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Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2016

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Quick resume

A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.

Global score

74/100

Genres

Simulator, Strategy, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Indie

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    Pros

    • Large scale battles with thousands of units
    • Challenging and adaptive ai
    • Strategic zoom and macro-focused gameplay
    • Ongoing developer support and updates
    • Good balance between factions

    Cons

    • High hardware requirements
    • Limited unit visual variety
    • Ui could be improved
    • Campaign story is predictable
    • Multiplayer can be rush-focused and snowball

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Players report long play sessions, habitual engagement, and plans to continue playing through updates and expansions."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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      "Community described as friendly and non-toxic; balanced gameplay discourages dominance and promotes fair play."

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game as a casual distraction and stress relief with immersive sci-fi setting and tactical gameplay."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest and enjoyment, with no indication of obligation or pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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      "Limited customization; mostly standard units and structures with minimal cosmetic personalization."

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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      "Some community and multiplayer interaction exists, but many players focus on solo or small group play."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop tactical skills, learn unit abilities, and improve strategic decision-making through campaigns and multiplayer."

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    • Health

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      "Typical sedentary gameplay with no physical activity elements; requires sustained sitting and focus."

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    • Idle

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    • Intimacy

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      "Social interactions are limited to multiplayer modes; no emphasis on forming close relationships or emotional sharing."

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    • Leadership

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      "Players command and coordinate units strategically, exercising leadership over their forces."

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    • Progression

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      "Players accumulate upgrades, unlock new units and buildings, and advance through tech tiers."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Game pace is slower than typical RTS, allowing thoughtful play and flow; some tension exists in competitive matches."

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    • Sensation

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      "Visually impressive combat and effects provide sensory stimulation and excitement."

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    • Status

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      "Ranked multiplayer and leaderboards provide social recognition and status opportunities."

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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 appreciate frequent updates, developer support, and content for the price."

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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 Competition, Fellowship, Domination, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Intimacy, Domination.

    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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