A long night on Mars in "Fort Solis" thriller game

Fort Solis (2023) is a cinematic narrative-driven science fiction thriller game set in 2080 on Mars. During a night engulfed in a severe sandstorm two mining engineers, Jack and Jessica, respond to an unusual emergency alert from a mining and research station "Fort Solis". The station is on lockdown and seems to be abandoned. The pair separately starts to investigate, what has happened in the base, searching for clues throughout the claustrophobic buildings. Piece by piece they unlock both the various parts of the base and the truth behind recent events there. The game starts as a detective and ends as a thriller.

Fort Solis runs on Unreal Engine 5.2 so visually it is really good, especially the character models and animations. The game is not long, you can finish it in 5 to 8 hours even when reading, watching and listening to all of the clues throughout the base. The story will unfold linearly piece by piece, but there are two separate endings possible in the final act of the game.

Visual recap of Fort Solis' STORY

Jack and Jessica are working at a mining rig on Mars

When receiving the emergency allert Jack is driving to the mining station "Fort Solis"

"Fort Solis" is on lockdown

"Fort Solis" is a mining and research station with a large biodome. The base contains a variety of interconnected buildings each with their own surface and sub surface levels.

One of the buildings features a 2-storey atrium

Jack and Jessica separately will search for clues throughout various kind of premises

Eventually the search will lead to the biodome...

MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD
revealing the final of the story

In the end, Jack and Jessica will come face to face with the psychopathic killer and the reasoning behind his murders

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