Abstract
- Ship Us Mars is the bold sequel to 2019’s Ship Us The Moon, and it’s coming to Xbox Sequence X|S and Xbox One.
- Set 10 years after the primary recreation, gamers can anticipate all kinds of recent gameplay varieties.
- This journey is totally self-contained, so even in case you missed the primary recreation, you’ll have a implausible expertise.
We’re excited to disclose Ship Us Mars, a brand new recreation coming to Xbox Sequence X|S and Xbox One, developed by our buddies at KeokeN Interactive. This thrilling narrative-rich journey is the bold sequel to 2019’s Ship Us The Moon, and it’s set 10 years after the occasions of the Fortuna mission in that recreation. Our first trailer reveals our new protagonist making ready to discover the Mars floor after a crash-landing – and reactivating a drone that will probably be acquainted to anybody who performed the unique.
That includes an enormous step ahead in gameplay selection and storytelling, Ship Us Mars takes gamers to the Purple Planet on a harmful mission to assist safe humanity’s future. On the planet of our recreation, Earth’s assets are depleted, necessitating additional ventures into house searching for new types of vitality. Environmental themes are actually vital to the builders, which is why KeokeN’s video games take a grounded method to sci-fi storytelling. That mentioned, there’s a lot extra to this story to be revealed within the coming months.
For gamers who loved Ship Us The Moon, they’ll get a kick out of how the story picks up threads and characters from the unique recreation (we welcome any and all fan theories till we are able to say extra…). For completely new gamers, although, they will get pleasure from this story as a wholly standalone expertise. Movement-captured cutscenes from a terrific forged carry this story to life in spectacular vogue.
So, why is Ship Us Mars so bold? Properly, alongside the step up in narrative presentation, it options quite a few gameplay mechanics which can be completely new to the collection – gamers can anticipate the puzzle-adventure core of the unique to return, however with a much wider array of the way to play moreover. A brand new climbing system will allow our mysterious protagonist to traverse the panorama of Mars, for instance, with extra gameplay parts to be revealed afterward.
Brothers Paul and Koen Deetman, KeokeN Interactive’s co-founders, have at all times had one eye on the celebs – their grandfather designed telescopes, shaping so lots of their sensibilities as storytellers and recreation designers. Ship Us Mars is all about presenting a handcrafted and emotional narrative to gamers, and the whole recreation is designed round that purpose. For us at Frontier Foundry, we’re thrilled to assist the studio make that occur.
Gamers on Xbox Sequence X|S can look ahead to seeing the sport take advantage of out of their consoles, too. We’ll have the ability to share extra on that aspect of issues, in addition to many extra gameplay and story particulars, within the months forward. Keep tuned!