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Call to Arms

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2015

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Quick resume

Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.

Global score

79/100

Genres

Action, Indie, Simulator, Strategy, Real Time Strategy (RTS)

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    Pros

    • Innovative direct control fps/rts hybrid
    • Realistic modern warfare setting
    • Strong modding and map editor support
    • Challenging ai and tactical gameplay
    • Immersive single player campaigns

    Cons

    • Small multiplayer community
    • Some bugs and optimization issues
    • Limited base game content, dlc locked factions
    • Ai can be inconsistent
    • Some balance issues with vehicles and weapons

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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      "Players can direct their own actions both strategically and in first-person control of units, switching freely between modes."

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    • Competence

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      "The game requires skillful FPS play, strategic RTS commanding, and team coordination, providing challenging and rewarding gameplay."

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    • Competition

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      "Includes multiplayer modes with leaderboards and rankings, but multiplayer is often inactive; competition exists but is limited."

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    • Continuation

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      "Players report long play sessions and habitual engagement, supported by modding community and replayability."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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      "Includes a map editor and mod support allowing players to create and modify content."

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    • Domination

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      "Community described as respectful; no strong evidence of domination or toxic behavior."

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game as immersive distraction and stress relief, enjoying its cinematic and tactical experience."

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    • Expectation

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

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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      "Varied maps and modes offer some discovery, but maps are relatively small and limited."

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    • Expression

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      "Some avatar customization and cosmetic items exist, but limited compared to modern games."

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    • Fantasy

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      "Game focuses on realistic modern military shooter experience with plausible weapons and settings."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Community and multiplayer interactions foster some social connection, though player base is limited."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop skills in both FPS combat and RTS strategy, learning unit management and tactics."

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    • Health

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

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    • Idle

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      "Game requires constant attention and active input during battles and strategic decisions."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Social interactions are mostly surface-level multiplayer cooperation; no evidence of close relationships."

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    • Leadership

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      "Players lead armies and coordinate team strategies; some players take commanding roles in multiplayer."

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    • Progression

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      "Players accumulate units, upgrades, and control territories in conquest mode; progression through campaigns."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Gameplay involves sustained tension and challenge rather than relaxation or flow."

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    • Sensation

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      "Visual and auditory effects, explosions, and dynamic combat provide sensory stimulation and excitement."

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    • Status

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      "Some recognition through multiplayer rankings and community, but limited by small player base."

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    • Story

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      "Campaign provides narrative context and some story elements, though story depth is limited."

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    • Strategy

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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

    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 Fantasy, 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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    Last update: 30/04/2026