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Insecticide Part 1

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2008

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Quick resume

Enter the fast shooting world of INSECTICIDE as hot shot rookie Detective Chrys Liszt and help solve a crime of epic proportions. Lead your team on a bug hunt, collecting clues and solving puzzles. Use old-fashioned street smarts, unique insect abilities and an arsenal of ingenious bug weapons to confront your suspects.

Global score

75/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Shooter, Puzzle

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    Pros

    • Unique noir insect world and story
    • Humorous and witty dialogue
    • Mix of detective puzzles and action
    • Good voice acting and soundtrack
    • Very low price and good value

    Cons

    • Game is short and incomplete (no part 2)
    • Combat and platforming controls awkward
    • Dated graphics and cutscenes
    • Some frustrating gameplay sections
    • Lack of customization and multiplayer

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Game is short (7-12 hours) and ends on a cliffhanger with no sequel planned, limiting long-term engagement."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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      "Players engage creatively with puzzles and exploration, but within a fixed narrative and predefined environments."

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      "Strong surreal and immersive atmosphere provides escape from reality through exploration of a bizarre insect world."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players express intrinsic interest and enjoyment; no indication of obligation or pressure to play."

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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      "No customization or avatar personalization; players experience a fixed protagonist and world."

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    • Fantasy

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      "Imaginative anthropomorphic animal world with noir detective fiction themes."

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    • Fellowship

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention to solve puzzles and progress; not a casual or background game."

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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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    • Status

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      "No social recognition or status systems present."

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    • Story

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      "Engaging noir narrative delivered through comic-style cutscenes and voice acting."

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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. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Value. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival, Continuation.

    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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