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Vecter

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2020

Should you play it?

Vecter is a fast-paced runner and shooter game where your goal is to survive by the skin of your teeth and raise hell in your path. You get in your ship, you push the throttle on max and then try to survive for as long as possible by annihilating anything that gets in your way.

What works
  • Free to play
  • Engaging retro synthwave aesthetic
  • Daily changing tracks and leaderboards
  • Easy to learn, hard to master gameplay
  • Customizable colors and music
Things to keep in mind
  • Lack of multiplayer/cooperation
  • Some bugs and crashes reported
  • Limited content and game modes
  • No story or narrative depth
  • Can be frustrating due to difficulty and memorization

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Hidden Gems

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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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 (hidden on purpose).

Vecter: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Violence.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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