Shadowbane Goes Free

Good Download Link

891.5 megs of download

http://38.119.37.21/L?T=H&ST=L&PID=0051400051&source=&gameid=2014

I'm down for a shackguild.

Some quick comments (crazy day here, hehe):

So, let me be the first to say: Shadowbane is not for everyone. It is first and foremost a PvP game, built around player conflicts. We have never, ever catered to the PvE crowd. The PvE we do have is minimal, and players after Level 40 can level solely through PvP Combat (http://chronicle.ubi.com/newspost.php?id=14008).

Anyhow, like I said, it is a PvP game. In it, anyone can be your friend but, at the same time, anyone can be your enemy. If you happen to be interested in trying out the game, I would highly recommend checking out the following links first:

What is Shadowbane?
- http://chronicle.ubi.com/What+is+Shadowbane.php

Getting Started
- http://chronicle.ubi.com/Getting+Started.php

Shadowbane Player-Created Guides
- http://ubbforums.ubi.com/postlist.p...rd=playerguides

The above will give you a lot of necessary information. Now, I know some people will comment on the graphics. Truth be told, they aren't that bad but, by far, they are no Everquest2 (when it comes to detail) or WoW (when it comes to happy colors). Shadowbane is a dark, gritty world that is in chaos.

If you do try it out, I would also recommend these two articles which covers the Shadowbane Interface (which is a little more complex than many interfaces):

http://chronicle.ubi.com/SIG_Interface.php

http://chronicle.ubi.com/chatfilter.php

If you have any questions, just let me know.

Ashen Temper
Designer, Community Manager
Wolfpack, A Ubisoft Company
Without the Player, there is no Game...
http://www.ashentemper.com/

Why is the client not on FileShack? :/

Wasn't this the game that made headlines as the game that rewarded people to troll on forums about how great it is? Before the word "shill" became popular?

There is still such a small market for MMO's by the looks of it...

World of Warcraft, Everquest and Lineage all dominate, but that is only because they have huge followings. It seems harder and harder for a MMORPG to break out of nowhere and have huge success.

I am still a believer in online worlds...

boohiss @

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on the ubi.com account page thingy.


I'M RUNNING FIREFOX YOU BASTARDS :(

so... they plan to make enough money to keep this thing online... how?

Is this worth the time?

http://img69.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wtfres2jy.jpg

I guess my monitor is old and just can't keep up with the modern hardware. :(

This game is really great in so many ways that I hope a second gen game comes along. It still offers freedom and atmosphere that I never found in Warcraft. I played Shadowbane for the first 6 months or so and it was great to be able to PvP freely, build your own city and get involved in large wars. Ultimately, I just lost interest in the combat becuase the lag was so bad. I tried going back once and it just seemed empty and foriegn so I doubt I will ever play it again unless some friends were there.

I played Shadowbane in beta and when it first came out for a while.. I had a lot of fun in my hardcore Irekei roleplaying guild. (I know RP is dorky, but when everyone's doing it, it doesn't feel as weird. And when I say hardcore, I mean it.. All members were required to learn the Irekei language and speak it at all times, except in tells.)

After the guild moved away from RP, the interest kinda died for me. The politics were interesting, but it was RPing such a cool race that really kept me there, since I'm not a PvP person.

The lore and story for Shadowbane are among the best I've read, and it really lends itself to creating some very interesting roleplay, with all the racial feuds and stuff... I actually think theirs is better than WoW's, even having grown up playing Warcraft games and 'seeing' most of the events in that world first hand.

Oh how I miss seeing rain bleeders piss themselves as 30 red skinned elves charged them screaming in a different language the second they left the safe city.

So is this for the whole game or just the base game without expansions?

Call me when they pay me to play. Until then, I'll get back to sticking forks in my eye, which is far more entertaining.

I think this is more so they can maintain some form of interest/playerbase while working on SB 2 or until they announce it. *shrugs*