A Beginners Guide to Raid: Shadow Legends
Raid: Shadow Legends is a gacha game for mobile and PC. It has champion collection; dungeon grinding for gear and stats; a campaign with a “story”; daily quests; long term missions; clans with bosses, quests, and clan vs clan; and player versus player in two forms of arena. And if you’re reading this article, then you’ve probably just downloaded the game and maybe you want to to know how to navigate the games many systems as effectively as possible. This article will give you a variety of starting do’s and don’ts regarding resources such as champions, energy, and shards as well as general account goals. If you don’t read any further – don’t use any resources that you don’t specifically know you should be using. Outside resources and a TL;DR at the end of the post.
(more…)Obligatory New Year Post
So, those who follow this site may have noticed that there hasn’t been many updates in the last couple of months. This has been partially due to person obligations with the creators, but, and mostly, there’s been something feeling missing with games recently. We don’t want this to just be a beacon of negativity, but so many of the recent release that some or all of us were hopeful for (New World, Shadowlands and patches, Warzone, Battlefield 2042, Elyon) that would have yielded content would have ended up with posts like “Why This Game Sucks, Too”. With this demotivation, the website redesign is also a bit behind.
What is coming this year, after all?
It isn’t all doom and gloom. The redesign will come, along with a means of submitting guest posts for the site. Guest posting will give you the opportunity of creating some gaming content if you don’t already have a platform or provide a means of promoting your platform though backlinks on the post. The redesign should also make browsing for the type of content you want a little bit smoother.
And the Content?
You can expect games such as Lost Ark, Elden Ring, Warzone, Raid: Shadow Legends, World of Warcraft and more. We’ll be doing reviews, more “Is it Pay to Win“, editorials, and possibly could see the introduction of “Is it Toxic” – a new column we’ve been considering to gauge the toxicity of a game and it’s community. The youtube channel will likely see a video version of some of this, along with general gameplay footage – especially of any upcoming/bete access games.
Overall, we’re just hoping that 2022 can bring a little bit more quality to gaming and the companies that make the games we all play.
Is it Pay to Win? Raid: Shadow Legends
Welcome to ‘Is it Pay to Win’ – a column where we examine a game and decide if that game is has aspects of pay to win and to what extent. Check out Is it Pay to Win?: Defined to see how we break down the components of pay to win (p2w), such as pay for advantage, pay for convenience, and pay for cosmetics.
Raid: Shadow Legends describes itself as a “mythical RPG with hundreds of champions and 14 factions”. While it’s originally a mobile game, it is also available on PC. It features champion collection (with level and gearing of those champions), dungeon bosses, a campaign (with a story, sort of) clans, tournaments, events and more. It has a cash shop that allows you to buy most things you could acquire in game.
Scoring:
- Pay for Power: 4/5
- Pay for Advantage: 4/5
- Pay for Convenience: 4/5
- Pay for Cosmetics: 3/5
- Pay to Win: 3.86
See below for a brief game play description and a detailed breakdown of how we come up with those scores.
(more…)Lost Ark Closed Beta: Prologue + Character Creation Videos
Lost Ark is an upcoming (Western release, at least) MMORPG featuring isometric action combat (think Diablo). Check out a couple of videos from the Lost Ark closed beta, including their character creator and the full prologue / introduction of the game. Find both videos after the break.
(more…)How (Not) To Incentivize World PVP in a MMO
With the release of Amazon’s New World, the debate about how to get more players to flag up for world player versus player has again been raging. The New World sub reddit and official forums have been consistently abuzz with players asking, pleading for, and demanding buffs to bonuses for opting in to PVP. A common justification is that better bonuses would inspire more players to opt in… including those who prefer PVE and don’t want to PVP. Is this better? In this video, we break down how not to incentivize players to flag up for world PVP.