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A Raven Monologue

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2018

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Quick resume

A Raven Monologue is a short experimental silent story about a raven that does not know how to croak and his relationship with the people in the town.

Global score

94/100

Genres

Casual, Indie, Free To Play, Visual Novel

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    Pros

    • Beautiful hand-drawn art
    • Haunting and fitting soundtrack
    • Deep, symbolic storytelling
    • Short and free experience
    • Open to personal interpretation

    Cons

    • Minimal interaction and gameplay
    • Very short duration
    • Lack of explicit narrative clarity
    • No replay incentives beyond interpretation
    • Not a traditional game

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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      "Gameplay is extremely simple and predictable with minimal challenge or skill required."

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Some players replay to find missed clues and achievements, but overall short playtime and limited engagement."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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      "Artistic and symbolic presentation encourages personal interpretation, though gameplay is fixed."

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game to engage with emotional and personal themes, providing a reflective escape from real life."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily for personal interest and emotional experience, not obligation."

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    • Experimenting

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      "The game is an experimental early work with abstract storytelling encouraging players to explore and interpret."

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    • Exploration

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      "Players uncover the story gradually through gameplay and visual cues, piecing together narrative elements."

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    • Expression

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      "No character customization or personalization; presentation is fixed and standardized."

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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      "Experience is solitary with minimal social interaction or community involvement."

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    • Growth

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      "Players gain emotional insight and narrative understanding, though limited skill growth."

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    • Health

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      "Sedentary experience with no physical activity or health-related gameplay."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention during the short playtime; no background or idle gameplay."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Emotional connection to characters and story, but no social interaction or relationship-building."

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    • Leadership

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      "No leadership or group management roles; purely individual experience."

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    • Progression

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      "Narrative progression occurs through story development, but no item or upgrade accumulation."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Calming music and art style create a relaxing atmosphere despite some challenge and tension."

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    • Sensation

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      "Enjoyable visual and auditory aesthetics provide sensory pleasure and emotional engagement."

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    • Status

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      "No social recognition or status systems present."

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    • Story

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      "Strong narrative focus with emotional depth and symbolic storytelling."

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    • Strategy

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      "No strategic or problem-solving gameplay elements."

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    • Thrill

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      "No suspense or risk; experience is calm and predictable."

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Survival, Competence, Violence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Experimenting. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Idle.

    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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