Shadowbane

What is Shadowbane? A simple question, but not so simple to answer. Shadowbane is many things to many people. The game is officially classified as a Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying game (MMORPG or MMO for short), but there are some who would classify it as a real-time strategy game. Which is it?

Well, both actually. Shadowbane uses many elements from strategy games such as city building, sieges, territory conquest, and tactical formations and weds them to a game system similar to other fantasy MMORPGs. Players level and adventure in Shadowbane as they do in other MMOs, but Shadowbane offers unique activities in the game world, adding reasons to continue play after the more conventional RPG has been mastered.

Shadowbane has expanded the concept of what an online persistent world RPG can be. Rather than focusing on the story arc of the single character and taking the game no further, Shadowbane extends the experience by creating a backdrop of political intrigue and warfare for players to become engrossed in. Players can join together to form guilds, raise armies and conquer Kingdoms. Leaders marshal their strength to build keeps, temples and fortifications. Armies battle their rivals to control resource mines crucial to their kingdoms' growth. And when diplomacy fails, legions and siege engines batter down the walls of cities, and the destinies of player nations are decided on virtual battlefields.

Features

• Physically affect the terrain, buildings, politics, and history of Shadowbane and discover the first MMO with a Dynamic World Model.
• Experience a groundbreaking blend of MMO role-playing and large- scale strategy that blazes new paths of possibility – embark upon quests, run shops, build cities and siege castles in your bid to create or crush empires.
• Build character using a deep multi-classing system (10 races and more than 20 character promotion classes) to create unique combinations of professions, classes, skill, and fighting styles as you progress – for boldly original characters you can’t play in any other world.
• Extensive guild system allows for true social and political maneuvering featuring 13 guild types (such as Wizard’s Tower, Mercenary Company, Thieves Den, Barbarian Clan, and more), probationary member voting, guild ranks and titles, a deep guild allegiance/fealty system, a unique coat of arms creation tool, war declarations and assassinations for the ultimate experience in online political intrigue.

• Incredible story arc covers over five thousand years of recorded history, abounding with legends, epics, and tragedies.
• Detailed magic system with over a dozen schools of magic, from Summoning and Wizardry to Channeling and Psionics (warlockry).
• Complete Personal Housing system allows players to build their own cottages, houses, villas and citadels.
• An elaborate and detailed system for Castle Sieges, including siege weapons, troop formations, guard patrols and the ability to burn cities to the ground.

• Character Multi-classing -- Players can master up to three additional Disciplines from a list of dozens available, like Archery, Blademastery, Wyrmslayer and Stormlord.
• Real time in-game reporting system communicates information with vital statistics and game progress instantaneously to shadowbane.com and official fan sites.
• Fully customizable and easy to use interface.

System Requirements

PC

Macintosh