Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 3 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 4 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
1 votes
1 votes
1 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 5 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 6 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
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
1 / 0 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
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 1 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 6 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
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
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
0 / 1 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.
0 / 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
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
1 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 1 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 6 votes indicating the absense 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
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
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
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
1 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
0 / 1 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.89) with 9 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Premium Currency reported on May 26, 2022
You get gems just by gaining relationship levels. You can also buy gems in larger amounts in the store. The gems will allow you to buy clothes for your character, unlock pictures of characters as they become available or certain text choices.
Pay to Win reported on May 26, 2022
Paying monthly to get into the VIP lounge gets you special characters among other benefits.
Wait To Play reported on May 26, 2022
At some point certain characters will go on a trip where you can't contact them for some amount of time. There's not much you can do about it and it's most likely due to the writers need to make up more of a story.
Variable Rewards reported on May 26, 2022
Since the introduction of your main character having a body, you now have characters you interact with give you clothes seemingly at random.
Anchoring Tricks reported on May 26, 2022
Paying monthly for the VIP lounge will show you extra bundles that are just the three most expensive bundles but with ten percent more gems.
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