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Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming

PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Portable • 2014

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Quick resume

The world's speediest homage/roast to JRPGs! Can you save the world in 30 seconds? Get a quest, find those in need, fight through dungeons, earn cash, get cool loot and level up until YOU>EVIL. Don't have enough time? Pay the Goddess to reset the clock and try again! Over 100 mini-JRPGs for you to test your might with!

Global score

92/100

Genres

Action, Indie, Role-playing (RPG)

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    Pros

    • Fast-paced and engaging gameplay
    • Deep and humorous story with character development
    • Extensive content and replayability
    • Strong soundtrack and art style
    • Map editor and multiplayer features

    Cons

    • Story dialogue can be lengthy and repetitive
    • Some grinding required which may reduce challenge
    • Lack of gameplay variety compared to first game
    • Some players find pacing slow due to story emphasis
    • Multiplayer community is small

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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      "The game challenges players with skillful combat, timing, and strategic planning, rewarding mastery and precision."

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Long main story and many side quests encourage extended play sessions and replayability."

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    • Cooperation

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      "Some multiplayer modes support cooperation, but majority of gameplay is single player or competitive."

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game as a humorous, lighthearted escape with engaging stories and characters."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of intrinsic interest and enjoyment, with 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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      "Set in a fictional fantasy world with magic, monsters, and heroic quests typical of JRPGs."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Some community features like leaderboards and minor multiplayer, but mostly a solo experience."

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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    • Intimacy

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      "Social interactions are limited and mostly surface-level in multiplayer or community."

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    • Leadership

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      "Players manage party members and make strategic decisions, but no leadership over other players or groups."

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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      "Fast-paced and timed gameplay creates tension rather than 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 Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Status, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

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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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