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Tech Support: Error Unknown

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Linux • 2019

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Quick resume

Things are not what they seem at your new tech support specialist job. While resolving customer issues, you soon find yourself in the middle of a conspiracy. Will you side with your employer, join a rogue hacktivist group bent on destroying them, assist the police or stand alone?

Global score

74/100

Genres

Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulator

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    Pros

    • Realistic and immersive tech support simulation
    • Engaging branching story with multiple endings
    • Challenging multitasking gameplay
    • Good value especially on sale
    • Relatable for players with tech support experience

    Cons

    • Repetitive customer interactions
    • Some bugs and inconsistent feedback
    • Short overall game length
    • Limited dialogue depth and customization
    • Occasional unclear instructions and ui issues

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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      "Game challenges players with multitasking, time management, and skillful order preparation, especially at higher difficulty levels."

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      "Game challenges players with multitasking, problem solving, and skillful management of multiple support tickets with feedback on performance."

    • Competition

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      "Focus is on personal progression and story exploration rather than direct competition or leaderboards."

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    • Continuation

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      "Multiple endings and branching storylines encourage repeated playthroughs and sustained engagement."

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    • Cooperation

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      "Gameplay centers on solo exploration and individual decision-making with limited or no multiplayer or cooperative elements."

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    • Creativity

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      "Players can choose dialogue options, explore different paths, and customize playstyle, but level design and structure are mostly preset."

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    • Domination

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      "Interactions emphasize balancing power rather than exerting control or superiority over others."

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      "Interactions are balanced and do not emphasize exerting power or superiority over others."

    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game as a fun distraction and immersive experience away from real life."

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      "Players use the game as a distraction and immersive experience away from real life, often relating to real-world tech support frustrations."

    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of personal interest and curiosity rather than obligation or external pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Multiple endings and story branches encourage trying different choices and exploring new content."

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    • Exploration

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      "Exploration is narrative-driven, discovering consequences of choices rather than physical world exploration."

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    • Expression

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      "Limited customization or personalization; players mainly use predefined characters and environments."

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      "Limited customization or personalization; players mainly use predefined UI and character options."

    • Fantasy

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      "The game is grounded in realistic scenarios and scientific data rather than imaginative fiction."

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      "Game is grounded in realistic tech support scenarios with some fictional conspiracy elements."

    • Fellowship

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      "Minimal social interaction or community feeling; gameplay is mostly solitary."

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      "Minimal social interaction or community feeling; gameplay is largely solitary."

    • Growth

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      3

      "Players develop skills in multitasking and management, and progress through story and upgrades."

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      "Players develop skills in multitasking, problem solving, and understanding story consequences."

    • Health

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      "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity elements."

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      "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity elements."

    • Idle

      Game with the same Idle vibe

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      "Requires active attention and multitasking rather than passive or background play."

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      "Requires focused attention and multitasking; not suited for passive or background play."

    • Intimacy

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      -4

      "Limited social or emotional connections; interactions are mostly surface-level or scripted."

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      "Interactions are transactional and scripted with limited emotional depth or close relationships."

    • Leadership

      Game with the same Leadership vibe

      -4

      "Players follow scripted narrative and character roles without leading or managing others."

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      "Players follow scripted roles without leading or managing others."

    • Progression

      Game with the same Progression vibe

      3

      "Players accumulate money, items, and unlock story content; progression through tasks and upgrades."

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    • Relaxation

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      2

      "Some players find the repetitive gameplay relaxing and suitable for multitasking, though others find it tedious."

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      "Some players find the gameplay cathartic and immersive, though multitasking can cause stress."

    • Sensation

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      1

      "Visuals and audio are decent but not highly stimulating; focus is on gameplay depth."

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      "Visuals and audio are decent but not highly stimulating; focus is on gameplay and story."

    • Status

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      -4

      "No social recognition or status systems; achievements exist but are personal."

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    • Story

      Game with the same Story vibe

      4

      "Strong narrative focus with multiple endings and character interactions; story drives player engagement."

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      "Strong narrative focus with multiple endings and character interactions driving engagement."

    • Strategy

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      3

      "Players must plan and solve puzzles, manage time, and make decisions affecting outcomes."

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    • Thrill

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      1

      "Some suspense in story developments but overall low risk and tension."

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    • Value

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      3

      "Generally considered good value especially on sale, with multiple endings adding replayability."

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    • Violence

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      "No combat or destructive gameplay; focus on constructive problem solving."

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    • Survival

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      "Players must avoid failure by managing time and resources under pressure."

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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 Fantasy, Violence, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

    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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