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There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

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Quick resume

Battle your way through the grim Underground world in this brutal action-adventure RPG. Exterminate hordes of enemies, fight dangerous bosses and explore the world the way you want!

Global score

72/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Indie, Role-playing (RPG)

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    Pros

    • Stunning pixel art and animations
    • Challenging and satisfying combat
    • Deep and immersive lore and world-building
    • Atmospheric music and sound design
    • Multiple endings and side quests

    Cons

    • Lack of in-game map causing navigation issues
    • Some clunky or inconsistent controls and hitboxes
    • Combat can feel repetitive or simplistic
    • Some bugs and quest glitches reported
    • Story pacing and dialogue can be uneven

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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      "The game is challenging with complex combat, boss fights requiring skill and pattern learning, and rewarding mastery."

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

      Game with the same Continuation vibe

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      "Players report long playtimes, multiple playthroughs, and strong attachment to characters and story, indicating habitual engagement."

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    • Cooperation

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      "The game is a single-player experience with no cooperative or multiplayer elements mentioned."

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    • Creativity

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      3

      "Players can customize character development, equipment, and choose different quest solutions, but within a realistic framework."

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    • Domination

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      "No evidence of exerting control over others; interactions are narrative and personal."

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    • Escapism

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      "Dark, immersive story and atmosphere provide strong escape from real life."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest and enjoyment; no indication of obligation or external pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Players try different combos, explore alternate paths and secrets, and experiment with combat tactics and character progression."

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    • Exploration

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      "Exploration of a large, detailed world with secrets, lore, and new areas is a core gameplay element."

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    • Expression

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      "Some character and weapon customization exists, but mostly within predefined options without deep avatar personalization."

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    • Fantasy

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      "The game features a dark fantasy world with supernatural elements, gore, and imaginative combat scenarios."

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    • Fellowship

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      "No social or community features; the experience is solitary."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop skills, learn enemy patterns, and improve through progression and upgrades."

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    • Health

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      "The game is sedentary with no physical activity or health-related gameplay."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention and continuous engagement due to challenging combat and exploration."

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    • Intimacy

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      "No evidence of close social relationships or emotional sharing; interactions are limited to NPC dialogue."

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    • Leadership

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      "No leadership or group management roles; single-player experience."

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    • Progression

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      "Players collect weapons, upgrades, and unlock new areas and story content."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Game is tense and challenging, though some find flow in mastering combat and exploration"

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    • Sensation

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      "The game provides stimulating visual and auditory feedback with pixel art, effects, and music that engage players."

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    • Status

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      "No social recognition or ranking systems; focus is on personal achievement."

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    • Story

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      4

      "Strong narrative immersion through lore, NPC dialogue, and multiple endings; story is a key motivator."

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    • Strategy

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      "Combat and exploration require tactical thinking, planning weapon use and approach to enemies."

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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

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Relaxation, Survival, Violence, Fellowship. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Status.

    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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