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Goodbye Volcano High

PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 • 2023

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Quick resume

Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.

Global score

89/100

Genres

Adventure, Indie, Music

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    Pros

    • Emotional and relatable story
    • Strong character development and voice acting
    • Beautiful art and animation
    • Excellent soundtrack and rhythm gameplay
    • Meaningful lgbtq+ representation

    Cons

    • Some technical issues and bugs
    • Linear story with limited impact of choices
    • Short game length
    • Occasional pacing and writing inconsistencies
    • Lack of manual save or chapter select features

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Players report emotional attachment and willingness to replay for different endings and to savor the story."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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      "Players engage in dialogue choices and exploration, but limited creation or modification of game elements."

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    • Domination

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      "No evidence of exerting control or superiority over others; experience is personal and narrative-driven."

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game to engage with emotional and personal themes, providing a reflective escape from real life."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of personal interest and emotional connection, not 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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    • Fellowship

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      "Strong sense of found family and group dynamics among characters, fostering feelings of community within the story."

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    • Growth

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      "Players experience personal and emotional growth through story and character development."

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    • Health

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      "No physical activity or health-related gameplay elements."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention to story and environment; not designed for casual or background play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Narrative deeply explores close relationships, emotional bonds, and romantic dynamics."

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    • Leadership

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      "No player leadership or group management roles; gameplay is individual and narrative-driven."

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    • Progression

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      "Players unlock story scenes, CGs, and endings; some narrative progression through choices."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Players find emotional catharsis and flow in the story; some tension from dramatic themes but overall engaging."

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    • Sensation

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      "Appealing art, voice acting, and music provide sensory enjoyment and emotional engagement."

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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

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Intimacy, Survival, Violence, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value.

    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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