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Super Motherload

2013 72 / 100 Adventure Indie Puzzle
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 progress and prosper, as well as rare Specials Abilities with random availab Show full summary

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 progress and prosper, as well as rare Specials Abilities with random availability. You, the player, work for Solarus Corporation, an inter-planetary mining operation that has developed the infrastructure needed to harvest the precious resources of Mars to meet demand back on Earth. Soon after being dropped on Mars, you begin to discover that things aren't quite as they seem. Included free with the Steam version of Super Motherload is Motherload Goldium Edition, the 2004 cult classic that inspired games like Infiniminer.

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayPuzzles Game modeMultiplayer GameplayRole-playing

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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 progress and prosper, as well as rare Specials Abilities with random availability. You, the player, work for Solarus Corporation, an inter-planetary mining operation that has developed the infrastructure needed to harvest the precious resources of Mars to meet demand back on Earth. Soon after being dropped on Mars, you begin to discover that things aren't quite as they seem. Included free with the Steam version of Super Motherload is Motherload Goldium Edition, the 2004 cult classic that inspired games like Infiniminer.

GameplayPuzzles Game modeMultiplayer GameplayRole-playing GenreAdventure GenreIndie GenrePuzzle ThemeAction ThemeFantasy ThemeHistorical
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GenreRole-playing (RPG) ThemeScience fiction Traitaction-adventure Traitcold war Traitcross buy Traitdigital distribution Traitfuel management Traitmining Traitretro future Traitsteam greenlight

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Developer
XGen Studios
Publisher
XGen Studios
Franchise
Standalone
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Modi
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Historical, Science fiction
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Platform releases

  • PlayStation 4 Nov 22, 2013
  • PlayStation 3 Nov 26, 2013
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Apr 04, 2014
  • PlayStation 4 Nov 15, 2013
  • PlayStation 3 Nov 27, 2013

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