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Do you Like a Good Mystery?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 22 / 22
Date: March 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Pros:
1. Intricate, fascinating story, in which the hero struggles to overcome a dark destiny. Very good handling of the complexities of time travel. Plot twists and surprises.
2. Elaborate end game with impressive cinematic cutscenes. Be sure you trigger all five endings plus at least one Extra ending.
3. The inventory system is easy to use. Figuring out which action to take at any particular time is more of a challenge. Nice 3D graphics and music. Mostly good voice acting.

Cons:

1. The keyboard control system is unusually sensitive. You can use the mouse to pan around outdoor locations, but indoors you use only the keyboard. There are plenty of obstacles on the street that bounce you back from your intended path.
2. Although the cutscenes are fun to watch, you may have to watch some of them over and over. If you hate repetition, this is not the game for you. There is no fighting in the game, but you do see the hero die again and again, which makes the game too intense for young children.
3. The game (played on Windows XP) crashed occasionally. Also, I would have liked about twenty more save-game slots.

Bottom Line: An adventure game unlike any other. Somewhat similar to the movie "Ground Hog Day", but with darker themes and a compelling mystery at the game's core.

One of best adventure/mystery games I've played!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: September 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I can't believe it took me so long to come upon this unusual adventure game. If you enjoy games like Syberia, Longest Journey, Gabriel Knight, Broken Sword, then this is the game for you. With beautiful graphics, you feel 'at home' in all the settings, as our hero Eike tries to figure out how to outwit the forces that want to do him in. No complicated puzzles or combat scenes (don't get this game if that's what you're looking for), but solving mysteries by manipulating objects and events. Not wanting to give too much away, but also wanting to hint at the type of problem-solving you encounter, tying a rope to a rail 100 years ago will not save you, but tying that same rope in the present time will help because it has not been weathered and will be strong enough to support you. And this game is worth the money. Once you finish the game, you realize there are other paths you could have taken for 6 different endings. Each ending is a masterpiece in itself, and well worth going back in the game to change 'fate'. Depending on your game-playing dexterity, this is worth over 30 hours of game time.

Old School Review: Shadow of Destiny

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

With all the high tech, plasma screen, Hi-def, 1028 dpi games that are on the market, you have to agree that they all are missing a key feature....Fun. I don't own a 360 and I stop buying PS2 games for that reason. It seems video game companies release a good game once a quarter. Games like Metal Gear and Halo are great games, but those are a given. There are great games on the market that get no press at all. Which brings me to this hidden gem, Shadow of Destiny. Back in my game playing days I worked at game store, which allowed me to borrow games. My co-worker (Bahron) told me what the premise of Shadow of Destiny was about, so I decided to borrow it.

Shadow of Destiny immerses the player into the chilling world of Eike; a man who has been grated the ability to travel back in time to prevent his own murder. Sounds like an easy job. But it's not, each time Eike saves himself, he gets himself killed. Your basic goal is to survive the day and try to get closer to what is killing you. That is the basic premise of the game. While I wasn't playing the game, my friend would play(against my permission). We both ended the games and had entirely different endings. Which is why I love this game so much. Imagine reading the Lord of The Rings and there are 5 different endings. Each one more interesting and different then the other. I feel that we are all people that make different decisions in life. When some might go right, you might go left. This is what games should be about creativity, good stories, and just fun to play. If you by chance run across this game in a used bin, give it a shot. The graphics might be outdated, but it's about game play. Remember that kids!. I give it 8 1/2 food stamps

Get me more of these games!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Gawd, I wish someone would design more games like this! Phew! It took me two years of playing this off and on to get 100% in everything!

sigh...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 16
Date: April 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Nice graphics, interesting story, hideous interface, and confusing gameplay. If you're going to transfer a console game to the PC, you ought to spend a little more time and effort to make it actually playable on the PC...

yesss a good story with just ...greatness

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: November 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

i bought this games after find the metal gear games for PC and i can say that this games is great for "movie night" it is down to the core a movie but i cant play a game with out a good story that is a must for games so a deep plot was just great i'd expect nothing less from konami. and people complain too much about ports first off its was on the ps2 and now the gfx can go really high and are exellent even for most modern games. simply if u have time and are lookinf for a good game to play get this but u have to be clever to beat this games so think hard and enjoy..
and may i recomend metal gear solid 2 sustance for PC get it just to spite teh port haters

great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

this is a good game i tried it before on site and it stalled thats why i bought the disk, its a puzzle game that requires some thinking overall great game

Pure crap I can't stress this enought pure crap

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: April 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

there is a reason why I bought this from a big lots bin for 3.99. this game is utter crap I can't believe I wasted that much money on a piece of garbage. I mean come on thats a happy meal we are talking about. I could have feed my kid.... and I don't have one thats how bad it was. Game flow was horrible, voice acting could be done better by a bum... who got his mouth smashed in with a hammer... also he had his voice box removed. the run of the game and flow are just terrible... serious do your self a favor... buy a piece of cheese and nibble it... it will provide more hours of satisfaction then this piece of garbage :)

Had a lot of fun with this one

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I liked this game because it kept you on your toes. The switching back and forth was a nice change from other point and click games and you have to know when to make the switch and you can get killed, but the game will not be over. I'm not good at giving reviews but I would say that the game is worth the money.

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