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Shadow of Memories cost Konami a lot less, and it looks and plays just as well.Īs far as an adventure game goes, with a truly old-school play mechanics and storyline, little will touch Shadow of Memories. Experience the unique adventures of Eike who is given the ability to travel through time, alter his fate and prevent his own murder Travel through changing time periods and use clues from the past to change the dire destiny that awaits. Shenmue cost Sega over $70 million and it shows. It's best likened to Sega's Shenmue in its structure, context and play-style. Shadow of Memories is not an action game, nor is it an RPG. You have to simply work out who to talk to, and when, and make sure that your own timing does not upset the space-time continuum. And this is the essence of Shadow of Memories. This can be a bit hit and miss, as every character in each zone plays a direct part in either bringing about or preventing your death.
It's Hans Christian Andersen country, and the feeling of fairytale menace is well conveyed from the outset.Īs you travel through each of the time zones in the game world, you have to be very careful not to change your true destiny. The game is set in the small and uninviting town of Lebensbaum, somewhere in northern Europe. Without doubt one of the most unusual game concepts ever seen, but does it work? Playing as Eike Kursch, a dead man, you are brought back to life and granted the ability to move between four different points in time in order to prevent your own death. 2) The town was given a few more characters to interact with - none actually having any purpose besides giving you. You'd be buried in the ground or burnt to a cinder within days. 1) The voicework has been completely redone. Then imagine just how annoying that would be. Whatever, Konami has opted to persist with Shadow of Memories to the extent of porting it to another platform and, in doing so, heightened its profile. Shadow of Memories is a strange game and its release for Xbox seems even stranger.