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Outlaws + A Handful of Missions (Classic, 1997)

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2018

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Quick resume

Get ready for the good, the bad, and the even worse. As Marshall James Anderson, you'll face a horde of ornery, gun-slinging outlaws. You'll shoot your way through a twisted plot of greed and revenge. You'll arm yourself with firearms, as well as your wits.

Global score

94/100

Genres

Action

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    Pros

    • Authentic spaghetti western atmosphere and soundtrack
    • Challenging and satisfying gunplay
    • Engaging story with animated cutscenes
    • Non-linear levels with secrets and puzzles
    • Nostalgic value and replayability

    Cons

    • Dated graphics and technical issues on modern systems
    • Some levels have confusing navigation and puzzles
    • Limited multiplayer community and support
    • Short main campaign length
    • Lack of modern quality of life features

    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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      "Mostly solo play with minimal social interaction; small multiplayer community exists but is not prominent."

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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      "Traditional sedentary gameplay with no physical activity or health-related features."

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    • Idle

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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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    • 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

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership, Violence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

    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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