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  • Summary: Sequel to the award-winning Deliver Us The Moon, Deliver Us Mars is an atmospheric sci-fi adventure offering an immersive astronaut experience. Explore new frontiers on a suspense-fuelled, high-stakes mission to recover the ARK colony ships stolen by the mysterious Outward.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 24
  2. Negative: 1 out of 24
  1. Feb 2, 2023
    85
    Deliver Us Mars explores what it means to struggle against extinction, and the hope of fixing a dying planet. It’s a story of fear, and how it manifests into hope within some, and wrath within others. It’s a short but certainly sweet narrative adventure into the stars with some casual yet amusing puzzles to help break up the flow of gameplay.
  2. Feb 2, 2023
    80
    Deliver Us The Moon was an excellent first step in living up to that mission statement and releasing a sci-fi game not to be forgotten anytime soon. Now, Deliver Us Mars builds from that success with far greater ambition in mind. Yet even with its sights set on new, lofty heights, outside of a few technical hiccups, it undoubtedly manages to stick the landing against all odds. It’s an absolute must-play for fans of the genre and the future couldn’t be brighter for the team of overachieving indie devs in the Netherlands.
  3. 70
    Deliver Us Mars, the latest Deetman brothers project, channels the same heart that started beating in Deliver Us The Moon, even if it takes a great deal more effort to get to it. You need to slog through some cumbersome and at times downright frustrating gameplay, but I promise you the premise and ending make it worth your while.
  4. 70
    A sequel that’s put in the work to expand its predecessor’s horizons is commendable, but for Deliver Us Mars this doesn’t always work out perfectly. Still, it offers another thrilling adventure for deep-space explorers, with welcome character moments that make it a little less solitary this time around.
  5. Feb 7, 2023
    68
    Deliver Us Mars’ protagonists quickly cobble together a space shuttle that barely manages to get them to their destination. A similar story feels true of this game. A gripping narrative fuels gameplay that otherwise feels functional but underbaked, making my time on the planet a mixed bag. Deliver Us Mars shines best when it lets you absorb its story, but expect to stumble over several design craters along the way.
  6. Feb 7, 2023
    60
    Deliver Us Mars delivers a thoughtful, poignant story with deep characters, pretty landscapes, and well-done puzzles. However, there are always two sides to every coin. The linearity didn’t do the environments justice, the puzzles felt too sparse and easy, and the character animations were much too odd.
  7. Feb 3, 2023
    40
    Those who played Deliver Us the Moon may find something more to love here, but I had a hard time coming back to the Red Planet between sessions. Knowing I would spend my time with bland characters only to walk around empty space stations before being sucked back into the narrative melodrama ultimately proved as cold as the vacuum of space.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 19
  2. Negative: 7 out of 19
  1. Feb 9, 2023
    10
    Honestly a great game, do not listen to those half-baked **** reviews by some sour people. Yes the game can improve on some early glitches,Honestly a great game, do not listen to those half-baked **** reviews by some sour people. Yes the game can improve on some early glitches, but people, it's an indie game, with a very low budget compared to AAA. This is absolutely a masterpiece, it builds upon its strengths of its predecessor, its an important story to be told and I can't wait for more games of this dev. Expand
  2. Apr 17, 2023
    10
    Not a perfect sequel, but definitely better than what reviewers have been saying. Giving this a 10/10 because we need more fun, puzzle solvingNot a perfect sequel, but definitely better than what reviewers have been saying. Giving this a 10/10 because we need more fun, puzzle solving games like this, The Talos Principle, The Turing Test, etc. and indie devs like this are hard to come by. Solid game Expand
  3. Feb 3, 2023
    9
    An excellent game, with great narrative and sensations of exploration, special mension for sound design deliver great moments in the dramaticAn excellent game, with great narrative and sensations of exploration, special mension for sound design deliver great moments in the dramatic parts of the game, a really good recomendation and next step from DUTM. Expand
  4. Feb 4, 2023
    7
    I already played Deliver us the moon and was hyped for Deliver us Mars. I really like these kind of games with a sci-fi touch, and when it‘sI already played Deliver us the moon and was hyped for Deliver us Mars. I really like these kind of games with a sci-fi touch, and when it‘s about space travel, count me in. The game has it‘s flaws. For example: you walk into the WSA building in the beginning, before you go to Mars, and in front of the building there are several NPCs. But these look pretty cringe, they don‘t move and have creepy looks on their faces. Also they are completely non-responsive, so you can jump on their heads and nothing moves, which isn‘t very good for immersion. Here and there the game just doesn‘t feel ready (I have to admit usually I wait a few weeks after releases coz normally there is a patch coming, but I played it on day one, couldn’t wait). Also, there is no vibration in the controller. I think the developers either forgot to add them or they are not done yet (there is an option im the menu to turn vibration on/off, soooo…). There were so many times that I thought „why doesn‘t my controller vibrate, this would be such a good moment“. However, this is not a triple A game and apart from the above mentioned flaws, it’s an absolutely fantastic and fun game, it’s as good as DUTM. The atmosphere is incredible and it feels very realistic. Also the graphics, at least on mars, are just wow. It‘s definitely worth the money. Definitely would recommend. However, Deliver us the Moon was better, just felt more complete(d) than Mars… maybe after a few patches. Expand
  5. Feb 11, 2023
    7
    A good sequel to the brilliant deliver us the moon, This game does a lot of things right, especially the voice acting and a story that willA good sequel to the brilliant deliver us the moon, This game does a lot of things right, especially the voice acting and a story that will constantly make you think between right and wrong, I think it's what this game does best, Gameplay wise it's almost the same as the first game however their are some tedious climbing sections that I personally didn't really enjoy, some weird flickering and frame rate drops in certain locations but nothing game breaking other than that it's a solid 8ish hour experience with a solid story and characters, if you enjoyed the first one you should enjoy this one no problems Expand
  6. Feb 15, 2023
    2
    This is a very bad game. No fun factor whatsoever. Don't trust the reviews.
  7. Mar 5, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loved the first game, Deliver Us the Moon. I actually really enjoyed the game play of the second game at the beginning. Was even going to try to platinum the game. Made it to chapter 4 and the first big climbing section and that killed the game. After spending an hour trying to climb down with the unresponsive controls, I have given up on platinum... and still could not manage to get my character down the cliff. Holding L2 and R2 on controller makes you stab both picks into the wall to cling to it. Well, if you drop and try to hang back on, there's a huge chance the game doesn't even register you hitting L2 and R2 and doesn't even make a stabbing animation. You just die, repeatedly. I understand you need room to slide, to dig your picks in to catch yourself. But it doesn't work consistently. And you have to do this a lot. And apparently it gets worse later on. Thanks a lot for ruining what was a fun game, pick axes. Up to this point the story and dialogue and voice acting were great. I just wanted to finish the story. If you can't beat it, just delete it. :D Expand

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