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Rise of the Argonauts

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 • 2009

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Quick resume

As the King of Iolcus, Jason had everything—a prosperous kingdom, the respect of his peers, and a beautiful fiancé. When she was killed on their wedding day, he vowed to do anything to restore her life. Now, in order to accomplish this heroic feat Jason must seek out the Golden Fleece -- and with the help of Greek mythology's greatest...

Global score

72/100

Genres

Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

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    Pros

    • Engaging story with greek mythology
    • Unique god-aligned progression system
    • Varied weapon combat styles
    • Strong voice acting and soundtrack
    • Immersive narrative and characters

    Cons

    • Technical issues and crashes
    • Linear and limited exploration
    • Combat can be repetitive and easy
    • Limited replay value
    • Dated graphics and animations

    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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      "Immersive mythological world and story provide strong escape from real life"

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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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    • 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

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

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    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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