So I've Been Playing: SHADOW OF MEMORIES / SHADOW OF DESTINY [ Review PS2 ]

[@youthnando]

I was looking for this game for over a frikkin decade. I could never remember the name of it until I saw some people talking about it in YT. So I bought it and beat it today. And I love it.

[@zdono]

bruh im just finding it i literally just remembered the coffee shop scene and the juggler and actually couldnt find it for 10+ years holy fuck

[@KubasKlimkar]

@@zdono couldnt use google for like 10 years..?

[@zdono]

Kuba Hrdel yeah like I could just google the name of a game I didn’t know haha

[@KubasKlimkar]

@@zdono just type in genre, system, character design, story, or whatever things you remember about the game (or thing) you're looking for, so basically use effort... thats what i mean by googling. It cant take much time to find yr answers as theres so much conversations/articles/videos about all sorts of things online today. And trust me people talk about things from their childhood a lot and are searching for these things. This is actually what a lot of people do. I usually find names of things based on descriptions within seconds and i dont remember their names for decades and others do too. If you type a name of a thing thats not a search, but that should be obvious ... just to explain clearly what i originally meant.

[@itsjustafunnehfan5008]

@@KubasKlimkar yea for real cause I couldn't remember and I went to Google and put ps2 game time and death and it popped right up lol

[@Randalftown]

YT suggests that the next video I watch after this one is a documentary on the North Korean prison system.... makes sense

[@QuetzalOvejasElectricas]

Such a weird game, it was my first PS2 adventure game. I bought the PS2 with this and Bloody Roar 3.

[@karlbethencourt7986]

This games are so... sui géneris

[@terryjuelz5575]

You all prolly dont give a damn but does someone know a way to log back into an Instagram account? I was stupid lost the password. I would love any help you can give me

[@alternative9073]

@@terryjuelz5575 uhh have you tried forget password?

[@alternative9073]

You prolly logged back in by now so yeah

[@TAOSEELE]

It was one of the first games on PS2. I really liked it. This is kinda a predecessor to Fahrenheit and Heavy Rain but better xD imo It's a shame it didn't get another entry. PS2 still the best console with the best games to this date.

[@dedecoVGMDJ]

beautiful poem

[@TAOSEELE]

@KT Fahrenheit has awful QTE, Heavy Rain was a bit boring but ok

[@recca12]

Game industry started falling after that

[@foxhound0469]

HOLY SHIT I PLAYED A DEMO OF THIS GAME AT WALMART ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO AND NEVER KNEW WHAT THE NAME OF THIS FUCKING GAME WAS CALLED OMG

[@jmap]

Played this when it came out (I am old), so some things like the camera issues didn’t stand out at the time. It was my favourite adventure game for a long time. Looking back at it now I have to say it doesn’t seem to have aged all that badly. Characters, while stylised, are pretty sharp. Environments don’t look all that pretty, but there is quite a variety of moods and atmospheres here, far from the generic settings of many games of the time. And that fucking music, man. It still haunts me.

[@KingAlone516]

got this game back in 2001 and it became one of my favorites of all time. i always wanted a sequel because even though i got all the endings (i think it was 6) there were things in the story that didn't really make sense or felt unanswered. but after almost 20 years I'm starting to realize that some scenarios were just poorly written in the story or they could've even possibly cut certain things out of the game so other things could fit in making the reason for certain moments seem not entirely explained. still a classic game tho IMO.

[@SyberiaWinx]

I keep having to tell people this-Eike can't control the times available for him to travel to. The Digipad is influenced by the people and places he comes into contact with.

[@thorhighheels]

+SyberiaWinx I know that. It wasn't so much a critique on Eike's actions, but more so on how it just seemed a bit far fetched from a writers standpoint. I should've cleared that up a bit better maybe? I dunno, I don't think it's a big deal anyway. If anything, it only makes the game more memorable.

[@SyberiaWinx]

+ThorHighHeels Well, they needed to get Eike to different time periods. And story-wise, there is another reason for it. That was the whole point of the switch.

[@Keihart]

I though i was the only one who played this game, i guess i was wrong. There are dozens of us!

[@AngelaMerici12]

Indeed!! I love it!

[@drakenfist]

I still really love this game. Sure there are allot of flaws with it such as the controls. but its story was great and really, THIS is the games that other games should be looking to when it comes to the "choose your own adventure" plot as it really feels WAY different depending on what decisions you make. This game is better than almost every choose your own adventure games when it comes to choices. Your criticisms are very valid when it comes to the awkwardness of the setting, the horrible controls and the graphics and (absolutely terrible voice acting...except for the old guy with his cat. which I thought that guy had a very good voice actor. the plot involving saving his wife was one of my favourite parts of the game).and about the graphics when you said "im sure this may have looked mind blowing when it first came out". I played it in 2003 and it really looked pretty bad. then again 2001 was very much a transition period, the PS2 was VERY early in its cycle (it got released in 2000). So, many of the games released in that period looked like a KINDA better looking PS1 game.

[@thorhighheels]

Yeah. Not sure how well I state this in the video it's self, but I absolutely love this game as well. Easily one of my favorite adventure games! Even the overall awkwardness kinda adds to just how surreal the game feels. Iz a good.

[@Hyperversum3]

Using a 4 years old comment to add my thoughts Is really bad, but maybe there are other retrogames fans that like to read old comments, so I will do It. This game is the perfect example of why, at the end of the day, what matters for Adventure Games is being interesting, not working as AAA action games do, or better graphically. The perfect opposed example is Zero Time Dilemma. It should be illegal for such an engaging story like that of 999+VLR end up in a not so satisfying way because too many resources were spent on shitty 3d models.

[@RENZEENO]

Also why is Ike 75% legs?

[@Night_Raptor_5991]

Fr XD guy is a fucking grasshopper

[@shards-of-glass-man]

~a glass boi passing through on a backlog watching spree, pay me no mind~ This game was quite a staple of my early 00s' gaming escapades. I must add though, I'm a bit dissapointed that you had never mentioned that Homunculus is literally Mario. I'm not kidding, he is voiced by Charles Martinet.

[@thorhighheels]

I think I mention it in another video I made about this game. But yeah it is pretty funny.

[@thezec]

I like the retsuprae of this, they do that one situation where eike gets stabbed by some prick behind a tree and then they slowly realise near the latter part of the mission they went back in time about 500 years to tell someone not to plant that tree

[@thorhighheels]

Yeah that Retsuprae was great fun. Especially when they brought on that super fan who was able to explain everything afterwards haha. In a weird way experiences like that only made me appreciate this game even more.

[@Tentacle]

I remember watching the trailer for this game, wishing to own it one day. Think it had a trailer on the MGS2 disc or the demo with it?

[@thorhighheels]

+Tentacle Touchy I dunno, I never owned the MGS2 demo. But it definitely does seems like the typical cutscene heavy "cinematic" game, early 2000s Konami would've promoted the fuck out of. So I wouldn't be surprised.

[@theonlyletsplayerever1459]

Your voice in this one sounds very bass-y, it could be my audio set-up but I thought I'd mention it anyway, and you can hear for yourself. Otherwise, solid first entry into this Thortober thing

[@thorhighheels]

+The Only Let's Player Ever Yeah my compression was fucked ever so slightly. And once it is, it's really hard to un-fuck without having to rerecord everything. So I decided to just leave it. I'll try to not let it happen again though ^^

[@adoconfalonieri9972]

"WHO DUNNIT" was the best part, I almost died

[@Crow667]

Sweet video, dude! You definitely deserve more views

[@thorhighheels]

+Trash Lounge Thanks!

[@KnutKniffte]

i played it when it was released.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

im surprised how good this was and soo many ports

[@RENZEENO]

Why go and stop the tree from being planted if he could have easily just whent back to the stone age and stopped cavemen from sharpening stones, in turn stunting the development of the knife itself? He must prevent he's death.

[@andrewwong200]

Ike is such a pretty girl

[@strawhatrore2072]

A version of this game where every time the guy talking does a "funny voice", you have to go back in time and convince him it's not necessary

[@Deuteromis]

Great game I still have my copy.

[@deadjuice3745]

the good thing is that on PC you can download the PSP dub so it feels less shit

[@ASDevil1]

One of the best games i've ever played ,and replayed many times !!!

[@Safersephiroth777]

So this guy in order to solve a mystery in 2001 he goes back to 1580. Makes sense.

[@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457]

Well, idiots aren't known for their intelligence.

[@leonheart1048]

I love these types of games. I needed a game like Shenmue and as soon as I saw this game I knew I had to get it back in the early 2000s. **Spoiler Alert** I played this game again 15 years later. One chapter of the game has you come across a character by the name of Mr. Eckhart. Mr. Eckhart has a tragic backstory. His wife was murdered 20 some odd years ago and his baby daughter went missing and never seen again. I actually found a way to save Mrs. Eckhart - I did not know this was an option! It's a small opportunity that presents itself, so it's easy to miss. If you like games such as Shenmue, D4 (Dreamcast), and Deadly Premonition then I recommend you play this game if you can find it.

[@erikolthoff7343]

Am I the only one who played the game on Xbox ?

[@just_call_me_desi]

no lol

[@adamclark8994]

Hi. I love this game but would really like to know if there is a difference between Destiny and Memories? Like if one has different content.

[@klax33]

The same game, just different titles in Europe / America

[@adamclark8994]

@@klax33 Oh well that's a relief. Thanks.

[@Quick-Silver206]

I find the graphics charming.

[@LEXXPortPatrol]

WHO DUNNIT M8

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

the thing that really makes the game(and that you didnt put enough emphasis on) is that the main character is one of the stupidest main characters in all videogames

[@budgiecat9039]

I'd rather have more Japanese adv games designed like this. Instead, they rather just use boring static 2D pictures like its still 1991

[@shizuru-2809]

Damn going back to old videos is abit painful how slow you're talking. still dig the whole vibes of your videos

[@SegaCDUniverse]

Really enjoyed it on PSP but I could def see the flaws you mentioned

[@kensu135]

Early ps2 is so uncanny valley sometimes

[@thorhighheels]

Yeah. Works in this game's favor though.

[@waifu3070]

Idk why but when I see this game I think of Tsugunai Atonement

[@darksepheroth4627]

This game owned my tweens

[@jonathanplooij3666]

thanks for the video

[@Ioselash]

2:23 Doc and Mharti lol

[@LucyGooseyLicious]

Slow kooky classic!

[@LucyGooseyLicious]

I just get confused at to how to conjure different endings, but I guess I just need to confidently try different choices and explore lots

[@TheGameStampede]

G'ad I didn't bought the game.

[@shanenice5380]

its a good game

[@TheRoyTeal96]

First view, like, and comment. GOML.

[@thorhighheels]

+TheRoyTeal96 OOOOHH SHIIIIT! Straight up MLG youtube skills brah!