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The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy®

PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Android, Linux • 2016

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Quick resume

Based on the award-winning graphic novel series published by Dark Horse, uncover the supernatural mysteries of Lisbon's underworld in 'The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy'! Take control of Pizza Boy and explore a brand new story in the Dog Mendonça universe!

Global score

78/100

Genres

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Point-and-click

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    Pros

    • Beautiful hand-drawn art style
    • Engaging and humorous story
    • Classic point-and-click gameplay
    • Well-written characters and dialogues
    • Pleasant soundtrack

    Cons

    • Short game length
    • Slow character movement and no fast travel
    • Limited interactive hotspots
    • Some voice acting and animation issues
    • Lack of achievements and replay value

    Motivations

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    • Continuation

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    • Creativity

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    • Expectation

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Idle

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    • Intimacy

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    • Progression

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    Analysis

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Expression. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value, Continuation.

    How to use the graph
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    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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