Take on Mars
Explore the rocky terrain and sandy wastes of Mars in this brand new installment to the Take On series. Developed by the creators of the award-winning Arma series and DayZ, Take On Mars places you right in the…
Take on Mars is a simulator developed by Bohemia Interactive, released 4 July 2013 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Take on Mars is
Take on Mars is a simulator game developed by Bohemia Interactive and released in 2013. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Enforce.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Explore the rocky terrain and sandy wastes of Mars in this brand new installment to the Take On series. Developed by the creators of the award-winning Arma series and DayZ, Take On Mars places you right in the middle of mankind's most exciting undertaking. Start out in the seat of a rover operator, pushing your vehicles to the max. Finish as the first human to have ever set foot on Mars. With a scientific arsenal at your disposal, you will pioneer the exploration of another planet, unlocking the secrets of Mars’ distant past.
How it plays
Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 40 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Take on Mars holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core2Duo 2.5 GHz or AMD Athlon Phenom X4 or faster, 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA Geforce 8800GT or ATI Radeon HD 3870 with Shader Model 3 and 512 MB VRAM, or faster. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 6GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Take on Mars launched on 4 July 2013, within three weeks of The Last of Us, Dota 2, Rogue Legacy and Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Last of Us, Dota 2, Rogue Legacy, Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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