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 Complexity Cosplay +2
Systems and depth
Loads of stats, currencies and menus. Very few interesting decisions once you understand them.
4 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Consultant Brain +3
Money and management
Expensive advice, impressive terminology, and remarkably little common sense.
19 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Consumer Sacrifice +3
Company conduct
Customers lose something they paid for so the company can improve its numbers.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Controller Lock-in +3
Accessibility
The game insists on one input method when it could perfectly well let people choose.
View badge → - Circus badge Copy-Paste Content +2
Structure and progression
Seen this already. Changing a few details does not make it new content.
3 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Copy-Paste Job +2
Sequels and remakes
Played the previous one? Then you have already done most of this.
6 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Copyright Laundromat +4
Company conduct
Put other people's work through a model and suddenly paying those people is an unreasonable demand.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Costs A Fortune, Looks Cheap +3
Budget, ambition and jank
Costs a fortune. Looks like it came free with a magazine.
View badge → - Circus badge Could Not Read The Room +2
Money and management
The reaction was entirely predictable. Somehow it still caught them by surprise.
13 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Credits Rolled, Shift Started +2
Structure and progression
Credits roll. Your new shift starts Monday.
View badge → - Circus badge Cringe Dialogue +1
Story and writing
Who thought people saying this out loud would sound remotely convincing?
7 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Cut It And Hoped Nobody Noticed +2
Censorship and localisation
They removed it and apparently hoped nobody would compare versions.
3 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Danger Is The Product +3
PR and hype
Supposed uncontrollability repackaged as proof the valuation deserves another zero.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Data Grab With A Logo +3
Monetisation, platforms and ownership
Whatever this claims to do, collecting your data seems to be its main enthusiasm.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Daylight Robbery +4
Value
Look at what they are charging. Now look at what you actually get. Fuck off.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Dead Lobbies +4
Multiplayer
The queue contains you, silence and one optimistic spinner.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Dead On Arrival +4
Overall verdict
Just launched and already struggling to give anyone a reason to stay.
7 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Demo Magic +2
PR and hype
One successful run promoted directly into a working product.
View badge → - Positive Designed Around Play ✓
Structure and progression
Spaces designed to make the game interesting to play. Someone thought beyond making them look nice.
View badge → - Positive Dialogue So Bad It Became Art ✓
Story and writing
The dialogue punched through awful and came out entertaining.
1 post with this badge → - Positive Did Right By Staff ✓
Company conduct
When it mattered, they protected the people doing the work. Credit for that.
View badge → - Circus badge Dub Only Disgrace +2
Censorship and localisation
The original voice track exists. Why can I not select it?
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge E-waste Speedrun +3
Company conduct
Perfectly usable hardware marched to the bin for quarterly growth.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Edge With A Safety Rail +1
Creative spine
Keeps telling you how provocative it is, then backs away whenever something might actually offend.
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