Bad
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 3 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 3 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 6 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 3 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
1 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
1 / 0 votes
1 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.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 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
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
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 3 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 2 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
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
1 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.
1 / 0 votes
1 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
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 6 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 1 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
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.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
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
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
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (5.00) with 17,670 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.69) with 124,535 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Variable Rewards reported on Dec 21, 2021
Battlesuit fragments/souls may or may not be obtained when completing one of the few missions that they are obtained from.
Aesthetic Manipulations reported on Dec 21, 2021
When returning to the game after many months away, there is a cutscene where one of the long-standing characters has a heart-to-heart conversation about your absence and return.
Optimism and Frequency Biases reported on Dec 21, 2021
There is a frequent message in the chatroom that shows when any player has obtained a rare battlesuit, ELF, or weapon from the "Supply" (gacha).
Premium Currency reported on Dec 21, 2021
Crystals and B-Chips.
Pay to Win reported on Dec 21, 2021
Premium currencies can be used to easily obtain a maxed-out new battlesuit, its weapon, and its stigmata. All of these are required to stay relevant in the endgame competitive activities.
Social Obligation / Guilds reported on Dec 21, 2021
Guilds are called Armadas.
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Dec 21, 2021
Daily grinding uses cooldowns to force you to spend months building a battlesuit, weapon, or ELF. Some limited events reward you with things (esp. outfits) that will cost premium currency later, or will just no longer be available.
Wait To Play reported on Dec 21, 2021
There is the usual "Stamina" that encompasses almost the entire game, and the dorm room makes you wait for construction to finish.
Pay to Skip reported on Dec 21, 2021
Stamina can be replenished with crystals, though there is a limit to how many times this can be done per day.
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Dec 21, 2021
Supply
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【Deep End of the Sea】Dr. Einstein went missing after being attacked by a mysterious assailant. A sudden Honkai invasion transformed The Deep into a chaotic battleground...
Bronya dove into the Sea of Quanta on her own to retrieve the Gem of Desire.
Unexpected encounters await in this strange dimension...
【Swallowtail Phantasm】
Past memories coalesced in the yawning darkness to wake the sleeper.
The dimension-warping Swallowtail Phantasm battlesuit for Seele Vollerei is now ready for battle.
I'm ready, she murmured as she gripped the Shear of Phantasos. "We shall fight them together!"
【Selune's Elegy】
Lament, for the storm of a thousand raven feathers is here. Unleash immobilizing fields to ensnare the dark beings of the night.
A new ELF, Selune's Elegy, has joined the battle!
She is the Fairy of Death whose scythe is honed by moonlight. She is the herald of deadly silence to her foes...
【Q-Singularis】
Dangers and riches await those who dare explore the mysterious Quantum Void.
Dive into the gaping abyss and endure spatial collapses and tremors. Only the bravest can survive the Void.
Time your attacks, acquire Evadion, and strike for the deepest heart of the Singularis!
【Equipment Updates】
Unleash the Dark Flood with a swing of this scythe. Let the razor edge of Undine's Tale sing the deadly melodies of Seele's darkest desires.
Dance the Quantum Waltz with the [Dirac] stigmata set. Master the Particle Vibrations in the war against the Honkai.
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