Martian Gothic: Unification (2000 Video Game) User Reviews

A great, but underrated game.

[EraserheadDr · 10/10 · 14 September 2008]

I bought this game about probably a year ago now, and I think it's a great game. So the plot is about three investigators are searching the mysterious base on Mars. They soon find out that it's been silent for a few months, and they find voice records of base members (which are now zombies), and they figure out what's going on.

The rest of it is probably spoilers, but the ending is pretty upsetting, but still I thought it was a good game for it's time. While playing the game, it has a very creepy and fearful music playing in the background, and the zombies try to get to and it scares the crap out of ya! But I would recommend it for people that like games like "Resident Evil". But "Martian Gothic" has a lot of mysterious choices in the game, and a lot of times, you get stuck and it's hard to carry things, because there is a certain amount of slots to put stuff in.

Overall, I give it a 7/10. Great game for the PC and Play Station, but very underrated as well.

Underrated, but not without it's problems.

[pearlsoflegacy · 9/10 · 6 September 2010]

Martian Gothic: Unification is one of the more interesting games I've come across lately. You're a crew of three, sent to Vita Base on Mars to investigate why there's not been reports or radio contact from the base for a long time. What you find will be much less than pleasant.

The story of this game is surprisingly good, and it certainly has quite a share of suspense coming with it. It's one of the very few story lines of a game that has managed to give me somewhat of a creepy feeling. I won't spoil anything, though.

The controls are very similar to the first Resident Evil, in other words, it takes a while to get used to. I've heard a lot of complaints about the controls before, but the controls is just something you should get used to, like I said, and you'll have a very enjoyable game, although you may want a walkthrough by your side, as there's many details you can easily miss, and the game is quite hard at times.

Graphics can differ a bit from person to person. There's 2 versions of this game, the PC version and the PS1 version. The PC version obviously has better graphics, but the graphics on the characters have always been strange looking to me. The background and details aren't too bad, though!

The problems I have with this game is it's annoying difficulty, somewhat cheap challenges, and the voice acting. The voice acting isn't something that drags the game a whole lot, but it certainly drags the story down just a bit, as I'd wish that the dialogue was a bit better acted. It would give much more suspense and more emotion to it all.

The last thing I want to mention is the music, which I think is very good. It has this creepy feeling to it, much like the rest of the game, and only makes the atmosphere of the game even better to experience.

Overall, 9/10. If you're willing to look over the issues, you'll have a great game.