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Swords and Soldiers HD

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2010

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Quick resume

Rewrite history as you take control of the brutal Vikings, the devious Aztecs or the crafty Chinese in their global quest to win the favour of the Gods! Swords & Soldiers is a side-scrolling strategy game that lets you control an entire army and lets you wield devastating magical abilities.

Global score

78/100

Genres

Action, Casual, Indie, Strategy

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    Pros

    • Simple and accessible gameplay
    • Humorous and colorful art style
    • Three distinct factions with unique units and spells
    • Short, fun campaigns with light story
    • Includes multiplayer and challenge modes

    Cons

    • Multiplayer community is mostly dead
    • Gameplay can become repetitive quickly
    • Short campaign length
    • Limited unit control and customization
    • Some difficulty spikes and balance issues

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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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 for fun and casual play; no obligation or external pressure noted."

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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      "The game features fantasy elements like magic, mythical creatures, and imaginative settings."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Mostly solo play or competitive multiplayer; minimal social community interaction within game."

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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

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    • Idle

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      "Requires active attention and management; no background or idle gameplay elements."

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    • Intimacy

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      "No evidence of close social relationships or emotional sharing; interactions are surface-level or solo."

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    • Leadership

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      "Players lead their armies and make strategic decisions, but no evidence of managing groups beyond self."

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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      "Generally lighthearted and humorous tone with some grind but overall relaxing gameplay."

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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      "Minimal social recognition; multiplayer is dead and achievements mostly personal."

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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      "Generally considered good value especially on sale; short length balanced by low price and enjoyable gameplay."

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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 Creativity, Exploration, Expression, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story, Creativity.

    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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