Mother Russia Bleeds is a unique beat ’em up with some clever ideas at work. This title falls short of realizing them due to, framerate issues and some childish plot devices.
Mother Russia Bleeds
Le Cartel Studio · Sep 5, 2016
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Mother Russia Bleeds is an ultra-violent co-op brawler overflowing with an unmistakable style and unforgettably brutal action for up to four players at once.
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- 5.0Mother Russia Bleeds is a proficiently-made side-scrolling beat 'em up that ultimately fails to drag this already limited genre forwards with any great new ideas of its own. Add in a wearyingly mature aesthetic and you're left with an oddly downbeat button-mashing action game; fans of the genre should wait for the forthcoming Streets of Rage 4 or download Capcom's superb Beat 'Em Up Bundle.
- Mother Russia Bleeds is an unapologetically offensive but well-executed brawler that on its face, only a mother could love. If you enjoy the violent or obscene, aren’t squeamish, and are looking to bust skulls with reckless abandon, it’s one of the better playing and looking offerings on Switch today.
- Mother Russia Bleeds is absolutely brutal, gory, violent, over-the-top, and unapologetic in every way. It’s also tons of fun, especially if you don’t take its dreary themes too seriously. The Switch already has a nice selection of beat ’em ups in its online store, but there isn’t anything as dreary and gory as this bad boy available there. If the developers could only patch the annoying collision detection, this could easily become the best game of the genre on Nintendo’s console, even though Howard Lincoln would have a heart attack by seeing this being played on a Nintendo system.
- 6.5Mother Russia Bleeds is a great game with some truly oppressive decisions, with the lack of online co-op being the most obvious. Still, those looking for that Streets of Rage itch to scratch, this does it, and does it well. I just wish there was a bit more to it, of and of course online co-op. Not sure I mentioned how much this game suffers from not having that option.
- 7.0Despite its issues though, Mother Russia Bleeds still manages leave you with more happy thoughts than bad, especially when played with friends in local co-op. The violent action does a great job of holding your attention as the story unfolds, with each level book-ended by a memorable boss fight. And whilst you’ll encounter the odd unfair death along the way, you’ll jump right back in, eager to see things through to the very end.
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