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Lords of Magic: Special Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2015

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Quick resume

Urak, once peaceful, is now a land of darkness, chaos and death. The people yearn for a champion to drive away the forces of evil. That champion is you.

Global score

92/100

Genres

Role-playing (RPG), Strategy

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    Pros

    • Deep strategic gameplay
    • Rich fantasy lore and atmosphere
    • High replayability with multiple factions and classes
    • Map editor for customization
    • Nostalgic value for classic strategy fans

    Cons

    • Dated graphics and clunky ui
    • Steep learning curve
    • Some bugs and technical issues
    • Limited multiplayer and social features
    • Combat can be frustrating or tedious

    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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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention and strategic planning; not designed for idle or background play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Minimal social or emotional connection; mostly solitary gameplay."

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    • Leadership

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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      "Some sensory stimulation from sound effects and voice acting, but graphics are dated and subdued."

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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

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Leadership, Survival, Violence, Strategy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fantasy, Exploration.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    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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