Mothergunship
| Mothergunship | |
|---|---|
| Developers | Grip Digital Terrible Posture Games |
| Publisher | Grip Digital |
| Director | Joe Mirabello[1] |
| Programmer | Radek Píbil[2] |
| Composer | Mike Mirabello[3] |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 4 |
| Platforms | Windows PlayStation 4 Xbox One |
| Release | July 17, 2018 |
| Genre | First-person shooter |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Mothergunship is a bullet hell roguelike first-person shooter video game developed by Grip Digital and Terrible Posture Games and published by Grip Digital.
The game released on July 17, 2018 for Windows, Playstation 4 and Xbox One with mixed to average reviews upon release.[4] A VR spin-off, Mothergunship: Forge, was released on June 16, 2022.
Gameplay
Taking place somewhere in space, the game is made as a blend of first-person shooter and bullet hell in which the player, who is in the role of a resistance member, must go through a mothership holding a alien robot armada, but must use an oversized arsenal with a gun crafting mechanism, which is essential to the gameplay. The player can pick a variety of weapon attachments to its own weapon at Joe’s Crafting Station, using a unique mix of modular parts via socket. There are three sections to each socket; Connectors which adds more sockets, Barrels that represents the firing part of the gun, and Caps that do funny thing to your gun. Socket parts have to physically fit into wherever you want to put them while the barrels need to face forward. You can either add or remove any part of the gun you choose. Once their weapon is finished, they can use whatever they made in the levels that are procedurally generated, making each playthrough unique.[5] The game allows cooperative gameplay online.
Development
The developers released a demo in May 2018 to show how the gun crafting would work in the game.[6]
Spin-off
A VR spin-off titled Mothergunship: Forge was announced on March 22, 2022 and has been released on June 16, 2022 for Steam VR and Meta Quest 2.[7] The game later released a "cozy" update on August 18, 2022 with new gunparts, mobs, levels, modes and a beta co-op campigan.[8]
Reception
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | PC: 72/100[9] PS4: 78/100[10] XONE: 77/100[11] |
| OpenCritic | 75%[12] 54% Critics Recommend |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| GameSpot | 8/10[13] |
| Push Square | 7/10[14] |
The game received "mixed to average reviews" according to review aggregator website Metacritic.[9] 54% of critics recommend the game on OpenCritic.[12]
References
- ^ James, Ford (April 13, 2017). "Mothergunship "built for co-op" says creator Joe Mirabello". Gamereactor UK.
- ^ https://cz.linkedin.com/in/radek-píbil-62431457
- ^ "Mothergunship Soundtrack". Epic Games Store. August 21, 2018.
- ^ Khan, Imran. "Mothergunship Launches On July 17 For PS4, Xbox One, And PC". Game Informer.
- ^ "Mothergunship Is Intense, First-Person, Bullet Hell Madness". IGN. 2017-03-10. Archived from the original on 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
- ^ "Mothergunship demo teaches the finer points of gun-crafting". PC Gamer. 2018-05-24. Archived from the original on 2018-05-27. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
- ^ "MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE Lets You Choose How You Want to die". 4 April 2022.
- ^ Stockdale, Henry (August 19, 2022). "Mothergunship: Forge Gets Cozy In New Update Available Now On Quest And PC VR". UploadVR.
- ^ a b "Mothergunship". Metacritic.
- ^ "Mothergunship critic reviews". Metacritic.
- ^ "Mothergunship critic reviews". Metacritic.
- ^ a b "Mothergunship Reviews". 17 July 2018.
- ^ "Mothergunship Review: Bullet-Hell Extravaganza".
- ^ Square, Push (July 16, 2018). "Review: Mothergunship (PS4)". Push Square.
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