As EA considers in-game ads, one Baldur's Gate 3 player dares to imagine the RPG as a Raid: Shadow Legends marketing machine
May. 13, 2024Is that….Raid: Shadow Legends? No, never mind
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If you think EA’s experimentation withimplementing dynamic ads in their gamessounds like business speak for in-game product placement,Baldur’s Gate 3players have put your thoughts to pictures.
Songbird didn’t stop there. Redeemed baddie Minthara’srevamped atonement speechsees her thanking the player character for freeing her by way of a very special gift in the form of Raid: Shadow Legends, while Shadowheart’s moment of catharsis gotsimilar treatment. She doesn’t deserve to be a loved daughter, but shedoesdeserve to take solace in EA mobile game Rad: Shadow Legends – as too should you, dear player.
You need only look at the aggressive plugging on the Sims 4 splash page when you boot up the game to see that this desire to push players to buy more EA content is already rife in the publisher’s games, but “dynamic ad insertion” might look very different. The baked-inStar Wars beer adsbroadcasted in Chile during the early 2000s spring to mind, and it seems this BG3 fan is on the same wavelength.
Check out some of thebest RPGsto play next if you’ve not been successfully influenced by Minthara, from Dragon Age to Bloodborne
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