

But it makes up for its blocky geometry and low-res textures by being incredibly atmospheric. These kinds of interdimensional logic puzzles make up the bulk of the game, with a fair amount of slow-paced walking, talking, and exploration nestled inbetween. Back in the modern day, the tree is gone, the killer has nowhere to hide, and Kusch survives. (Also, of how ridiculous they are.) Kusch travels back to medieval times, finds the guy planting the tree, and convinces him to plant some flowers instead. In one chapter the killer strikes from behind a tree, and preventing this particular death is a perfect example of how the puzzles in Shadow of Memories work. Not that Kusch cares: he's a detached weirdo who doesn't seem to care about the temporal chaos he's causing.Įvery time Kusch survives a murder attempt, another is always lying in wait. But as he meddles with the space-time continuum, the town of Lebensbaum and the lives of the citizens who live there are altered too. With this, Kusch can travel back in time to avoid getting that knife in his back.

He wakes up in an otherworldly void, silent except for the ticking of a giant grandfather clock, and is gifted a device called a Digipad.

This should be the end of Kusch and his stupid hair, but he's spared from oblivion by an eerie being calling itself Homunculus, voiced by Charles "It's-a-me, Mario!" Martinet. Related: Facing Worlds Is The Greatest Multiplayer Map Ever Made He's walking obliviously along a cobbled street in the historic German town of Lebensbaum, before suddenly slumping to the ground with a knife in his back. Protagonist Eike Kusch, one of the worst designed characters in video game history, is repeatedly killed by an unseen assailant, including at the very beginning of the game. Shadow of Destiny (also known as Shadow of Memories in some regions) is an atmospheric adventure game about a guy trying to prevent his own murder, set across a variety of time periods-from the 1500s to the present day. In 2003, Konami released a really strange game for the PS2.
