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Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Linux • 2018

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Quick resume

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny.

Global score

76/100

Genres

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

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    Pros

    • Unique narrative and storytelling mechanics
    • Rich cultural and historical content
    • Excellent voice acting and soundtrack
    • Beautiful art style
    • Immersive atmosphere and emotional depth

    Cons

    • Slow and sometimes tedious walking mechanics
    • Technical issues and bugs reported
    • Minimal gameplay challenge
    • Lack of clear tutorials for mechanics
    • Map navigation can be confusing

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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      "Gameplay involves light puzzles and mini-games that are easy to bypass, focusing more on narrative than skill challenges."

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Players report long play sessions and desire for more episodes; game encourages habitual engagement through exploration and story"

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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 driven by interest in story and style, 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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      "Players form connections with a diverse cast of characters and experience a sense of community through story."

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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      "No physical activity or health-related gameplay; sedentary experience."

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    • Idle

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      "Game supports relaxed play with options to speed up time and play in background."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Emotional connections and relationships with characters are central to the story experience."

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    • Leadership

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    • Progression

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      "Progression through story advancement, unlocking clues, collectibles, and abilities like possession and teleportation."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Atmospheric, soothing music and slow gameplay promote relaxation and flow."

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    • Sensation

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      "Enjoyment derived from aesthetic visuals and music that enhance emotional experience."

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    • Status

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      "Achievements and recognition are minimal; focus is on personal experience."

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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 Intimacy, Survival, Violence, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle, Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Thrill.

    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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