How playstyles evolve: Progression analysis and profiling in Just Cause 2

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Evaluating progression of players in a game can take a variety of forms, but ideally combines playstyle or performance analysis with one or more aspects of progression, e.g. through a level-or missionbased structure. Furthermore, visualization of the results of analysis are essential to ensure that action can be taken on them. In this paper behavioral profiling through Archetype Analysis is combined with progression analysis, expanding on previous work in the area, and extending it into the context of Open-World Games. The proposed methodological framework is applied to the case of the action-adventure title Just Cause 2, focusing on the main storyline. The results show how players navigate the content of the title, and how some playstyles remain constant throughout the game, whereas others emerge or disappear with player progress. Additionally, player performance as a function of progression is evaluated across a number of key metrics.

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Pirker, J., Griesmayr, S., Drachen, A., & Sifa, R. (2016). How playstyles evolve: Progression analysis and profiling in Just Cause 2. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 9926 LNCS, pp. 90–101). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46100-7_8

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