Raid: Shadow Legends

Raid: Shadow Legends is a fantasy-themed, turn-based role-playing gacha game. The game's story takes place in the fictional realm of Teleria, which has been subjugated by the Dark Lord Siroth. Players take the role of an ancient Telerian warrior resurrected by the Arbiter to defeat the Dark Lord Siroth and restore peace and harmony to Teleria. Players must assemble an army for battles in settings such as castles, dungeons, deserts, and temples defended by enemies and possible allies.

Throughout the game, players accumulate Shards, vessels containing the souls of past warriors called Champions. Shards come in five types with different properties. These are Mystery Shards, Ancient Shards, Void Shards, Primal Shards and Sacred Shards. Raid has 6 types of rarities of champions.

While Raid: Shadow Legends has been praised for its graphics, it has also been criticized for its aggressive monetization in the form of microtransactions. Pocket Gamer commended the "sheer graphic quality", for its "beautifully rendered and animated" characters and a "generous experience for new players". TheGamer heavily criticized Raid, citing its lack of depth and freemium structure, describing it as "the epitome of pay to win". Gamezebo praised the game for trading "the typical anime-style visuals for a more realistic, dark fantasy look", going on to write about "the truly stunning experience, with some of the finest attack animations and environmental effects we've seen in the genre so far."

However, the article also criticises the game's underlying monetization, pointing out that progress is difficult, "particularly if you don't plan on spending any actual money on the various upgrades". In its review, BlueStacks also praised the visuals, saying, "The animations are simply spectacular, with the quality the likes you seldom see in these games," and concluding that "players that enjoy fantasy combat with a more realistic approach—similar to The Lord of the Rings—will likely have a very good time with Raid: Shadow Legends." africa praised the graphics, but overall found it boring with too many microtransactions.