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Commander: The Great War

PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS • 2014

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Quick resume

Take Command and Secure Victory in the Great War! Commander – The Great War features a Grand Campaign covering the whole war from the invasion of Belgium on August 5, 1914 to the Armistice on the 11th of November 1918 in addition to 16 different unit types including Infantry, Cavalry, Armoured Cars and Tanks, Artillery, and much more!

Global score

80/100

Genres

Strategy

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    Pros

    • Historical ww1 setting with strategic depth
    • Challenging ai and multiplayer modes
    • Intuitive interface and manageable complexity
    • Modding community enhances replayability
    • Immersive atmosphere and sound design

    Cons

    • Limited diplomacy and unit customization
    • Ai weaknesses in naval combat and late game
    • Slow ai turns and occasional bugs
    • Some imbalance favoring entente side
    • Graphics and animations are basic

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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      "The game requires strategic thinking, skillful unit management, and adaptation to challenging AI and scenarios."

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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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      "Gameplay emphasizes balanced challenge and strategic planning rather than exerting superiority over others."

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    • Escapism

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      "Provides immersive historical simulation and distraction from real life through deep strategic gameplay."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest in WW1 and tactical gameplay; 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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    • Fantasy

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      "Strong focus on historical realism and plausible scenarios rather than imaginative fiction."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Community and multiplayer modes foster social interaction, but many play solo."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop skills, level up characters, and improve tactics over time."

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    • Health

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      "Sedentary gameplay typical of turn-based strategy with no physical activity component."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention; AI turns can be slow but gameplay demands active engagement."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Social interactions are limited to competitive multiplayer; no close emotional connections described."

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    • Leadership

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      "Players lead entire nations or alliances, managing production, research, and military operations, embodying leadership roles."

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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      "Game involves sustained strategic tension and challenge rather than relaxation."

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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      "No social status or ranking systems; multiplayer is niche with limited visibility."

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    • Story

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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

    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 Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Violence.

    How to use the graph
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    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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