Shadow of the Colossus

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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2739 Ratings

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  1. hkatbamna1
    Jul 13, 2020
    4
    I've heard great things about this game and decided to give it a shot when it was offered for free with Playstation Plus. I will say the premise of the story is intriguing. However, any redeeming qualities of this game are offset by the most atrocious and poor control scheme I have ever had the displeasure of experiencing in a game. Quite simply, this game is not fun whatsoever. The horseI've heard great things about this game and decided to give it a shot when it was offered for free with Playstation Plus. I will say the premise of the story is intriguing. However, any redeeming qualities of this game are offset by the most atrocious and poor control scheme I have ever had the displeasure of experiencing in a game. Quite simply, this game is not fun whatsoever. The horse navigation makes no reasonable sense. Accelerating and decelerating the horse takes several seconds, and turning is either too slow or too fast. The bulk of colossus battles are climbing up onto them to find their weak points. But this becomes an absolute chore because of the absolute poor control scheme and it's similarly atrocious camera. Often times I would fall off if I let go of R2 for even a split second and would then have to climb my way up again. What should be a fun battle against a giant majestic beast quickly devolves into an uninspiring repetitive task. I tried to like this game, I really did. But it's just not fun. 4/10.… Expand
  2. Jimbro84
    Apr 29, 2018
    4
    I hate this game. It's just art basically and it's just good on the outside. Nice Music, Nice bosses design, Nice graphics and THATS IT.

    Frustrating controls (notably with the horse) and bad camera angles and little to nothing to do. No NPCs, No loot, No story, No exploration, No items and weapons, etc. Since when ''simplistic'' has become a quality? Those kind of games were    I hate this game. It's just art basically and it's just good on the outside. Nice Music, Nice bosses design, Nice graphics and THATS IT.

    Frustrating controls (notably with the horse) and bad camera angles and little to nothing to do.

    No NPCs, No loot, No story, No exploration, No items and weapons, etc.

    Since when ''simplistic'' has become a quality?

    Those kind of games were good 15 years ago. At the price we're paying, I'm unimpressed.    … Expand
  3. robomartion
    May 19, 2020
    4
    Although nice to look at at first, the photogrammetry used in place of the original hand made assets really take away some of the atmosphere present in the PS2 and PS3 version. The environments become samey very quickly and don't have that sense of world to them. The frame rate on the standard PS4 leaves a lot to be desired and its as if you're playing with an incredible amount of inputAlthough nice to look at at first, the photogrammetry used in place of the original hand made assets really take away some of the atmosphere present in the PS2 and PS3 version. The environments become samey very quickly and don't have that sense of world to them. The frame rate on the standard PS4 leaves a lot to be desired and its as if you're playing with an incredible amount of input lag. I do remember it being somewhat hard to control originally and having a low framerate on the PS2 but perhaps these problems were worse than I remembered. That said controlling the game is NOT an enjoyable experience in any way shape or form and in my honest opinion these are problems that should have been fixed or revised for a brand new release. I think the controls are not acceptable and that's that. Some have said that they are intentional and that is were the challenge lies but I think these are controls that could have been improved by leaps and bounds. Seeing the Last Guardian has exactly the same problems I'm more inclined to think it doesn't matter that much to the developers or they are simply incompetent in that aspect. But saying it is an gameplay design decision to have clunky controls doesn't hold up to me. I honestly think the controls of the original PS2 games were not this bad but I could be wrong. Having enjoyed the original game and actually being enthralled with it and played many many hours of it, coming back to it in this remaster doesn't evoke the same feeling I originally had.… Expand
  4. Sucheit
    Mar 13, 2020
    4
    boss 11 just stuns you to death if you get hit by charge attack and you cant even change difficulty in game, had to drop it
  5. setuis
    Aug 7, 2018
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Shadow of colossus was not a good game..... Sure the main character is evil for killing the monsters to revive a dead girl but what else is there. Your trying to revive a girl by slaying oversized monsters and must kill them all to bring back the girl and finish the game but to do it you have to travel on horse where there is no obstacles at all accept for oversized bosses a few ground enemies or additional content would have in my opinion helped the game , this is why i hated shadow of colossus in 2005 and why i still hate it now. I guess i could give it another go and this is really a review for the 2005 version not this version so meh. It had nice graphics for ps2 game but the lack of anything to do and no direction on where to find the big monsters sucked. Nothing to write about really accept that it has a bad ending which is the only good thing about it , that and it had one of the first open world concept for gaming.… Expand
  6. agent13
    Dec 12, 2019
    4
    Beautiful world but empty, it doesn't have much gameplay or story and it gets boring af after a couple of hours playing. One of the most overrated games ever
  7. PeterLangford
    Apr 3, 2020
    4
    Maybe good as a meditation exercise. But world is large and lifeless. The game is 16 not overly hard boss fights with a lot of time struggling with your horse and camera to travel long repetitive distances in between.
  8. ARandyFatDude
    Dec 14, 2020
    4
    Everything in this game is luck based. If you’re playing through the story as is then it will probably be ok. But trying to get that one particular trophy? Well good luck because this ps2 game doesn’t care for consistency.
  9. Darkison
    Feb 7, 2018
    4
    Great OST. Great graphics. Horrible characters, Colossus and a fine history. OVERRATED.
  10. reuss
    Feb 8, 2018
    4
    Never played ps2 title. So I had high hopes because great reviews.

    Cons: -Boring and dull world to explore (only lizards and fruit to find wtf) -Didn't like the story (I think there was a story?) -Horrible horse controls -Repetitive Pros +Looks great +Some of the fights were fun So this was basically horse riding to a Colossi, get to it's back, stab Colossi and repeat that    Never played ps2 title. So I had high hopes because great reviews.

    Cons:
    -Boring and dull world to explore (only lizards and fruit to find wtf)
    -Didn't like the story (I think there was a story?)
    -Horrible horse controls
    -Repetitive

    Pros
    +Looks great
    +Some of the fights were fun

    So this was basically horse riding to a Colossi, get to it's back, stab Colossi and repeat that 16 times. Can't understand how come this has so good reviews (is it nostalgia?).    … Expand
  11. gameswithjarlie
    Feb 8, 2018
    4
    Unfortunately navigating the world is abysmal, it’s deeply ambiguous as to what you can climb. Running from place to place takes a long time, and riding the horse led me to giving the horse a unique name: cement. I called it cement because it feels like I’m steering a goat pulled cement mixer. The camera swings around wildly, making it difficult to steer the horse in a straight line,Unfortunately navigating the world is abysmal, it’s deeply ambiguous as to what you can climb. Running from place to place takes a long time, and riding the horse led me to giving the horse a unique name: cement. I called it cement because it feels like I’m steering a goat pulled cement mixer. The camera swings around wildly, making it difficult to steer the horse in a straight line, gaining and losing speed is arduous, and just nothing about point A to point B made me think wow.

    There were several bosses where the events would not trigger properly; one particular boss towards the end of the game tells you to get to higher ground. After baiting the boss into hitting pillars maybe 20 times, the event finally triggered, and a way opened up for me to progress the fight. This was of course after I’d exhausted all other options, as the event hadn’t triggered the first time I tried; it’s deeply dissatisfying knowing your initial solution was right, but the game hadn’t responded to your actions.

    Unless you have a deep set love for this game, I’d recommend giving it a miss. I’m not thoroughly convinced I should’ve bought this game, never mind for £30. You can get bigger and better adventures for less money. The developers failed to change the shortcomings in light of modern technologies and progression, and ultimately produced what feels like at best the concept for a game. It doesn’t even seem like the best version of itself.    … Expand
  12. allwititnowsuck
    Jul 30, 2018
    4
    Sony can get away with making a poor port of PS2 game and slapping word remaster on it's box and they get praised for it?Wow just wow.
    They do really nice job,cashing on people's nostalgia,by making the second re-release of this game and calling it "remaster".It's not like already have made port of it for PS3,with little to no differences to original game.Same here,just slightly higher    Sony can get away with making a poor port of PS2 game and slapping word remaster on it's box and they get praised for it?Wow just wow.
    They do really nice job,cashing on people's nostalgia,by making the second re-release of this game and calling it "remaster".It's not like already have made port of it for PS3,with little to no differences to original game.Same here,just slightly higher resolution and slightly better graphics,yet they didn't bother to fix controls...
    What i did like about the game(this version and original):
    -Looks nice
    -One or two fights were okay
    What i hated about the game(this version and original):
    -Boring and unintersting world to explore
    -Don't really like the story(there was even a story to begin with?)
    -Horrible horse controls
    -Repetive
    -Boring
    I really wasted my money on this one.
    All these good reviews,please guys take off your nostalgia glasses.    … Expand
  13. HybridDestroyer
    Oct 14, 2018
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphics-7/10
    The graphics werent bad, but I've seen better. Compared to others like The Last of Us or Halo SotC falls short for a 2018 remaster. Details in the surroundings and accessories are lacking. With the amount of time that Wander uses his unique sword, Id have expected more details and intricacies. Look at Ellie's special switchblade, while basic in design and quite frankly generic, it has a great amount of detail giving it a unique presence. Although this might be an unfair comparison I would say that Skyrim, modded, bests SotC in graphics even being released 5 years prior.

    Art-6.5/10
    Many people said the art of SotC was astounding and I wanted to believe them. First run through, I would agree that the scenery is nice, but it quickly grew old. Running across the same field and fighting the Colossi, sometimes in all too similar arenas, takes away from the individuality of the bosses. Colors are also dull and muted. The Colossi themselves have an interesting design and do themselves justice in that aspect. The architectural formations seen on the beasts is fantastic and begs questions, but for all of the commotion about the art, I would say SotC also fell short in that aspect. IMO, If you are looking for a game with extraordinary scenery, Horizon Zero Dawn does a much better job of displaying nature and wildlife.

    Story-2/10
    SotC has virtually no storyline. The two points are awarded simply b/c they told the character what he was doing and why. But they give no real reason or backstory as to why the player should really care. There are too many questions and not enough answers. IMO, the Dark Souls series does a much better job of creating questions and letting the audience dig for answers which can be found by talking to other NPCs or reading descriptions of items obtained throughout the journey.

    Character Development-0/10
    Development of the one character that SotC focuses on is also nonexistent. With hardly any dialogue, the main character, known as Wander (not revealed in game), feels distant from the player. There was no connection between Wander and myself while playing, and his quest to resurrect the girl Mono (also not revealed) definitely did not feel as important as Wander makes it out to be.

    Ending - 3/10
    IMO, the ending was a huge letdown. Wander dies, but honestly who cares? The game made no effort to forge a bond with him. The moment when Agro (his horse and the only name revealed in-game aside from Lord Emon) dies, all I thought was, "damn, guess its on foot from here." Even Wander is hardly phased by the "death" of his companion. The last fight was also a major downer because it gives the illusion that you can control the outcome, in reality, all Emon does is chuck a sword in a pond and you're done for.

    Difficulty-4/10
    As the game is a puzzle type, I expected a more thought-provoking challenge. The bosses themselves arent difficult to defeat, and in fact, the most difficult part is just having enough stamina to hang on while they try a sad attempt to shake you off. Reaching a boss takes all of five minutes, and while I admit that there were a few that stumped me, they are ultimately copies from one boss to another. All that differs is the placement of vitals. I got more satisfaction from playing other puzzle games like Portal, and Trine and for much less money.

    Soundtrack-5/10
    The soundtrack was good, but to me, there was not enough variation in the boss tracks. This detracts from their uniqueness and it was also poorly implemented as the music was barely audible when fighting, taking away from the intensity.

    Background Noise-1/10
    From what I remember the air was stagnant. Barley any wind, ambient water noise, or animals, no rustling tree leaves, and two voice lines for saying HYA and calling Agro. Hitting your sword on different objects made no difference, Agro must have been of steel or something b/c thats what it sounded like.

    Price-7/10
    I bought the game for $28, preowed. Not bad a price for a PS4 game, but after finishing it for the first time I realized I wouldnt have payed this much had I known what I was in for. At most I would probably have paid $10. To calculate if a game is worth its price I compare dollar value to hours played. I generally believe a game to be worth it when the hours played equals the dollar value, unless it has exceptional gameplay, story, characters, etc. For SotC however, I put in about 7 hours before completing the story. The other factors IMO are not enough to make up for the difference.

    Overall Game-play - 3/10
    The overall is low. With little satisfaction and replay value SotC is not a game I would recommend. I could spend twice as much on a different game and get an experience 10x greater. The story is not very interesting and is very confusing due to a lack of in game explanation. None of this is to say that you shouldnt buy the game, but this is just my strong opinion    … Expand
  14. snkr_thief
    Oct 1, 2018
    4
    I can see why some people consider this to be a great game. The setting, the music, and the colossi are all well crafted. The battles can be pretty engaging and there is a sense of reward that comes with taking down each colossus. In that regard, there is some enjoyment to be had with this game. However, despite the praise this game gets, I wouldn't recommend it. In fact, I was having aI can see why some people consider this to be a great game. The setting, the music, and the colossi are all well crafted. The battles can be pretty engaging and there is a sense of reward that comes with taking down each colossus. In that regard, there is some enjoyment to be had with this game. However, despite the praise this game gets, I wouldn't recommend it. In fact, I was having a hard time enjoying myself for the majority of the campaign. The controls are horrible, you have little to no control over the camera and I found myself frustrated with these two mechanics more than anything throughout my playthrough. Navigation is also poor. You may be going in the right direction yet still get lost without knowing where you made a wrong turn. It also doesn't help that your horse handles like crap. In regards to the colossi, once you've figured out how to defeat one, the act of actually taking it out is pretty simple and not very fun. This basically sums up the entire experience for me, lacking in fun. If you're looking for something different than your typical open-world action/adventure, this might be something you'll enjoy. But I would warn those who are considering picking this up due to the high praise this game has gotten over the years: this game is a very acquired taste. I'd argue that the gameplay is the game's weakest feature, and if a game is no fun to play, what's the point?… Expand
  15. Captainwinky182
    Dec 29, 2018
    4
    This was my first play through having never playing the original. after all the hype i thought i would give it a blast. the experience as a whole was very disappointing. The controls were infuriating at times, most of the Colossi were boring apart from a couple of encounters. The horse rides terrible. the whole experience felt like a grind tbh. Only pro i will give is the scale of theThis was my first play through having never playing the original. after all the hype i thought i would give it a blast. the experience as a whole was very disappointing. The controls were infuriating at times, most of the Colossi were boring apart from a couple of encounters. The horse rides terrible. the whole experience felt like a grind tbh. Only pro i will give is the scale of the setting looks beautiful at times but that about it.… Expand
  16. Zodlier
    Jul 11, 2020
    4
    Didnt aged well.
    Riding the horse is a pain in the ass most of the time.
    Very repetitive.
    Physics doesnt look real.
    Absolutely overrated
    But the game is kinda beautiful and poetic
  17. Mattyc96
    Dec 29, 2019
    4
    By far one of the most pointlessly frustrating games I have ever played. The controls and camera break the game for me. I spent most my time flailing around holding r2 on the colossus. Besides being visually stunning the platforming here is terrible and feels obnoxiously daft waiting for your meter to run down well the protagonist fails to execute an simple jump. The boss battles areBy far one of the most pointlessly frustrating games I have ever played. The controls and camera break the game for me. I spent most my time flailing around holding r2 on the colossus. Besides being visually stunning the platforming here is terrible and feels obnoxiously daft waiting for your meter to run down well the protagonist fails to execute an simple jump. The boss battles are laughably easy. Navigation is annoying. The story feels meaningless. If it wasnt for the visuals this game would have no redeemable values… Expand
  18. Jenneraptor
    Oct 4, 2020
    4
    The character is SO HARD TO CONTROL it takes all the fun out of this game. You waste so much time not because of your skill but because of how they made the character move and climb and hold on surfaces. It's such a shame because the rest is nice but if you can't control the character you're playing, it's not worth it
  19. necrowizart89
    Jun 7, 2020
    4
    Nothing special. The plot is not interesting, the setting and world is empty theres nothing to do besides this collosi killing. The control sucks hard, the horse is stupid and not responding so as the protagonist. I had a little fun playing this game some of the collosi was interesting and spectacular, but most of them was easy and boring. Graphics are good and but I don’t recommend thisNothing special. The plot is not interesting, the setting and world is empty theres nothing to do besides this collosi killing. The control sucks hard, the horse is stupid and not responding so as the protagonist. I had a little fun playing this game some of the collosi was interesting and spectacular, but most of them was easy and boring. Graphics are good and but I don’t recommend this game. I played it just because was free on ps+.… Expand
  20. super_absorber
    Nov 27, 2020
    4
    By today's standard and comparing to other available games, this game is bad and boring. The control and camera is so bad and stupid
  21. ecank
    Nov 7, 2020
    4
    terrible gameplay, auto-rotating camera drives you crazy. graphics are not even worth to talk about.
  22. MoniWhite
    Feb 7, 2022
    4
    Fun for a while but too hard, only worth playing if free, graphics look ok, not much story though
  23. Novvos
    May 5, 2023
    4
    It's less than "ok". Feels like playing a better version of Pong. Same story, equal gameplay. Working on my pile of shame, but this game is a shame and absolutly overrated!
  24. AgentAnderson
    Mar 3, 2020
    3
    I'll give it 3 because it looks nice. This is like a poor man's Tomb Raider with no enemies and a few big bosses. I was roaming around and found the first 2 Colossi and nothing else. Well, I did find clunky controls. Not much to do other than snore.
  25. cweikert
    Feb 7, 2018
    3
    How could you even think of releasing a game with such a bad camera and bad character controls? 20 years ago Nintendo showed the world how to ride a horse in a video game and the programmers of this game learned nothing from it. Climbing is also a joke. This is not a masterpiece, not even close. Is just a game which desperately wants to be a masterpiece but couldn't even master the basicsHow could you even think of releasing a game with such a bad camera and bad character controls? 20 years ago Nintendo showed the world how to ride a horse in a video game and the programmers of this game learned nothing from it. Climbing is also a joke. This is not a masterpiece, not even close. Is just a game which desperately wants to be a masterpiece but couldn't even master the basics of video game design.… Expand
  26. p1nky
    Feb 16, 2018
    3
    Horrible controls. Very bad camera position, shacking, not stable and dynamic with make is impossible to play the game. English subs are bad, impossible to understand.
    Picture is very nice.
  27. Alibababa
    Mar 10, 2019
    3
    I always said to myself, that it would be great to have a game where you can bond with your horse and ride around some empty plain fields with it, a true adventure. However after realizing that the void Shadow of Colossus is presenting isn't really all that appealing and the only real activity is to find those colossi and slay them in the most brutal manner possible I became a bitI always said to myself, that it would be great to have a game where you can bond with your horse and ride around some empty plain fields with it, a true adventure. However after realizing that the void Shadow of Colossus is presenting isn't really all that appealing and the only real activity is to find those colossi and slay them in the most brutal manner possible I became a bit disappointed by this vision. The world is really empty, yet beautiful but with nothing to do you get bored quite fast and after about 6-8 hours, depending on how well you learn to control this horse with tank controls, you'll reach the climax of the game with a rather sad conclusion but also hope, it's a bittersweet ending but it's not enough to elevate the game above its flaws.… Expand
  28. SplitMind
    Feb 17, 2020
    3
    Am I playing the same game as all the stellar reviews are claiming?

    Good Lord, what an awful game in comparison to the hype! The visuals are quite good, whilst at the same time clearly not the pinnacle of this generation's capabilities. They've given this game a 'makeover' when really what it needed was demolishing and rebuilding from scratch. There are a handful of nice concepts    Am I playing the same game as all the stellar reviews are claiming?

    Good Lord, what an awful game in comparison to the hype!

    The visuals are quite good, whilst at the same time clearly not the pinnacle of this generation's capabilities.

    They've given this game a 'makeover' when really what it needed was demolishing and rebuilding from scratch. There are a handful of nice concepts either badly executed or marred by other bad game designs.

    The controls, especially the horse, control like a tank! I found it nigh-on-impossible to manoeuvre the horse correctly. The controls are also horribly unresponsive. Many times I was stood next to the horse pressing the button to climb upon it, only for my character to start jumping on the spot or calling the horses name due to the button having two functions - very bad design.

    The worst offender in the whole game may be the camera because it is the most prominent and omnipresent issue. The camera simply has a mind of its own and you will spend more time battling that than the colossi.

    And the colossi? Another fantastic concept but let down so badly by the repetition and monotony. I had had enough by the time I defeated the first one. Holding up the sword to expose a weakpoint ironically leaves you exposed yourself because you can't move at the same time, which indicates a now ancient game mechanic rarely visible in modern games. Climbing the colossi can be very tedious and repetitive also, with the game giving random and sparing prompts as to how to actually play it.

    Overall, this is a hipster's dream, in that the reputation far exceeds the quality. I was very much looking forward to this and so am therefore further disappointed by this letdown, so that may have biased my review, yet I see other reviews noting similar issues. This game is a relic of the past and should have stayed there.    … Expand
  29. knur
    Oct 15, 2022
    3
    Nice graphics with a unique atmosphere don't make a good game. The gameplay is frustrating, the controls are horrible, and the story is boring.

    My take on why this game has so many good reviews: is tinted nostalgia glasses. When someone was a kid and this game came out on PS2 the graphics were really impressive and the giant size of the colossi was something that was never seen before.    Nice graphics with a unique atmosphere don't make a good game. The gameplay is frustrating, the controls are horrible, and the story is boring.

    My take on why this game has so many good reviews: is tinted nostalgia glasses. When someone was a kid and this game came out on PS2 the graphics were really impressive and the giant size of the colossi was something that was never seen before. It was definitely impressive for its time and memorable for sure.    … Expand
  30. DogeWowIsBack
    Mar 11, 2019
    3
    This is a very bad port from PS2, it contains all old bugs and glitches from original, they're were easily visible on PS3 version, i thought because they decided to milk nostaglia further more they will put at least some effort,but sadly they didn't. Even the controls got worse!
    If you ask me, the game itself wasn't ever that great to begin with.
    The story is bare minimum, the world of    This is a very bad port from PS2, it contains all old bugs and glitches from original, they're were easily visible on PS3 version, i thought because they decided to milk nostaglia further more they will put at least some effort,but sadly they didn't. Even the controls got worse!
    If you ask me, the game itself wasn't ever that great to begin with.
    The story is bare minimum, the world of the game is really boring and empty, call that an artistic choice or any other excuse you might think of but this isn't a good explanation.
    Yes the fights with bosses might be interesting but that's all what game has to offer.
    This game is considered to be a cult classic but is it really? Looking back on it now gives the feeling of playing tech demo of something bigger, but sadly this is a finished product. I'm really sure if this game didn't have all that nostalgia factor going for it, it would be panned down by both critics and players alike. People consider this game to be great because they want to remember it this way. But you can't get yourself back to playing it after all these years do you?    … Expand
  31. SlavqawOw
    Mar 20, 2020
    3
    Убийство гигантов которые тебе почти не отвечают, ну такое... Абсолютно отвратное управление лошадью да и самим героем. Из плюсов фоновая музыка и пейзажи.
  32. Pastriof
    Jul 21, 2020
    3
    Just a piece of junk in modern gamedev, gameplay is so awful and story is very predictible. I just can't understand how it can have such good reviews, I'd rather play journey 6th time
  33. Martma
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    This game is unplayable at times here are the problem with the game:
    -bad camera angle which makes it a nuisance to play -the bow feel awful to use
    -the world is empty they could have you just kill a bunch of bosses without the need to travel there in the first place - annoying to use the compass (sword) to find the next boss -the story isn’t that compelling imo -the character takes a nap    This game is unplayable at times here are the problem with the game:
    -bad camera angle which makes it a nuisance to play -the bow feel awful to use
    -the world is empty they could have you just kill a bunch of bosses without the need to travel there in the first place
    - annoying to use the compass (sword) to find the next boss
    -the story isn’t that compelling imo
    -the character takes a nap every-time he gets hit therefore when he get up again he will immediately go down again
    -most boss were good to look at but tedious to fight (wasn’t fun) -jump mechanics feels sloppy -the horse is unresponsive Now I know this is a remaster/ remake but I can’t over look these issues, this makes it hard to enjoy the story overall making this I think the most overrated game out there with the praise it got.    … Expand
  34. RedDragon1240
    Sep 19, 2020
    3
    This is by far the worst game I've played in PS4. Very nice graphics but terrible camera, controls & gameplay. I don't understand how this game is considered a PS masterpiece if it's built on frustratio rather than fun. There is no story at all until the end. This is a game I will never forget, for it's one of the worst games I have played in my life.
  35. keshudioo
    Apr 12, 2023
    3
    The game is boring with an awful camera work and clumsy physics. Landscape is nice, though.
  36. HelenWheelz
    Feb 20, 2021
    3
    The graphics are decent on PS4 Pro but the game has too many issues. In no particular order:
    The dialog is all in Japanese. They clearly spent $$$ on art production but couldn't pay a little money for an English voice track? Lame.
    The controls are wonky as hell. Riding a horse has never been more annoying. The instructions are minimal (you'll need to read the manual). The camera    The graphics are decent on PS4 Pro but the game has too many issues. In no particular order:
    The dialog is all in Japanese. They clearly spent $$$ on art production but couldn't pay a little money for an English voice track? Lame.
    The controls are wonky as hell. Riding a horse has never been more annoying.
    The instructions are minimal (you'll need to read the manual).
    The camera angles and swing work against you. The game relies heavily on parkour-like mechanics but the camera is always swinging in the wrong places so you end up falling off stuff unintentionally and wasting time re-climbing.
    The parkour sucks. Sometimes the character climbs as expected, other times, they get confused and just go up and down with no progress which just drains your stamina unfairly..
    The game relies on you basically killing a bunch of colossus creatures that have weak spots but they don't consistently show them to you making for stabbing-guesses and long arduous battles. Bug?

    I have no clue why this has such a high metacritic rating honestly. It's not the worst game in the world, but certainly not worthy of a 93 rating.    … Expand
  37. randyrusli
    May 4, 2021
    3
    Honestly don't know why the critics' consensus is 91/100. This game has the worst control of any game I've ever played and it's just a series of boss fight after boss fight.
  38. MickyEpic
    Sep 2, 2021
    3
    These horse controls are so bad its unbelievable. I dont know why yall love this game so much.
  39. BASIL4D
    Apr 4, 2022
    3
    The game has a certain charm to it because of the art style and the somewhat intriguing breadcrumbs of lore the game sparingly gives you.
    Gameplay on the other hand is ATROCIOUS, Clunky, frustrating and all around HORRIBLE!
    I do not recommend it under any circumstances unless you can handle the tedious unresponsive gameplay.
  40. JesseDillinger
    Mar 21, 2023
    3
    Why the **** do people like this game? It is a nightmare to control. The gameplay is absolute cancer. The camera sucks, the climbing sucks and I love glitching through everything. To get to the next boss you need your horse that controls like person with no arms using their teeth to steer a car. This game is terrible. Why the **** is it rated so high. I dropped this trash after the 4thWhy the **** do people like this game? It is a nightmare to control. The gameplay is absolute cancer. The camera sucks, the climbing sucks and I love glitching through everything. To get to the next boss you need your horse that controls like person with no arms using their teeth to steer a car. This game is terrible. Why the **** is it rated so high. I dropped this trash after the 4th boss. It is not fun to play at all. Plus the world is so bland and boring.… Expand
  41. Funkymonk
    Apr 17, 2018
    2
    Definitely some rose tinted nostalgia glasses with a lot of these reviews. In fact it's possibly one of the most shockingly overrated games of all time!!! How a game with terrible controls and camera, empty boring world and repetitive frustrating gameplay can get so many 9s and 10s just astounds me. I mean these aren't even minor flaws you can just ignore - they're game breaking. Maybe onDefinitely some rose tinted nostalgia glasses with a lot of these reviews. In fact it's possibly one of the most shockingly overrated games of all time!!! How a game with terrible controls and camera, empty boring world and repetitive frustrating gameplay can get so many 9s and 10s just astounds me. I mean these aren't even minor flaws you can just ignore - they're game breaking. Maybe on the PS2 it could pass as something different yet flawed but today it's so dated and horrible.
    Believe the hype if you like but bear in mind ther's still a lot of negative/mixed reviews and they all basically site the same flaws.    … Expand
  42. thiagoFerreiraL
    Aug 16, 2019
    2
    This game has the clunkiest controls of all the games I've played, specially the camera, that looks like it has a mind of it's own. The camera tries so f*** hard to auto-correct that infuriated me to the point of giving up on the 6th colossus and I couldn't do that for another 10 colossus. It's like the camera is the real boss of this game.

    I gave 2 points for visuals only. The game    This game has the clunkiest controls of all the games I've played, specially the camera, that looks like it has a mind of it's own. The camera tries so f*** hard to auto-correct that infuriated me to the point of giving up on the 6th colossus and I couldn't do that for another 10 colossus. It's like the camera is the real boss of this game.

    I gave 2 points for visuals only. The game certainly is very pretty.    … Expand
  43. Hoegaardener70
    May 15, 2018
    2
    I never had a PS before the PS4, and therefore also never heard of this game. It should have stayed that way. I rarely leave games unfinished but this one ... I will gladly forget. The story did not captivate me the slightest. I fought 2 giants and the battles are boring, requiring what I hate most with games ... mashing certain buttons at certain moments while climbing a giant a certainI never had a PS before the PS4, and therefore also never heard of this game. It should have stayed that way. I rarely leave games unfinished but this one ... I will gladly forget. The story did not captivate me the slightest. I fought 2 giants and the battles are boring, requiring what I hate most with games ... mashing certain buttons at certain moments while climbing a giant a certain way. Besides that, the world is totally devoid of any interest. I bought this because of the great reviews, but I am at a loss what people love about this so much.… Expand
  44. jeffbizloc
    Apr 26, 2018
    2
    I was super excited to play a classic well regarded game. Couldn't even make it past the 3rd boss out of frustration. The controls are god awful. There is this weird jump before the 3rd boss that is frustrating. Maybe I played too many modern game before this but I am glad we have progressed.

    Pros:
    - Graphics are great

    Cons:
    - Terrible controls
    - The game/puzzles felt too obtuse
  45. panosveto
    Mar 26, 2018
    2
    Very bad camera and but character control . They had to fix the camera the game is unplayble
  46. B-Bog
    Dec 5, 2019
    2
    WHAT. THE. F*CK.

    For years and years, I've been reading nothing but glorious praise for this game, both for the original and the remake. For reasons I can't remember, I never played the PS2 version back when it came out, and then over time the prices for used copies became astronomically high. Now I finally got a PS4 Pro and one of the first games I got was this supposed classic. You    WHAT. THE. F*CK.

    For years and years, I've been reading nothing but glorious praise for this game, both for the original and the remake. For reasons I can't remember, I never played the PS2 version back when it came out, and then over time the prices for used copies became astronomically high. Now I finally got a PS4 Pro and one of the first games I got was this supposed classic. You know, take a break from Death Stranding and play something less tedious. HAHA.

    The only thing that seems to have been updated from the 2005 original are the visuals and some collectibles. That's it. The controls are slippery and imprecise, and the biggest battle you have in this game is not with one of the colossi, but with the god awful camera. It still operates under the mid-2000s dogma of: "I'll give you some pretend control with the right stick, but as soon as you let that f*cker go, I'll just go right back to what I want to do".

    Both of these issues are pretty big problems, seeing as the game is basically a puzzle-PLATFORMER.

    What I've never seen other reviews mention: Fighting the colossi is basically a stamina-management-game. You fight these guys by climbing on top of them by holding onto fur and conveniently placed pieces of rock, locating their weak spot(s), and then stabbing them with your sword. The thing is: You can really only move when the colossus isn't doing that much. Which is maybe 15% of the time at best, and most of them don't really telegraph when they're going to start moving/shaking either. Which is problematic to say the least, because that's when you gotta hold on for dear life, which drains your stamina and means you cannot move or stab at all. When your stamina hits 0, you fall off the colossus and you get to climb it all over again! Hooray!! So much fun!!!

    When you're not fighting a colossus, you're riding around in an empty wasteland of a map looking for the next one. Instead of maybe giving you a marker on your map, you've got to constantly be holding your sword up into the air while riding because it vaguely shows you the right direction to go.

    There's next to no incentive for exploring, other than some small collectibles for increasing health and stamina which the game doesn't tell you about. Like it also doesn't really tell you how to save at shrines. It just says: Pray. OK, what's the dedicated pray button again? Would it really be too much hassle to just write "Press R2"? But I digress.

    I'd like to give a special shout-out to the moron who programmed the controls for riding the horse. Ocarina of Time had better horse controls and that came out in 1998 for the N64 for crying out loud. Like, should the horse maybe move forward when you push forward on the left stick? Naaah, way too intuitive, let's have the player press Triangle a bunch of times just to get the thing moving at an acceptable speed. Oh what, you wanted to KEEP riding fast? Oh, then you have to keep holding down Triangle like an idiot! The aiming controls with the bow are absolute dogsh*t, too. In a twist of pure genius, you basically have to use your horse in a couple of battles, also combined with shooting your bow from the back of your horse. Best of luck with that, you're going to need it.

    On the plus side: The visuals are really nice. Not absolutely amazing in 2019 and especially not after playing Death Stranding, but nice. The music though is pretty generic and repetitive.

    All in all, this is one of the biggest disappointments I've ever had in my gaming career. I'm glad I got this on sale and only payed 16€. I'm only on the 7th colossus and I will probably finish the game, but I doubt that I'm going to enjoy it very much. No matter what else the game throws at me, the controls and camera are going to stay sh*tty. At least I'm not the only one who thinks this way, looking at this user review section. I'm just hoping the "The Last Guardian" isn't also such a POS, because I bought that on sale, too.

    UPDATE: Played a little further, until the 9th colossus, rage-quit, and deleted the game. The 9th fight involves having the colossus stand in very specific spots in order to even GET A CHANCE to harm him. So you're completely dependent on the boss AI, which doesn't cooperate with you at all. Then, if you do get him to fall over, he falls over with his fur (climbing spot) facing AWAY from you, because why not just make things a little more tedious if we get the chance. Then you get barely enough time to climb on top with the sh*tty controls governing your "hero" that climbs slower than any snaill. And if you don't quite make it because your stamina runs out, you fall off and get to repeat the WHOLE PROCESS all over again. Fun times! Excuse me, but I'm not into torturing myself with badly designed BS. Downgrade from a 3 to a 2. Sorry, but this is an over-hyped piece of garbage and even the 16€ I spent on this were a _colossal_ (haha...) waste of money.    … Expand
  47. mpordes
    Aug 4, 2018
    2
    This poor review of Shadow of the Colossus (SOC) is not based on bad controls. The main character certainly is difficult to control, but this issue has been thoroughly addressed by previous reviewers.

    Instead, I write this review to try to counter idealized "professional" reviews by the major gaming sites. Of the three reviews I read, each acknowledges that SOC has technical issues but    This poor review of Shadow of the Colossus (SOC) is not based on bad controls. The main character certainly is difficult to control, but this issue has been thoroughly addressed by previous reviewers.

    Instead, I write this review to try to counter idealized "professional" reviews by the major gaming sites. Of the three reviews I read, each acknowledges that SOC has technical issues but excuses these as part of the charm of the original game. This is hypocritical to me because most other games suffer significantly in the review because of technical issues.

    The premise of SOC is pretentious. 16 villains in all to fight in the large world of the game. The point of this setup is to make the player dread and anticipate their next battle as they wander through the empty wasteland. However, you get quite bored as you wait for the next fight.

    For years I have been suspicious of online gaming reviews. The review often seems to reflect the personal bias of the critic. Here, each of the evaluators openly acknowledges their nostalgia for the original game. But a video game review is not the place for individual nostalgia.

    While I was reluctant to rent this game I decided to because of the rave reviews I read. Instead of enjoying myself, I only finished the game because I was too far in to turn back. Professional reviewers need to take their job more seriously because it is their responsibility to save us time and money as consumers. The reviews I refer to here did not achieve this.    … Expand
  48. atticusgf
    Jul 30, 2018
    2
    This is the single most disappointing game I think I've ever played. I went into this thinking it would be a 4/5 minimum, perhaps a 5/5. It's a 1, which is the lowest score I give to anything that isn't outright broken. This game only took me around 7 hours, and yet it was still the most tedious game I've ever forced myself to finish

    This game is the prime example of why a game cannot    This is the single most disappointing game I think I've ever played. I went into this thinking it would be a 4/5 minimum, perhaps a 5/5. It's a 1, which is the lowest score I give to anything that isn't outright broken. This game only took me around 7 hours, and yet it was still the most tedious game I've ever forced myself to finish

    This game is the prime example of why a game cannot be purely art and atmosphere. The story is virtually nonexistent. You get an opening cutscene, a very minor development 75% through, and then the end. That's it. There is no attempt to provide anything else. Ignore those that write this off as a subtle story - there's a difference between subtle and lazy. Also ignore those that say the ending is "worth it". It's a mix of obvious and nonsensical developments, and anyone who says that they find meaning in the nonsensical is lying to themselves. It's a bad anime plot.

    The gameplay provides nothing positive aside from occasional moments of awe, mostly in the beginning. There are a few moments of wonder when you climb the first few colossi, or when they slightly change the formula, but it is quickly replaced with frustration and tedium.

    Frustration and tedium. That's the whole design philosophy behind the game. Let's walk through the pattern that you will be repeating sixteen times in a row.

    1) You watch a cutscene of a statue exploding, some shadow dudes looking at you, and a voice telling you where to go. No story development is given aside from the start and the end except in *one* of these, and it's minor.

    2) You get on your dumbass horse and try to find the location. Ignore people who say the horse is difficult to control because it's uber-realistic. Pretty sure real horses don't run stupidly into rocks and trees and jump off goddamn cliffs.

    Have fun trying to find this thing! Your map sucks, and the only tool you have is a glowing beam pointing to it. Wait, pointing right to it? That makes it easy, right? Nope! The physical design of the world is one of the worst I've ever seen in a video game. There's mazes of ravines, unintuitive physical bottlenecks, and forests you can get lost in. By the way, sometimes your sword won't work - usually (and I say usually because it sometimes does) because the sun isn't visible. So in those areas that are extra confusing, like the ravines and forest, you are ON YOUR OWN. Don't expect to find anything to do. The world is empty except some fruit and an occasional hawk and lizard. I hope the graphics distract you long enough.

    3) So you found the thing? Congratulations! Now you have to solve a little puzzle on how to climb up on it. Most of these are obvious or tedious. One requires you to climb like 8 pillars until you trigger an event. This is only a challenge because the controls suck. (And if you say the controls *don't* suck, please tell me why doing the EXACT SAME TASK EIGHT TIMES IN A ROW is good game design). One requires you to pick up a torch, using the "pick up button" that the game has never told you about. If you get hit, your character will lay on the ground for an inexplicably long time. During this time you won't be attacked again, like you would expect from a game people describe as realistic (or is that only when defending the dumbass horse). Once your character gets up again, you might be attacked immediately, and have to repeat the unavoidable process until you die.

    4) You made it on! Congratulations! See the blue glowy spot? Go there. You can only move when you're not flailing. Have fun holding the same button down again and again. If you decide to press the jump button, please be aware that it only works at random times. When you make it to the glowy spot, you have to hold down the same button until you stop flailing, and try to get a stab in. That's it. The fast majority of the gameplay is you holding down a single button until your character stops ragdolling like an idiot. Hopefully you don't fall.

    Oh, you did fall? Don't worry, your character can fall 60 feet with minimal damage - because this is a realistic game, that's why the horse has bad controls. But you probably have to redo the puzzle again. I hope you like redoing puzzles, because once you know the answer it just becomes a tedious slog with the controls.

    5) You killed it! Hooray! You have to do this 16 times.

    This game is an awful. It's a gorgeous awful game, but it's still an awful game.

    1/5    … Expand
  49. vc21223
    Sep 6, 2020
    2
    The camera and controls are absolutely awful. It makes it hard to focus on the actual game. I can't enjoy the beauty of the graphics and atmosphere because when I try to look around, the damn camera just keeps forcing to me to look forward.
  50. nw2010
    Dec 23, 2020
    2
    Really good looking, and the colossi look amazing. However the fiddly controls and associated lag wreck the game completely for me. It's also quite samey after you've seen a few of the beasts as well. Very disappointing.
  51. yaminotenshi
    Mar 4, 2020
    2
    this is most lame boring tedious repetitive game ever played in my life.
    the story is **** the mechanic is blend and the game is literally deadly boring.
  52. Hrjdbd
    Mar 14, 2020
    2
    The game as an idea is good but im nit satisfied with the gaming conditions..first of all the horse riding is so **** up and you cannot control it.Secondly there are many glitches that need to be fixed and last but not least..the manual save does not freacing workkk.im stuck in the last colossi and every time i die or quit the game i respawn back to the castle with the **** dead **** soThe game as an idea is good but im nit satisfied with the gaming conditions..first of all the horse riding is so **** up and you cannot control it.Secondly there are many glitches that need to be fixed and last but not least..the manual save does not freacing workkk.im stuck in the last colossi and every time i die or quit the game i respawn back to the castle with the **** dead **** so pissed of right now… Expand
  53. Phoenix-Prince
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    On the PS2 this was an incredible game, basically it was a PS3 game on a PS2.
    That's probably why it was still good on the PS3, unfortunately that's no longer the case. Controls are absolutely terrible, camera is terrible, they've done nothing but improve its graphics, they left all of its broken mechanics. Those mechanics were forgivable back in the day but just doesn't hold up today, I    On the PS2 this was an incredible game, basically it was a PS3 game on a PS2.
    That's probably why it was still good on the PS3, unfortunately that's no longer the case. Controls are absolutely terrible, camera is terrible, they've done nothing but improve its graphics, they left all of its broken mechanics. Those mechanics were forgivable back in the day but just doesn't hold up today, I couldn't even finish this time, I quit after The 13th Colossus, because I just couldn't stomach the controls any longer. If you have played this before save your memories and don't bother, you will question how you once enjoyed this, and if you never played it just stay away, it's pretty graphics will mean nothing once you see how terrible the controls and camera Will be.
    I give Shadow of the Colossus a 2 out of 10. What a disappointment.    … Expand
  54. RLRoro
    Oct 26, 2020
    2
    I had high expectations on this game and I got very frustrated. Pros: good graphics, nice soundtrack.

    Cons: a lot of glitches and bugs, there is no tutorial, camera can be a real pain in the ass sometimes, controls are a bit awkward, game can be really stressful, there are no checkpoints. A test of patience.
  55. danilowhxcx
    Jan 20, 2022
    2
    The history is poor, they don't explain anything about it, the physics is weird, seems like your playing on the moon and the camera is also annoying sometimes.
  56. Reverend2
    Aug 19, 2020
    2
    So disappointed by this after years of waiting to play it and reading rave reviews. As with so many games it is ruined by the ridiculously long and boring cut scenes. I don't want to have to sit through 15 minutes of cliched and poorly animated storyline before I even get to use the controllers. Then there are the awful controls themselves. I'll leave it there, but would someone pleaseSo disappointed by this after years of waiting to play it and reading rave reviews. As with so many games it is ruined by the ridiculously long and boring cut scenes. I don't want to have to sit through 15 minutes of cliched and poorly animated storyline before I even get to use the controllers. Then there are the awful controls themselves. I'll leave it there, but would someone please tell the developers to stop with the cut scenes, sack their wannabe film directors and get back to good old fashioned gaming.… Expand
  57. Anelist
    Apr 27, 2020
    1
    Tried this game & could not get past how bad the camera & that damn horse is !! Leave that , then got to the climbing part .. my word its bad. The game has a sort of compass map when you raise that sword but I just could not figure out where to go ... follow the light ? What .. maybe follow where there is a sun opening ? I dunno . Then the actual 1st & 2nd boss fights ( which were a bitTried this game & could not get past how bad the camera & that damn horse is !! Leave that , then got to the climbing part .. my word its bad. The game has a sort of compass map when you raise that sword but I just could not figure out where to go ... follow the light ? What .. maybe follow where there is a sun opening ? I dunno . Then the actual 1st & 2nd boss fights ( which were a bit cool i must admit - hence the 1 rating) - on the second boss after about 30 minutes trying to figure out the direction , I could not bear the controls climbing that boss . I quit the game right there. Luckily for me i got this as a freebie on psn ( although we all know nothing is for free) . But hugely dissapointed & cannot see how the ratings lead this to being a “ must play” , more like “ must avoid”… Expand
  58. Gallbond
    Apr 6, 2022
    1
    Скучное говно... Графон - говно, геймплей - говно, сюжет - а он есть?
  59. ElSid64
    Feb 8, 2018
    1
    Absolutely appalling. Where have these great ratings come from. I bought this game on the back of fantastic reviews. Repetitive gameplay and unresponsive controls. Really wish I had not wasted money on this. Gave it a one rating purely for looks. If you close the game you have to start the entire sequence again - i.e. ride a tedious and unrealistic horse all the way across a barrenAbsolutely appalling. Where have these great ratings come from. I bought this game on the back of fantastic reviews. Repetitive gameplay and unresponsive controls. Really wish I had not wasted money on this. Gave it a one rating purely for looks. If you close the game you have to start the entire sequence again - i.e. ride a tedious and unrealistic horse all the way across a barren landscape to start the next fight. camera angles are shockingly bad and climbing is ridiculous, wanted to smash my controller on many occasions. Avoid this rubbish and spend your money on a decent open world game instead. Very disappointing.… Expand
  60. FatalBrush
    Nov 7, 2018
    1
    This game's story is so poorly introduced and executed, I wouldn't even know why I should care about the main character. Besides that, the player spends most of the time on a horse, trying to find a colossus. The controls and camera movements are awful from a gameplay perspective. Finally arriving at a colossus whereabouts, the "fight" is over way too fast and that's literally all theThis game's story is so poorly introduced and executed, I wouldn't even know why I should care about the main character. Besides that, the player spends most of the time on a horse, trying to find a colossus. The controls and camera movements are awful from a gameplay perspective. Finally arriving at a colossus whereabouts, the "fight" is over way too fast and that's literally all the "fun" there's to this game. The player is then warped back to the initial point and the whole procedure is repeated. Repeat that procedure for 16 times and you have this game. I think this game put such an emphasis on the cinematic means (e.g. light, camera movement) that anything else was done weak, hence the bad gaming experience. Considering that this is an older game and it's a relatively cheap remake I still can't make up how players are supposed to enjoy this because of anything else than nostalgia.… Expand
  61. IkarugaOne
    Apr 26, 2018
    1
    This is a straight port of the old PS2 game, don't get fooled by the graphics, it's just a way to cash in on the same game again
  62. Mikemar1280
    Apr 29, 2018
    1
    Not all heroes wear capes. I created an account just to warn you away from this 5 hour snorefest. There is literally NOTHING to do besides find and fight the 16 colossi. No other enemies, no other puzzles, no items...NOTHING! The fights are pretty interesting, but you are riding your horse for 5 to 15 minutes through the countryside to find the colossi. My wife asked me why I bought a gameNot all heroes wear capes. I created an account just to warn you away from this 5 hour snorefest. There is literally NOTHING to do besides find and fight the 16 colossi. No other enemies, no other puzzles, no items...NOTHING! The fights are pretty interesting, but you are riding your horse for 5 to 15 minutes through the countryside to find the colossi. My wife asked me why I bought a game about walking and/or riding a horse. These review scores are insane - Thus was the most boring game I’ve played in my entire life!… Expand
  63. epen
    Mar 7, 2020
    1
    This game is just like a flat paper
    There is nothing to see
    An empty open-world
    You just can do 3 things
    1:find the colussus
    2:learn how will you kill the colossus
    3:kill the colossus
    But I am not gonna lie the graphics are awesome
  64. 42wsersef
    Mar 15, 2020
    1
    game's controllers are so fckin awful and there is no reason to play. The horse is just a funny joke which wants to ruin all your experience. It's hard to climb that giant stone degenerates. if it goes somewhere you cant continue climbing and on hard mode it sucks so well and on 3rd boss I was done, he needed thousand times to hit me with his long attack to let me climb on, but sometimesgame's controllers are so fckin awful and there is no reason to play. The horse is just a funny joke which wants to ruin all your experience. It's hard to climb that giant stone degenerates. if it goes somewhere you cant continue climbing and on hard mode it sucks so well and on 3rd boss I was done, he needed thousand times to hit me with his long attack to let me climb on, but sometimes he doesnt want to do it and goes right straight to you. like WHAT THE **** ? what I suppose to do now? wait until this mountain piece of **** decides to do what I want? Nice game mechanics, bravo. Also angle are so bad, they always want to move in different directions and you cant stick it where you decided. **** this game and everyone how made scrips for it… Expand
  65. Nacho-
    Mar 25, 2020
    1
    So the game is incredibly boring!!!! You must ride a very hard to control horse through very bland nothingness to defeat the colossi - spoiler alert- you defeat them all the same way ... I really cant put into words how utterly terrible this game is, which is too bad because they had alot of potential but no follow through
  66. pierpar
    May 3, 2020
    1
    A new graphic is not enough to turn an old game into a new one.
    I never played a game tedious as this one.
    The graphic is good but everything else is awful.
  67. natepig
    Jul 18, 2020
    1
    Beautiful game, horrible mechanics and design-yes I know it's a remake. Prepare to redo the same thing dozens of times, over and over until you rage quit.
  68. Jamcait11
    Aug 21, 2020
    1
    The controls and camera action make this game unplayable. This is a basic and fundamental criteria of any game. I couldn't play for more than an hour or two because it was so annoying. It's a darn shame because the world looks lovely and is so atmospheric.
  69. Mr_larry
    Nov 8, 2020
    1
    Кривая хуйня, но задумка хорошая, поэтому не 0, а 1
  70. asccffvfe
    Dec 10, 2020
    1
    Really a boring game. I spent like 6 hours and i fell asleep. They tried but the result isn't too good. Oh i forgot to tell that after i played it i had to wash my eyes with acid.
  71. 113
    May 12, 2023
    1
    WTF is this game anyways. All you do is ride around on a horse and climb giant stone monsters and stab them with a pointy sword. I do not understand. What makes this game worse is that there is no cute girls. You would think if the creators wanted this game to sell more, they would try to appeal to the average player. They all want cute girls, everyone knows this.
  72. KPS5
    Apr 29, 2023
    1
    This is probably the most overrated game of all time. Boring and repetitive, I can’t believe people think this is a masterpiece
  73. traskular
    Mar 20, 2018
    0
    Not happy that the game makes you kill innocent animals. When you realize this, the game simply trains you to have little compassion and learn to lose empathy for life for selfish reasons.
  74. phoeniix23
    Feb 18, 2019
    0
    Overrated, artsy game.

    My main problem with this game are the controls and camera. The camera auto-corrects it's position each time you try to navigate. Absolutely horrendous. Horse movement controls are very frustrating. I played 1-2 hours thinking I will get used to the movement but it was just extremely frustrating. They really could have updated this game to have modern intuitive    Overrated, artsy game.

    My main problem with this game are the controls and camera. The camera auto-corrects it's position each time you try to navigate. Absolutely horrendous. Horse movement controls are very frustrating. I played 1-2 hours thinking I will get used to the movement but it was just extremely frustrating. They really could have updated this game to have modern intuitive controls.

    This made the already barebones, arthouse story even more unappealing to me. So many gamers and reviewers laud this game as a must play but I was hugely disappointed by it.

    If you're a modern gamer who never played this during the PS2 era, or who appreciates more developed narratives with compelling characters like God of War, Witcher3, RDR2, Detroit, Final Fantasy, Nier Automata, LA Noire, Uncharted, etc..AVOID THIS PRETENTIOUS, ARCHAIC CRAP.

    The beautiful visuals are not worth the pain. If you want visuals, story and great gameplay, just play any of the above-mentioned games.

    Most disappointing PS4 exclusive so far.    … Expand
  75. lionezzz
    Dec 6, 2020
    0
    Maybe in 2005 this game were pretty good, but now - it's awful. Mostly because of awful controls. Simply can't play normally
  76. Rush--21
    Feb 10, 2018
    0
    For a game that was made "from the ground up", the controls, or great lack thereof, took this rating from a potential 9 to a 0. A ZERO. The horse riding is shockingly horrid, crashing into every piece of ground debris you ride near, the camera instantly resets the moment you adjust it where YOU want it to be, and the general movement and traversal across collosi is subpar at best.For a game that was made "from the ground up", the controls, or great lack thereof, took this rating from a potential 9 to a 0. A ZERO. The horse riding is shockingly horrid, crashing into every piece of ground debris you ride near, the camera instantly resets the moment you adjust it where YOU want it to be, and the general movement and traversal across collosi is subpar at best. Despite finishing the game, I would not recommend it to ANYONE. The controls negate anything positive this title has going for it.… Expand
  77. xclo
    Jun 10, 2019
    0
    This game has the worst controls ever. Unresponsive and unintuitive. Only play this if you enjoy old slow games - this doesn't come close to comparing with modern games.
  78. sumbodyshero
    Apr 22, 2018
    0
    Major graphical downgrade! The color and the feel of the world is entirely different! Instead of looking like Shadow of the Colossus, it looks like something from Uncharted or God of War. The artistry has been totally deleted. The shadow characters look like bigfoot. Wander looks like some feminine emo teenager. Some of the Colossi look like big squishy teddy bears. The original creatorMajor graphical downgrade! The color and the feel of the world is entirely different! Instead of looking like Shadow of the Colossus, it looks like something from Uncharted or God of War. The artistry has been totally deleted. The shadow characters look like bigfoot. Wander looks like some feminine emo teenager. Some of the Colossi look like big squishy teddy bears. The original creator had NOTHING TO DO with this project. Now one of the biggest arguments for video games as art has been destroyed in the name of "mah graphix".… Expand
  79. ddiamond84
    Feb 15, 2018
    0
    I bought this game based on the glowing reviews, the gorgeous graphics, and the interesting concept. I'm really disappointed. The controls are really bad- controlling the horse is really difficult. The graphics and scale of the bosses are incredible, but it really is repetitive, tedious and slow. To an extent, I understand why it has such high ratings and glowing reviews. It has aI bought this game based on the glowing reviews, the gorgeous graphics, and the interesting concept. I'm really disappointed. The controls are really bad- controlling the horse is really difficult. The graphics and scale of the bosses are incredible, but it really is repetitive, tedious and slow. To an extent, I understand why it has such high ratings and glowing reviews. It has a unique atmosphere. But I genuinely don't understand how anyone can get past the controls/tedious repetitive gameplay.… Expand
  80. frzpop
    Dec 7, 2018
    0
    Overly pretentious story, shoddy controls and poorly designed tutorials make for an overall bad time.
  81. getrwuegyweh
    Mar 4, 2020
    0
    People seriously enjoy this garbage?
    Awful controls, Awful camera angle which rotates on its own and is way too far away from the character, awful gameplay in general.
  82. leche_paterna
    Sep 6, 2019
    0
    Remake totalmente innecesario de un viejo título de PlayStation 2 que no ha envejecido nada bién
  83. maddiplomat
    Jul 14, 2020
    0
    This has been in my backlog for a while. Oh my god, what a boring game and the controls are so bad. And for some reason this is marked as "must play" - what were you smoking???
  84. shiftyman
    Jun 13, 2018
    0
    Just more remastered trash from the PS2 that’s been overrated by fan boys from a past era, 10 hours of the most meaningless non-story driven dribble with the most clunky controls. Another classic example of how easily people will continue to pay for this remastered trash.
  85. Shibanima
    Oct 12, 2021
    0
    No amount of graphics, story, character design, music and world building can excuse the awful controls and physics this game presents.

    In Shadow of the Controls, you fight the programmers' poor coding for control of the most pathetic protagonist and the game engine's ungodly physics that takes platforming to an unprecedented un-realism. If you are like me and had no idea what the game    No amount of graphics, story, character design, music and world building can excuse the awful controls and physics this game presents.

    In Shadow of the Controls, you fight the programmers' poor coding for control of the most pathetic protagonist and the game engine's ungodly physics that takes platforming to an unprecedented un-realism. If you are like me and had no idea what the game was about and was drawn to the cool design and concept of the game, please stop right there and stay far away from this game. Terrible controls and mechanics are the hardest to explain in words, but this game, without a doubt, has the worst control of any game I've ever played.

    The game's biggest strength is immersion, which BluePoint has certainly done an absolute brilliant job in capturing the desolate yet beautiful world of SOTC. The music is grand and epic when battling the colossi, and the sense of scale given to the player makes one really experiences the vast unit the enemies truly are compared to what puny power the character possess in order to overcome these extreme behemoth of monsters. All of these makes the game well deserve to be the PlayStation classic is it until you find that the horse AI is programmed by a monkey, your character starts randomly floats in the opposite direction of your analog stick, grabs edges that you never intent to reach, starts falling off the edge every three seconds, takes over ten seconds to get up from a knockdown, or the camera always just snaps to whichever is the most inconvenient angle for the moment. These things instantly pulls the player out of the immersion and makes one realize that the game is nothing more than a poorly aged PS2 game that uses outdated controls as its core gameplay.

    The game's shallow mechanics is stretched by constant downtime and cryptic puzzle solving, with often terrible RNG in the AI's pattern that further extends the frustration and time wasting, making a supposedly one hour game into a six hour mind-numbing journey that by the end, one would wish that it could end sooner.

    When a game's difficulty stems not from player's skills and knowledge but the gameplay design and fundamental controls, you might as well go watch a movie instead because at least you don't have to deal with poorly thought out mechanics and infuriating engine physics.    … Expand
  86. MHWSucks
    Feb 12, 2018
    0
    Just another empty open world running simulator. The boss fights are too easy, long and boring for me to enjoy, the world is beautiful but dull and empty. I would not recommend this to anyone, waste of time and money.
  87. osan
    Feb 9, 2018
    0
    Boring landscape, impossible to control horse, clunky controls in general, no characters, boring trips. I really wasted my money on this one. All these raving reviews really must have last played a game in 1990s?
  88. mctaboo
    Feb 12, 2018
    0
    One of the worst games I played in years, boring and super repetitive, you spend around 98% of the time riding the horse to reach one of the 16 giants then climb and kill'em then back again to that unconscious girl.. Thats all literally!! Plus ugly characters, awful voices, horrible dialogues, super glitchy, the control and camera are one of the worst ever.. I wanted to kill myself.. ThisOne of the worst games I played in years, boring and super repetitive, you spend around 98% of the time riding the horse to reach one of the 16 giants then climb and kill'em then back again to that unconscious girl.. Thats all literally!! Plus ugly characters, awful voices, horrible dialogues, super glitchy, the control and camera are one of the worst ever.. I wanted to kill myself.. This is the first game I ever regret buying and if PS4 allow me to return it I will in a heartbeat... SONY you have to make demos for every game it's really not fair to buy a game by relying on bribed editors.… Expand
  89. tryandstopme
    Feb 18, 2018
    0
    This game was trash then and its trash now. Bad controls, bad gameplay, and annoyingly long periods in between battles, lets not forget the garbage camera movements.
  90. badreview7854
    Dec 6, 2019
    0
    "built from the ground up" my ass. The worst camera EVER. Plus tons of addition jank. The jankiest game ever made.
  91. iHeisenburger
    May 6, 2018
    0
    i have no idea why is this game popular, the combat is less than basic, the camera control is horrible, the bosses are way easy, the horse is stupid, plus if you fall in battle it takes ages to get up
  92. quanta
    Aug 1, 2020
    0
    SOTC's atmosphere is great and its art-style is inspiring. However, the gameplay is mediocre and the controls are plain bad. It has a lot of potential, a 10/10 on some elements and 4/10 on some others. It's a bit overrated because some people are willing to forgive its abysmal controls.
  93. onlytowritethis
    Oct 7, 2018
    0
    STORY: BORING! Before I bought this game the reviews said its about killing giants to bring a girl to life. Cool, sounds like a basic story with some twists maybe, but NOPE. There are no twists, no secret/side story behind any of the giants, just find them, kill them, and it's over. BORING! SAD!

    Also, IDK if the characters are speaking Japanese, but the whole game is in subtitles.    STORY: BORING! Before I bought this game the reviews said its about killing giants to bring a girl to life. Cool, sounds like a basic story with some twists maybe, but NOPE. There are no twists, no secret/side story behind any of the giants, just find them, kill them, and it's over. BORING! SAD!

    Also, IDK if the characters are speaking Japanese, but the whole game is in subtitles.

    CONTROLS: WTF? Are these controls intuitive to the games developers? Because they make NO SENSE to me! The characters center of balance seems to depend on the camera angle. You can control the camera with the joystick, but once you let go of the joystick THE CAMERA AUTOMATICALLY MOVES TO A NEW POSITION. Thus you're center of gravity is ALWAYS CHANGING. Which is VERY important because this game is basically just trying to hold onto stuff.

    I didn't play this game when it first came out, but if it got rave reviews then because of its quality of graphics or whatever that's great. But this games story and its game controls are horrid. Unforgivably horrid.

    These game designers should RETIRE! SAD! DO NOT BUY UNTIL IT IS $5 AT GAMESTOP!    … Expand
  94. yeesibal
    Oct 6, 2018
    0
    It is the first game that abandoned. It was a work that made me realize that a masterpiece of the past can only be a masterpiece in the past. It is comparable to the old series of Zelda. It is the first time I have seen a remake, but the low-level motion, the feeling of operation, the inconvenient point, and the tedious way of increasing the playtime.
    It was the worst game that I could    It is the first game that abandoned. It was a work that made me realize that a masterpiece of the past can only be a masterpiece in the past. It is comparable to the old series of Zelda. It is the first time I have seen a remake, but the low-level motion, the feeling of operation, the inconvenient point, and the tedious way of increasing the playtime.
    It was the worst game that I could not understand if I was well used to 'those days'    … Expand
  95. DmitryV
    Jun 8, 2020
    0
    Ужасная японская хоенотень, удалил через час . Скучно пзцд управление дубовое. Эти великанов хер завалишь драчилово.
  96. nieXas
    Jan 9, 2019
    0
    Huge empty map with difficult moving controls and no clue where to go. Really disappointing.
  97. Kypo
    May 12, 2020
    0
    Отвратительное управление, ужасная камера, самая глупая лошадь в истории игр. Это издевательство над игроком. Единственное, что прекрасно в игре это колосы, но управлением вы убиваете даже это...
  98. dark0153
    Apr 19, 2023
    0
    Piece of **** game - devvelopers cant even bother to fix the broken climbing section in the first couple of minutes of gameplay but this **** got remastered somehow
  99. dasmh
    Mar 10, 2019
    0
    Too boring. In the fourth boss when I was trying to find where to go and spent 30 minutes, I decided to give up. There's no clue where to go or what to do.
  100. droetker
    Apr 3, 2019
    0
    I played this game 20 years ago and now it's much less appealing. sure the graphics are better than on my PS2 but the gameplay is exactly the same, not really a remake, more like a remaster, low effort work!
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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 97 out of 100
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 100
  3. Negative: 0 out of 100
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Apr 24, 2018
    80
    Perfectly polished and improved cult game – even with better controls! Killing giant monsters has never been so much (melancholic) fun. [Issue#283]
  2. Games.cz
    Apr 24, 2018
    90
    A tribute to the Fumito Ueda will delight the veterans of the original game same as introduce this classic to the newcomers, who are not tuned on a nostalgic note. An ideal opportunity to improve your video game education and a wonderful experience in the same time. Some clumsy controls and occasionally stubborn camera can’t ruin the great experience.
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  3. CD-Action
    Apr 3, 2018
    70
    It’s a good remaster, but frankly I find it unnecessary. Those who have already played the game on PS2 or PS3 will find nothing new here, and those who didn’t have the chance to get acquainted with it probably will not understand what we saw in Shadow of the Colossus 12 years ago, when gaming reality was completely different. [03/2018, p.66]
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