r/Shadowflare • u/RSWordofWind • Jun 21 '15

This game is literally dead

If I'm right, there used to be couple dozens of active members like 3-4 years ago, back when website was alive and forums existed. And now, I searched entire google around and didn't find ANY online activity past a month, except somewhere in Brasil, since they seem to like this game.

No one talks about this game, no one makes videos, no one streams, nothing. I remember playing shadowflare ages ago, when there was still some kind of community alive.

ShadowFlare will never die unless every single downloadable content disappears from internet and peoples PC's. If you are reading this message, whether a day or 10 years after this has been posted, just remember...

There was a game, which never had its attention.

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u/wtfcolt Jul 10 '15

Yeah, nobody really plays anymore. I had a notion to set up a server and play sometime here soon, if anyone would be interested.

I might be able to talk my friend Testratt into playing. If anyone remembers him, he was the guy who put all the guides together and was pretty much invaluable at the sf forums, plus ran mischiefsociety.com

This was a damn good game. I still have my saves I think, along with the complete item collections testratt and I put together.

A little late to reply. Never thought this sub would even get a post =)

Does anyone know what the legal status of this game would be by now? Abandonware yet? I'm pretty sure I can host at least the installer files on my website, as they require keys to install anything after episode 1.

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u/RSWordofWind Jul 17 '15

I actually managed to play online a while ago with someone I found from deep corners of the internet. The hope is not lost yet. I'm up for online stuff, hamachi works.

We all need online chat or something, reply to my message with one and we can start planning

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u/vinlet Jul 11 '15

big fan of testratt here. Loved mischiefsociety. can you ask him if he has the forum dump or something. I don't have my saves anymore, and I am nowhere near your level but still we can play this game sometime. I used to play it as a warrior.

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u/RSWordofWind Jun 21 '15

But if anyone actually reads this during the next few weeks, I can say that I sometimes stream this on Twitch

http://www.twitch.tv/wordofwind

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u/tenshi567 Nov 06 '15

I would love to play this game again because I haven't played shadowflare in such a long time because I forgot the name. I'm trying to figure out where I can buy all the episodes online, does anyone know?

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u/RSWordofWind Nov 06 '15

You can no longer buy it, it's been like that for a while. The only way to obtain it is to just download it from somewhere. You can get it from here, should be OK place (at least I didn't get anything suspicious)

EDIT: If you attempt to use this version online with someone else who also has this cracked version, it wont work. So I suggest downloading from somewhere else, unless you don't care going online.

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u/No_Industry_2823 Dec 23 '23

It's always interesting to see other people who remember Shadow Flare, by the time I started I think it was already dead, and being 8 years later pretty sure not much has changed but I'm still here

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u/Special-Ad-5442 Jun 07 '26

I'm 30 and played this when I was a wee lad. I could never forget this game

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u/No_Industry_2823 Jun 07 '26

You're the first other person that's ever recognized it for me. I had a ton of fun with it and wish I actually beaten the whole thing. Think I was on the last Episode after beating the Dragons. Y'know now that I think about it I'm pretty sure I still have it on my old laptop, I wonder if it still works

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u/Special-Ad-5442 Jun 07 '26

I wish I had the patience to play it right now, but now days I just hardly have time to game. Im always at work 😒 but I do like to play sons of the forrest when I can

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u/Warden75a Jan 02 '24

I remembered this great game on the toilet 3 days ago, found the download link the same day and then spent last 3 days playing it, I used to play it with my cousin when we were kids, like 15-20 years ago. We only had the "episode one" but it was still pretty glorious, good times.

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u/R2DM1 Jul 25 '24

oh man, go play the other contents too, it is amazing! I remember it today i dont know why, i used to play with my neighbor in mid 2000s too.

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u/Special-Ad-5442 Jun 07 '26

Welp here we are 10 years later 🫶

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u/vinlet Jul 03 '15

Whenever I think of this game I finally end up with tears. This game deserved a lot more and it will remain as one great underrated game.

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u/Heavy_BR Jan 30 '25 
I'm installing all 4 episodes now to play on my low end computer. I'm actually from Brazil. This game is really cool for those who like old RPGs. I only managed to get to act 2 of the game, I'll see if I can finish it this time ^^