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.
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