WorthPlaying writes: "In early 2001, Konami released a fairly ambitious adventure game, Shadow of Destiny, on Sony's newest console at the time, the PlayStation 2. Coming hot on the heels of Silent Hill, Metal Gear Solid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, players expected this new entry to be full of action with a deep story and possibly a few scares along the way. While some gamers were delightfully surprised at what the title delivered, others were disappointed since it was different from what they expected, and the community waited for more action-oriented fare from the studio. The game fell into a bit of obscurity after that, relegated to being a small cult favorite. Times have changed for gamers, however. There are more of them interested in trying something different, and adventure games have received a bit more exposure lately."
In addition to finding a few other noteworthy deals, Russ says, "Speaking of TRU, the store rules the roost for Fallout: New Vegas deals. Buy the game at TRU this week and get a $10 gift card plus the Fallout: New Vegas strategy guide. Fallout games are huge. The strategy guide is helpful and around $30. Not bad."
Just New Vegas for me. The deal on Shadow of Destiny is nice, but I have enough PSP stuff to keep that thing occupied for a while.
GA writes: "There's nothing wrong with ports. In fact they can turn out at times to be even better than their source material. Then there are other times-the ones where a port comes out that nobody asked for, and in my case, for a game that I never knew existed until now. This is great for augmenting the gaming world's awareness of a title that may not have been very well-received on outset due to hardware capabilities or a small target audience at the time. When it comes to Shadow of Destiny, however, not much at all has been done in order to bring the early PS2 title into the modern day other than a basic copy/paste onto Sony's handheld. This... may not have been for the best."
CSM writes: "You play Eike, the seemingly doomed protagonist of Shadow of Destiny, a man who is stabbed to death in the opening scene. After his murder, he is met by a being called Homonculus who offers him a chance to go back in time and prevent the attack that took his life. He takes the leap back and manages to keep the killer at bay -- for a half hour, at which point he is killed again, in a different way. Eike is destined to be murdered over and over unless he can discover the identity of his killer and put a stop to him (or her) once and for all. The time-hopping adventure even takes Eike all the way back to the 1500s, as he uncovers a centuries-old mystery that makes up his killer's motive."
