Разработчик: HyperKat Games
Описание
Players can either play alone, on a dedicated server, or run their own for others to join both online and LAN. Multiplayer mode can handle up to eight players on four teams to compete for control over all of the resources Mars has to offer. The dynamic economy reacts to current supply and demand, paving the way for one player or team to come out on top. Four career paths allow for players to either specialize in one aspect of survival or become a jack of all trades.
Features:
- Campaign Mode
- Sandbox Mode
- Single player
- Multiplayer with up to 8 players
- Play over LAN or Online
- Dedicated servers
- Custom player-built bases
- Dynamic player-driven economy
- Contract missions
- Dynamic weather and random events
- Drivable rovers
- Programmable cargo bots
- Multiple career paths
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8
- Processor: Dual Core 2.0 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia 8800 GTX
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 600 MB available space
- Sound Card: XAudio or DirectX capable
- OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8
- Processor: Dual Core 2.0 GHz or better
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 260 or better
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 600 MB available space
- Sound Card: XAudio or DirectX capable
Отзывы пользователей
Although unpolished, this is a very good game if you want a relatively realistic simulation of how it would be like to live in a Martian colony. Graphics are barely acceptable, and the UI is less than perfect, but the gameplay is solid. I came to this one after Mars One and Mars Colony: Challenger. This one is easier to play compared to those two but I also recommend them. Mars One is freely available on the developer's website.
I have played all of Howard Dortch's Mars games. Frontier is entertaining, engaging and with the game options included, can be guaranteed to be different each time you play. It is a more streamlined version of "Challenger" which, if you haven't played, can get so detail oriented at times it borders bogging down in the all the minutiae. Frontier offer you the chance to build your own base using an economy-based system of play. You can even compete against other players (live or AI) to be the best operating base on Mars. With story lines that have graduated from "Challenger" to include Mars quakes, missing persons, and others that I won't spoil, it's easy to see the hard work Howard and his team put into this game. I think this game got a raw deal from gamers when it first came out. They rated it based on what they wanted it to be rather than what it was - and it is a fun, playable game that seeks to draw inspiration from the good people at the Mars Society and more specifically Dr. Robert Zubrin. If you are looking for "little green men shoot 'em up" this isn't it. If you're looking for realism, physics, planetary science, botany, geology, and survival then you've found a great game to master.
Like its companion game, Martian Colony: Challenger, Frontier is a good simulation of how living on Mars would actually feel. Unfortunately, in order to add multiplayer, the developer seems to have felt it was necessary to dumb things down a bit. Several things have been simplified, when it comes to maintaining your base, and that's too bad. It was what I loved so much about Challenger.
Other things were added, and there are some story elements, but unfortunately they aren't very satisfying. The developer was away for a few years, dealing with an illness, and just recently announced that he intends to do some updates to these games. I hope that's the case, because Frontier is clearly unfinished.
Despite that, I still enjoy it, and I've played through it several times, so I recommend it. Just know that it's not quite all there yet.
The first game was really good . . . and then they made this.
This is so bad in comparison I want to throw the first game away in shame for ever having supported this company.
Mars Colony: Frontier is a pretty good game. Honestly, I am not sure how the game became so over looked and got bad ratings because it is better than what other people say. Sure, the game is still not complete, but it is at least playable in its current state if you modify your options, otherwise it may crash on start up.
My experience went something like this: I started up the game, created a profile and jumped into the game. At this time I was also playing mars Colony Challenger, the prequel to this game. What I saw when I started was slightly better graphics and smoother lighting, so definitely an upgrade there. My HUD appeared and a text box appeared telling me to go see Benjamin Carver, the commander of Base Ares, the Mars colony I landed at. After finding him in the command center, he gave me some credits to get started. I then bought a rover and selected one of the four outposts that were not owned by anyone and set out to get one. After I claimed it, I started building my base (being sure not to use all my money!) After that, the adventure is up to you.
I have only encountered a few bugs, the lighting has issues some times and a game breaking one is if you upgrade your modules in your base they will move into a random spot on the map, ruining your base and making it unusable. If you do not upgrade your modules, you should be fine. This game is still fun however.
Again, have had a good experience with this game and it is not as bad as it looks. Sure it has bad ratings but most of them are from people not understanding how this game works.
got the game, started in sandbox mode... nothing to do
started in story mode... talk to so and so, then nothing to do
waited for updates which never came
appearance not good
story what story?
gameplay wonder around
reason to play trailer looked ok (false advetisment)
This is a very ambitious game that is still under development.
While not yet complete, this game offers an immersive first-person RTS experience. It's not exactly a perfect Mars simulator, but "and then they all died of radiation poisoning anyway" doesn't make for a good story. So magic medicines and super-fast growing vegetables are a necessary surrender of reality to make a good game. What does make it a good simulation is that if you don't gather your air, you'll die. If you don't feed yourself, you'll die. If you don't keep on top of things and keep working, something will go wrong and you'll die.
There are a number of bugs that are being addressed, some I would assume are quite difficult to track down, since they are intermittent. Some are even quite annoying. The greatest weakness of the game is not being able to save against these possible disasters.
However, I think the game itself is worth it. The first campaign segment is done, and the sheer amount of control over all the aspects of keeping a breathable atmosphere, crops and mining will keep the player involved even when the story line is quiet.
It's sad when this is nw the second game this developer has made thats been unreliable when it comes to bug updates. Last update was last December. I would say HyperKat Games is completely unreliable and should not be allowed to disappoint the Steam community with any more "annoyances".
If you played earlier versions of this game and found them lacking in some way, you might want to give it another try (v. 1.016). I have played a game in the Competive AI mode for quite a few hours now and have built a substantial base. Gone are the crashes and game critical bugs. It is a good balance between real Mars simulation and game play. Overcome the challenges our first actual settlers to Mars will face - in 10 years or so! I especially like tearing up and down the Martian mountains and through narrow valleys via my trusty rover. It is civilization-building in a life threatening environment at its best (think The Martian). Graphics and tutorial could use further improvements, but Mars terraine and inside base scenes are already great, and I'm confident the game will continue to evolve and develop. For just $8+, this is your chance to get in on the ground floor of what your constructive suggestions could make into a very popular game.
Been Waiting Months for what should have been in the damn game on retal release its not early access so really features like sandbox ? campign mode ? they are non existant not to mention bases are not custom they are like a jigsaw puzzle no way to move say a power gen and place it where they oxygen room stuff is. took so many hours crashing to try to play a full game finally gave up been waiting months for what was and should be in game as advertised so i call false advertising on this one and even tho i have passed the playtime and the 2 weeks im going to attempt a refund on the reason for false advertising
This is a pretty interesting game, though I'm sure it will take some time for me to learn and understand its nuances. Despite the dated graphics, the mood and atmosphere feels spot on. The devices and equpiment all seem like stuff we may actually use on Mars missions some day. Overall it's an impressive title, considering the very small amount of people who put it together. I'm excited to see it with all the kinks smoothed out.
Great game! It's kind of like the Sims, but on Mars. If anyone out there likes science or has a passion for the destiny of mankind, or simply wants their kids to learn something while playing a game, I highly recommend this one. I got the last one, Mars Colony Challenger, and I've been looking forward to the release of Frontier for awhile. It did not dissapoint. The cool thing about this one is it adds an economy aspect and multiplayer competition (though I haven't tried the multiplayer yet). I especially like the fact that we can build solar arrays and either make or buy all those little things (nutrients for worms and mushrooms, GPR shots, etc) for which we simply had a finite source in Challenger. Plus, driving the rover just got way cooler in third person!
I was surprised to see a lot of negative reviews, mostly focusing on graphics and lag and a few startup bugs. Well boo hoo. I could argue down each of those gripes, but I'll sum it up like this: I use an outdated laptop, so I set the graphics on the lowest setting to begin with. I have almost no lag at all, the graphics are still great, and in the two weeks since this game was released about half the bugs I noticed have been fixed. That's better than I can say for most of the games I've played.
Keep up the good work HyperKat! Can't wait to see what you come up with next.
Not remotely ready for release. Ignoring stability problems - which I haven't experienced, only read about - the state of this game is considerably less advanced that many games you can pick up from GOG and run in a DOS box. This looks like a hobbyist's valiant attempt to do something worthy, and I applaud that; but I have found the 'game' element to be catastrophically missing. If this were termed an Alpha release, that would be both realistic, and fair; terming it a Beta would be ambitious - and would put me off buying the final version. Claiming this is 'released' is terrible. Not worth the (admittedly low) price of admission. Someone may enjoy this, but the only positive reviews I've seen talk about the potential rather than the current state of things - and that reflects my view too: right now, not worth your time (let alone the money)
Somehow the addition of humanoid mannequins that are RPG style equipment shops didn't breathe any additional life into what is fundamentally Mars Colony Challenger. Actually it made it worse, because in the first game you at least had isolation as a component. If you're stranded on Mars, how are there stores to buy stuff from? Inexplicable and nonsensical.
This franchise is as dead as the wooden NPCs in barter town here. Hyperkat needs to do something else with their time, or hire a consultant that can instruct them on what good game mechanics could be put in place.
I really enjoyed MC:C and believed the project should not have been abandoned as it was. However...
This game is too buggy. It has crashed on me five times already, three before even getting past the intro screens! The devs should not have released this game in such a state. I'm requesting a refund. Shame on the devs for not being upfront and transparent about this terrible buggy game! STAY AWAY - DO NOT BUY!!!
UPDATE: Hyper Kat finally admitted something. But I think most would agree that it should of been announced to the public first, the issues facing release and NOT released MC:F, instead of meeting a deadline, which, by the way they didn't do because the game is currently unplayable! To be proud of meeting a deadline instead of delaying UNTIL it is at least playable is not thinking clearly. Just as, in my opinion, the kiling off of MC:C. I think Hyper Kat should of realized the public's attraction to MC:C and taken a step back, and re-approached the project with clarity of mind. So how can there be trust?
first off i got refunded for this game, constant crashing.
Good concept
when you crash to desktop you lose everything, there is no save feature. you crash then you spawn outside base with no eva suit and die immediatly. there are many features listed in the game that just are not implemeted. you were sold a lemon but told it was a cadilac.....
Features:
- Campaign Mode no
- Sandbox Mode yes
- Single player yes
- Multiplayer with up to 8 players does not work
- Play over LAN or Online does not work
- Dedicated servers no there isnt
- Custom player-built bases no there isnt
- Dynamic player-driven economy huh?
- Contract missions yes
- Dynamic weather and random events no weather at all
- Drivable rovers yes very nice
- Programmable cargo bots not implemented
- Multiple career paths maybe?
Bottom line this game IS NOT ready to be released and if steam was remotly interested in protecting its customers it would not have been... instead its easier to issue a refund than to actually give a fuck for your cutomers.
BOO steam and boo the developer.. piece of shits.
I loved MC:C - great game. You started with a non-functional base, you had to install the equipment, you had buttons to push etc. This version is a dumbed down version and feels like a step back! I was not expecting a Take on Mars type game, but I was hoping for MC:C with base building options with a small economy thrown around.
Hint to the devs: MC:C there was nothing like throwing open the airlock doors, hauling in your equipment, hiding out between different periods of high radiation and trying to get the base up before starving to death etc.
It is WAY too bugged, to the point it is outright umplayable. It is a simplified yet flashy version of Challenger, which was not perfect itself. The devs talk about "dedicated servers" and "dynamic economy" as if they knew what that means when it is just silly looking NPC's staring at nothing selling or buying at fixed prices; and the only dedicated thing is the full fist from the devs. It has three game modes, but since they are broken, you can use only one. It pretends to be a simulation and is just a point fishing arcade with delusions of grandeur.
I feel insulted. A game like this should have never been released to the public, certainly not as a full release. Beta testing must be some kind of heretic ritual forbidden by the gods in the minds of the developers of this game, whose best solution to EVERYONE's common problem (to name a few, game crashing when entering map, player restarting famished and without EVA outside base (after game has crashed, the bug of the bug), or interacting tool stops working just 'cuz) seems to be a condescending smile and a pat to the back.
I waited a bit but no patch, no workaround, not even a fake apology from the devs. So what else to request a refund, and rant about a game so bad it hurts.
On a side note, my AVG picked this up as a virus. Must be a funny coincidence, but hey, it's there.
Run away from this and save your lives.
Got super excited about this game. Went into game, bought a tomato seed. Item description under construction. Tried to open my map, game crashed. Seems like it could be a sweet follow up to challenger, but in its current state, do NOT buy this. I will change my review if they fix the game and I eagerly await an update.
Dumbed down version of Challenger
I've been waiting for this game ever since it was announced because I thoroughly enjoyed the first game, "Mars Colony: Challenger". It was a fun little sim with some interesting mechanics.
Unfortunately, the developer gave in to the casual crowd this time around and either dumbed down or outright removed most of the things that made Challenger fun.
The game is no longer about creating a self-sustaining base for a new colony. It is now a game about which team/base has the highest score. I don't know what the developer was thinking by switching the genre of the game from hardcore sim to adventure/sim light, but that's exactly what happened here.
You can still control most of the equipment and systems from Challenger but now you'll start off with a 100% completely built base with a few NPC's littered around it which is just dumb. You can build your own base in one of 4 corners of the map which isn't anywhere near as fun as it was in Challenger. By the way, there is only 1 map included this time. All equipment comes with the components automatically installed now which seriously dumbs down the entire procedure of building a base as well.
A lot of little but important things like bladder control, EVA suit temperature controls, buttons on air-locks and much more were completely dumbed down or removed from the game entirely in order to make it more "accessible" to the casual crowd and the simulation aspect has suffered greatly from it.
Last but not least, there is NO dedicated server for this game as stated on the store page. You have to run the game to host other players, exactly like Challenger. I find it disgraceful that the developer has the nerve to advertise it as such.
You can't help but wonder if this was purely a cash grab because of the highly anticipated movie "The Martian" coming out next week.
Bought the game, installed it, started it up.
Graphically not very impressive, but ok, not horribly so and the graphics don't make the game.
Starting a new game isn't very intuitive, I had to fiddle about a bit before finally managing to A) create an account with my name on it and B) start story mode. Not very good but ok, a lot of good games have their own little problems.
Finally got ingame...
Got nothing except 'Go and speak to Benjamin Dover'
Ben Dover.... heh... i should have named my character Ivor Biggun.
Wandered for a few minutes, found Ben..
'Here's 5000 credits, go forth my son and do whatever' (not the actual dialogue but good enough for illustrative purposes.)
Passed the EVA suit storage, realised you could actually take off your EVA suit.
Took off EVA suit, entered airlock, closed inner door, opened outer door, wandered around outside for a few moments.
No horrible decompressive death, no warnings of pending horrible decompressive death, just a gradually decreasing health bar...
Seen enough. Uninstalled game, requested refund, wrote this.
Totally not recommended, Do Not Buy This!
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | HyperKat Games |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 15.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 36% положительных (39) |