Written yesteryear Alexander O. Cuaycong in addition to Anthony L. Cuaycong
Title: Shadow of the Colossus
Developer: Bluepoint Games
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Price: $39.99
Genre: Action, Adventure
Team Ico's Shadow of the Colossus on the PlayStation ii was aught brusk of a grand spectacle. Originally released inwards Nihon equally Wander in addition to the Colossus, the game was praised equally beingness innovative, immersive in addition to exciting. Garnering critical acclaim in addition to rapidly becoming a fan favorite, it remains with the most dearest titles from the 128-bit era. Little wonder, then, that high-definition remakes were released inwards 2011 (as a package with spiritual successor Ico for the PS3) in addition to before this calendar month for the PS4.
Shadow of the Colossus has a uncomplicated premise. It has players guiding Wander, a brave in addition to stalwart adventurer, on a journeying to defeat colossi, towering giants impervious to most forms of damage. The only agency for Wander to vanquish them is to hitting them at their weak spots, get-go disabling them with arrows or sword strikes, in addition to thence climbing upward their bodies to uncovering primal points on which to bargain fatal blows. Once a colossus is brought down, Wander must thence hold off for another. And thence on.
Admittedly, there's a plainness to the gameplay of Shadow of the Colossus that can't last understated. The game revolves solely around the see of killing colossi in addition to petty else. There are no towns to visit, no traders to barter with, no dungeons to explore on the side. This is its entirety, in addition to it hardly strays from what it has players ready out to do.
On the other hand, there’s a striking appeal equally to the agency Shadow of the Colossus manages to execute its ideas flawlessly. Wander is like shooting fish in a barrel to control, in addition to is both athletic in addition to responsive, able to latch on to walls in addition to surfaces with surprising temerity, in addition to fifty-fifty curlicue out of danger if needed. Colossi fight revolves around patience, with players needing to pick out their spots in addition to know when in addition to where to strike. Normal attacks don't wound a colossus, in addition to fifty-fifty when striking at weak spots inwards diverse parts of its anatomy, they must ease charging their strikes in addition to belongings on for when the colossus starts to groan in addition to rumble inwards an endeavor to milk shiver them off. (And if they’re upward for a challenge, there’s a Time Attack agency that allows them to battle colossi nether a fourth dimension limit, with rewards inwards the shape of items beingness given out ane time a sure as shooting release of colossi stimulate got been defeated.)
Parenthetically, Shadow of the Colossus offers a unique atmosphere. The floor is told inwards vague in addition to cryptic cutscenes, in addition to the journeying to each colossus changes yesteryear agency of atmosphere in addition to soundtrack. It allows players to bask inwards the loneliness of Wander's journey, equally good equally marvel at the giant beasts he calls foes. These colossi aren't only tall; they're gigantic in addition to dwarf him several times over. Gazing upward inwards awe at what he has to slay is both humbling in addition to empowering, specially equally he begins to ascend the animate beingness to assay its vulnerable spots.
To last sure, Shadow of the Colossus isn’t for everyone. For ane thing, it’s a flake lacking inwards damage of content in addition to variety. While the globe is fairly open, the path to each colossus in addition to how to trounce it is rather linear. And spell it's like shooting fish in a barrel to soak inwards the atmosphere in addition to its almost oppressive nature, it besides gives players an incentive to only meander close in addition to relish how adept everything looks, adding to the intrinsically ho-hum pace. It's a story-driven game that feels distant in addition to cryptic, a linear experience with empty but opened upward areas to explore, featuring boss hunts that, spell exhilarating, tin drag longer than necessary.
Certainly, Shadow of the Colossus deserves major props for beingness smashing at what it does in addition to what it sets out to do. It's beautiful in addition to plays well. The remastered graphics on the PS4 are gorgeous in addition to stunning, in addition to it runs really smoothy in addition to with no stutters, fifty-fifty when players customize the game with diverse filters to modify how it looks in addition to feels. Nonetheless, it’s an acquired taste, offering players a strange, linear experience of gamble in addition to excitement.
Taken equally a whole, Shadow of the Colossus doesn't concur dorsum on its vision. It's eminently enjoyable, but players should last aware of what they're getting into lest they last fooled yesteryear its pretty appearance in addition to large scope. And ane time it is accepted for what it is in addition to isn’t, it proves its worth equally a venerable championship that, with assistance from technology, figures to stand upward the examination of time.
THE GOOD
- beautiful, with no frame drops
- atmospheric environment, with a rich in addition to engrossing soundtrack
- smooth in addition to like shooting fish in a barrel controls, paired with an intuitive fight design
THE BAD
- slow pace
- very petty content yesteryear the principal campaign
- combat is ho-hum in addition to deliberate
RATING: 8.5/10
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