Mon 5 Oct, 2009
Over the weekend I had the unexpected pleasure of stumbling over an old bargain bin game I had bought some time ago. It was the Pc version “Shadow of Destiny” by Konami. It was relased in 2001 for the playstaion 2 and later ported to the Pc.
Graphically speaking the game is sub-par for a playstaion 2 game of the time, and even less so for the compter. It feels very much like a dumbed down final fantisy game style wise.
Where Shadow of Destiny really stands out is its story. You start out as Eike kusch, a 22-year old man who is fated to die. In fact you dont start controling Eike untill after he is stabbed coming out of a small coffee shop. It is in death that Eike is given a small divice and a second chance. The divice alows Eike to move though key spots in time, in hopes to change his fate.
The over all game play is very simple. Most of the time is spent on changing small things in the past thorough actions and dialog with prominent people from the city’s past and present, so the game is more like a interactive story trying to find out ways to stop Eike from dieing and of course finding out who’s trying to kill him in the first place.
If you like time travel stories or adventure type games I would highly recommend getting a hold of a copy if you come across it.
Captain Thomas says:
I can’t believe I haven’t played this game before. Sounds like the kind of games that I used to play all the time. Hmm… I wonder if Abandonia has it…
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Nathan Equale says:
um. or I could just let you use my copy.
Captain Thomas says:
Totally… that’d work too.
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