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Her Lie I Tried To Believe

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Linux • 2018

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Quick resume

Her Lie I Tried To Believe is a short kinetic novel about the persisting hatred of a boy throughout his life, the destructive relationship that was born from it, and the consequences he had to face as a direct result.

Global score

81/100

Genres

Casual, Free To Play, Indie, Visual Novel

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    Pros

    • Compelling dark story
    • Emotional psychological themes
    • Free and short experience
    • Fitting music and visuals
    • Thought-provoking narrative

    Cons

    • No player interaction or choices
    • Some grammatical and spelling errors
    • Disturbing and potentially triggering content
    • Characters are unsympathetic and toxic
    • Ending may feel sudden or unsatisfying

    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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    • 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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    • 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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    Analysis

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Autonomy, Strategy, Experimenting, Competence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Progression, Relaxation.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

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    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
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    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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