Bright Shadow game story:
For over a century, the civilization of Luciena has known the mysterious properties of Soul Power. Soul power exists within every facet of the universe, in all sentient beings, and can be manipulated for power, benevolence, or evil. Lucienans used this power to create a peaceful society.

However, deep within the Umbra Realm, nefarious beings sought to use Soul Power to corrupt themselves into monstrous forms with no mercy. The Umbra believe that the only true path to unlocking the secrets of Soul Power is to enslave, oppress and kill others--death being the final barrier to unlocking said power.

For years, Luciena endured endless attacks at the hands of the Umbra, and their leaders, the PenUmbra--powerful creatures that ascended in power and now led the Umbra on an endless path of destruction. The people of Luciena began to study Soul Power to defend themselves.
Four societies emerged, dedicated to studying Soul Power:
The Order of Masamune - A warrior society, dedicated to the art of the sword.

The Sorcerer Society - A school of magic, devoted to the pursuit of sorcery.

Neo Machina - A guild of brilliant inventors, committed to technological innovation.

The Nature Collective - A group advocating the beauty of nature, and the serenity it offers.

These four societies formed a cornerstone for using Soul Power as a lethal weapon against the Umbra.

Game Features:
Presented in full 3D, the game adopts an anime-inspired style with diverse monster designs, a lush game world, and endless options to customize your character.

- High Quality Graphics, including a weather system!

- Supreme Social: Friends list, in-game mail system, party matchmaking, Mentor System, Guilds (Rankings, in-game Hall, bulletin boards), and more!

- Choose from 20 class archetypes--Warriors, Mages, Machinists, and Clerics!

- Battle hundreds of unique monsters, the Umbra, across the land!

- Soul Power System - players absorb "Soul Power" from slain enemies. "Soul Power" is used for a wide range of purposes, including skill and spell activation, production, starting guilds, raising pets and more!
Card Collection System - Over 500 monster cards! Obtained via battle, monster cards have a range of uses, from purchasing special items, activating special abilities to summoning monsters!

- Thousands of items available for customization!

- Endless Instanced Dungeons!

- Hundreds of Quests!

- 100% Free--No subscription fees, ever! When i start Shadow Warrior the game runs fun but when i accept the difficulty
thats where every thing slows down like hell-ish

it takes AGES just to make him say "who wants some wong?"
and when I'm ingame the controls are VERY slow as well as the game it self...

when i start the first chapter where there is 2 monsters jumping in through the window i get killed nearly instantly... becurse i don't get a chance to react and I'm not able to aim at them becurse of the "lag"

i know this was a long time ago this game was realeased but i just bought it a week ago and wanted to know if there is a way to solve the slow down in the game

oh one more thing, the game seems to run at normal speed when ever i press ESC (pause menu) then there is no problems at all... it begins to run smoothly...
but when i exit the menu to play the game it begins to "lag" like hell again

SORRY if this has all ready been answered somewhere, but i couldn't find the solution any where... Please help me

my system: (if this helps you a bit)
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 4000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.4GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c
Card name: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
GFX Card Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Sound Card: C-Media Wave Device