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SEASON OF MYSTERY: The Cherry Blossom Murders

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2010

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Quick resume

Your husband Richard lies dead beneath the cherry blossoms of Old Japan, and the police are of no help. Step into history and uncover the truth when no one else will. Find devilishly hidden clues, explore exotic locales, and bring the killer to justice!

Global score

81/100

Genres

Casual, Adventure, Puzzle, Point-and-click

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    Pros

    • Engaging murder mystery story
    • Challenging hidden object scenes
    • Relaxing music and atmosphere
    • Good value for price
    • Randomized object lists increase replayability

    Cons

    • Repetitive scene reuse
    • Limited puzzle variety
    • Short gameplay length
    • Lack of character depth
    • No multiplayer or social features

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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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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    • 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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    • Relaxation

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Survival, Competence, Violence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Strategy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Fantasy.

    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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