Eike overthinks everything and is incredibly stupid. Get killed by an assassin in a tree? Obviously, you should go back 400 years to make sure the tree is never planted! (Before you ask, no, you can’t just simply avoid the tree. Over the next eight chapters, the player must time and time again prevent their own untimely demise, often by the most ridiculous means imaginable. Rinse & Repeat.Īfter being unceremoniously killed during the game’s opening credits, a curious creature named Homunculus gives blonde-haired, empty-headed hottie Eike Kusch the power to travel through time. It’s almost masterfully flawed.Īnd it all begins with you getting stabbed. It does something so utterly unique, enough to leave a long-lasting impression, but it doesn’t do it exactly right. Some reviews give it one star, while others give it a 9/10. And that’s what makes it so difficult to pin Shadow of Destiny down: it’s wonderful, and it’s terrible. I feel like I am the only one who still replays this incredibly bizarre mash of terrible character designs and delightfully spooky ambiance.
In 2020, approximately one human being still thinks about Shadow of Destiny (or Shadow of Memories, as it’s called everywhere except North America.) They don’t immediately think of a two-decade-old time-travel mystery adventure game set in a sleepy German village and released on the Playstation 2. When someone mentions Konami, most (normal) peoples’ brains conjure images of Pyramid Head, Solid Snake, or a certain ubiquitous children’s card game.
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