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Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Satellaview, Amiga, FM Towns, Super Famicom, DOS, Linux • 2013

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Quick resume

FULL-COLOR ANIMATED graphics DIGITIZED sound (NO add-on cards required)HARD DISK supported11 Races, 14 Professions (with rankings!)Weaponry, Physical and Academia SkillsSix Spellbooks, 462 CombinationsNon-Player CharactersAn arsenal of over 400 researched itemsVaried Fighting ModesPrimary and Secondary AttackContinuous JourneyUnlimited...

Global score

77/100

Genres

Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)

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    Pros

    • Deep and challenging gameplay
    • Extensive character customization and class switching
    • Immersive dungeon exploration and mapping
    • Strong sense of achievement and progression
    • Included manuals and guides enhance experience

    Cons

    • Dated graphics and sound
    • Clunky and unintuitive interface
    • High difficulty and punishing mechanics
    • Lack of automap in base game
    • Frequent save reloading required

    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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      "Gameplay centers on managing own party; no multiplayer or cooperative play mentioned."

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    • Creativity

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      "Extensive character customization, multiple classes, races, skills, and emergent gameplay encourage creative approaches."

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game as a nostalgic escape and immersive experience into a challenging fantasy dungeon."

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    • Expectation

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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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      "Minimal social interaction; focus is on solo play and individual party management."

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    • Growth

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      "Significant learning curve with skill acquisition, strategic development, and long-term progression."

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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    • Intimacy

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      "No evidence of forming close relationships beyond basic party interactions; social connections are minimal."

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    • Leadership

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    • Progression

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      "Strong emphasis on leveling up, acquiring items, and improving characters."

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    • Relaxation

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      "High difficulty and repeated failures create tension rather than relaxation."

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    • Sensation

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      "Sensory stimulation is minimal with simple graphics and sound; the focus is on intellectual challenge rather than sensory excitement."

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    • Status

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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

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Leadership, Survival, Violence, Strategy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Sensation, Relaxation.

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    • 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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