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Battle Grounds III

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

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Quick resume

After 6 years of development, Battle Grounds III (BG3) is the next iteration in the classic franchise which began 17 years ago. Prepare for battle in the American War of Independence!

Global score

86/100

Genres

Action, Free To Play, Indie

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    Pros

    • Unique historical setting
    • Challenging and tactical gameplay
    • Strong community and social interaction
    • Free to play
    • Immersive voice chat and roleplay

    Cons

    • Small playerbase
    • Toxic and offensive community behavior
    • Dated graphics and technical issues
    • Buggy mechanics and hit registration
    • Limited narrative content

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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      "Players have freedom to choose characters, weapons, and build strategies, enabling personal control over gameplay."

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    • Competence

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      "The game offers challenging combat requiring aiming skill, enemy pattern recognition, and mastery of movement and weapon mechanics."

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      "The game features challenging mechanics like slow reloads, aiming with muskets, and melee combat requiring skill and timing."

    • Competition

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      "Multiplayer includes large-scale PvP battles with many players, clans, and leaderboards, though some servers have low populations."

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      "Players engage in competitive multiplayer battles with line battles and skirmishes, though some servers have low populations."

    • Continuation

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      2

      "Players enjoy repeated sessions but small playerbase limits habitual play."

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    • Cooperation

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      "Strong emphasis on teamwork in line battles, regimental coordination, and commander mode requiring cooperation among players."

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      "Strong emphasis on teamwork, coordinated line battles, and voice communication for group tactics and camaraderie."

    • Creativity

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      "Some player creativity in tactics and use of voice chat mechanics; limited map and character customization."

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    • Domination

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      "While competitive, the community is described as balanced with mutual respect; no strong evidence of domination or toxicity."

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game to escape and immerse in a fantasy world, often for stress relief and nostalgia."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of personal interest and enjoyment rather than obligation or external pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Variety of weapons and strategies encourage some experimentation, though core gameplay is familiar."

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    • Exploration

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      "Some exploration of maps and scenarios, but maps tend to be smaller and less varied; limited discovery."

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    • Expression

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      "Players express themselves through dialogue choices and party selection, though character customization is limited."

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    • Fantasy

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      "Game includes imaginative and historical battles with a mix of realistic and fantastical elements."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Strong community bonds, social voice chat, and shared experiences foster a sense of belonging."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop skills in aiming, strategy, and teamwork; learning curve present and appreciated."

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    • Health

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      "No indication of physical activity; gameplay is sedentary."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention during battles and progression; not designed for passive or background play."

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      "Requires focused attention during battles; not suited for passive or background play."

    • Intimacy

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      "Players form social bonds and friendships through communication, though interactions can be superficial or toxic."

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    • Leadership

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      "Leadership roles exist within squads directing team tactics and movement."

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    • Progression

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      "Limited progression mainly through story advancement; no item collection or upgrades."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Game is engaging but can be tense due to survival challenges and attacks; some find it relaxing."

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    • Sensation

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      "Visuals, sound design, and immersive atmosphere provide sensory enjoyment."

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      "Enjoyment from immersive audio, voice chat, and historical atmosphere provides sensory stimulation."

    • Status

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      "Some social recognition within community and guilds, but small playerbase limits broad status."

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    • Story

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      "No narrative or campaign; gameplay centers on isolated battles without overarching plot."

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    • Strategy

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      "Requires tactical positioning, timing, resource management, and planning to succeed in battles."

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    • Thrill

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      "Combat and risk of death create suspense and excitement."

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Fellowship, Domination, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Domination, Progression.

    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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