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 Forgettable Soundtrack +1
Sound and performance
Played for hours. Could not tell you what a single track sounded like.
5 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Frame Generation Crutch +2
Polish
Frame generation makes the counter look better. The underlying performance still needs fixing.
View badge → - Circus badge Franchise Killer +5
Sequels and remakes
After this, getting anyone excited about another sequel is going to take some work.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Freedom In A Wig +1
Structure and progression
Go anywhere, apparently. Try leaving the approved route and see how far you get.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Full Price, Half A Game +3
Value
They remembered to charge for the whole thing. Shame they only finished half of it.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Good Bits, Big Warning +1
Overall verdict
There is a good game here, but read the complaints before spending money on it.
11 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Gore Fine, Skin Crime +4
Censorship and localisation
Disembowelment approved. A nipple triggered the emergency meeting.
3 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Grind Required +3
Player time
I know how to do it. I have already done it. The game wants another twenty before I can move on.
10 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Half Brilliant, Half Bollocks +2
Overall verdict
The same game that did something brilliant ten minutes ago is now wasting my fucking time.
1 post with this badge → - Positive Has A Spine ✓
Creative spine
It follows through on the idea, including the parts some people will dislike.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Held Together With Tape +3
Polish
It works provided you avoid the growing list of things that break it.
2 posts with this badge → - Positive Honoured The Original ✓
Censorship and localisation
The jokes, character voices and meaning come through in translation. Proper localisation work.
View badge → - Positive Horny And Honest ✓
Creative spine
It knows the appeal, puts it on screen and carries on with its day.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Horny Then Sorry +2
Creative spine
It sells the appeal, then spends the whole game acting ashamed of it.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Hours In, Nothing Back +2
Overall verdict
A full evening disappeared into work that meant bugger all.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge HR-Safe Mush +2
Creative spine
Everyone is polite, every conflict is carefully qualified and nobody says anything worth hearing.
4 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Human Error, AI Headline +3
PR and hype
Humans misconfigured the system. The model still got top billing.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Imaginary Productivity +2
PR and hype
Fantastic claims about how much work this saves. Actual results seem harder to produce.
2 posts with this badge → - Positive Improvisation Rewarded ✓
Gameplay
A stupid idea worked because the game had the sense to allow it.
View badge → - Positive Instantly Bloody Fun ✓
Overall verdict
The game grabs hold before you have finished fiddling with the settings.
View badge → - Circus badge Investor Call Design +3
Money and management
A product feature designed backwards from the investor call.
4 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Jank In Every Direction +3
Budget, ambition and jank
Movement, combat, menus. Whichever bit I touch, something behaves strangely.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Jank Took Over +5
Budget, ambition and jank
I cannot reliably do the things required to progress. We are well past calling this a quirk.
View badge → - Positive Janky, Still Brilliant ✓
Budget, ambition and jank
Clumsy as hell in places, but there is far too much to enjoy here to write it off.
1 post with this badge →