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''[[http://www.tharsis.space/ Tharsis]]'' is a dice-based strategy game for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer Windows]], Mac OS, and UsefulNotes/Playstation4, released in January 2016 by Choice Provisions. It was designed by Zach Gage, best known for his mobile game ''VideoGame/SpellTower'', and his collaborative work on Vlambeer's Ridiculous Fishing and ''VideoGame/GettingOverItWithBennettFoddy''.

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''[[http://www.tharsis.space/ Tharsis]]'' is a dice-based strategy game for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer Windows]], Mac OS, and UsefulNotes/Playstation4, Platform/PlayStation4, released in January 2016 by Choice Provisions. It was designed by Zach Gage, best known for his mobile game ''VideoGame/SpellTower'', and his collaborative work on Vlambeer's Ridiculous Fishing and ''VideoGame/GettingOverItWithBennettFoddy''.

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* MultipleEndings:MultipleEndings: [[spoiler:Reaching your destination with all crew members alive will change the ending, and shed a little more light on the nature of the mysterious signal.]]



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*TokenEvilTeammate: Sofia Diaz, a cannibal who somehow can be a part of your crew.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Well, earn your bittersweet ending at least. The mission is a success, but the fate of your entire crew is left open to interpretation.]]



* MultipleEndings: [[spoiler:Reaching your destination with all crew members alive will change the ending, and shed a little more light on the nature of the mysterious signal.]]

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* MultipleEndings: MultipleEndings:
** "Mission Accomplished, Do Not Expect Survivors": [[spoiler:All four crewmates survive without committing cannibalism. The anomaly does something to Mars, turning it ''blue'', implying that humanity has succeeded in whatever trial it had to face, at the cost of sacrificing the surviving expedition.]]
** "A Journey We'd Make Forever": [[spoiler:3 or less crewmates survive, no cannibalism or insane crewmates. The anomaly goes critical, wreaking havoc across the fabric of spacetime and rending Mars. One of the surviving crewmembers manages to send a signal, inadvertently creating a StableTimeLoop where they sent the very signal that started the expedition.]]
** "It Knew": [[spoiler:Commit cannibalism / go insane. The anomaly will scan the crewmates, who are convinced they failed the trial by losing their humanity. The anomaly responds by blowing Mars up.]]
[[spoiler:Reaching your destination with all crew members alive will change the ending, and shed a little more light on the nature of the mysterious signal.]]

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* DidntSeeThatComing: The opening narration mentions how they had planned for various worst case scenarios as a part of the mission. But they never expected multiple ones to hit at once.




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* ThrownOutTheAirlock: More like jettisoned into open space when the section your in explodes, but the result is the same for the sixth crew member.
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''[[http://www.tharsis.space/ Tharsis]]'' is a dice-based strategy game for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer Windows]], Mac OS, and UsefulNotes/Playstation4, released in January 2016 by Choice Provisions. It was designed by Zach Gage, best known for his mobile game ''VideoGame/SpellTower'', and his collaborative work on Vlambeer's Ridiculous Fishing and ''VideoGame/{{Getting Over It}} With Bennett Foddy''.

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''[[http://www.tharsis.space/ Tharsis]]'' is a dice-based strategy game for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer Windows]], Mac OS, and UsefulNotes/Playstation4, released in January 2016 by Choice Provisions. It was designed by Zach Gage, best known for his mobile game ''VideoGame/SpellTower'', and his collaborative work on Vlambeer's Ridiculous Fishing and ''VideoGame/{{Getting Over It}} With Bennett Foddy''.
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-->-- '''Alec Meer,''' ''WebOriginal/RockPaperShotgun'', [[https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/01/13/tharsis-review/ Alec Meer chronicles his mental breakdown en route to Mars]]

''Tharsis'' is a dice-based strategy game for Windows, Mac OS, and Playstation 4, released in January 2016 by Choice Provisions. It was designed by Zach Gage, best known for his mobile game Spelltower, and his collaborative work on Vlambeer's Ridiculous Fishing and VideoGame/{{Getting Over It}} With Bennett Foddy.

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-->-- '''Alec Meer,''' ''WebOriginal/RockPaperShotgun'', [[https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/01/13/tharsis-review/ Alec Meer of Rock Paper Shotgun chronicles his mental breakdown en route to Mars]]

''Tharsis'' ''[[http://www.tharsis.space/ Tharsis]]'' is a dice-based strategy game for Windows, [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer Windows]], Mac OS, and Playstation 4, UsefulNotes/Playstation4, released in January 2016 by Choice Provisions. It was designed by Zach Gage, best known for his mobile game Spelltower, ''VideoGame/SpellTower'', and his collaborative work on Vlambeer's Ridiculous Fishing and VideoGame/{{Getting ''VideoGame/{{Getting Over It}} With Bennett Foddy.
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[[http://www.tharsis.space/ Official site]]\\
[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/323060/Tharsis/ Tharsis' entry on Stream]]

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* Determinator: The 'Last Man Floating' mission features a single astronaut attempting to survive in a rapidly malfunctioning spaceship for 5 weeks.

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* Determinator: {{Determinator}}: The 'Last Man Floating' mission features a single astronaut attempting to survive in a rapidly malfunctioning spaceship for 5 weeks.
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[[caption-width-right:350:I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.]]

->''"Tharsis is about being in a rolling state of mental anguish, knowing that every positive action you take is also sowing the seeds of your own destruction."''
-->-- '''Alec Meer,''' ''WebOriginal/RockPaperShotgun'', [[https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/01/13/tharsis-review/ Alec Meer chronicles his mental breakdown en route to Mars]]

''Tharsis'' is a dice-based strategy game for Windows, Mac OS, and Playstation 4, released in January 2016 by Choice Provisions. It was designed by Zach Gage, best known for his mobile game Spelltower, and his collaborative work on Vlambeer's Ridiculous Fishing and VideoGame/{{Getting Over It}} With Bennett Foddy.

Your task is to guide the crew of the ill-fated spaceship Iktomi on a mission to investigate a mysterious signal originating from the Tharsis region of Mars. Character's available actions are dictated by dice rolls, and along the way you will have to contend with a myriad of dangers, dwindling food supplies, and the ever-present threat of the space crazies.

[[http://www.tharsis.space/ Official site]]\\
[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/323060/Tharsis/ Tharsis' entry on Stream]]

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!!''Tharsis'' provides examples of:
* CoolStarship: The Iktomi appears to be modular, and fully capable of continuing to function normally despite having chunks blown off.
* Determinator: The 'Last Man Floating' mission features a single astronaut attempting to survive in a rapidly malfunctioning spaceship for 5 weeks.
* DifficultyLevels: Casual, Normal, and Hard.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Well, earn your bittersweet ending at least. The mission is a success, but the fate of your entire crew is left open to interpretation.]]
* FromBadToWorse: The game proper begins with an entire section of the spaceship, all of the food stores, and two crew members getting exploded. Things get worse.
* ImAHumanitarian: The above opening disaster leaves you with a corpse in the medical bay. Low food supplies means this option becomes available early in the game. There's even an achievement and an unlockable character available for those who make use of this.
* LuckBasedMission: In spades. Every single interaction is a literal dice roll. 'Assists' allow you to nullify harmful outcomes, but even they won't save a particularly unlucky crew member from snuffing it due to terrible rolls.
* MultipleEndings: [[spoiler:Reaching your destination with all crew members alive will change the ending, and shed a little more light on the nature of the mysterious signal.]]
* SpaceMadness: Conveyed as 'stress' by each characters' portrait. Highly stressed crew members will visibly fidget, and this translates in gameplay terms to the choices offered to you between each week. High stress is always bad, and will result in choices with poorer outcomes.
* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler:Reaching Tharsis with less than your entire crew results in a signal being sent backwards in time, resulting in the mission to Tharsis in the first place. Getting your entire crew there appears to break the loop.]]
* TakeYourTime: No matter how many dire emergencies are threatening your crew, you have all the time in the world to decide how to deal with the situation.

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