MARVEL Strike Force

Temporal Dark PatternsTemporal Dark Patterns

This game has 70 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 21 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.

-3.35

13 votes
Daily Rewards -
13 / 0 votes
Encourages return visits every day and punishes you for missing a day.

13 votes
Grinding -
13 / 0 votes
Being required to perform repetitive and tedious tasks to advance.

13 votes
Infinite Treadmill -
13 / 0 votes
Impossible to win or complete the game.

12 votes
1 votes
Playing by Appointment -
12 / 1 votes
Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.

11 votes
2 votes
Wait To Play -
11 / 2 votes
In-game timers that make you arbitrarily wait for something.

5 votes
8 votes
Can't Pause or Save -
5 / 8 votes
The game does not allow you to stop playing whenever you want.

3 votes
10 votes
Advertisements -
3 / 10 votes
Forced to watch ads or given rewards for watching ads.

Monetary Dark PatternsMonetary Dark Patterns

This game has 98 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 39 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.

-2.89

13 votes
Premium Currency -
13 / 0 votes
Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.

13 votes
Pay to Win -
13 / 0 votes
A player can spend real money to purchase something that gives them an advantage in the game.

13 votes
Artificial Scarcity -
13 / 0 votes
Limited time offers with unnecessary urgency.

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

12 votes
1 votes
Pay to Skip -
12 / 1 votes
Spend money to avoid waiting for a timer to expire.

12 votes
1 votes
Gambling / Loot Boxes -
12 / 1 votes
Spending real money to play a game of chance for a reward.

9 votes
3 votes
Accidental Purchases -
9 / 3 votes
Making it easy to accidentally spend money with no confirmation or ability to undo or refund the action.

10 votes
2 votes
Anchoring Tricks -
10 / 2 votes
Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.

2 votes
10 votes
Pay Wall -
2 / 10 votes
The game becomes impossible to continue playing without payment.

1 votes
11 votes
Recurring Fee -
1 / 11 votes
Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.

1 votes
11 votes
Waste Aversion -
1 / 11 votes
Capped inventory forces you to destroy items or upgrade inventory. Also, having small amounts of left over premium currency.

Social Dark PatternsSocial Dark Patterns

This game has 42 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 44 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.

-1.27

13 votes
Social Obligation / Guilds -
13 / 0 votes
To avoid letting down your friends, you are obligated to play when you don't want to.

12 votes
Fear of Missing Out -
12 / 0 votes
If you stop playing you'll miss out on something or be left behind and unable to catch up.

13 votes
Competition -
13 / 0 votes
The game makes you compete against other players.

2 votes
10 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior -
2 / 10 votes
The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.

1 votes
11 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme -
1 / 11 votes
You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.

1 votes
11 votes
Reciprocity -
1 / 11 votes
Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.

12 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation -
0 / 12 votes
The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.

Psychological Dark PatternsPsychological Dark Patterns

This game has 62 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 23 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.

-2.95

12 votes
Variable Rewards -
12 / 0 votes
Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.

12 votes
1 votes
Invested / Endowed Value -
12 / 1 votes
Having already spent time and money to improve your status in the game, it's difficult to throw it away.

10 votes
2 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress -
10 / 2 votes
Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.

10 votes
2 votes
Complete the Collection -
10 / 2 votes
The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.

8 votes
4 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases -
8 / 4 votes
Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.

5 votes
7 votes
Illusion of Control -
5 / 7 votes
The game cheats or hides information to make you think you're better than you actually are.

5 votes
7 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations -
5 / 7 votes
Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.

App Store Ratings

iOS:  (4.50) with 109,148 votes.
Google Play:  (4.24) with 305,651 votes.



Recent Dark Pattern Reviews

Recurring Fee reported on May 25, 2022
Counting the seasonal "Strike Pass" here
Playing by Appointment reported on Jan 4, 2020
With blitz I’d you want to get a good reward you need to log in every 2 hours
Accidental Purchases reported on Jan 4, 2020
Yes and they refuse to refund if you do
Grinding reported on Jan 4, 2020
Daily grinding! But when you are 2/3 shards off from taking your character to the next star rank farming becomes hard, as no shards drop for awhile! Whereas before farming for character shards was easy
Artificial Scarcity reported on Jan 4, 2020
All the time
Infinite Treadmill reported on Jan 4, 2020
Meta team after meta team. One new team counters the one before
Premium Currency reported on Jan 4, 2020
Yes with overpriced ‘deals’
Pay to Win reported on Jan 4, 2020
New characters are locked behind a pay wall for about a week until these characters are released to everyone. So if you brought the ‘deals’ before the release then you have the advantage.
Playing by Appointment reported on Oct 23, 2019
Daily arena without option to change hour. Daily Alliance War and 2 raids, all manually played on top of Blitz. Forced to play all or fall behind. So much worse than SWGOH or Dragon Champions
Daily Rewards reported on Oct 23, 2019
Multiple daily award tables, unlike most games single reward.


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