Birth of Shadows®
Play as a Shadow Knight with unique rage mechanics. Campaign and Co-op multiplayer. Create new content with powerful map editor.
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November 5, 2015
10 years and 273 days ago
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6 itemsAbout the Game
Learn the dark arts of a Shadow Knight to rescue your fiancee. Discover the cause of a plague that is ravaging the local towns. Slay enemies and destroy strongholds using an innovative combat system. Advance your character by gaining prestige, magic gems, and experience versus different creature types. Create new boards using a variety of content, including the option to add your own quests. Play these boards alone, with friends over the Internet, and share them with others.
Features
- Real-time role playing game with free updates
- Play as either a male or female Shadow Knight
- Real-time combat with 16 abilities using an innovative design
- Unique fog-of-war and line-of-sight design create a mysterious atmosphere
- Gain experience versus 32 different creatures types
- Increase your prestige by defeating strongholds, bosses, and completing quests
- Collect gems to improve your combat abilities
- Single-player campaign game with a deep story and 100 quests
- Single-player and network skirmish games with up to 6 players
- Powerful map editor to create new boards
- 46 fully-animated models and a variety of artwork for the environment
- 10 beautifully orchestrated music tracks
- Over 100 custom sound effects
- Game area is wide-open with windows that can be moved and have their attributes changed
- Game supports resolutions from 1024x768 to 3440x3440
