Our Price: $44.99 Release Date: 10/01/2009
UPC: 4988602145144
Genre: Adventure
Company: Konami
Version: Japan
-from wiki-
Shadow of Memories is a video game released by Konami in 2001. The American release of the game is called Shadow of Destiny. Shadow of Memories is the release title for the Asian and European markets.
Features
- The game explores the deep question of who we really are and provokes many other philosophical thoughts. Adding to the realism of the game, some mysteries remain completely unsolved.
- Interestingly, the nature of the game is that Eike's time-travelling adventures can result in drastically different games. Sometimes, the actions of a character in one play-through can be completely different in another, revealing different origins, and wholly different lives depending on Eike's actions (similar to Westwood's Blade Runner or Quantic Dream's Fahrenheit).
- There is an overall set of actions that can be inferred from the different endings, but there are also conflicting results that cannot possibly co-exist. It is up to the player to find out what is truly happening in the game.
- The central theme is the concept of fate. Fate is defined as the final destiny of one's life, the end of the road in other words. It is inevitable, and is impossible to avoid. In Shadow of Memories, fate is portrayed quite literally; it is the ultimate point in one's life. If someone dies, that is their fate; if he is whisked away by some unknown figure, again it is fate.
- Yet, like many stories that use the device of Time Travel, it allows for flexibility in fate. Eike is able to deter his death by finding a way to avoid the killing blow with multiple means. Despite his attempts, Eike is only able to prolong his life for a while longer; he cannot rest until he has unmasked his assassin.
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