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Indiana Jones® and the Last Crusade™

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Entertainment System • 2009

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Quick resume

Europe, 1938: The lost Ark was just a warm-up! Now Adolf Hitler is after the most powerful talisman of all - the Holy Grail. A few brave men stand in his way. Fortunately, one of them is Indiana Jones, and this time he has his dad with him.

Global score

78/100

Genres

Adventure

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    Pros

    • Faithful adaptation of the movie
    • Multiple puzzle solutions and replay value
    • Classic lucasarts humor and style
    • Challenging and rewarding puzzles
    • Nostalgic appeal for fans

    Cons

    • Dated graphics and sound
    • Punishing trial-and-error gameplay
    • Clunky combat mechanics
    • Lack of modern quality-of-life features
    • Some frustrating maze and stealth sections

    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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    • 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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      "No social or community features; gameplay is solitary."

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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    • Intimacy

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    • Leadership

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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      "Visuals and sounds are dated but charming; sensory stimulation is moderate and nostalgic rather than intense."

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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 Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Relaxation, Sensation.

    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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