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Super Motherload
Set on Mars in an alternate Cold-War era, Super Motherload is a 1 to 4-player couch co-op digging adventure with storyline by Image Comics' Kurtis Wiebe, a fully voiced cast of Soviet and American characters, and a procedurally-generated world that changes each time you play. Purchase powerful upgrades and supplies for your mining pod as you progre...
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- Released
- November 14, 2013
- Developer
- XGen Studios
- Genres
- Puzzle · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure · Indie
- Publisher
- XGen Studios
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Super Motherload Reviews
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And what a fantastic experience it is, despite its flaws. Super Motherload is simple enough so that anyone can pick it up and play, but complex enough for mining veterans to keep coming back to fully upgrade characters or even risk playing in hardcore mode. The sci-fi ’80s vibe is delightful and the perfect setting for this ridiculously addicting game. I find myself coming back to it at the end of every day, ready for a new adventure underground.
Super Motherload is a classic arcade-style, four-player digging game that challenges you to dig deep into the substrata of Mars as they collect increasingly rare and valuable minerals.
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The drilling gameplay will probably not be for everyone, but for those who find it to their liking, there are enough quality hooks in place to make this a worthwhile early purchase for new PlayStation 4 adopters. The formula could get repetitious over time, but frequent saves allow you to take a break and come back to it whenever the mood suits you.
Playing in a big sandbox is fun, and sandboxes don’t get much bigger than Mars. Super Motherload is all about digging ever deeper down into the ground, and regularly returning to the surface to refuel, sell items, and upgrade your abilities. The repetition of going up and down so many times gets increasingly tedious, and little changes about the gameplay over time. After several hours I had mined deep into the planet, but I was hungry for a little more depth in the action.
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Although a PS4 launch title, it offers little in terms of PS4 specific features, you can use the touch pad to select your bombs but you can do that on the L1 or R1 buttons. Running out of fuel offered no serious consequence to the player, no loss of cargo; no respawn at the top minus x amount for towing or anything along those lines. You simply just move slower as you climb up and up to your closest outpost.