I've been playing FLARE since the earlier versions and I've always found the game a little...dull. Don't get me wrong, I love the game, it just still has work to do. Mainly dealing with sound and graphics.Other than that, it's perfect. I hope FLARE grows a lot.

So what I'm doing is starting a mod called FLARE: Enhanced. Or something along those lines. So far I've edited pretty much the whole soundtrack, raised the level cap to 30 (to start with), and have begun retexturing the game.

All the actions in the game sound beefed up and there's way more satisfaction hearing the sound of any enemy die from a Crit., to hear the sound of your weapon/spell rip their body apart (for lack of less morbid words).I've also started to add some original music that I've written (not done with that part yet).

Also, I'm retexturing pretty much the whole game (including the UI) to look a little more varied and like a fantasy world. This part is not nearly done yet.

I also want to add new maps, skills, quests, and lots of new features. (still waiting to find good tutorials).

Here is the download link...try it out! [Work in progress]

http://www.mediafire.com/?evo6bjsxds3xcev

Lots of thins aren't finished; the start menu picture is just a placeholder, but it's in the direction I'm wanting to go with it.

If you want to help out, give feedback, or ask questions...go ahead!

UPDATE: December 21, new download link. Most of the enemies have been retextured and bosses now have their own textures. Epic weapons/armor now have better textures and glow. Subtle changes made to the tileset. The game is also more challenging. Now with some class balances and harder boss battles (they feel like actual bosses now). Names of many enemies have been changed.

Screenshots do not do much justice at this point.

Let me know which menu screen you like best.  Menu 1 is what's enabled. You can change it yourself to menu 2 to see how it looks.