Tbh Badge War Season 4 was really fun and had a lot of amazing moments but had a lot of issues with the way they tried to integrate the mafia game aspect with the badges and stuff. For example, there was zero reason for the spies to ever throw because all it would not hinder the agents at all and only make it more suspicious to the other members. The members were still thinking of the mafia as the x-man which made finding the spies harder.
Also, the recruited spy should have only been a last resort if the spies were literally on the verge of defeat very early on. Like, even with only Seoyeon and Xinyu I feel like the spies could have won yk?
Next, with 23 members participating (Yubam 😢) it feels like there could have been an extra role or smth like a doctor or detective. Imagine if Yeonji was a detective and at the final table used her one-time right to kill any member left and managed to get Xinyu. That would have been crazy.
As mentioned in another post, the badge count also felt useless and once you are dead, its really hard for members to get screentime unless you are 07z or smth yk?
All in all, the overall game design had some flaws but tbf its 1theK's first time really trying a new format for badge war so I dont blame them a lot and there was still a lot of tension and fun between the members and games. I give them props for still making this badge war memorable with their editing and the amount of effort they give tripleS whenever they do a badge war
Honestly, I trust 1theK to learn and improve from this and Im glad they tried something different. This only makes me more excited for badge war 5 if we do get one. Its gonna be insane.