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Earth 2150 Trilogy

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Linux • 2013

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Quick resume

Your heroes and your armies will need strong leadership to take them on a spellbinding odyssey that has everything a gamer’s heart could wish for breathtaking worlds in space, battles against cunning enemies and even downright treason from your own government faction - are you up to it?

Global score

79/100

Genres

Strategy, Real Time Strategy (RTS)

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    Pros

    • Extensive unit customization
    • Long and non-linear campaigns
    • Innovative terrain and tunnel mechanics
    • Three unique factions with distinct playstyles
    • Persistent progression and resource management

    Cons

    • Outdated graphics and interface
    • Technical issues on modern systems
    • Limited and small multiplayer community
    • Clunky ai and pathfinding
    • Steep learning curve and complex controls

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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    • Cooperation

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      "Gameplay is primarily single-player focused with limited multiplayer features; cooperation is minimal or absent."

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    • Creativity

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      "Highly creative gameplay with modular units, customizable components, and visual programming allowing unique player solutions."

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    • Domination

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      "Interactions emphasize balanced faction relations and emergent politics rather than exerting authority or dominance over others."

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    • Escapism

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      "Immersive sci-fi setting and engaging gameplay provide a strong escape from real life stress and routine."

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    • Expectation

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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      "Exploration occurs through discovering new maps, secrets like hidden chests, and user-generated content."

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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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      "The game involves sedentary play with no physical activity components."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention during missions; not suited for casual or background play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Social interactions are minimal and surface-level, limited to multiplayer matchmaking."

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    • Leadership

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      "Players lead armies and manage resources strategically, though no multiplayer leadership roles."

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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      "Some players find pacing relaxing, but game also involves tension and challenge."

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    • Sensation

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      "Realistic sound design, day/night cycles, and weather effects provide sensory stimulation."

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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 Leadership, Survival, Violence, Strategy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Expression, Creativity.

    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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