

For a freebie, it seems pretty good after four hours or so. The new version is a 24.3GB download, while the existing Steam edition is 6.7GB. In this Re-Mars-tered edition, which is free for owners of the Steam version as of today, THQ Nordic touts heavily reworked textures among other visual improvements, along with better shadows, lighting, a shader and postprocessing rework and native 4K support. That's partly because no big studio or publisher has really imitated what it does in the same way. This destruction felt great in 2009, and it still feels good now. You'll melt the beams of a tower and watch it fall over. You'll detonate mines and blow up a bridge, which will then collapse on top of an enemy settlement.

But knocking down buildings in an open world is more than enough to carry this game. Hell, Mars doesn't even look that nice, because it's Mars. It's an otherwise uninspired open world game, with okay driving, unimpressive shooting and a boring story. Guerrilla does this one thing really well.
