Badge catalogue
315 badges for the good bits, the bad decisions and everything that earned a closer look.
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315 badges
- Circus badge Sanded Into Beige +2
Creative spine
Anything strange or distinctive has been removed to broaden the appeal. What appeal?
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Season Pass Scam +4
Monetisation, platforms and ownership
They collected the money for future content. What arrived did not justify paying in advance.
5 posts with this badge → - Positive Settings Menu Done Properly ✓
Polish
Useful options that are easy to understand and actually work. Thank you.
View badge → - Circus badge Shader Stutter Special +3
Polish
Each new effect introduces itself by breaking the frame time.
View badge → - Circus badge Shoestring Budget, Rough Edges +1
Budget, ambition and jank
Clearly made with very little money. Worth bearing in mind when looking at what they managed.
2 posts with this badge → - Positive Simple, Still Satisfying ✓
Gameplay
Basic as hell. Every button still feels right.
View badge → - Circus badge Skip Button Needed +1
Player time
I have seen this sequence already. Let me skip the bloody thing.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Slop Served +1
Company conduct
Cheap rubbish served with premium confidence.
18 posts with this badge → - Positive Small Budget, Huge Ambition ✓
Budget, ambition and jank
A tiny team attempting something far bigger than they can comfortably make. I want to see them pull it off.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Snake Move +2
Company conduct
Underhanded enough to make you read every promise from this company twice.
10 posts with this badge → - Positive So Bad It's Good (VA) ✓
Sound and performance
That delivery was terrible. Please let the next line be just as bad.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Solution Looking For A Problem +2
Money and management
A fortune spent solving a problem that still refuses to exist.
17 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Soulless Reskin +2
Sequels and remakes
They copied the appearance and missed whatever made it enjoyable to begin with.
5 posts with this badge → - Positive Sound Design Does Damage ✓
Sound and performance
Every impact, machine and room sounds properly alive.
View badge → - Positive Soundtrack Full Of Bangers ✓
Sound and performance
The soundtrack escaped the game and moved into the daily rotation.
View badge → - Circus badge Spreadsheet Tax +2
Systems and depth
Far too much calculation and bookkeeping for the amount of actual game underneath it.
View badge → - Circus badge Steaming Pile +3
Overall verdict
Played it, looked for the good bits, still came away thinking it was absolute garbage.
5 posts with this badge → - Positive Straight Answer Detected ✓
PR and hype
They answered the question, including the inconvenient part. Saved everyone a lot of time.
View badge → - Circus badge Style Over Substance +1
Overall verdict
Looks fantastic. Unfortunately, looking at it is by far the most interesting part.
6 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Subscription Parasite +5
Monetisation, platforms and ownership
A monthly payment attached itself to a feature that already worked.
View badge → - Circus badge Support Page Graveyard +3
Monetisation, platforms and ownership
Plenty of ways to contact support. Getting any actual help is another matter.
View badge → - Circus badge Supporting Cast Furniture +1
Story and writing
They follow me everywhere and have remarkably little to say about anything that happens.
1 post with this badge → - Positive Systems Collide Beautifully ✓
Systems and depth
The systems collide and start producing stories nobody scripted.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Systems Fighting Each Other +2
Systems and depth
Plenty of mechanics. Getting them to work together was apparently somebody else's job.
4 posts with this badge →