Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 33 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 5 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
6 votes
5 votes
5 votes
6 votes
5 votes
1 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
5 / 1 votes
3 votes
2 votes
3 votes
2 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 42 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 13 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
6 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
6 / 0 votes
6 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.
6 / 0 votes
6 votes
6 votes
1 votes
6 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
6 / 0 votes
4 votes
1 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
4 / 1 votes
4 votes
2 votes
2 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.
2 / 2 votes
1 votes
3 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.
1 / 3 votes
5 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 29 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 8 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
6 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.
6 / 0 votes
6 votes
5 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.
5 / 1 votes
4 votes
1 votes
5 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.
5 / 1 votes
3 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.
3 / 2 votes
3 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 3 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 28 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 3 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
5 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.
5 / 0 votes
5 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
5 / 0 votes
6 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
6 / 0 votes
5 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
5 / 0 votes
1 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
1 / 0 votes
4 votes
1 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
4 / 1 votes
2 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.
2 / 2 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (0.00) with 0 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.66) with 1,381 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Recurring Fee reported on Apr 21, 2024
Weekly cards to automate tasks and monthly/yearly ones for rewards over time.
Social Obligation / Guilds reported on Apr 21, 2024
There are many Alliance-based mechanics and some servers have friendly chats on other platforms.
Pay to Win reported on Apr 21, 2024
While there are balancing mechanisms of a sort, paying money lets you skip what would otherwise be days worth of grinding. The noble title mechanics also grant top-ranked players advantages, setting up a rich-get-richer dynamic.
Wait To Play reported on Apr 21, 2024
So. Many. Timers.
Pay to Skip reported on Apr 21, 2024
Paying money unlocks VIP benefits over time, many of which include streamlining grinding tasks.
Infinite Treadmill reported on Apr 21, 2024
The treadmill grinds to a halt very quickly. Even if you have the stats to beat something, you constantly have to wait for regenerating resources.
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Apr 21, 2024
While the rewards are always displayed accurately, some in-game items provide random other items, making for an indirect loot box. The Alchemy daily packs are the only ones I saw that have any randomness inherent to the purchase, since they give a range of stones.
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior reported on Apr 21, 2024
Aside from Alliance competitions, the game also encourages kicking players from Negotiations and has a Prisoner's Dilemma in the Ballroom.
Anchoring Tricks reported on Apr 21, 2024
Every bundle has multiple tiered price points. The cheaper value packs are portrayed as better deals but limit the amount you can buy per day. The $99 dollar bundles claim to be limited, but I think it reset the limit when I reached it without giving any indication thereof or refilling lower-priced bundles.
Playing by Appointment reported on Apr 21, 2024
Multiple base-game activities are gated by the time of day, as are some limited-time events.
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