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Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 0 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 14 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
2 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
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Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 0 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 22 votes indicating the absence 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.
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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.
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Accidental Purchases
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Making it easy to accidentally spend money with no confirmation or ability to undo or refund the action.
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2 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
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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.
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2 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
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Social Dark Patterns
This game has 1 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 14 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 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.
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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.
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2 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
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2 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
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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.
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2 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 0 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 14 votes indicating the absence 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.
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2 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
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Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
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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.
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2 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
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2 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
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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: | (5.00) with 13,046 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.84) with 37,223 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Social Obligation / Guilds reported on Aug 28, 2019
The youtube channel that tells children to download this game, does so under the guise that it will help them defeat a group of evil hackers that want to destroy youtube; when in reality said group is fictional and the show is fictional, but the children do not know this and play the app to try and help them
Report a Dark Pattern
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The more you play, the more you help the fight against Project Zorgo!
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More tools will be released as Chad & Vy gear up against the Hacker!
[ OPERATION X HAS BEGUN - NINJA GADGET BATTLE! ]
Collect Ninja Gadgets and BATTLE in Operation X! Choose from the Katana, Nunchucks, Sai, Staff and more, and see how far you can get. The further you go, the more you help Chad & Vy upgrade their Ninja Gadgets on YouTube!
[ CLUES & INTEL FROM CHAD & VY ]
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