Shadow of the Colossus

Advantages: Involving gameplay, beautiful graphics, very innovative
Disadvantages: Occasionally confusing

...Shadow of the Colossus is another game from the team behind the under appreciated 'Ico' for the PS2. As with the previous title, it is visibly distinct and shares a similar explorative construct. After a cutscene that displays the graphical beauty of the land, we are told that a girl has been sacrificed and her soul has been lost. The boy who has brought her to a sacred temple wants to revive her and the mystical land in which he finds himself is the perfect place for such a miracle. He is told by an unknown voice that speaks from the light that he must defeat the Colossi that roam the land. Every time one is defeated, their respective idol will be destroyed within the temple. Once all the Colossi/idols are destroyed, the power to bring the girl back to life will be unearthed. Granted the game may seem quite different to anything you...

Kenshiro 05.06.2007 · Read review
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Shadow Of The Colossus

Advantages: Easy to complete if you cheat
Disadvantages: To hard to complete if you dont

...Shadow Of The Colossus What's it all about ? Well the basic story, although it is a very thin story, is that the hero has brought a young girl to a faraway temple in the hope of restoring her health. The only way to do this is by tracking down and destroying the 16 giant colossi that roam the land. What does it look and sound like ? I must say that although the sound is a little plain the graphics are quite simply astounding. The amount of detail that has gone into the landscape, with all its different sections and styles is utterly amazing. There are desert areas, giant lakes, ruins, mountains, cliffs, and vast sweeping plains. So how does it play ? When it plays well it is great, but when it plays badly it is a complete bore. You basically have to ride your horse in the direction indicated by your sword until...

tokenboy 28.02.2006 · Read review
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Shadow Of The Colossus Or The Light Of The Sword.

Advantages: Very orginal Gameplay and stunning graphics.
Disadvantages: Too Short and some many find it boring.

...Updated 13 April 2006 Game Info Genre = Action Adventure Developer = Sony Publisher = Sony Players = 1 Player Online = No Age = 12+ Memory Usage = 320KB Minimum Released = February2006 --------------------------------------------------------------- STORY: Exclusive to the Ps2 from the makers of ICO comes an extraordinary game called Shadow Of The Colossus. You play as a boy/young man called Wanda who has traveled very far on his horse, Agro. He arrives at this strange forbidden land to see if the legends are true, that say that he can save his loved one by returning her soul that was taken from her by a curse. In the temple, a voice speaks from the heavens, says that the ancient sword you are carrying can be used to save her and that the land has these's incarnated idols that are roaming the area as massive huge beasts...

masterblaster1982 06.04.2006 (13.04.2006) · Read review
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In the Shadow of the Colossus

Advantages: Highly original and challenging gameplay, vast beautiful world
Disadvantages: Controls can be occasionally annoying, some colossi can be frustrating, short

...Shadow of the Colossus is the spiritual successor to the game Ico made by the same company. In it, you play a young man named Wander who travels to a distant and mystical land on a quest to restore life to his loved one. But in order to do so he must first slay the 16 giant colossi that roam the land. And as far as plot goes, that's pretty much it without revealing the ending, although you do learn some things about the land itself by traveling through it. So set out on his quest by a mysterious voice named Dormin, Wander must find and defeat these great beasts with only a sword, bow and arrows and your faithful horse Agro. Anyway, you start off in the middle of the map at the Shrine of Worship and you must hold your sword high in the light which will shine a beam in the direction of the next colossus. And thank goodness for Agro...

Desperado19 15.06.2008 · Read review
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Shadow of the colossus

Advantages: Fantastic graphics, brilliant gameplay, amazing enviroments
Disadvantages: None

...1 of the best games i have ever played and am ever likely to play, Shadow of the colossus has the best graphics, gameplay and best settings out now for the PS2. From the creators of ICO comes a game like no other. The timeline is unknown and your mission is to hunt down and kill 16 colossus to gain the power of resurrection to bring the dead back to life. Every colossus is unique and each 1 brings forth a different difficulty. This game requires a logical mind as it includes problem solving and having to find the weak points of every colossus to bring them to the ground. The first colossus is the easiest and only has two weak points which you are to expose by beckoning the colossus towards you, climbing upon its leg and thrusting the sword into its leg which makes it stumble and fall to its knees, you then have to make your way up its...

Sm0k3y 04.04.2006 · Read review
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Shadow of the colossus

Advantages: Great gameplay, Great explorability
Disadvantages: Not long enough

...The game will start with the main character inside of a large temple, full of gigantic monuments, laying a body on an alter. This shows us that the aim of the game will be to save this other character. It takes only about 10 minutes of playing time to get used to the controls as there are a few tips that appear when you first get out of the temple. The game is really enjoyable and the map is there for an incredible amount of exploring. Shadow of the Colossus is a game you can just pick up, play and then you will find yourself lost in a completely new world. The audio on the game is very well made and adds to the effectiveness of the game. The graphics, to me, seemed to be very good in terms of PS2 graphics and the gameplay was even better. I thought that the controls used around the horse riding were fantastic. On hard, this game can be...

jonnyk1989 10.08.2007 · Read review
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The Shadow of the Colossus Review

Advantages: Easy mechanics to learn, inspired storyline
Disadvantages: Too short!

...this when it first came out (*looks at feet*), it would have looked nicer. As it is, it still looks *very* pretty; and I'm overwhelmed at the size of the surroundings. One of the first things I normally do with a game is see where the boundaries are (that'll be my QA background, I guess), but I haven't even come close to seeing the edges of the world in Shadow of the Colossus. Truly an awesome (in the proper sense of the word) game....

kalim00 28.03.2008 · Read review
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Colossus Queues

Advantages: Great rollercoasters
Disadvantages: Poorly managed

...nearby. Price ------- Entry to Thorpe Park is pricey but there are ways of getting in cheaper. If you book online through their website thorpepark.co.uk you can make quite a big saving. Also it is easy to get money off vouchers from various places, I managed to get buy one get one free vouchers from Tesco. Ticket Prices (buy on the day): Children Under 1 metre (go free) (1 metre - 11 years) £20.00 Thrill Seeker (aged 12+ years) £32.00 Family of 4 (2 Thrill Seekers + 2 Young Thrill Seekers) £88.00 Family of 5 (2 Thrill Seekers + 3 Young Thrill Seekers) £105.00 Disabled/Helper £16.00 Senior £20.00 You can also buy 'Fasttrack tickets' to join the queue of certain rides near the end. These are really expensive and I have never bought any: Extreme - (Colossus, Nemesis Inferno, X:\No Way Out, Tidal Wave or Loggers Leap) £9...

CezaWeza 23.08.2007 (22.08.2007) · Read review
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Shadow of the Colossus

Advantages: Unique, Brilliant Scenery, Huge Monsters.
Disadvantages: Hard to control until used to it.

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rohypnolxcore 26.01.2007 · Read review
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Why didn't someone just pull the plug?

Advantages: Intriguing story of technology gone mad, good performances, authentic kit
Disadvantages: The basic premise strains credibility a bit, as per my review title

...of the free world, has been the responsibility of a machine, a system we call Colossus. Far more advanced than anything we have previously built, capable of studying intelligence and data fed through it - and, on the basis of those facts only, deciding whether an attack is about to be launched on it. If it did decide that an attack was imminent, Colossus would then act immediately. It controls all its own weapons, and can select whatever it thinks appropriate.' Well, that sounds like a real recipe for disaster if ever I heard one. By 2009, we've seen a few celluloid examples of how this sort of thing can all end in tears, but in 1970 this was still relatively new ground, so we have to try to imagine ourselves back in those relatively innocent and trusting days. The President introduces Dr Charles Forbin, as 'The Father of Colossus'. He's a very...

thereddragon 13.04.2009 · Read review
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