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Age of Barbarian Extended Cut

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2016

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Quick resume

Age of Barbarian Ex is an action hack 'n 'slash game inspired to 80s, fantasy and sword-and-sorcery genre. Muscular barbarians, scantily clad girls, hordes of bloodthirsty monsters, a lot of gore, a pretty epic story and an addictive soundtrack! What's best in life?

Global score

79/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

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    Pros

    • Strong nostalgic 80s sword and sorcery aesthetic
    • Challenging and skill-based combat
    • Multiple paths and secrets for exploration
    • Ongoing developer support and patches
    • Adult content with gore and nudity

    Cons

    • Clunky controls and occasional bugs
    • Some frustrating boss fights and traps
    • Limited story depth
    • No multiplayer or co-op modes
    • Some ui and translation issues

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Players report returning to the game repeatedly for short sessions and enjoy its replayability despite some repetitiveness."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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      "Players engage in puzzle solving, exploration, and use a variety of weapons and items creatively; level design encourages experimentation."

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest and nostalgia; no indication of obligation or external pressure to play."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Players explore different character builds, try various cards and weapons, and experiment with strategies in combat."

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    • Exploration

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      "Levels are open and maze-like with many secrets and alternate paths to discover."

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      "Levels have multiple branching paths, hidden rooms, and secrets requiring exploration and replaying stages."

    • Expression

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      "Some customization through character and weapon choices, but limited cosmetic or avatar personalization."

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    • Fantasy

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      "Strong fantasy setting with dungeon crawling, monsters, heroes, and narrative campaigns."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Single-player experience with minimal social interaction or community involvement."

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    • Growth

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      "Players learn enemy patterns, improve skills, and develop character builds through leveling."

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    • Health

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

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention due to platforming challenges and combat; not suited for casual background play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "No evidence of close social relationships or emotional sharing; interactions are limited to single-player narrative."

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    • Leadership

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    • Progression

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      "Players collect gold, upgrade weapons, buy items, and unlock new abilities, showing clear progression."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Game is challenging and can be frustrating; requires concentration rather than pure relaxation."

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    • Sensation

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      "Enjoyable visual effects, gore, and soundtrack provide strong sensory stimulation and excitement."

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    • Status

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      "No social recognition or status systems; achievements exist but no social evaluation."

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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      "Players report good value for price with many hours of gameplay and ongoing developer support."

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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 Relaxation, Survival, Violence, Fellowship. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Status.

    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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