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Ambition: A Minuet in Power

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, Mac • 2021

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Quick resume

18th century Paris - a city of love, lies and revolution. You are a woman of fashion trying to survive the political turmoil. Date a cast of unforgettable characters. Amass the wealth and respect you deserve. Engage in gossip that can alter the course of history, or lead you to the guillotine.

Global score

86/100

Genres

Adventure, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Point-and-click, Visual Novel

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    Pros

    • Engaging historical narrative
    • Multiple romance and story routes
    • Immersive music and art
    • Meaningful player choices
    • High replayability

    Cons

    • Bugs and glitches reported
    • Some repetitiveness in party events
    • Limited interactivity beyond dialogue
    • Short overall length
    • Some ui and tutorial issues

    Motivations

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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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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention on story and choices; not suited for casual 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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      "Requires planning, resource management, faction balancing, and responding to dynamic events strategically."

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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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 Leadership, Survival, Violence, Strategy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

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    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
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    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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