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 UI Assaults The Eyes +4
UI and UX
An absolute mess to look at and somehow even worse to use.
5 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Update Broke It +3
Monetisation, platforms and ownership
The improvement arrived and broke three functioning parts.
View badge → - Positive Upgrades You Can Feel ✓
Structure and progression
An upgrade that makes a noticeable difference. Actually looking forward to the next one.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Use The Meta Or Suffer +2
Gameplay
One approved strategy rules everything. The other options are decorative.
3 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Valuation Fanfiction +3
Money and management
That valuation requires everything to go right for years. They are pricing it as though it already did.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Villain Monologue Moment +1
Story and writing
The villain has stopped the plot to launch a podcast.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Visual Sludge +2
Art and animation
Everything blurs into the same ugly mess. There is a game in there somewhere.
View badge → - Positive Voice Acting Carries The Game ✓
Sound and performance
The performances make me want to hear the whole conversation, even when I have already read the subtitles.
View badge → - Circus badge Voice Acting Catastrophe +2
Sound and performance
Unconvincing delivery that makes even a perfectly ordinary line painful to listen to.
4 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Voice Direction All Over The Place +2
Sound and performance
Capable actors, wildly inconsistent performances. Did anyone tell them what they were making?
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge VRAM Glutton +2
Polish
Look at the VRAM requirement, then look at the textures. Where is all of it going?
View badge → - Circus badge Wait For A Sale +1
Value
Leave it on the wishlist until the price comes back to Earth.
13 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Waiting For Control Back +2
Gameplay
Yes, I saw the animation. Can I have the controls back now?
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Watching Myself Lose +2
Gameplay
Get hit, lose control, get hit again before control returns. Fascinating amount of participation here.
View badge → - Circus badge We Investigated Ourselves +2
PR and hype
The accused searched thoroughly and found itself innocent.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Western Brain Rot +3
Censorship and localisation
The script reached localisation and came back arguing with Twitter.
7 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Westernised Script +3
Censorship and localisation
Characters replaced by a culture-war account with dialogue tags.
4 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Where's The Audio? +4
Sound and performance
Things happen on screen with barely any sound to sell them. Checked the volume. It was fine.
2 posts with this badge → - Positive Won Me Over Eventually ✓
Overall verdict
It spent the opening hours being annoying, then had the nerve to become good.
View badge → - Circus badge Worker Meat Grinder +4
Company conduct
Crunch through the deadline, burn out, get replaced. Management calls this a passionate team.
2 posts with this badge → - Positive Works Offline ✓
Monetisation, platforms and ownership
Still works when the internet does not. Exactly as it should.
View badge → - Positive Worth Another Run ✓
Structure and progression
The second run changes the game enough to deserve your weekend.
3 posts with this badge → - Positive Worth The Money ✓
Value
Worth the money. Happy with what I got for it.
2 posts with this badge → - Positive Writing Worth Paying Attention To ✓
Story and writing
Writing good enough to make me stop rushing and pay attention. Well worth taking it in.
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