I’m attracted to it because it’s an RPG and I LOVE a good story. Also, the screenshots that I’ve found look pretty good and the gameplay [at the bottom] looks solid.

You can play the game as Seth, “an elite soldier with a dark past” or as Pandora, “an ambitious technomancer”.

From the press release:

In the destroyed world of Mars, two destinies mingle together. Two beings searching for their identity travel across a broken planet, constantly facing bloody political conflicts which tear the old colonies apart. Often divided, sometimes fighting the same enemies, both are the source of the advent of a new era…

Sounds pretty cool, don’t you think?

The video has no sound [which I find odd] but shows gameplay on the PS3.

Mars hits stores the end of 2010 on PC, Xbox360 and PS3.

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Mars-RPG with a lot of Killin’

Want to be among the first humans on Mars? Then get inside online video! Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin announce a partnership with Virgin to select the first settlers on Mars through 30-second YouTube video responses.

Virgin founder Richard Branson also announces the partnership, called Virgle.

I’m thinking up my video response now. See you on Mars!

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YouTube Contest to Choose Martian Settlers