I Love Hue Too

3.52
Good
Price: Free
Ads: Yes
In App Purchases: Yes

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Temporal Dark PatternsTemporal Dark Patterns

This game has 11 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 94 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

3.25

8 votes
7 votes
Advertisements -
8 / 7 votes
Forced to watch ads or given rewards for watching ads.

1 votes
14 votes
Grinding -
1 / 14 votes
Being required to perform repetitive and tedious tasks to advance.

2 votes
13 votes
Infinite Treadmill -
2 / 13 votes
Impossible to win or complete the game.

15 votes
Playing by Appointment -
0 / 15 votes
Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.

15 votes
Daily Rewards -
0 / 15 votes
Encourages return visits every day and punishes you for missing a day.

15 votes
Can't Pause or Save -
0 / 15 votes
The game does not allow you to stop playing whenever you want.

15 votes
Wait To Play -
0 / 15 votes
In-game timers that make you arbitrarily wait for something.

Monetary Dark PatternsMonetary Dark Patterns

This game has 1 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 131 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

4.88

1 votes
11 votes
Pay to Skip -
1 / 11 votes
Spend money to avoid waiting for a timer to expire.

12 votes
Premium Currency -
0 / 12 votes
Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.

12 votes
Pay to Win -
0 / 12 votes
A player can spend real money to purchase something that gives them an advantage in the game.

12 votes
Artificial Scarcity -
0 / 12 votes
Limited time offers with unnecessary urgency.

12 votes
Accidental Purchases -
0 / 12 votes
Making it easy to accidentally spend money with no confirmation or ability to undo or refund the action.

12 votes
Recurring Fee -
0 / 12 votes
Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.

12 votes
Gambling / Loot Boxes -
0 / 12 votes
Spending real money to play a game of chance for a reward.

12 votes
Power Creep -
0 / 12 votes
A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.

12 votes
Pay Wall -
0 / 12 votes
The game becomes impossible to continue playing without payment.

12 votes
Waste Aversion -
0 / 12 votes
Capped inventory forces you to destroy items or upgrade inventory. Also, having small amounts of left over premium currency.

12 votes
Anchoring Tricks -
0 / 12 votes
Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.

Social Dark PatternsSocial Dark Patterns

This game has 0 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 105 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

5

15 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme -
0 / 15 votes
You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.

15 votes
Social Obligation / Guilds -
0 / 15 votes
To avoid letting down your friends, you are obligated to play when you don't want to.

15 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation -
0 / 15 votes
The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.

15 votes
Reciprocity -
0 / 15 votes
Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.

15 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior -
0 / 15 votes
The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.

15 votes
Fear of Missing Out -
0 / 15 votes
If you stop playing you'll miss out on something or be left behind and unable to catch up.

15 votes
Competition -
0 / 15 votes
The game makes you compete against other players.

Psychological Dark PatternsPsychological Dark Patterns

This game has 21 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 79 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

1.57

7 votes
8 votes
Complete the Collection -
7 / 8 votes
The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.

6 votes
9 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations -
6 / 9 votes
Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.

4 votes
10 votes
Invested / Endowed Value -
4 / 10 votes
Having already spent time and money to improve your status in the game, it's difficult to throw it away.

1 votes
13 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress -
1 / 13 votes
Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.

1 votes
12 votes
Illusion of Control -
1 / 12 votes
The game cheats or hides information to make you think you're better than you actually are.

2 votes
12 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases -
2 / 12 votes
Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.

15 votes
Variable Rewards -
0 / 15 votes
Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.

App Store Ratings

iOS:  (5.00) with 118 votes.
Google Play:  (4.85) with 1,862 votes.



Recent Dark Pattern Reviews

Advertisements reported on Sep 22, 2023
There are ads after completing each level, but they can usually be skipped and aren't too bad.
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Jan 28, 2023
Having completed a certain amount of levels, I would hate to start back at level one.
Advertisements reported on May 25, 2022
There are some advertisements, with an option for a one-time nominal fee to get rid of ads.
Infinite Treadmill reported on May 25, 2022
Yes, but that's what I want from it.
Complete the Collection reported on May 25, 2022
There are level systems where if you complete a combination of levels, you can do another level that unlocks from that. There are progress bars on the homepage that show how complete each level is.


Report a Dark Pattern

Screenshot From the makers of the beloved colour puzzle game I LOVE HUE comes I LOVE HUE TOO - a psychedelic journey into colour, light and shape.

* HARMONY - create order out of chromatic chaos
* GEOMETRY - move each tile to its perfect place within beautiful mosaic patterns
* PERCEPTION - learn to see the smallest difference between similar colours
* SKILL - push yourself with three daily challenges
* MAGIC - divine the future with an all-new fortune telling system

As in the first game, players arrange coloured mosaic tiles to create perfectly ordered spectrums. However, I LOVE HUE TOO includes over thirty brand new geometric tiling patterns to create mind-bending challenges that test the player's colour perception and logic even further.

FEATURES:

* Psychedelic colour-based gameplay - a puzzle of perception and logic
* A mystical, minimalist aesthetic - a playable work of art
* Over 900 levels to solve
* Multiple play modes - lose yourself in THE DREAM or test your skills in THE DAILY DIVINATION
* Six new ambient synth soundtracks - now available during gameplay!