Badge catalogue
315 badges for the good bits, the bad decisions and everything that earned a closer look.
The clown ratings
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315 badges
- Circus badge Public Harm, Private Upside +5
Company conduct
The public keeps the damage. A few executives keep the money.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Put Me To Sleep +1
Overall verdict
I kept checking how long I had been playing. It was never as long as it felt.
4 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Quietly In The Footnotes +2
PR and hype
The headline sounds fantastic. The qualification that changes it is several pages further down.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Quota Cult +3
Money and management
Everyone is busy hitting the target. Whether that achieves anything has become a separate question.
3 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Recycled Assets +1
Polish
An awful lot of familiar material being presented as something new.
10 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Regulatory Dodge +3
Company conduct
More effort going into finding a way around the rules than fixing what prompted them.
2 posts with this badge → - Positive Released Uncut, Imagine That ✓
Censorship and localisation
The content is intact. People can decide for themselves whether they want to play it.
View badge → - Circus badge Remaster Roulette +2
Sequels and remakes
Maybe restored. Maybe broken. Definitely sold again.
View badge → - Circus badge Repeat The Boring Bit +1
Gameplay
Failure sends you through the boring bit before another proper attempt.
3 posts with this badge → - Positive Respects The Source ✓
Sequels and remakes
Changes made with a working knowledge of why the original mattered.
View badge → - Positive Respects Your Time ✓
Player time
Lets you get on with the good stuff. My free time appreciates it.
View badge → - Circus badge Responsible AI Costume +3
PR and hype
Very keen to tell everyone how responsible they are. Less keen to behave accordingly.
View badge → - Circus badge Reward Confetti +1
Structure and progression
Another full inventory of things to dismantle before I can carry on playing.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Rewards Moved To The Shop +2
Monetisation, platforms and ownership
The good cosmetics cost extra. Apparently buying and playing the game was not enough.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Rewriter's Pet Project +3
Censorship and localisation
The localiser saw somebody else’s script and applied for the author credit.
View badge → - Circus badge Roadmap Fanfiction +2
PR and hype
The promised future is doing an awful lot of work selling the disappointing present.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Romance By Spreadsheet +1
Story and writing
Keep handing over the correct gift until the relationship unlocks. Apparently we are in love now.
View badge → - Positive Romance With Chemistry ✓
Story and writing
These two actually seem to enjoy each other. I can believe why the relationship happens.
View badge → - Circus badge Rules Bend When You Win +2
Gameplay
Play well and the rules start quietly moving the finish line.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Rushed Out The Door +3
Polish
This needed more development time, and playing it makes that painfully obvious.
10 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Safe Sequel +1
Sequels and remakes
More of the same, done competently. They were clearly taking no chances with this one.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Same 3 Songs +2
Sound and performance
The music repeats so often I am starting to dislike tracks I originally enjoyed.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Same Face Factory +1
Art and animation
Different hair, same face. How many of these characters am I supposed to remember?
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Same Task, Different Room +2
Gameplay
Another encounter requiring exactly the same solution as the last six.
3 posts with this badge →