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Swordbreaker The Game

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch • 2015

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Quick resume

The Swordbreaker game is interactive fiction with lots of illustrations where you and you alone get to choose the storyline and the ending!

Global score

83/100

Genres

Adventure, Indie

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    Pros

    • Rich and detailed comic-style artwork
    • High replayability with many branching paths and endings
    • Humorous and dark fantasy setting
    • Affordable price
    • Engaging trial-and-error gameplay

    Cons

    • Short playtime per run
    • Repetitive deaths can frustrate
    • Limited music variety
    • No save/load mid-game
    • Interface usability issues

    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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      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest and curiosity, not obligation or external pressure."

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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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      "Requires focused reading and attention; not a background or idle game."

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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 Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Growth.

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