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Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls

PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 • 2020

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Quick resume

The magic torches are lit, the monsters are ravenous, and the kingdom is waiting for a new hero. Experience the legendary Wizardry series’ modern rebirth as you traverse perilous dungeons and take on hordes of fantastic enemies. Are you up to the challenge?

Global score

70/100

Genres

Role-playing (RPG)

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    Pros

    • Faithful to classic wizardry gameplay
    • Challenging and rewarding dungeon crawling
    • Deep character customization and class system
    • Nostalgic art style with anime influence
    • Save-anywhere feature improves accessibility

    Cons

    • Steep learning curve and punishing difficulty
    • Minimal story and narrative depth
    • Clunky controls and interface issues
    • Grindy and repetitive gameplay
    • Lack of multiplayer or social features

    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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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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      "No social dominance or power over others; interactions are purely single-player."

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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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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention and strategic planning; not designed for passive or background play."

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    • Intimacy

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    • Leadership

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      "Player directs party members and chooses strategies, exercising leadership within single-player context."

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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      "Requires planning, resource management, tactical combat, and problem solving."

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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 Leadership, Survival, Violence, Strategy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Story, Cooperation.

    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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