Mars Tactics - Jailbreak Express (Labor) | Red Faction meets X-Com

The Red Planet is at war. Lead either Capital’s corporate army or Labor’s worker revolutionaries and wage war across a vast strategic map, then assume direct control in turn-based tactical battles featuring artillery, vehicles, and fully-destructible environments.
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[@JohnWilliamNowak]

It seems to me that a "Labor vs. Capital" game would be extremely asymmetrical, which is probably the most difficult type of game to pull off. I think this is going to be worth watching.

[@20MG]

It reminds me of the old Swat games. You had a less funded Criminal (Labor) pool and then the State funded (Capital) Swat pool. The swat had much better weapons and the Criminals had to scavenge what they could. This is approached a similar way. The Capital definitely had better weapons than my team did, which is why I was so excited to grab their gear lol.

[@JohnWilliamNowak]

This is really compelling. I have to wonder, though, if you can really run like that in 1/3 gravity. You'd think you'd sail into the sky. Which makes me think there would be two different movement modes, one where you book but you're easy to pick off, and one where you sort of creep along and get full benefit of the ground.

[@20MG]

it would be interesting to add a sort of, gravity element. Be able to jump high, break gravity and then land to flank enemies. I'm working on other missions for this demo. So far though, it's a tough game.

[@JohnWilliamNowak]

@@20MG Gravity in Kerbal Space Program works; walking on Kerbin is entirely different from walking on the Mun. They really put a lot of effort into that.

[@jakubgadzala7474]

I guess their into-da-future gear is heavy while the overall game theme is light🤣

[@jakubgadzala7474]

You so bad at it 🤣You should rather spread out and keep overwatch, instead of gathering in on spot where you easy to be flanked.

[@20MG]

Yeah, I think the only problem with spreading out is that I would then be pitting a weak weapon against a more powerful weapon. I played around with spreading out the first time and I just got picked off one by one. The submachine guns that my four people have were no match at a distance for the rifles that the enemy had. So on this particular recording I tried to lump everyone up into a protective squad where I could support them using OverWatch. And then while OverWatch was set, the teams could then bound and engage. There's definitely going to be a learning curve to this game. Because of its realness, it is not like XCOM. This game is a lot less forgiving. But LOL it's all a learning experience LOL

[@jakubgadzala7474]

@@20MG I see. I will try to not die myself tomorrow while trying it out. Thanks for reminding me about this game and the clues. I was very intrigued by the trailer few weeks ago. Game looks pretty good, and I like the retro style.

[@jakubgadzala7474]

@@20MG Oh, no demo available :( I thought the demo is on steam

[@20MG]

For real though LOL. I was pretty bad at it. It doesn't play like your traditional turn-based tactical games. The labor don't have as many resources as capital. So you are taking people who are scraping by against people who have ultimately any resource available. I've had a lot on my plate but I need to jump in and play one of the capital missions as well.

[@20MG]

That's sad.... ....I guess they pulled it? Just checked myself and I was prompted with the, " you no longer have access to this game" off the 'play' button I guess it must have just been available for the 2 weeks that steam was running the tacticon That's disappointing. :-(