when does the game take place?
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"In the not too distant future"
The game is relatively realistic, but they also mixed in some retro-scifi elements (domes) so it might have been left vague intentionally.
The game is relatively realistic, but they also mixed in some retro-scifi elements (domes) so it might have been left vague intentionally.
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Surviving Mars and Stellaris can't happen in the same universe.
In Surviving Mars, Earth is as politically fragmented as it is right now (although probably more peaceful, this is an optimistic vision of the future), with each major nation, group of nations or corporation (or even a cult) sponsoring its own colonization initiative. There is no mention of FTL travel but you can terraform Mars once it has been colonized. It remains fairly plausible.
In Stellaris, the entire Solar System starts as one political entity. You have FTL capability but you can't colonize Mars until you've completely terraformed it, and you won't have the technology for such an undertaking before decades. It's clearly more fantasy oriented, with aliens looking like anthropomorphized terrestrial animals, or highly speculative supernatural elements like the Shroud.
Both games are two different genres of sci-fi. As for the start date, Stellaris begins in 2200. I'd guess an earlier date for Surviving Mars (late 21st to late 22nd century).
In Surviving Mars, Earth is as politically fragmented as it is right now (although probably more peaceful, this is an optimistic vision of the future), with each major nation, group of nations or corporation (or even a cult) sponsoring its own colonization initiative. There is no mention of FTL travel but you can terraform Mars once it has been colonized. It remains fairly plausible.
In Stellaris, the entire Solar System starts as one political entity. You have FTL capability but you can't colonize Mars until you've completely terraformed it, and you won't have the technology for such an undertaking before decades. It's clearly more fantasy oriented, with aliens looking like anthropomorphized terrestrial animals, or highly speculative supernatural elements like the Shroud.
Both games are two different genres of sci-fi. As for the start date, Stellaris begins in 2200. I'd guess an earlier date for Surviving Mars (late 21st to late 22nd century).
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I like to think of it as an alternate 2050. The default Rocket is very similar to the original design for SpaceX's Starship. It was called the Interplanetary Transport System when surviving mars came out.