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Hard Truck Apocalypse / Ex Machina

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2014

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Quick resume

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland of diesel and dust, bandits and mobsters rule the last remaining cities, controlling all vital trade routes and destroying any hope of a return to a lawful world.

Global score

84/100

Genres

Action, Racing, Role-playing (RPG)

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    Pros

    • Unique post-apocalyptic atmosphere
    • Extensive vehicle customization
    • Engaging open world exploration
    • Branching story with multiple endings
    • Nostalgia and replay value

    Cons

    • Technical bugs and crashes
    • Dated graphics and sound
    • Repetitive quests and travel
    • Limited ai and enemy variety
    • Lack of modern quality-of-life features

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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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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    • Escapism

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      "The post-apocalyptic setting, unique mechanics, and immersive atmosphere provide a strong escape from reality."

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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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      "The game is single-player focused with minimal social or community interaction during play."

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention due to combat difficulty and mechanics; not a casual idle experience."

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    • Intimacy

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    • Leadership

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      "No leadership or group management roles; player acts independently."

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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      "No social recognition or ranking systems; focus is on individual experience."

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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 Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership, Violence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Story, Expression.

    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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