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DarkPattern.games - a website that rates mobile games for their "dark patterns"
(www.darkpattern.games)
this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2024
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This appears to only cover mobile games. I'd love to see something similar for PC/console releases...
From the website: "We are starting with iOS and Android games because this is where most dark patterns appear, but we will be adding other platforms soon." So that looks good for your request.
Anecdotally Fifa (EA FC or whatever they're calling it now) would have to be up there. Hadn't played it in years but gave it a go last season as it was free on Game Pass.
They've combined the addictiveness of card collecting with loot box mechanics, FOMO and moving the goalposts (pun intended) to get the best players. The gameplay also seemed pretty rigged to prevent grinding rewards out.
Then when the new game is out, rather than dishing out all the rewards to those still playing it instead becomes infeasible to unlock any more decent players so you're pretty much stuck with what you have.
Even if you pay full price for the next game you'll have to use low stat players as they only seem to start releasing decent ones half way through the season.
That's sad to hear. It's been a long time since I've played any sports games and I had a hankering recently but everything has shit reviews and I keep coming across stories like yours.
Remember a game would come out with everything you need to enjoy the game? ¯_(ツ)_/¯
From the site:
Brand new is definitely a stretch, their legal page seems to date back to 2019.
Good looking out
They probably just never got around to updating that description. I only inquired because I'd heard of that website before.
Not sure of they fixed Diablo, but that one had some dark mechanics for the season stuff making people accidentally get the premium.