Unearthing Mars 2: The Ancient War

 PlayStation 4
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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. UploadVR
    Sep 12, 2018
    50
    Honing in on the original game’s most effective sequence doesn’t do much to elevate Unearthing Mars 2. Dull shootouts and a story that’s both too boring and incomprehensible to follow put the game’s impressive production values to waste. Unless it’s willing to put in the time and effort to create more engaging content like the mid-game boss fight, Winking VR best abandon the hope that this could ever be PSVR’s premiere sci-fi franchise.
  2. GMW3
    Oct 15, 2018
    40
    Unearthing Mars 2: The Ancient War is an improvement on the first Unearthing Mars, but the impressive visuals writes a cheque that the lacklustre gameplay simply cannot cash.

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5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 10 Ratings

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  1. Rangertwin1208
    Sep 23, 2018
    6
    Pros:

    -Graphics are largely improved from the first game. -Gameplay shooting is responsive and fluid -Only 6 weapons but they are all    Pros:

    -Graphics are largely improved from the first game.
    -Gameplay shooting is responsive and fluid
    -Only 6 weapons but they are all unique in their own way
    -Great enemy variety (unlike in Winking VR's previous game, The Walker)
    -Has some great shootouts, especially the bosses
    -Teleportation movement causes little issues

    Cons:
    -Graphics on dialogue cutscenes however, look rather off
    -Story is just as, if not more convoluted than it was in the first game
    -Characters are just as fogettable and has little personality
    -Off-putting voie-acting (which can be said the same to almost every chinese games on the PS4)
    -While some shootouts were fun, some where tamer than others and were mostly boring corridor shootouts
    -Music is passable but forgettable. Unless you really like generic trailer music, don't expect yourself to go back listening the music again and again
    -Score system feels rather redundant since there's no challenges, rewards or even trophies tied to it
    -Difficulty options suffers the same as the score system
    -Can be 100% achieved in 2-3 hours.
    -Can get a bit repetitive on some parts

    Is not a great game but it is definitely a marginal improvement over the first one, which was basically 80% tech demo. If you love rail shooters, I recommend this game but maybe not at $20. $15 or less should be the better price. Since the 2-3 hour ling campaign really is the only thing the game has it going offer, I really won't see myself playing the game regularly, especially when there are other better rail shooters like Dexed, Until Dawn Rush of Blood, or even Mortal Blitz.    … Full Review »
  2. VRPolska
    Nov 16, 2018
    7
    In general, everything in Unearthing Mars 2 is extremely mediocre. There is nothing here that would not work completely (maybe apart fromIn general, everything in Unearthing Mars 2 is extremely mediocre. There is nothing here that would not work completely (maybe apart from interludes), but there is nothing here that would make this game stand out. If you have Aima and this controller is being smeared to you, it's worth to check out the UE2 on some promotion, because this 3-hour campaign is quite nice, but after finishing the game you will forget about it very soon and probably never come back to it again.

    Benefits

    The use of the Aim controller
    A few interesting moments
    An extensive arsenal of weapons
    Overall improvement over the first part

    Disadvantages

    Enemies are sponge bullets
    Teleportation only to specific points
    Story

    Full reviev https://vrpolska.eu/gry-vr/psvr-gry/unearthing-mars-2-psvr-recenzja/    … Full Review »
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