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Modern Tales: Age of Invention

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2017

Should you play it?

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What works
  • Beautiful artwork and locations
  • Engaging historical-themed story
  • Varied puzzles and hidden object scenes
  • Fast travel map and collectibles
  • Fair achievements and replay options
Things to keep in mind
  • Short game length
  • Weak or absurd story elements
  • Mediocre voice acting
  • Lack of bonus chapter or extended content
  • Some frustrating puzzle mechanics (no reset)

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • The Secret Order 3: Ancient Times

  • Time Mysteries 3: The Final Enigma

  • Hope Lake

  • Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends

  • Left in the Dark: No One on Board

  • Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride

  • Eventide 2: The Sorcerers Mirror

  • Zodiacats

  • Eventide: Slavic Fable
Hidden Gems

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

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  • Eventide: Slavic Fable

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot for a screenshot preview, score, and top score gaps; click to compare in the panel on the right.
  • 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 (hidden on purpose).

Modern Tales: Age of Invention: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Idle, Intimacy.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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