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Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, Mac • 2018

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Quick resume

One day, Jimmy looked inside.

Global score

94/100

Genres

Indie, Role-playing (RPG)

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    Pros

    • Deep and emotional story
    • Unique imagination transformation mechanic
    • Challenging and strategic combat
    • Large world with secrets and side content
    • Excellent soundtrack and atmosphere

    Cons

    • High random encounter rate can be tedious
    • Some grinding required
    • Technical issues with rpg maker engine (stuttering, crashes)
    • Art style not to everyone's taste
    • Story pacing and ending divisive

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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      "Players can customize characters' skills and talents freely outside combat, choose party composition, and select dungeon difficulty, allowing personal control over playstyle."

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      "Players can customize Jimmy's forms and skills, choose party composition, and decide exploration order with optional dungeons and secrets."

    • 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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      "Some emotional engagement with story and characters, but no close social relationships formed."

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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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    • 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

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Leadership, Survival, Violence, Strategy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Story, Expression.

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