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Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3

PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Android • 2012

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Quick resume

The Startling Developments Detective Agency springs into action as On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 begins, set in motion by a call from a mysterious source. The ever escalating perils on the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will season our tender heroes to their very core!

Global score

86/100

Genres

Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

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    Pros

    • Humorous and witty writing
    • Engaging and strategic turn-based combat
    • Extensive class customization and experimentation
    • Nostalgic retro 16-bit art style
    • Good value for price with additional dlc

    Cons

    • Linear gameplay with limited exploration
    • Some repetitive battles and music
    • Lack of multiplayer or social features
    • Story can be confusing without prior series knowledge
    • Combat difficulty spikes may frustrate some players

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Players report long playtimes (20-50 hours) and engagement with challenging gameplay encouraging continued play."

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    • Cooperation

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      "Gameplay is single-player focused with no cooperative multiplayer elements mentioned."

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    • Creativity

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      "Players experiment with many character and skill combinations, customizing builds and strategies."

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    • Domination

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      "No evidence of player dominance over others; interactions are single-player focused and cooperative social features are absent."

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    • Escapism

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      "The game offers a humorous, fantastical world and deep gameplay that provide strong distraction and immersion."

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    • Expectation

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    • Experimenting

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      "The combat system encourages trying new combos, styles, and tactics, rewarding experimentation with different weapons and moves."

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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      "Players can customize character skins and some game elements, allowing personal expression."

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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      "The experience is primarily single-player with minimal social or community interaction."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop characters through leveling, mastering classes, and learning new skills."

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    • Health

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

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention during battles and story; not designed for background or idle play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "No evidence of close social relationships or emotional sharing; interactions are limited to gameplay."

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    • Leadership

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      "Players manage party composition and strategy, guiding decisions within the game."

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    • Progression

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      "Strong emphasis on leveling up characters, acquiring abilities, and collecting items and upgrades."

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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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      "Combat involves attacking and defeating monsters; violence is cartoonish and stylized."

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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 Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Cooperation.

    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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