Unearthing Mars 2: The Ancient War Reviews
You will play the role of Deputy Commander in the 'Unearthing Mars' mission, trying to unravel the secrets hidden in the Phobos Fragment from the Ark Research Center's closed-door study. Through the Ark Device, you will experience a war across outer space and return to the Earth and Mars of ancient times.
App ID | 998020 |
App Type | GAME |
Developers | Light Era Studio |
Publishers | Skywalker HK |
Categories | Single-player, Steam Achievements, Tracked Controller Support, VR Only |
Genres | Action |
Release Date | 3 Jul, 2019 |
Platforms | Windows |
Supported Languages | French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |

10 Total Reviews
4 Positive Reviews
6 Negative Reviews
Mixed Score
Unearthing Mars 2: The Ancient War has garnered a total of 10 reviews, with 4 positive reviews and 6 negative reviews, resulting in a ‘Mixed’ overall score.
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Recent Steam Reviews
This section displays the 10 most recent Steam reviews for the game, showcasing a mix of player experiences and sentiments. Each review summary includes the total playtime along with the number of thumbs-up and thumbs-down reactions, clearly indicating the community's feedback
Playtime:
26 minutes
really pepole this is really stupid //////////just saying
👍 : 1 |
😃 : 1
Negative
Playtime:
27 minutes
This is actually the worst game I've ever played.
-Now how do I get a refund?
👍 : 1 |
😃 : 0
Negative
Playtime:
47 minutes
One of the worst VR games I have ever played. The screen glitches when moving your head side to side in an Oculus Rift S. No graphic options at all. You have no hands in the game. You can only teleport to certain spots and only at certain times after all enemies have been cleared. An insane amount of endless enemies that are always grouped together and charging you at a chaotic pace. You basically just hold down the trigger and aim until you are allowed to move on. Just not an enjoyable experience for me.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Negative
Playtime:
20 minutes
Got my refund, save yourself the effort and avoid buying this so called VR failed effort. Nice graphics, No locomotion options, No immersive game play and No controller options that work correctly on WMR whatsoever, pretty sad really. Another Vr game that "could have been good".
👍 : 5 |
😃 : 0
Negative
Playtime:
12 minutes
Great graphics and production values. the teleport, arcade shoot 'em up isn't very fun for me. Too stale from too many other games.
I recommend if you liked the first one and this type of game. If you don't like Dead Effect or other "move around and shoot the same monsters" over and over then pass on this one.
👍 : 2 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
66 minutes
Dammit stop complaining about the locomotion. On-rail wave shooter can still be good if implemented correctly, just like the classic Time Crisis series.
The game actually has some interesting takes on this dated genre. For example the "Focus Mode" may look just like another slow-mo trick, but since it requires precision shots during slow motion, the timing of activating this mode is actually pretty strategic and requires skill to execute it well.
Sometimes you have to teleport around to clear the area, and surprisingly it's doing great to make you feel like performing some ninja-like acrobatic without any simulation sickness.
I do think the enemies' health is way too high without precision shots, which make this the blandest shooter if you don't want to spam slow motion.
I can accept some minor design flaw and overly repetitive levels, and I even started enjoying it once I get familiar with the Focus Mode. However the developers just doesn't seems to care about the PC port. The gun rotation on Vive is way off. It's really uncomfortable to hold the controller like this for long period.
I would highly recommend this if they're able to fix the controller rotation issue.
👍 : 2 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
119 minutes
Very fun game with lot of action.
Good graphics, the guns feels righ, the movement sistem is intuitive.
Used to play a lot The House of The Dead in the arcades... if you like that kind of games, this is de way should be achieved in VR.
EDIT: Finished it already, took me like two hours maybe... the long is ok for this kind of game, but it would have been good if there were more bosses, (in fact I think there is only one, and it is the end)
Still recommendi it.
👍 : 3 |
😃 : 1
Positive
Playtime:
225 minutes
This game is nothing like the first one. Even though the first one got mixed reviews I liked it for the mix of different gameplay styles (shooter, puzzle, exploration etc.) and for not getting repetitive. But this one is just another shooter and sadly not even a good one. As you have probably already read there are no locomotion options. You can only teleport to predefined spots on the ground. Very often you cannot even teleport to the next spot until you have killed all enemies in the current area. So, the typical gameplay flow is like teleport, kill all enemies, teleport, kill all enemies, teleport... and so on (I think you got the point). The game feels very repetitive just after a short time. But the worst part is that I can not even finish the game because of the limited teleportation system since an enemy stuck behind a wall and I am not allowed to teleport to the next spot. I retried the chapter three times and always with the same result (enemy stuck behind the wall and I cannot teleport anywhere). Furthermore, all achievements seem also to be bugged and cannot be obtained (that’s not a showstopper for me but I just wanted to mention it). Even if you liked the first game, I can clearly not recommend this one.
👍 : 7 |
😃 : 0
Negative
Playtime:
35 minutes
First of all i am sorri for negative... But i cant handle to play this beautiful game... and cant recommend this game
Only if some one like teleports and linear game... Probably some disable peoples can play seated without move to much.
Graphics and optimizations very good! Story not bad! Great menu with cool effect when you choise the level... but...
To repetitive game play... (35 min to play, almost same enemy, almost same rooms, etc) all the same... Cool effects slowmo... but...
WHY no free locomotions.... WHY i cant just go where i want... to close to something to see the great details of level design which is really great! Feels like originaly game maded for mobiles because strange limits...
You just kill the freedome... no one like to play between limits...
I will wait a little before i refund... So may be, if devs make this free loco and free to walk to see the details i buy this game again to fully enjoy the game not the limints of the game...
I realy like this game but those limits just make feels bad... Cant handle and continue to play like this...
👍 : 16 |
😃 : 3
Negative
Playtime:
157 minutes
If you liked the first one this is worth picking up, just as polished but so far it's been pure action (haven't finished it yet). Like the prequel or something.
I mostly came for the story but the action has been surprisingly good. Feels like somebody's been playing Sairento only this game is way more polished. Gunplay is ok-ish is similar to Doom VFR.
I'm at the last battle in about 2 hours. Dying a lot. Not gonna beat it because I want to go back and play the game on hard. Overall good game. Epic music and cool sci-fi locations, reminds me of Metroid Fusion.
No motion sickness, teleporting is well done and plays into the story. Length is perfect with the higher difficulties. Wish every game was as solid as this.
👍 : 10 |
😃 : 1
Positive