<s>
Martian	B-Application
Gothic	I-Application
:	I-Application
Unification	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2000	O
survival	O
horror	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Creative	O
Reality	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Coyote	O
Developments	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
published	O
by	O
TalonSoft	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
takes	O
place	O
on	O
a	O
Martian	B-Application
base	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2019	O
,	O
where	O
a	O
crew	O
of	O
three	O
(	O
Martin	O
Karne	O
,	O
Diane	O
Matlock	O
,	O
Kenzo	O
Uji	O
)	O
have	O
been	O
tasked	O
to	O
investigate	O
10	O
months	O
of	O
radio	O
silence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
soon	O
find	O
that	O
the	O
dead	O
crew	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
base	O
have	O
been	O
killed	O
,	O
and	O
now	O
become	O
re-animated	O
bloodthirsty	O
zombies	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
"	O
budget	O
titles	O
"	O
released	O
near	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
lifespan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
series	O
:	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
;	O
fixed	O
camera	O
angle	O
;	O
tank	O
controls	O
;	O
“	O
Vac-Tubes	O
”	O
in	O
the	O
place	O
of	O
item	O
boxes	O
;	O
and	O
colored	O
key-cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
separate	O
trio	O
gimmick	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Day	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Tentacle	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saving	O
is	O
done	O
through	O
a	O
computer	O
game	O
called	O
"	O
Martian	B-Application
Mayhem	O
"	O
and	O
is	O
limited	O
to	O
2-4	O
saves	O
in	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
and	O
12	O
saves	O
in	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Martian	B-Application
Gothic	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
three	O
characters	O
sent	O
from	O
Earth	O
to	O
a	O
Martian	B-Application
base	O
called	O
Vita-01	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
base	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
human	O
settlement	O
on	O
Mars	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
broadcast	O
from	O
the	O
base	O
simply	O
stated	O
:	O
“	O
Stay	O
alone	O
,	O
stay	O
alive.	O
”	O
Upon	O
arrival	O
the	O
player	O
finds	O
that	O
all	O
the	O
residents	O
are	O
apparently	O
dead	O
and	O
must	O
gradually	O
uncover	O
the	O
secrets	O
and	O
nature	O
the	O
last	O
undertaking	O
by	O
Vita-01	O
'	O
s	O
crew	O
;	O
the	O
discovery	O
of	O
ancient	O
Martian	B-Application
"	O
Pandora	B-Application
's	I-Application
Box	I-Application
"	O
which	O
,	O
when	O
opened	O
,	O
started	O
a	O
chain	O
of	O
chaotic	O
events	O
that	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
base	O
's	O
downfall	O
,	O
and	O
death	O
of	O
almost	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
inhabitants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Vita-01	O
base	O
was	O
constructed	O
in	O
2009	O
by	O
the	O
Allenby	O
Corporation	O
,	O
implied	O
to	O
be	O
Earth	O
's	O
most	O
powerful	O
megacorporation	O
,	O
to	O
research	O
potential	O
alien	O
life	O
from	O
microfossils	O
on	O
Mars	B-Application
,	O
after	O
discovering	O
in	O
1996	O
that	O
a	O
Martian	B-Application
meteorite	O
found	O
in	O
1984	O
contains	O
ancient	O
bacteria	O
which	O
had	O
crashed	O
in	O
Antarctica	O
in	O
11,000	O
BC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vita-01	O
is	O
situated	O
very	O
close	O
to	O
Olympus	O
Mons	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
partially	O
visited	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
upon	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
underground	O
"	O
Necropolis	O
"	O
zone	O
,	O
the	O
human-excavated	O
ruins	O
of	O
an	O
old	O
Martian	B-Application
city	O
of	O
Vita-01	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creative	O
Reality	O
's	O
last	O
game	O
shares	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
and	O
same	O
writer	O
as	O
Dreamweb	B-Application
,	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
it	O
relies	O
heavily	O
on	O
writing	O
and	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
interview	O
it	O
was	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
initially	O
entitled	O
"	O
Martian	B-Application
Gothic	I-Application
"	O
but	O
during	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
the	O
team	O
referred	O
to	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
Unification	O
"	O
based	O
on	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
's	O
favourite	O
Star	B-Operating_System
Trek	I-Operating_System
episode	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
as	O
it	O
loosely	O
fitted	O
the	O
theme	O
of	O
a	O
point	O
and	O
click	O
adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
both	O
names	O
a	O
compromise	O
was	O
made	O
to	O
suffix	O
Stephen	O
's	O
title	O
"	O
Martian	B-Application
Gothic	I-Application
"	O
with	O
"	O
Unification	O
"	O
to	O
create	O
Martian	B-Application
Gothic	I-Application
:	I-Application
Unification	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
significant	O
downgrade	O
of	O
the	O
textures	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
did	O
allow	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
save	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Martian	B-Application
Gothic	I-Application
:	I-Application
Unification	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
more	O
positive	O
reviews	O
came	O
from	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Illustrated	O
.	O
</s>
