Description
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. "Who are you?" - asks Eike - "Perhaps the Satan himself? And where am I? Am I dead?".
"You are dead, indeed", - answers the mysterious voice. - "But you can prevent it. Destiny can be changed, you know". And with this, the voice disappears, leaving Eike in the strange room with a mysterious time-traveling device. Eike doesn't quite understand what's going on. He knows one thing: in order to survive, he has to change the past, to make it impossible for the murderer to kill him. And so, the battle for survival begins. The murderer will find many ways to kill Eike, and in order to prevent this, Eike will have to travel thirty years ago, to the beginning of the 20th century, and to the Middle Ages. But the connections between the past and the present are stronger than Eike thinks. With no guidance but the mysterious voice, Eike has to explore Lebensbaum in various time periods, and solve the mystery.
"Shadow of Destiny" (aka "Shadow of Memories") is a pure adventure game. There are no action elements in the game, but each chapter has a time limit, during which Eike has to find a way to prevent the murderer from killing him.
Alternate Titles
- "Shadow of Memories" -- PAL title
User Reviews
The Press Says
| Game Over Online |
Jul 23, 2002 |
90 out of 100 |
90 |
| IGN |
Jun 25, 2002 |
8.7 out of 10 |
87 |
| Just Adventure |
Jul 24, 2002 |
B+ |
83 |
| Quandary |
Mar, 2003 |
  |
80 |
| GameSpot |
Jul 23, 2002 |
7.7 out of 10 |
77 |
| PC Gamer |
Sep, 2002 |
70 out of 100 |
70 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
Feb 18, 2003 |
13 out of 20 |
65 |
| Joystick |
Mar, 2003 |
6 out of 10 |
60 |
| GameStar (Germany) |
Mar, 2003 |
55 out of 100 |
55 |
| Thunderbolt Games |
Mar 02, 2005 |
5 out of 10 |
50 |
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Trivia
The game's plot is connected to the story of Homunculus, an artificial human whom the alchemists of the Middle Ages tried to create. The dream of creating artificial life forms was very popular in medieval Europe.
