Badge catalogue
315 badges for the good bits, the bad decisions and everything that earned a closer look.
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315 badges
- Positive Emotional Damage ✓
Story and writing
Got attached to these people. The game knew exactly what it was doing with that.
View badge → - Circus badge English Dub Butchered It +2
Sound and performance
The English performances keep pulling me out of the scene. Back to the language settings.
3 posts with this badge → - Positive English Dub Did Not Embarrass Itself ✓
Sound and performance
A solid English dub. Nobody needs to reach for the language menu.
View badge → - Circus badge Enshittification Complete +3
Monetisation, platforms and ownership
More ads, higher prices, fewer useful features. Hard to remember why I liked this in the first place.
View badge → - Circus badge Eurojank Is Not A Feature +2
Budget, ambition and jank
Calling it Eurojank explains why people tolerate the problems. The controls still need fixing.
1 post with this badge → - Positive Every Action Lands ✓
Gameplay
You can feel the impact of what you do. Very satisfying, and very easy to keep doing.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Every Till Open +3
Monetisation, platforms and ownership
Every conceivable way of charging you, all crammed into the same bloody product.
2 posts with this badge → - Positive Everything Where It Should Be ✓
UI and UX
Easy to find things, easy to use. Barely had to think about the interface at all.
View badge → - Circus badge Executive Vanity Project +3
Money and management
Too expensive to question. Too personal to kill.
3 posts with this badge → - Positive Exploration Pays Off ✓
Structure and progression
That suspicious path led to something worth finding. Now I want to check the next one.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Exposition Dump +1
Story and writing
Yes, there is a lot of lore. Apparently I need to hear all of it before anything can happen.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Failed Upwards +2
Money and management
The last project flopped, so naturally this person is now in charge of more projects.
View badge → - Circus badge Fake Autonomy +2
PR and hype
Give an agent a task and tools, then act astonished when it uses the tools to pursue the task.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Fake Choices +2
Story and writing
Agree politely, agree sarcastically, disagree and do it anyway. Extensive roleplaying options.
View badge → - Circus badge Features Held Hostage +3
Monetisation, platforms and ownership
That feature worked yesterday. Today it requires the more expensive plan.
View badge → - Positive Feels Bloody Lovely ✓
Gameplay
Responsive, satisfying and just bloody nice to play. Even the basic stuff feels good.
View badge → - Circus badge Fighting The Controls +2
Gameplay
I know what I want to do. Getting the game to do it is the difficult part.
3 posts with this badge → - Positive Fixed What Was Broken ✓
Sequels and remakes
They read the complaints and fixed the bloody problems.
View badge → - Circus badge Focus Group Brains +2
Money and management
Tried to accommodate every possible customer and ended up making something none of them wanted.
10 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Folded The Second Someone Complained +2
Censorship and localisation
They defended the decision right up until defending it required any effort.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge FOMO Machine +3
PR and hype
Urgency manufactured before anyone notices the value is missing.
10 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Font Crime +2
Accessibility
An entire screen available and they have made the important text this fucking small.
View badge → - Circus badge Forced AI Everywhere +2
Monetisation, platforms and ownership
Another AI button in something that worked perfectly well already. Where is the off switch?
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Forced Multiplayer +3
Multiplayer
A solo game chained to strangers for engagement metrics.
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