You have the power to prevent your death, identify your killer, and change your own destiny. See how your actions in the past change the course of events in the future. Shenmue cost Sega over $70 million and it shows. A murder has been committed your own Travel back in time to solve thought-provoking puzzles as you unravel the mystery of your death. 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. to take the control of the EVA-Units Big biological robots/mechas. NERV is a secret Organisation to defeat the upcoming threat of the Angels, who are coming to earth to destroy mankind. The NERV - Personal and the Japan Strategic Self Defence Force (JSSDF). 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. In the Multiplayer Modification of Shadows of Memories you can join one of two Teams. 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. You'd be buried in the ground or burnt to a cinder within days. 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.

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