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A Book of Beasts and Buddies

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2018

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Quick resume

A Book of Beasts and Buddies is an interactive beastiary of curious creatures.

Global score

95/100

Genres

Adventure, Casual, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Free To Play

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    Pros

    • Adorable art and character design
    • Pleasant and fitting soundtrack
    • Wholesome and relaxing gameplay
    • Light and enjoyable puzzle elements
    • Free to play

    Cons

    • Very short playtime
    • Some puzzles can be obtuse or require trial-and-error
    • Lack of depth or longer content
    • No customization or multiplayer features
    • Minimal challenge for experienced players

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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    • Expectation

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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      "Requires player attention and interaction to solve puzzles; not designed for idle or background play."

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    • Intimacy

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    • Leadership

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Expression. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Thrill.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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