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Cossacks: Art of War

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2011

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Quick resume

Cossacks: The Art of War continues the history of the great battles of XVII–XVIII centuries

Global score

81/100

Genres

Strategy, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Tactical

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    Pros

    • Deep and challenging rts gameplay
    • Large-scale battles with thousands of units
    • Historical accuracy and diverse nations
    • Map editor for custom scenarios
    • Strong nostalgia and replay value

    Cons

    • Technical issues and crashes on modern systems
    • Limited multiplayer functionality
    • Dated graphics and sound
    • Lack of widescreen resolution support
    • No official russian or ukrainian localization in steam version

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Many players report long play sessions, nostalgia-driven habitual play, and strong attachment to the game."

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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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    • Fellowship

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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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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    • 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. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fantasy.

    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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