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NO THING

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2016

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Quick resume

The year is 1994 and it is the future. NO THING is a minimalistic surreal action game set in totalitarian regime of future. Tells the story of an office clerk who is sent with important message to the Queen of Ice.

Global score

86/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Indie

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    Pros

    • Unique vaporwave aesthetic
    • Challenging and addictive gameplay
    • Engaging dystopian narrative
    • Excellent electronic soundtrack
    • High replay value

    Cons

    • Extreme difficulty causing frustration
    • Visual effects can cause eye strain or motion sickness
    • Lack of checkpoints increases repetition
    • Minimal gameplay variety
    • Some input responsiveness issues

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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      "Game challenges reflexes and precision timing with increasing difficulty, especially in later levels, requiring skill and mastery."

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    • Competition

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      "Focus is on personal progression and mastery rather than competing against others"

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    • Continuation

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      "Players often engage in long sessions, repeatedly retrying difficult levels and returning to the game despite frustration."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      4

      "Players use the game as a psychedelic, humorous escape with surreal elements and stress relief."

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      "Players use the game as a surreal, psychedelic escape from reality"

    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily driven by intrinsic interest and personal desire to overcome challenges."

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      "Players engage voluntarily driven by interest in unique experience and challenge"

    • Experimenting

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      "Players experiment with timing and movement strategies to overcome difficult levels."

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      "Some experimentation with timing and routes to overcome difficult levels"

    • Exploration

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      "Some exploration of level layouts and alternative paths, but limited by short demo content."

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    • Expression

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      "Minimal character customization and cosmetic options; fixed aesthetics."

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    • Fantasy

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      "Set in a dystopian, stylized world with surreal and symbolic elements, evoking imaginative fiction."

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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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      "Players develop timing and reflex skills, learning level layouts and improving performance over time."

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    • Health

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      "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity"

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention and precise input; not suitable for passive or background play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "No close social relationships formed within gameplay; interactions are minimal and surface-level."

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    • Leadership

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      -5

      "No leadership or group management roles present"

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    • Progression

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      "Includes ranking systems, leveling, and some unlockable features encouraging progression."

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      "Progression through levels and percentage completion; some score and speed modifiers"

    • Relaxation

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      "High tension and frustration reported; gameplay is challenging and fast-paced rather than relaxing."

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    • Sensation

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      "Strong sensory stimulation from glitchy visuals, fast action, and a highly praised electronic soundtrack."

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    • Status

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      "No social recognition or status systems; focus is on personal achievement"

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    • Story

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      "Narrative-driven with voice acting, character dialogue, and lore; story is a meaningful part of the experience."

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    • Strategy

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      "Some planning and problem solving involved in optimizing routes and timing, though levels are short and straightforward."

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    • Thrill

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      "High speed and risk of falling create suspense and adrenaline rushes."

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    • Value

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      "Players feel the game offers strong return on investment with unique experience, emotional impact, and replay 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 Relaxation, Survival, Violence, Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Expression, Creativity.

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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.

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    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
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    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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