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 | Title : Shadowbane
Author : UBI Soft
Release Date : 20030325
Binding : CD-ROM
Regular Price : $39.99
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Editorial Reviews :
Shadowbane is the first persistent world massively multiplayer online game to combine the fantasy role-playing and strategy genres. In addition, Shadowbane is the first such product to embrace a dynamic world design model, in which players can physically affect the history, politics, and landscape of the game itself. In Shadowbane, you can build castles, raise armies, and lay siege to vast areas of virtual terrain. These kingdoms remain even as players come and go--the game simply continues evolving over time. It's EverQuest with an edge.
Buyer Reviews :
I see a number of reviewers have attacked the game for lag and problems. I submit that they are using old operating systems and old PC's. Shadowbane has some fairly hefty requirements, but runs smoothly on my machine and my wife's machine.
I beta tested Shadowbane for over a year before it was released, so I have the advantage of knowing what the end-game is like, when everyone has reached the level cap, and the politics come into play.
There is nothing in online computer gaming that compares to the rush of facing another guild in siege warfare. Seeing an army of strangers coming to tear down the town you spent weeks building gives a strong adrenaline rush. There's a real sense of attachment to your guild, and to your city. Players, not the developers, dictate how the game develops. Cities are destroyed and empires fall because of the actions of players, not in monthly events that happen off-screen. Everyone has the chance to change the world. No other game offers this.
That said, you need to join a guild, and have a fair bit of time available to you to enjoy this game to its fullest. The world is not gentle to the solo adventurer, and you can't experience the best parts of the game until you are high level. Fortunately it doesn't take a long time to become high level. I reached lvl 55 (the cap is 60) in a week (and yes, I work full-time).
For people who find the existing online games lacking, Shadowbane is ideal. For novices, Shadowbane can be intimidating.
(by Gary Spechko)
Features/Technical Specs :
* Groundbreaking blend of large-scale strategy and massively multiplayer online fantasy role-playing--embark upon quests, run shops, build cities and siege castles in your bid to create or crush empires
* Dynamic World Model lets you physically affect the terrain, buildings, politics, and history of Shadowbane--complete Personal Housing system allows players to build their own cottages, houses, villas and citadels
* Interact with the Gods, Archons, and Heroes from legend, played by hired actors from Wolfpack Studios, who manipulate and interact within the existing framework of player-established communities
* True social and political maneuvering through a guild system which features probationary member voting, a ranking system and assassinations for political intrigue
* Revolutionary movie capture technology allows players to record historical events and battles, to later share with other players
* Note: this multiplayer online game requires an Internet connection and charges a monthly fee payable by credit card
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