Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 5 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 4 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
2 votes
2 votes
1 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 11 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 4 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
2 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
2 / 0 votes
2 votes
Pay to Win
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A player can spend real money to purchase something that gives them an advantage in the game.
2 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
1 / 0 votes
2 votes
2 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Accidental Purchases
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Making it easy to accidentally spend money with no confirmation or ability to undo or refund the action.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Waste Aversion
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Capped inventory forces you to destroy items or upgrade inventory. Also, having small amounts of left over premium currency.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
0 / 1 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 6 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 3 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Social Obligation / Guilds
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To avoid letting down your friends, you are obligated to play when you don't want to.
1 / 0 votes
2 votes
Fear of Missing Out
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If you stop playing you'll miss out on something or be left behind and unable to catch up.
2 / 0 votes
2 votes
1 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 1 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 3 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 5 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
1 / 1 votes
1 votes
Invested / Endowed Value
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Having already spent time and money to improve your status in the game, it's difficult to throw it away.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Illusion of Control
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The game cheats or hides information to make you think you're better than you actually are.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
0 / 1 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.70) with 202 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.25) with 19,531 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Social Obligation / Guilds reported on May 1, 2024
Is a painful journey to learn every charachtere moveset, playstile and diferend way to aproche it, and don't let me get started on new characters
Variable Rewards reported on May 1, 2024
There is alternatives, but the main way to progress are chests
Fear of Missing Out reported on May 1, 2024
Characters ,skins, weaponds, etc.
Social Pyramid Scheme reported on May 1, 2024
There a marathon(you progresly get better rewards overtime till you reached a limit)
Competition reported on May 1, 2024
There's a trophy road, you have to win to make the game much easier
Optimism and Frequency Biases reported on May 1, 2024
It is a quite new feature added in the game but isn't easy to access
Infinite Treadmill reported on May 1, 2024
Is a multiplayer game, u can upgrade everything and have the story mode complete, u can try reach the leaderboard but it dose reset and fells like never ending game
Premium Currency reported on May 1, 2024
There's gems like shadow 3
Pay to Win reported on May 1, 2024
Levels, dojo level , epic weaponds that change everything, talents to memorize, new broken caracter and nerfing others, is a mess
Artificial Scarcity reported on May 1, 2024
Epic weaponds , charachteres, skins, in general event that help you progress, marathons Which u must pay to acces
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