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Incredible game, few flaws. A surreal mystery game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 21 / 23
Date: March 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

You find yourself in Germany. You take a step out of the cafe you just ate in and glance down at your watch. 2 PM the hands read. You start to walk down the road. It's quiet and empty. The next thing you realize... you've been stabbed in the back. You fall forwards and the view gets hazy. Then you awake, in a surreal surrounding, with an unseen speaker talking to you. You have a second chance, you can change your destiny and fight fate. Do you have any choice but to accept?

This is probably one of the most amazing games. There are 10 chapters you work your way through, and 5 possible endings. You go through time, avoiding death several times, and you have to try to change the timeline as little as possible. Can you find Dana before you have to return to your original time? Are you able to stop Ekard's wife from being murdered? How many times are you going to die, then return and find a way to avoid it? The game has one main path, but there are many variables you must take in mind. The slightest action you take might change the future forever. I hope you enjoy this game as much as I did... there were few flaws, only really that you could only really save at the end of a chapter. You could use a special type of save so that you could save your place at any point so that you could stop playing the game for a bit, but it was erased once you loaded it, so trail and error things couldn't work. There is one small thing I should tell you... in the game do not come in contact with yourself. Since it is walking a thin line existing in a time and place where you already exist, if you touch yourself or come in contact with yourself (realizing who it was), you will no longer exist. This is scientifically correct (with matter and anti-matter), so try not to run into yourself or you will get a very prompt 'Game Over'. I hope you will become as fascinated as I did with this game. I got a real feel for the characters and the enviroment. Once you start playing... you'll get lost in it.

Great Game!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I bought this game, I just knew it was goin to be good. And I was right!!! The graphics are breath taking and soooo wonderful!!!! There are multiple ways the story line can go, which makes the re-playability awesome. In this game you can go back and change your own destiny, even change the way the town looks. There are a lot of cut scences in this one, but that didnt bother me one bit because the graphics were so beatiful! The town is excellently designed, awesome motion, the people really look and move like people. The game is a bit easy, because there are so many clues given it pretty much tells you what you have to do, in order to change your destiny. But it is really fun and I am enjoying every bit of the game. My suggestion is to go and get yourself a copy, you wont regret it.

Great Game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game has the best graphics Ive seen ever. The people and their clothes look so beatiful!!! The city is breathtaking at night or anytime. Its on a DVD disc and the graphics are just georgus, simply put. Also, the way the characters act, talk, and move are life like, and the way that their hair move when they walk or move their head is wonderful. I dont see how games can get any better graphics than this game. The game is very interesting and you get caught up in the game very easily. The first time i played it, I lost track of time and was up all night playing it. This is the way video games should be. There are a great deal of wonderful cut scenes. It almost reminds me of Back To The Future, the movie. You go back on forth in time to try and change your destiny, which is to get killed somehow, whether someone tries to kill you or if its by accident. Great game, if you want to know. This is a game you need to buy instead of just renting for a couple of days. BUY IT!!!!

Excellent, but a little short....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Okay, first of the graphics and music are great. The idea is fresh compared to the other games for ps2, and fun. Shadow of Destiny is overall a great game (see the other, long review). The only problem is the length. It does have 10 chapters, yes, but even still it is short. The chapters can be 5 minutes to 40 minutes in game play. I know that the game is meant for replay and has multiple endings, but it could have stood to be slightly longer the first time around. Other than that, it's a great buy.

Rough start but very good story

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: March 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I recently bought this game and can't seem to stop playing it. The storyline of the game is amazing - better than any game I have seen before. At first however, I found it slightly confusing and wasn't sure exactly what I was supposed to do. The thing you must realize about the game is that it operates in "real-time" and the story really operates along a continuum. For example, if you play the game for 15 minutes, the same amount of time will pass in the game - and these 15 minutes could mean life or death!! This is truly an interactive game and, at times, a race against time itself. The game also has an eerie effect at times, you're every move determines if you will live or die. The good thing about the game is that even after you have played it once, you can play again and perhaps find yourself with a different ending. This is the type of game that can be played over and over. This is really the only mystery game I have ever encountered. It truly is a unique game.

Phenomenal Storytelling, Flawed Gameplay

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 21 / 23
Date: March 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Shadows of Destiny, hands down, has the most engaging story of any game I have ever played. Probably a third of the game is CG movies--which are great at moving a story. The voice acting, if not perfect, is well above average for a video game. The graphics, as other reviews attest, are simply top-notch, making this game a visual feast. Indeed, it is interactive cinema, if I have ever seen it.

The premise is that you are being murdered, over and over again, and that you need to flit through time (from the 16th century to the present) to tweak events to prevent the possibility of your murder. This involves puzzle solving, such as the use of ropes, ladders, discussing possible movie topics (no joke!), borrowing keys, eavesdropping, and, of course, making weird use of the legendary Philosopher's Stone (if only Harry Potter was along for the ride). Sounds great, right? Well, aside from its not really engaging deeply with the implications and paradoxes of time travel, the story is. The puzzles are not too easy, but you won't need a clue book, either--this isn't Myst.

For all you technical types out there, there is occasional pop-up and slowdown, but it didn't bother me.

The real problem is game play. There is no action in this game. No jumping, no punching, no epic boss battles, no strategy, no practicing your Crouching Tiger day after day. You can walk, talk, and manipulate objects in the most basic way. Anything more (including most object manipulation) is handled by the cut scenes. So the game basically alternates between walking and talking on the one hand, and cut scenes on the other. The story emerges beautifully (I have finished the game) chapter by chapter.

So what do you do when it is over? Well, unless you like to watch the same movie over and over again, you go out and buy another movie. There is no skill to develop, no "I should have done it that way" from hindsight. There is no reason to play this again. Yes, the box promises some new bits and pieces, but this is no Vagrant Story, where the second time is more fun than the first.

So, will you plunk down $xx for an awesome ten-hour interactive movie that you will only play once? I did, and I don't regret it. Story to me is paramount, and I have a bunch of other games and don't give each of my games 50 hours anyway.

But if you have limited resources and a small library of beloved games that you play over and over? Rent it on a rainy weekend and play through the whole thing.

One of the best PS2 games so far

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Since its launch in October, the PS2 has seen a handful of really good games, and a lot of bad ones. Shadow of Destiny arrives with little hype, but is easily one of the best games on PlayStation 2. The premise -- going back in time to solve your own murder -- is fantastic, and the story that unfolds as you alter both the past and the future is amazing. The focus of Shadow of Destiny is problem solving, but the game is still relatively easy. The pace is slow, so some gamers may not like the game. But, as I've said, the story is the main selling point here. Shadow of Destiny is simply amazing; no PS2 owner should be without it.

Great story, puzzles are not very challenging

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I think Shadow of Destiny is a great game, the graphics are sharp and realistic (none of that fog in the distance...). Expect to finish the game the first time through in about 5 hours (more or less depending on how experienced you are with adventure games). This game resembles PC adventure games more than console adventure games in that there is no "action" (as in you just explore the town, talk to characters and collect items). If you are used to the adventure game genre, I'd say you might find the puzzles easy to solve (not disappointingly easy, but easy enough that you can move the story along without scratching your head) There are 5 endings and an extra mode. If you want all the endings you'll have to go back and replay certain chapters making different choices, which can get a bit tedious. Adventure games for consoles like the ones for PC's are hard to find. I have to say Konami did a great job with Shadow of Destiny. (Sequel??)

Very boring game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: March 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you buy a game for graphics, then this is a game to buy. However if you buy a game for game play then this is not the game for you. Don't be fooled by other peoples reviews, well over half the game is movie, and I for one did not buy the playstation 2 to watch movies. The entire game you just run from one movie to the next, never really doing anything except maybe picking up a key. The problem solving is very simple as well, so simple in fact that it took me an afternoon to complete the game, my total time was like a little over 10 hours. Save your money and don't buy this cheese fest of a game.

Great 5 hours of playing time

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This was one of the most expected PS2 games for me. I had to wait more than 3 months (since i first saw a preview in a magazine) until i finally got it in my hands. I played all saturday, but that was it. I finished it in about 6 hours (the official time was 4:40) and that's all. I agree that the game is suppoused to have 6 endings, buy i'm not sure if i'm willing to spend another 6 hours, specially if i'm not sure how can i get a different ending (flowers instead of an statue can make that difference?).

How ever, i have to admit that is one of the best games i've ever seen in terms of history and graphics. Gameplay don't meet my expectations, since i believe that story is not exclusive with action (i.e. Metal Gear Solid and Silent Hill to mention a few and from Konami too). The puzzles were too simple, or at least that is the impresion it gives, since there is not a "good" or "bad" ending it seems that whatever you do will lead to a final.

I agree with the people that suggest to rent it first, since maybe you can get two or three endings of the game in a weekend.

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