Badge catalogue
315 badges for the good bits, the bad decisions and everything that earned a closer look.
The clown ratings
These add to the score from individual badges. How the scoring works →
315 badges
- Positive JP Dub Superior ✓
Sound and performance
The Japanese performances give these characters so much presence. Glad I played with this track.
View badge → - Circus badge JP Version? Lmao No +3
Censorship and localisation
The original version exists. Customers asking for it can apparently get fucked.
1 post with this badge → - Positive Kept The Servers Alive ✓
Monetisation, platforms and ownership
People still play it, and the company has kept it running. Those players appreciate it.
View badge → - Circus badge Kernel-Level Nonsense +4
Monetisation, platforms and ownership
An anti-cheat with kernel-level access to my PC. Quite a requirement for playing a game.
View badge → - Circus badge Killed The Servers +5
Monetisation, platforms and ownership
Paid for it, still have it installed, cannot use it because the company switched the servers off.
1 post with this badge → - Positive Knows What It Is ✓
Overall verdict
It knows exactly what makes it fun and spends the game doing that.
4 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Laggy Servers +3
Multiplayer
Every action reaches the server by second-class post.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Layoff Dividend +5
Company conduct
Apparently there is no money for the people making the product. Shareholders are still getting paid.
2 posts with this badge → - Positive Learning It Pays Off ✓
Systems and depth
Coming back to an old challenge and realising you know how to deal with it now. Lovely.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Legal Until Caught +3
Company conduct
Ethics calculated as fine multiplied by chance of getting caught.
2 posts with this badge → - Positive Lets Me Tune Everything ✓
Accessibility
A proper range of options to make it comfortable to use. Defaults are allowed to be wrong.
View badge → - Circus badge Live Service Curse +4
Sequels and remakes
A normal series sent to the engagement mines.
1 post with this badge → - Circus badge Live Service Treadmill +3
Monetisation, platforms and ownership
Rotations, currencies and chores keeping engagement alive after fun died.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Loads Of Choices, Same Result +2
Systems and depth
All these options, and somehow you still end up playing exactly the same way.
3 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Loads To Do, Nothing Worth Doing +2
Player time
Plenty of markers, very little worth discovering when you get there.
5 posts with this badge → - Positive Looks Like Itself ✓
Art and animation
One screenshot and you know which game it is. Someone had an actual visual idea.
4 posts with this badge → - Positive Loot Worth The Bother ✓
Structure and progression
Rewards worth making the effort for. Yes, I am going back for that.
2 posts with this badge → - Circus badge Lost In Translation +2
Censorship and localisation
The sentence is readable. What the character actually meant has gone missing.
3 posts with this badge → - Positive Lovely Brain-Off Game ✓
Overall verdict
Easy to settle into, pleasantly undemanding. Sometimes that is exactly what I want.
View badge → - Positive Low Budget Charm ✓
Budget, ambition and jank
You can see where they ran out of money. I still wanted to see what they had made next.
1 post with this badge → - Positive Low Fidelity, Loads Of Style ✓
Art and animation
Simple models or pixels, with enough thought behind them to look fantastic.
View badge → - Positive Made For Its Weirdos ✓
Creative spine
Someone understood exactly who would enjoy this and made the whole bloody thing for them.
View badge → - Positive Management With A Plan ✓
Money and management
The plan explains what they are doing, why, and what they can actually afford.
View badge → - Circus badge Mask Off Moment +2
Company conduct
So much for the friendly image. They have made their actual priorities quite clear.
6 posts with this badge →