History Videogame / MotherRussiaBleeds

** [[BoringButPractical Purple Rain]]: Faster Nekro extraction so it will be less likely be interrupted, but has only 1 charge.

** [[DeadlyUpgrade Godmother]]: Permanent, but watered-down berserk state. Continuously drain health until you have [[OneHitpointWonder one HP left]]. Also, enemies usually have their heads destroyed when kiled in berserk state, so this one is a bit AwesomeButImpractical. But can be a [[SelfImposedChallenge challenging experience]]. 3 charges.

* AddictionPowered: Nekro is supposedly just a street drug, but in the hands of the protagonists it makes them even more dangerous than they already were. There are different strains of it and must be unlocked through Arena Mode (except Kremlin Colonel).

* LudicrousGibs: The common result of smashing a downed opponent's head. Also the effect of White Russian, where your finishing punches will reduce your enemies into a mess when in berserk state.

* AddictionPowered: Nekro is supposedly just a street drug, but in the hands of the protagonists it makes them even more dangerous than they already were.

* ArtificialStupidity: The AI bots that can stand in for absent players aren't too bright, to say the least., Among other issues, they hoard Nekro, won't heal anyone but themselves with it, aren't aggressive enough to survive large fights, and lack the programming to properly fight certain bosses. In some cases, they'll even get stuck on the level geometry, leading to needless deaths.

* LudicrousGibs: The common result of smashing a downed opponent's head.

* BodyHorror: Nekro does horrible things to the bodies of it's users, making the most extreme cases more like zombies than anything.
* BoomHeadshot: Killing with a handgun or the AK will always destroy the head of enemies.

* BreakableWeapons: Each weapons can take a certain amount of hits before they break. Some weapons like the [[ChairmanOfTheBrawl Chair]] or [[GrievousBottleyHarm the bottle]] will break and become a [[SinisterShiv Shiv]] instead.
** Also dropping your weapons can damage it, you can chose to gently put it in the floor.
* TheCameo: The Fans from ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber'' can be seen sitting on the background of level 6.

* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: In Chapter 2, after accidentally inciting a riot. Among the weapons you can get are Toilet Seats and Chairs. Also if the chair is damaged or used enough it will become a [[SinisterShiv Shiv]]
* ChummyCommies: Vlad,see BigGood.

* DrugsAreBad: Played with. While Nekro gives notable advantages ingame, like recovering health and making the player stronger and faster, the side effects causes the users to become walking corpses and causes horrible hallucinations...if they survive the drug long enough.

* EscortMission: Segments during levels 2 and 5 have the protagonists escorting a character through part of the level. The game shows some mercy during these parts by allowing you to revive them with Nekro should they be run out of health. In the latter case its also played with, as the escortee in question is perfectly capable of attacking and finishing off enemies.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Exploited by Vlad, he knows that while corrupt the soldiers would never shoot on a kid so he sends a small boy to give you a message. Even your characters, who aren't exactly nice people, find this gamble of poor taste.

* {{Expy}}: Nekro is inspired by [[https://www.drugs.com/illicit/krokodil.html Krokodil]], a notorious real-life street drug that was documented to be widespread in the former Soviet Union during the 2000s and early-2010s and infamous for being highly addictive while also seriously ravaging on one's body.
** The Chapter 6's Boss is pretty much just Eggman copy and paste, complete with elaborate Death Machine.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Mikhail, the protagonists' mentor figure is revealed to have been the one who sold the gypsy encampment out to the Bratva.]]

* FriendlyFireproof: The game offers the option for the players characters (in coop or if playing with an allied bot) to not hurt themselves, but the feature must be manually enabled before starting a level. It is always disabled for the enemies; leading them to kill themselves with their own explosives or guns, which is a valid tactic.

* GratuitousRussian: Notably averted. Le Cartel asked Russian fans on [[https://vk.com/russiableeds official VK page of the game]] to check the text used in the game and suggest valid, commonly-used Russian names.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Sergei and Ivan both have scars on their faces, unlike Sergei though Ivan seems to have lost his [[EyeScream eye]].
* {{Gorn}}: Blood and brain matter flow by the gallon through the course of the game.

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Boris' fatality consists in lifting the enemy above his head with both hands and breaking them in two with a backbreaker.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: In the final Chapter, before you confront [[spoiler: The Soviet Premier]] you first have to worry about a room filled to the brim with his bodyguards. Thankfully, he was nice enough to display his favorite swords there. And to top it all of it's one of the best melee weapons in game, it can [[OffWithHIsHead decapitate]] or [[SlashedThroat slash the throats]] of all enemies in one slice.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: You can gruesomely beat up knocked down enemies. Also, some enemies can do this to you as well, fortunately, you can kick them away
* LargeAndInCharge: Almost all of the Bosses are the bigger than you and as stated above are backed up by their respective Mooks.

* MultipleEndings: There are two endings, which is determined by whether or not you [[spoiler:defeat the final boss without using Nekro]].

* {{Retirony}}: In the opening cutscene of level 5 (the nightclub), one of the bouncers guarding the building's entrance tells his coworker that it's probably his last night of work, as he intends to resign to look after his family. Of course, he's one of the first mooks to die...
* {{Retraux}}: A side-scrolling beat'em up with classical gameplay and pixelated graphics, released in 2016.

** One of the mooks class is made of shirtless tattooed thugs. They have [[FullFrontalAssault a totally naked variant]], encountered in the prison shower-room.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Exploited by Vlad, he knows that while corrupt the soldiers would never shoot on a kid so he send a small boy to give you a message. Even your characters, who aren't exactly nice people, find this gamble of poor taste.

* FriendlyFireproof: The game offers the option for the players characters (in coop or if playing with an allied bot) to not hurt themselves, but the feature must be manually enabled before starting a level. It is always disabled for the enemies; leading them to kill themselves with their own explosives or guns is a valid tactic.

* FriendlyFireproof: The game offers the option for the players characters (in coop or if playing with an allied bot) to not hurt themselves, but the feature must be manually enabled before starting a level. It is always disabled for the enemies; leading theme to kill themselves with their own explosives or guns is a valid tactic.

* {{Retirony}}: In the opening cutscene of level 5 (the clubhouse), one of the bouncers guarding the building's entrance tells his coworker that it's probably his last night of work, as he intends to resign to look after his family. Of course, he's one of the first mooks to die...

* XMeetsY: The gameplay of ''StreetsOfRage'' (Or any other BeatEmUp game really.) meets the brutality and soundtrack of ''HotlineMiami''.

* DarkActionGirl: Natasha, the sole female of the group, who is as violent as her companions, and her bio establishes that she is especially merciless with wounded oponents

* KickThemWhenTheyAreDown: You can gruesomely beat up knocked down enemies. Also, some enemies can do this to you as well, fortunately, you can kick them away

* {{Expy}}: Nekro is inspired by [[http://www.narconon.org/drug-information/krokodil.html Krokodil]], a notorious real-life street drug that was documented to be widespread in the former Soviet Union during the 2000s and early-2010s and infamous for being highly addictive while also seriously ravaging on one's body.

** The Chapter 6's Boss is pretty much Eggman along with a weird Death Machine.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: In the final Chapter, before you confront [[spoiler: The Soviet Premier]] you first have to worry about a room filled to the brim with his bodyguards. Thankfully, he was nice enough to display his favorite swords there. And to top it all of it's one of the best melee weapons in game, it can decapitate or slash the throats of all enemies in one slice.

* OffWithHisHead: Sergei's fatality has him uppercutting the enemy's head off. You can use [[ImprobableWeaponsUser the severed head]] as an ImprovisedWeapon.

* PrisonRiot: You accidentally incite one. While escorting an inmate that says he knows of a way to escape, when they reach the gate the inmate accidentally starts an alarm and frees all inmates. Needless to say, you have to punch a lot of people in your way to freedom.

** [[spoiler: In the last level, the Premier must be kicked down from the ladder he tries to climb to escape.]]

* TattooedCrook: Some of the mooks, fitting the "Russian mobster" stereotype.

* {{Expy}}: Nekro is inspired by [[http://www.narconon.org/drug-information/krokodil.html Krokodil]], a notorious real-life street drug that was documented to be widespread in the former Soviet Union during the 2000s and early-2010s and for being highly addictive while also seriously ravaging on one's body.

* ToiletHumour: Boris' taunt is him pooping in his hand, then throwing his feces.

* OffWithHisHead: Sergei's fatality has him uppercutting the enemy's head off. You can use [[CrossesTheLineTwice the severed head as an improvised weapon]].

* ShowsDamage: Player characters, allies, mooks, and bosses look more and more bloodied their their health is. It also reflects on the player characters' portraits.

* ShowsDamage: Player characters, allies, mooks, and bosses look more and more bloodied the lower their health is. It also reflects on the player characters' portraits.

* {{Expy}}: Nekro is inspired by Krokodil, a notorious real-life street drug that was documented to be widespread in the former Soviet Union during the 2000s and early-2010s and for being highly addictive while also seriously ravaging on one's body.

''Mother Russia Bleeds'' is a side-scrolling BeatEmUp developed by Le Cartel released in 2016 and published by Devolver Digital. It's a deliberate throwback to old games of said genre such as ''Videogame/StreetsOfRage'' or ''Videogame/FinalFight'', in which you must beat up waves of junkies, gangsters and other dangers with your fists and any weapon you can get your grubby mitts on.

Taking place an alternate universe version of Soviet Russia, the game stars four Gypsy pit-fighters: Sergei, Boris, Ivan and Natasha as their encampment is besieged by the Bratva while they are taken to become guinea pigs for the new street drug Nekro. Waking up, they find that they are now addicted to said drug and must fight their way across the Motherland in hope of seeking out an answer to what happened and vengeance to who did this to them, all the while trying to keep the drug from completely consuming them.

* TheBackwardsR: Mostly averted, since all text is either correct Russian (scenery writtings) or fully translated in whatever language you selected (dialogs, interface, menus), the only exception being the font used in the title screen.

* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler:The final battle has the protagonists battling the manifestation of their addiction in a hallucination.]]

* TheCameo: The Fans from VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber can be seen sitting on the background of level 6.

* ChekhovsGunman: In level 1, when you escape the secret laboratory, the corridor background includes a room with a masked bear bound and wired to machines (probably receiving Nekro injections). [[spoiler: It reappears much later, as the level 7 boss.]]

* DrugsAreBad: Played with. While Nekro gives notable advantages ingame, like recovering health and making the player stronger and faster, the side effects causes the users to become walking corpeses and causes horrible hallucinations...if they survive the drug long enough.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: To get the good ending, you have to [[spoiler:defeat the manifestation of Nekro itself ''without'' relying on said drug.]]
* ExecutiveSuiteFight: The final level takes place in the Goverment HQ, in the same fashion as classic beat'em ups.

* FlunkyBoss: Every boss is surrounded by continually respawning mooks, whether they are Nekro addicts, thugs, soldiers[=/=]policemen, [[spoiler: the Premier bodyguards]] or [[spoiler: player characters' doppelgangers escorting the Nekro's manifestation.]]

* GunsAreUseless: Averted, as guns are easily the most powerful weapons of the game, capable of killing enemies in one or two shots. While pistols are common enough, the AK and the shotgun are only given in sequences where you're expected to use them to deal with hordes of enemies.

** Visually, Ivan is the tallest and the most muscular player character; it fits his gameplay well. Averted with the rest of the roster, since Boris, Sergei and Natasha are smaller and leanier than Ivan.
** Since bosses are larger, taller, stronger, and tougher than the surrounding mooks, most of them are arguably an exemple of this.

* MultipleEndings: There are two endings, which is determined by whether or not you [[spoiler:defeat the final boss without using Necro]].
** Bad Ending: [[spoiler:The heroes kill the Premier, but ultimately succumb to the drug and die]].
** Good Ending: [[spoiler:The heroes kill the Premier and manage to overcome the drug. When they get out of the hospital, they get a statue built of them and learn that not only have the surviving people responsible been arrested, but that Nekro has been taken out of the streets.]]

** References to other Devolver games can be found all over. As well as the aforementioned Fans, you can find the Shield-Maiden from ''Videogame/{{Eitr}}'' as well as a graffiti of Bunnylord from ''Videogame/NotAHero'' on the walls.

* XMeetsY: The Gameplay of StreetsOfRage (Or Any Other BeatEmUp game really.) meets the Brutality and Soundtrack of HotlineMiami.