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Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge

PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 • 2013

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Quick resume

Pick your faction, Monster, strategy, and find out who gets to become King of the Undead!

Global score

75/100

Genres

Action, Indie, Strategy, Real Time Strategy (RTS)

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    Pros

    • Charming cartoon graphics and humor
    • Simple and accessible rts gameplay
    • Engaging story and cutscenes
    • Affordable price
    • Nostalgic appeal

    Cons

    • Short campaign with limited replay value
    • Dead or inactive multiplayer
    • Limited unit control and customization
    • Some control and ui frustrations
    • Technical issues and bugs reported

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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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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      "Typical sedentary gameplay with no physical activity or health-related features."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention during missions; not designed for casual or background play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "No evidence of close social relationships or emotional sharing; interactions are minimal and surface-level."

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    • Leadership

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      "Players lead squads and armies in campaigns and multiplayer, guiding units and making strategic decisions."

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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      "No strong evidence of social recognition or status seeking in reviews or gameplay."

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    • Story

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      "Humorous and engaging story with cutscenes and character interactions enhance narrative immersion."

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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 Creativity, Exploration, Expression, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story, Domination.

    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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