Spiders' PS3 RPG 'Mars' creeps onto Xbox 360
by Andrew Yoon 
{ Apr 16th 2009 at 3:31PM } 
This action RPG looks to follow the mold of other traditional hack 'n' slash games. This first footage is very rough (to say the least), but with a planned late 2010 release, there's a lot of time to make improvements to the game.
Gallery: Mars
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Apr 16th 2009 3:36PM
Looks promising....
BunnySlapper @ Apr 16th 2009 4:06PM
I thought the same at first, but there's a distinct sense of something lacking in the video...even taking into account that it's a very rough first shot.
Perhaps my problem with it is that it looks far too industrialized. What's the fun in running around what looks like an old boiler room?
For now I'm cautiously optimistic just by the fact that it looks like they're trying to do some good motion cap animations...I just hope they refine their environment to something more engaging/interesting.
Alex @ Apr 16th 2009 5:07PM
"What's the fun in running around what looks like an old boiler room"
Fallout 3 is great fun.
Van @ Apr 16th 2009 6:24PM
It's missing blood... all those sword slashes and no blood? Collision detection seems under par too. Main character moves robotically
PN04 @ Apr 16th 2009 8:43PM
Aside from some nice lighting, the game looks like garbage. Bad animation, poor collision detection, little or no hit reaction, the character has no personality and the enemies look generic and boring. They had some nice art direction and the sets look okay but the actual game play just plain feels dead. I wouldn't even call this a win for xbox in getting it, more like a loss.
JontheNinja @ Apr 16th 2009 3:36PM
I honestly don't know what is with the sudden glut of these single word titles. Is it edgy?
When I release my movie I will call it YORK.
It will be about New York gangsters or some shit.
But YORK will make it seem cooler.
SO COOL.
vahdyx @ Apr 16th 2009 3:41PM
No, don't call it YORK, just "New"
It's much more edgy that way
Maverick Saturn @ Apr 16th 2009 3:48PM
FEAR
FUEL
DIRT
SPEED
CRASH
ROLE
PLAYING
GAME
TRIPLE A
TITLE
JontheNinja @ Apr 16th 2009 4:02PM
Yeah, if they're taking that approach, they better just call it SHIT
Jack Tretton @ Apr 16th 2009 4:42PM
i prefer SHIT SANDWICH.
JontheNinja @ Apr 16th 2009 4:50PM
THE REVIEW WAS 2 WORDS.
CH3BURASHKA @ Apr 16th 2009 6:41PM
When I think York I think of the slave Lewis (or Clark?) owned. That would be a badass game.
Speaking, how about a survival horror about the Underground Railroad? or an adventure game?
Damian @ Apr 16th 2009 3:40PM
Aliens dont bleed.
vahdyx @ Apr 16th 2009 3:44PM
No my friend they do not! This video is a pretty accurate display of how much this game will be crap!
Jampirow @ Apr 16th 2009 3:46PM
Aliens don't "exist" in the first place, so what you're doing is like saying a zombie is not allowed to run?
Maverick Saturn @ Apr 16th 2009 3:49PM
I'll have you know, aliens do exist, what is Micheal Jackson then? Huh?
playwhutyalike @ Apr 16th 2009 3:57PM
I got excited when I misread "technomancer" as "necropheliac".
playwhutyalike @ Apr 16th 2009 3:58PM
shouldn't have been a reply.
Damian @ Apr 16th 2009 3:59PM
You probably read ''Technomancer'' as ''Necromancer'', and that reminded you of ''Necropheliac''
Jampirow @ Apr 16th 2009 4:09PM
Michael Jackson is no alien. He is human, 100%. And that's why he is scary.
CH3BURASHKA @ Apr 16th 2009 6:42PM
They also don't approve of abortions.
PARANOID365 @ Apr 17th 2009 3:04AM
@ Maverick Saturn & Jampirow,
Wow that was original; I guess you guys never got the memo that the MJ bashing is getting really old and fucking played out !!
Hell forget whether aliens exist or not because your 2 comments prove unequivocally that the double headed douche bag is alive and thriving at a joystiq comment area near you!!
mr nimblewick @ Apr 16th 2009 3:41PM
Sometimes it's better to not release any videos at all...
Whocares @ Apr 16th 2009 3:41PM
looks like crap
Spartacus @ Apr 16th 2009 3:42PM
Looks, uh, like I wouldn't be rushing out to pick this up on either platform...
Manly Mcbeefigan (Mr. ESC) @ Apr 16th 2009 4:27PM
It looks average,yeah that's the word,average.
Looks okay but nothing New or Exciting.It reminds me Fallout 3:The pitt but without the awesomeness.
tmacairjordan87 @ Apr 16th 2009 3:44PM
Man that was Two Worlds level of suckage. I was wondering why I had never heard of this and now I know.
Maverick Saturn @ Apr 16th 2009 3:47PM
This game has looked meh for a while now, now 360 players too can join in in the mehage :)
Manly Mcbeefigan (Mr. ESC) @ Apr 16th 2009 4:29PM
Hurray we can all enjoy of the blandness.
HippoHero @ Apr 16th 2009 7:41PM
Whatever.
pd771 @ Apr 16th 2009 3:52PM
Wait... Sony gave them a free engine to build it on, and it's going multiplatform? They must have had to pay Sony some big bucks or they'll be in serious trouble.
Noshino @ Apr 16th 2009 4:10PM
Not really, actually, that was Sony's goals. Not only PS3 development is the hardest, but also the amount of engines optimized for it are not that high. So they made their own engine for licensing, which makes PS3 development more appealing.
FNG @ Apr 16th 2009 4:30PM
well if Sony didn't give this engine away do you think anyone would have purchased it? with such a great game showing it and all...
coffins outside the door @ Apr 16th 2009 3:59PM
First day purchase!
JuanDHexen @ Apr 16th 2009 4:01PM
What is this looks trash? None one here or any where else is looking forward to this. There's too many sick games coming out for all platforms so this is useless vapor.
liamario @ Apr 16th 2009 4:07PM
I think they realised that the game is beyond crap and that they need to recoup their losses any which way they can. They'll probably release an Atari 2600 version too
Juliox @ Apr 16th 2009 4:25PM
So they are using a free ps3 engine to create an xbox 360 game.....Hmmmm......well.... i mean.........this game doesn't look to be good....
Mazrael @ Apr 16th 2009 4:38PM
that looked bad.. in the negative sense.. jeez.. they should just can it already, since it won't even reach the bargain basket.. instead they'll but a bin (trash can) outside the door..
ryan @ Apr 16th 2009 4:39PM
That video was kinda bad. At first you can't tell if it's called "Mars" or "Spiders" or the developers are Mars and vice versa. Just uninteresting all around.
That 1-slash 2-slash 3-slash shot made me chuckle *Van Damme's "Boooo-aahhhh"*
TregGert @ Apr 16th 2009 8:43PM
Seriously, these gaming developers shouldn't release game footage this early. It does nothing positive for the game at all.
You don't have sound or effects yet in place, there is no gore, there is no real lighting or other effects, design is in its infancy. Things are not in the type of shape to be releasing gameplay footage right now, so don't.
Kevin949 @ Apr 16th 2009 4:41PM
still looks better than many games out there *coughwiicough*
JuanDHexen @ Apr 16th 2009 4:46PM
That's cold.
grudgeoms @ Apr 16th 2009 4:48PM
Damn man good thing this aint just a PS3/PC exclusive anymore or else it would be horrifying edition to the PS3 exclusive library. It looks horrible now but maybe it will get better later on. It seems it to goes multiplatform because maybe they think there selfish or they want to sell more copies of the game.
Professor Lario @ Apr 16th 2009 5:57PM
Good point. Sony may have encouraged this title on the 360 so that it wasn't perceived as an exclusive.
JUNG GUNS @ Apr 16th 2009 4:50PM
i didn't see any spiders so when the name of the game popped up at the end it kinda shocked me. there is no denying that this looks like shit.
ryan @ Apr 16th 2009 5:12PM
Yeah, same here. The vid was just unprofessional. They should've just had a much smaller "Spiders" logo that lead into a much bigger "Mars" title with an extra "Mars" at the end. That way you know it's called Mars made by Spiders. But kinda bleh name for both titles really.
AndyS @ Apr 16th 2009 4:51PM
Post-industrial ice skating RPG!
I know it's early, but you'd think that sliding stuff would be fixed before you publicize videos.
tmontana213 @ Apr 16th 2009 5:07PM
At least now the 360 gets to share this hunk of shit game.
Alex @ Apr 16th 2009 5:12PM
Is there supposed to be sound in that video?
Looks rubbish even without awful SFX.
Reznik00 @ Apr 16th 2009 6:13PM
reminds me of Too Human.....'nuff said