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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…

73 15 November 2013

Super Motherload is an adventure developed by XGen Studios, released 15 November 2013 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Super Motherload is

Super Motherload is an adventure game developed by XGen Studios and released in 2013. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on PhyreEngine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 9 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Super Motherload holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium Dual Core (2 * 2200 Mhz) or AMD Athlon X2 64 2 * 2200 Mhz, 2 GB RAM and GeForce 6800 GT with 256 MB of RAM / ATI Radeon HD 5450 with 512 MB of RAM. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Super Motherload launched on 15 November 2013, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds and Super Mario 3D World. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Super Mario 3D World.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Super Motherload — frequently asked questions

When did Super Motherload come out?
Super Motherload was released on 15 November 2013 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Super Motherload?
At minimum, Super Motherload needs Intel Pentium Dual Core (2 * 2200 Mhz) or AMD Athlon X2 64 2 * 2200 Mhz, 2 GB RAM, GeForce 6800 GT with 256 MB of RAM / ATI Radeon HD 5450 with 512 MB of RAM graphics, 491 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Super Motherload?
The PC version needs about 0.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("491 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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