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| Game Details | Released
17 February 2006 | | Format
PS2 | | Developer
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Shadow Of The Colossus
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Although the games industry has ballooned into a multi-million-dollar monster over the past 20 years, players of a certain age still wax poetic about the golden age of the Sinclair Spectrum and Commodore 64; a time of unbounded creativity — when developers weren’t limited by popular genres — that spawned idiosyncratic classics such as Skool Daze, Trashman and Frankie Goes To Hollywood. So, in offering players an experience unlike anything else, Shadow Of The Colossus feels like a step back to the halcyon days of gaming.
From the team behind 2001’s ICO, SOTC plays like a collection of the kind of ‘boss battles’ that traditionally bring videogame levels to a close, pitching you against enemies that tower like skyscrapers and require ever-more sly routines to bring them crashing to their knees.
Defeating each boss requires a blend of puzzle-solving and swashbuckling, players scaling the hulking beasts to search for the chinks in their armour, all the time being ready to grab hold when the monster starts thrashing about, or risk plummeting to the ground and being flattened under huge feet.
The peculiar action is brought to life by graphics that put most titles on the Xbox 360 to shame. Desolate wastelands and lonely vistas help create an overwhelming sense of solitude and isolation, setting SOTC apart from its peers and delivering a game that feels closer to an outright work of art than any other in recent memory.
A rousing orchestral score and poignant story also help make this a monumental piece of software. Even though it’s unlikely to shift half as many copies as the next FIFA Soccer, this quest should be cherished as a work of outstanding creativity.
Reviewer: David McComb
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Average user rating for Shadow Of The Colossus
| RE: the above poster clearly has no taste. | | | Brilliant Game ... Read More
| | | the anomaly About me | | 16:10, 18 March 2007 | Report This Post | |
| | | | RE: the above poster clearly has no taste. | | L: dr_finklestein
help me a cant find this game anywhere. i dont think it ever came to ireland
re you mad,ANY game/hmv/virgin/gamestop/xtravison ive been in lately has it, one of the best games ever
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| | | krudler About me | | 12:12, 04 March 2007 | Report This Post | |
| | | | RE: the above poster clearly has no taste. | | help me a cant find this game anywhere. i dont think it ever came to ireland ... Read More
| | | dr_finklestein About me | | 18:34, 06 February 2007 | Report This Post | |
| | | | RE: the above poster clearly has no taste. | | Best game I've ever played in my life. If you have a PS2 and still haven't got it then I envy you for having that whole experience, fresh, ahead of you. ... Read More
| | | Oh Daesu About me | | 21:44, 07 January 2007 | Report This Post | |
| | | | this is shite!!!! | | | this game is a big pile of shatpank!!!! ... Read More
| | | km2k6 About me | | 10:20, 07 December 2006 | Report This Post | |
| | | | this is shite!!!! | | | this game is a big pile of shatpank!!!! ... Read More
| | | km2k6 About me | | 10:20, 07 December 2006 | Report This Post | |
| | | | Epic | | | This is one of the best games on the PS2. With you armed oly with a bow and sword and your noble horse you fight monsters as big as mountains. The open and huge landscape adds up to this be a very memorising game. Essential to any PS2 owner. ... Read More
| | | solid snake About me | | 18:39, 21 October 2006 | Report This Post | |
| | | | epic | | | a beautiful game where you appreciate the sheer scale of the world, orignal concept. Quite refreshing to play a game which is different from all these clones out there. Loved ico and this game is just as good. Perfect, also nice msuic and sounds! ... Read More
| | | alexisreaver2132 About me | | 17:07, 19 June 2006 | Report This Post | |
| | | | One of the best games ever. | | | Reasons why I love this game:- A. It is the prettiest looking game of the year. B. It has a great, simple story. C. Emotional, morose, moral, romantic, exciting, immersive, sad. Better than actual movies. D. Those bosses are awesome. E. Beautiful 20 minute long ending. F. I loved ICO, and this is just as good. G. Just look at the size of that map!. H, The list is endless. Not everyone will like this work of art, but please, alongside ICO, buy it or rent it, you won't regret it. Except those who ... Read More
| | | Deviation About me | | 00:33, 04 June 2006 | Report This Post | |
| | | | Can games be called art? | | | This game is one of the most profound and beautiful games I have played. It will particularly appeal to any gamer out there who has always wished that a game consist entirely of Boss battles. Don't be put off by the size of the collossi, they can be beaten, and there is nothing more satisfying as giving them the coup de grace! BUY THIS GAME!! ... Read More
| | | Martel About me | | 14:06, 26 April 2006 | Report This Post | |
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