is minimal or lacking, with the developer relying on multiplayer interaction rather than traditional narrative or level design to engage players.
- “The developer gambled that other players would be an acceptable substitute for adding storytelling, level design, etc. to the game.”
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is generally considered poor and repetitive, often becoming unpleasant to listen to over time.
- “The game also suffers from pretty crap music, which can just kind of get painful to listen to repeatedly.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor is lighthearted and retro-inspired, delivering a nostalgic and playful vibe that resonates well with fans of classic games.
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game suffers from significant stability issues, with many users experiencing bugs and technical problems that detract from the overall experience.

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