Shadow of Destiny
Shadow of Destiny is an adventure game. There are no action elements in the game, and the protagonist has no health bar. Each chapter has a time limit, during which Eike has to find a way to prevent the…
Shadow of Destiny is an adventure developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, released 22 February 2001 on PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Shadow of Destiny is
Shadow of Destiny is an adventure game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and released in 2001. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
A young man named Eike Kusch strolls through the quiet patriarchal German town Lebensbaum. Suddenly, a tremendous blow darkens the sight of his eyes, and the next thing he can see is a very strange room filled with bizarre objects, and a voice talking to him from nowhere. A mysterious being known as Homunculus tells Eike that he has been stabbed to death. Homunculus gives Eike a time-travelling device and brings him back to life a short while before his murder took place. From that moment on, Eike's miraculously acquired second chance turns into a constant race against time, as he tries to escape from his destiny. In order to alter the course of events, preventing the unknown person from…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy, historical and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Shadow of Destiny holds a critic score of 0 out of 100. That places it above 0% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 72 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Shadow of Destiny launched on 22 February 2001, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, Severance: Blade of Darkness and Pro Evolution Soccer. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, Severance: Blade of Darkness, Pro Evolution Soccer.
Official trailer
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