Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 6 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 1 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
1 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 1 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 9 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.
0 / 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
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
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 5 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
1 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
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.
0 / 1 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 0 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 7 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.
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
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
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
| Google Play: | (4.33) with 573,534 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Playing by Appointment reported on Dec 22, 2022
A notifcation pops once every day, sometimes its about coin reward, or to play the game.
Daily Rewards reported on Dec 22, 2022
Everytime you open the game (if you don't purchase unlimited coin), you will get an popup that says you get 15 coins
Grinding reported on Dec 22, 2022
Just for getting more multiplayer XP
Advertisements reported on Dec 22, 2022
There is an optional watch video advert to get a coin. But everytime you completed the game, you're forced to watch ads, except if you purchased no ads pack. Also the ads is really invasive, especially if the ads you're seeing is provided by AdColony (it redirects you to Play store after watching the ad)
Premium Currency reported on Dec 22, 2022
The game only has one currency: Coin. And its used for unlocking custom maps, skins, match modes, etc.
Can't Pause or Save reported on Dec 22, 2022
You can pause the game in both singleplayer and multiplayer mode. But the game is still running in mulitplayer mode even if in pause menu (i don't know if that is considered can't pause or not)
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