Slightly Bad
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 8 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 6 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
2 votes
2 votes
2 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 2 votes
2 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 13 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 9 votes indicating the absense 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
2 votes
2 votes
2 votes
2 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
2 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 votes
2 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 / 2 votes
2 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
0 / 2 votes
2 votes
2 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 / 2 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 4 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 10 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
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
2 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 / 2 votes
2 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 / 2 votes
2 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 2 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 7 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 7 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
2 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.
2 / 0 votes
2 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
2 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
1 / 1 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
1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
1 / 1 votes
2 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 / 2 votes
2 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
0 / 2 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 214,944 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.44) with 3,571,298 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Grinding reported on Sep 17, 2019
Characters are leveled up through combat and missions. A player must grind stages and missions in order to progress through the game and compete with higher leveled teams.
Advertisements reported on Sep 17, 2019
The player can watch up to three advertisements to receive in-game currency.
Premium Currency reported on Sep 17, 2019
Souls are the in-game currency. Prices range from 3.99 CAD to 129.99 CAD.
Pay to Win reported on Sep 17, 2019
Special offers allow players to purchase new or specific characters using in-game currency.
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Sep 17, 2019
New players start off with a basic inventory of characters and items. In addition, characters and items are upgraded when the player obtains duplicate copies. Players who have invested time and/or money will have a significant advantage.
Artificial Scarcity reported on Sep 17, 2019
Special offers for new or specific characters are a limited time offer and then either become unavailable for a time or available randomly through other non-limited, randomly generated offers.
Wait To Play reported on Sep 17, 2019
Each character has an energy bar which is depleted when they are used. Once the energy bar is depleted, the character cannot be used again until it is replenished which happens over time.
Pay to Skip reported on Sep 17, 2019
Use in-game currency to hasten mission completion.
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Sep 17, 2019
"Kard packs" contain a random character and other items/bonuses. These are purchased using in-game currency ranging from 150 souls to 400 souls.
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on Sep 17, 2019
Each character has a series of achievements that unlock attribute bonuses as well as cosmetic rewards such as victory poses, audio taunts, and player banner items.
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