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I played SB from early on in the beta til about 6 months into release. I was an inner council member of one of the biggest guilds on the Mourning server and saw my fair share of large scale battles and smaller hunting skirmishes. I think my opinion on this one is well informed.

What Shadowbane does it does well enough. I'm ruined on pvp since this game because nothing else have ever been close to as exciting and involved as the fully open pvp environment SB created. Also, the seiging system, while it needs work still, is great for the simple fact that all cities are player owned and built. You're not fighting for the same lame strongholds over and over again as in DAOC or Lineage (1&2). For once, there is something to lose.

However, the game lacks in several other areas that simply make it not worth the money or time. There is no content. Occasionally the events team has a big event with GM driven characters, but there are no, not a single one, quests or areas to explore. It's all about mob killing, then pvp.

Also, the game is one of the crashiest and laggiest games I've ever played, beta or release. The problems go so deep there doesn't even seem to be any rhyme or reason for it. People with high end machines crash as often as people with ancient ones.

Lastly, the graphics suck. It can't compare to Lineage 2, WoW, or any number of games that came out concurrently or soon after its release.

I had some incredibly fun times, and I still wish it could have held me longer, hence the 3 rating. But it lacks too much to make it a long term pasttime.

Alot of people have problems with Shadowbane due to its pvp atmosphere. Let me start off by saying that I love pvp and the realism it brings to a game. With Shadowbane you will hear hype about wars, sieges, and massive battles between dueling alliances. These are all things that can be done in this game but not very well. Any time more than twenty people start fighting ANYWHERE near your location welcome to lag central. It does not matter if you have the latest and greatest computer or a awesome internet connection it is all server lag. There have been numberous patches with the promise of fixing the lag issues. Well almost a year after its initial release the problems still exist. Even the latest installment in the Shadowbane saga Rise Of Chaos is riddled with bugs and yes the server lag issues are still there. So unless you want to play a game that promises you massive battles and delivers nothing but computer freezes and lag death STAY AWAY FROM SHADOWBANE.

Dude. Got this expansion thinking "not much is gonna be in it, might as well get the full extent so i can keep in date and fresh." Man, im glad i got the expansion. Whole new race, fresh graphics, more monsters, more lands, and a whole lot more. this game is rockin 20% more than it was! JUST BE SURE TO BUY IT SO YOU GET THE SAME FEEL AS EVERYBODY ELSE! And DO NOT listen to the reviewers who gave this game a bad grade. Shadowbane is doing well in the market and will continue to do so as long as new players who are reading forums, believe the players who are right. These players who down-rate the game have only played for about 2-3 weeks and havent gotten the full extent of the game. They arent into seige yet. So, do the right thing and join Shadowbane! The game of PvP GvG NvN !!

Note: if you are joining shadowbane and wanna know more, ill gladly right a...hmm what can i call it? introduction to it? yeah that sounds good. Ill write an intro to it to get ya started!