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 Shadow of Destiny is a time-travel murder-mystery adventure game. You play a guy named Eike Kusch, and you're investigating the murder of someone named Eike Kusch. In the first episode, I also try to recruit the help of some dude in a cafe named Eike Kusch. Then we set out to solve the mystery of why everyone in a German town has an American accent. It was released in Japan and Europe as Shadow of Memories, and came out just about one year after the PS2 was initially released. So it's not strictly a launch title, but it was one of the two first games I bought when I first got a PS2 (the other being Zone of the Enders, because everyone had to have the MGS2 demo disc). I loved the hell out of this game, despite its many flaws, because of the time travel theme and the strength of (some of) the writing. But nobody wants to hear me wax nostalgic for hours over really early PS2 graphics that haven't aged well, so I've brought Dan and Grace along with me for this ride. Grace is going into this completely blind, and even though Dan "one hundred percented this game twice" I still manage to show him some new things. To that end, I want to maintain a strict no spoilers policy. I know it's an old game but it was never really popular, and it really shouldn't be ruined for anyone who hasn't seen it before. Episode 1: "Dog Mafia controls German town" Episode 2: "Performance art in Germany" Episode 3: "I hope that kid's grandpa dies" Episode 4: "Anyway, bye" Episode 5: "Cats are cute" Episode 6: "Yeah that's on-brand" Episode 7: "Is this real?" Episode 8: "Poirot is a terrible person" Episode 9: "gently caress that baby" Episode 10: "I'm glad you invited me to this LP" Episode 11: "At least I'm being honest" Episode 12: "What" Episode 13: "I didn't watch Rainbow Brite and I'm gay" Episode 14: "Nope, I'm Eike" Episode 14B: "You're not usually this smart" Episode 15: "CirclMastr's going to jail" Episode 16: "That's the best thing I've ever heard in my life" Episode 17: "There are so many problems here" CirclMastr fucked around with this message at 18:36 on Oct 12, 2017 |
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This game is really Good™
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Jun 30, 2017 03:23
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Danaru posted:This game is really I enjoyed Time Hollow more then when I had this on PSP. Dear God it can be confusing at points.
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Jun 30, 2017 03:30
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CirclMastr posted:even though Dan "one hundred percented this game twice" I still manage to show him some new things. In Canada they base their percentages on the USD to CAD conversion rate, so full completion would be about 130% for him.
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Jun 30, 2017 06:41
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This game is incredibly dumb and I love it.
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Jun 30, 2017 08:34
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I like the music, especially after Eike's initial murder as the clock strikes and it hits the main harpsichord theme. Dun dun dunana~na! Dun dun dunana~na! Dun dun dunana~na da dadadadadada~  I liked this game too, played it myself, loved the retsupurae of it - afterwards Slowbeef and Diabetus had a guest on one of their streams who was a superfan of the game who helped them unpack the plot.
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Jul 2, 2017 10:21
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drat, this looks like a Japanese take on the German budget adventure game circa 2000.
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Jul 2, 2017 10:34
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Wow, Eike is like 70% legs.  This looks like it should be a
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Jul 2, 2017 10:43
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This game is....A Thing. Looking forward to Grace's reactions when this game gets batshit.
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Jul 2, 2017 16:51
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BioEnchanted posted:I like the music, especially after Eike's initial murder as the clock strikes and it hits the main harpsichord theme. Dun dun dunana~na! Dun dun dunana~na! Dun dun dunana~na da dadadadadada~ Do you have a link to the stream? I would like to see the plot get explained. It mostly makes sense to me, but some things an explanation would be nice.
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Jul 2, 2017 17:53
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I'd rather not link to a video explaining the games plot one video into an LP with a "no spoiler" policy. Seems imprudent.
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Jul 2, 2017 18:03
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BioEnchanted posted:I'd rather not link to a video explaining the games plot one video into an LP with a "no spoiler" policy. Seems imprudent.  Makes sense. I did not see that line in particular, my bad.
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Jul 2, 2017 18:09
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Shadow of Memories is a trip and a half, and I love the hell out of it  . 100%'ed it myself too. And nth'ing that I can't wait for Grace's reactions either.
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Jul 4, 2017 11:39
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Episode 2: "Performance art in Germany" How do we get a remaster of this game with Paul Eiding and Cam Clarke?
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Jul 8, 2017 20:16
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I don't know why your guests think being able to see the shadow is a mistake... being able to see a mysterious character's shadow and nothing else at first is a fairly common trope, especially in horror.
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Jul 9, 2017 06:06
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BioEnchanted posted:I don't know why your guests think being able to see the shadow is a mistake... being able to see a mysterious character's shadow and nothing else at first is a fairly common trope, especially in horror. It's been a while since we recorded, but the only shadows I remember dumping on is the weird layering glitch that happens on the emulator. The one that's a straight rectangle going from peoples' heads to the floor.
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Jul 9, 2017 14:02
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Having watched the two videos, I realized I've heard of this game before. Mostly from the name Eike. It seems fin so far, but it feels very open. Like, if you don't know what to do it'll be extremely difficult.
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Jul 9, 2017 23:26
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Well, it seems like it's an "adventure" game, so most of the challenge is probably in figuring out the developers' (frequently questionable) logic for puzzle solutions, which is doubly difficult on a time limit.
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Jul 9, 2017 23:43
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Which is a dumber time travel story, this or Next Life?
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Jul 13, 2017 16:20
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Episode 3: "I hope that kid's grandpa dies" This time, we save Eike from the thing that wasn't even a threat until he decided to endanger himself.
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Jul 13, 2017 18:54
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Forgall posted:Which is a dumber time travel story, this or Next Life? I think Next Life will always be the dumber
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Jul 13, 2017 19:26
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I get the feeling that the assassin would kill you for being a jerk or something if you tried to skip out on going into the fiery building.
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Jul 13, 2017 20:57
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"I know what I'll do!" says the time(?) assassin, "I'll start a fire in some building somewhere, hoping my target will walk into it and die in the flames! It's .035% sure to work!" And then it works. And then Time Shenanigans. And now chapter 2, which will have more Time Shenanigans. 
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Jul 13, 2017 21:33
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Ignatius M. Meen posted:I get the feeling that the assassin would kill you for being a jerk or something if you tried to skip out on going into the fiery building. Yeah, I'd kinda like to know how you're "supposed" to die at the "Fated Hours" you're given. I'm morbidly curious now.
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Jul 13, 2017 23:39
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azren posted:Yeah, I'd kinda like to know how you're "supposed" to die at the "Fated Hours" you're given. I'm morbidly curious now. Most of the time, the chapter opens with you being killed (like at the start of the game) followed by getting booted back in time to stop it. So what happens if you just let the bar burn down? Let's find out.
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Jul 14, 2017 00:29
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Cathode Raymond posted:"I know what I'll do!" says the time(?) assassin, "I'll start a fire in some building somewhere, hoping my target will walk into it and die in the flames! It's .035% sure to work!" Also, you can count on video game protagonists generally being stupid and heroic. CirclMastr posted:Most of the time, the chapter opens with you being killed (like at the start of the game) followed by getting booted back in time to stop it. So what happens if you just let the bar burn down?
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Jul 14, 2017 01:31
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Commander Keene posted:So, you just keel over for no reason. Is Eike a lich? Did he hide his phylactery in the bar? Unfortunately everyone in Lebensbaum is a pyromaniac, so they stare transfixed on the fire while any dork on the planet is free to waltz up and cram a knife into Eike's ribs. No one would even notice his body until the fire went out and they got bored. Don't ever go to Lebensbaum
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Jul 14, 2017 01:40
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Commander Keene posted:So, you just keel over for no reason. Is Eike a lich? Did he hide his phylactery in the bar? He didn't change his destiny of dying to stupidity. Tune in next time, when our assassin leves a fork next to an electric socket. How will Eike escape this deadly situation?
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Jul 14, 2017 09:13
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Episode 4: "Anyway, bye" Eike being stupid? That would NEVER happen. Not ever. Nope, certainly the smartest protagonist ever.
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Jul 18, 2017 21:28
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I take a dim view of time travel stories generally but this one is especially bad as you have the modern day time ticking away in the top right next to the 1580's time. It's got to be just about the worst case of "meanwhile, in the future..." I can think of. Also, in a remarkable example of rigid thinking, Eike went back in time to murder a baby tree in a misguided attempt to deny his assassin a hiding place. What a piece of poo poo.
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Jul 19, 2017 00:12
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Cathode Raymond posted:Also, in a remarkable example of rigid thinking, Eike went back in time to murder a baby tree in a misguided attempt to deny his assassin a hiding place. What a piece of poo poo. Bear in mind that at this point in the game, Eike (and the player) has no control over what time period the Digipad sends him to. Later on I'll be able to travel to varying time periods but for now, the path is entirely linear.
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Jul 19, 2017 06:44
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Cathode Raymond posted:I take a dim view of time travel stories generally but this one is especially bad as you have the modern day time ticking away in the top right next to the 1580's time. It's got to be just about the worst case of "meanwhile, in the future..." I can think of.
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Jul 19, 2017 13:46
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Episode 5: "Cats are cute" Do you think the guy's name is pronounced WAG-ner because of the influence of the Dog Mafia?
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Jul 25, 2017 23:39
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Episode 6: "Yeah that's on-brand" I want to profusely apologize for what Dan and Grace do this episode.
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CirclMastr posted:Episode 6: "Yeah that's on-brand" Dan and Grace have done nothing that requires apology  .
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Jul 28, 2017 17:38
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CirclMastr posted:Episode 6: "Yeah that's on-brand" You knew what would happen 
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Jul 28, 2017 23:59
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Episode 7: "Is this real?" Dan-"100 percented this game twice"-aru gets the shock and possibly disappointment of his life, as I demonstrate how to speedrun chapter 4.
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Aug 3, 2017 02:29
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CirclMastr posted:Episode 7: "Is this real?" I was wondering if you were gonna show that off .
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Mew under the truck is absolutely a real thing and definitely not a playground rumor from 1996 why would you even think that? Just like any child playing this game would clearly think to go back and forth through time 15 times to skip a chapter. Danaru you're just terrible at this game.  Hooray for stupidly arcane event triggers in adventure games!
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This is just baffling game design. Why?
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