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WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.01

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Linux • 2014

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Quick resume

From the author of Spice and Wolf, Isuna Hasekura, comes WORLD END ECONOMiCA. This is the first episode out of three part sci-fi/economic thriller visual novel set on the moon.

Global score

84/100

Genres

Indie, Adventure, Visual Novel

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    Pros

    • Deep and engaging story
    • Well-developed characters
    • Educational stock market concepts
    • Immersive sci-fi setting
    • Long reading time

    Cons

    • No player choices or interactivity
    • Slow pacing at start
    • Limited artwork variety
    • Music loops awkwardly
    • Some translation issues

    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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    • Escapism

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest in story and setting, not obligation."

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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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      "Sedentary gameplay typical of visual novels"

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    • Idle

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      "Requires sustained attention and focus over long reading sessions."

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    • Intimacy

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    • Leadership
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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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    • Thrill

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      "Tension from high stakes decisions and survival creates suspense and emotional engagement."

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    • Value

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      "Players feel the game offers good narrative content and replay value for the price."

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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 Autonomy, Strategy, Experimenting, Competence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Strategy, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Idle.

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    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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