Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 27 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 28 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
6 votes
2 votes
5 votes
2 votes
5 votes
3 votes
4 votes
4 votes
4 votes
4 votes
3 votes
5 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
3 / 5 votes
8 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 42 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 30 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
8 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
8 / 0 votes
4 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
4 / 0 votes
6 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.
6 / 1 votes
6 votes
2 votes
4 votes
2 votes
3 votes
2 votes
5 votes
3 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
5 / 3 votes
5 votes
3 votes
1 votes
5 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.
1 / 5 votes
6 votes
6 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 / 6 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 31 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 25 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
8 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.
8 / 0 votes
8 votes
6 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.
6 / 2 votes
4 votes
4 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.
4 / 4 votes
3 votes
5 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
3 / 5 votes
2 votes
6 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
2 / 6 votes
8 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 33 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 19 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
6 votes
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.
6 / 1 votes
7 votes
1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
7 / 1 votes
7 votes
1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
7 / 1 votes
6 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.
6 / 2 votes
3 votes
4 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
3 / 4 votes
2 votes
5 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
2 / 5 votes
2 votes
5 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
2 / 5 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (0.00) with 0 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.11) with 610,349 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Accidental Purchases reported on Jan 3, 2023
There is no confirmation when selecting Premium currency vs ingame currency to buy a character or cosmetic, premium is selected by default if enough is on the account, making it easy to accidently spend Premium when you mend to spent free currency
Competition reported on Jan 3, 2023
Ranked is one of the avaiable modes
Fear of Missing Out reported on Jan 3, 2023
Ranked rewards and Battlepasses aswell as limited time events with skins and free currency create FOMO
Variable Rewards reported on Jan 3, 2023
some events have random loot tied to challenge completion
Illusion of Control reported on Jan 3, 2023
if you are on a losing streak the game will place you into ranked games where the opponents are bots, that are relatively easy to defeat without telling the player this directly
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on Jan 3, 2023
yes there is an achivement system in place both for certain character progression, example: "In one game hit 5 people with this ability from behind", aswell as general account Achievements, example: "Upgrade 3/5/8 held items to level 30"
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Jan 3, 2023
Yes, though while Loot boxes cant be bought directy and have to be earned, earning can be speed up by spending real life money
Recurring Fee reported on Jan 3, 2023
The Club Membership is a monthly subscription that allows for a better course of premium currency in relation to the normal packages if logging in daily aswell.
Playing by Appointment reported on Jan 3, 2023
Some missions can only be done on certain maps, maps that are only avaible every 3-4 days
Wait To Play reported on Jan 3, 2023
the weekly caps on the earnable lootboxes and coins feel arbitrary at best an absuive at worst
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