Shadow of the Colossus

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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2739 Ratings

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  1. Matheus_Barbosa
    Feb 7, 2018
    10
    Uma obra-prima que não envelheceu

    A Blue Point fez um remake incrivel e manteve muito bem as mecanicas do jogo original. Realmente deu pra ver o amor que a empresa usou pra refazer esse jogo unico do Fumito Ueda. Do ps2 ao ps4 ainda continua um jogo incrivel!!!
  2. 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
  3. saga77
    Apr 2, 2019
    10
    You know metacritic, with this random REVIEWBOMBING, the Userscores become meaningless!!Do you care??
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. adrock_12
    Feb 9, 2018
    10
    All these jealous Xbox fan boys rating this game a 1 or 0 need to have their reviews removed. The empty world adds to the powerful story this game paints. It is a beautiful and powerful journey and Bluepoint did an incredible job remaking the game without messing with the wild, more realistic controls ...I mean do people honestly expect you to move gracefully while climbing a 200 footAll these jealous Xbox fan boys rating this game a 1 or 0 need to have their reviews removed. The empty world adds to the powerful story this game paints. It is a beautiful and powerful journey and Bluepoint did an incredible job remaking the game without messing with the wild, more realistic controls ...I mean do people honestly expect you to move gracefully while climbing a 200 foot tall colossi that is moving. The imperfections are part of what is so appealing and the fact that is not like any other game, but I guess the people that don't like that are just happy paying $60 for the same COD game every year… Expand
  7. vgmkyle
    Feb 7, 2018
    10
    With Nintendo Switch Ports (which is basically all the Switch is) you pay SIXTY DOLLARS, you get a game that can barely break 720p on a cheap overpriced screen. For FORTY dollars you can get a game completely overhauled for a new generation at the reasonable price of $40.
  8. 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.
  9. Birdperson000
    Jun 1, 2018
    7
    Was kinda hoping for a sequel or a switch version because remaking it for the third time is only a thing nintendo can do properly. But is was still fun.
  10. mfguevar123
    Feb 8, 2018
    8
    Fue un excelente juego en su época y vuelve ser una compra totalmente recomendada. El problema? Que posee mas de 10 años desde su salida y lo veo completamente innecesario. Espero que tenga una buena acogida por el publico, porque lamentablemente es un juego de nicho.
  11. ORevisor
    Feb 14, 2018
    8
    O clássico foi muito bem reescrito
    Prós:
    *História melhor explicada que a versão original; *Gráfico; *Trilha sonora; *Sensação nostálgica. CONTRA: *Controle péssimo!! Especialmente quando montado em sua égua. *Câmera, horrível além de não poder deixá-la fixa; *O mundo continua grande e vazio.... *** Opinião pessoal, poderiam ter colocado nessa versão os colossi excluídos da    O clássico foi muito bem reescrito
    Prós:
    *História melhor explicada que a versão original;
    *Gráfico;
    *Trilha sonora;
    *Sensação nostálgica.
    CONTRA:
    *Controle péssimo!! Especialmente quando montado em sua égua.
    *Câmera, horrível além de não poder deixá-la fixa;
    *O mundo continua grande e vazio....
    *** Opinião pessoal, poderiam ter colocado nessa versão os colossi excluídos da versão original, seria maravilhoso!!! perdoaria até os contras que listei.    … Expand
  12. 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
  13. JuanLuisGG14
    Aug 19, 2018
    7
    Overrated as hell...
    Colossus are obviously the star in this game, majestic and well thought (aside from a couple).
    The problem is that apart from that, the game is extremely barebones. Visually the game is a lot better (colossi look amazing) , although the 30fps feel awkward and the default motion blur was horrendous (at least the game gives you a lot of visual customize options. The    Overrated as hell...
    Colossus are obviously the star in this game, majestic and well thought (aside from a couple).
    The problem is that apart from that, the game is extremely barebones.
    Visually the game is a lot better (colossi look amazing) , although the 30fps feel awkward and the default motion blur was horrendous (at least the game gives you a lot of visual customize options.
    The other problem in this game is about the erratic camera, clunky controls and ocassional bugs.
    Those three make the experience worse and can frustrate sometimes.    … Expand
  14. 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
  15. wesker2012
    Jan 2, 2019
    6
    Beautiful visuals and gorgeous graphics. The controls and gameplay were too frustrating for me to deal with. Wasn't my type of game.
  16. CriticoDubioso
    Dec 31, 2018
    6
    Overall it's a nice game. I personally like remakes of game of the old days. But I personally think this game is in a way a bit hyped. I did not feel too much excitement while playing it. The atmosphere and game-play were a bit boring for me. So this is one of the few games I stopped playing before finishing.
  17. alii
    Mar 19, 2019
    7
    Amazing game. Astounding story. Really can't say more about it what already has been said. But the controls ... Man the controls sucks balls! it's 7/10 precisely because of the controls. It got so frustrating at times to hold the camera angle during a fight or while mounted on Agro and using the GPS sword. Other than that, 10/10 story. Completes a circle. Leaves you staring at the screenAmazing game. Astounding story. Really can't say more about it what already has been said. But the controls ... Man the controls sucks balls! it's 7/10 precisely because of the controls. It got so frustrating at times to hold the camera angle during a fight or while mounted on Agro and using the GPS sword. Other than that, 10/10 story. Completes a circle. Leaves you staring at the screen once the game is over with controller in hand and whispering to yourself 'Wow'. Which is what this game is. Wow.… Expand
  18. Frames30
    Mar 16, 2019
    5
    Leider ist das Spiel sehr schlecht gealtert, wenn man einmal gesehen hat was Nintendo mit Breath of the Wild aus dem Open World Genre macht, wirkt das Spielprinzip noch altbackener als es eh schon ist. Schade drum, auf der PS2 war es eine tolle Erfahrung aber das war vor 20 Jahren...
  19. jaq021
    Feb 21, 2021
    0
    This is the worst game I have ever play, really. The camera and controls suck so much. Colossus are good, but you don't fight with them, you fight with camera all time. Don't waste your money on this game, it's better to buy cigarets even if you don't smoke. It will be more healthy for you.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. leche_paterna
    Sep 6, 2019
    0
    Remake totalmente innecesario de un viejo título de PlayStation 2 que no ha envejecido nada bién
  23. Pirante
    Sep 29, 2018
    5
    I'd never played Shadow of the Colossus on the PS2 and, after reading numerous positive reviews about the game, decided to give the remaster a try. The story is certainly unique as is the environment and premise of the game (no enemies except for massive large stone obelisks which roam the land). I love the idea of the story and the unique approach to game design it takes.

    What I    I'd never played Shadow of the Colossus on the PS2 and, after reading numerous positive reviews about the game, decided to give the remaster a try. The story is certainly unique as is the environment and premise of the game (no enemies except for massive large stone obelisks which roam the land). I love the idea of the story and the unique approach to game design it takes.

    What I cannot accept are the absolutely horrific controls and camera placement issues this game has. From first moment to last the controls are so unwieldy, so unresponsive, and oh so annoying that all of the potential this game had to be good lay in ruins. Had I known the control system was so flawed I would have never dreamed of buying the game. I had heard that the original controls for the PS2 were also finicky but had expected (yes, I am gullible) the remaster to perhaps correct these problems. Instead it simply upgraded the graphics and kept all the problems the original game suffered from. I'm not sure how anyone can score this game beyond a 7 with such dire control mechanisms and clunky movement - especially when the entire game is based upon roaming the land using said woeful controls. Unless you are a die hard fan I'd recommend you avoid it - certainly if you've never played the game before give it a wide berth. I managed about 3 hours before becoming so frustrated that I turned it off.    … Expand
  24. dr0nzer
    Sep 23, 2018
    6
    severely overrated game, bought it to see what the fuss was about and quickly found frustration, controls are dated, horse controls are terrible, camera movement is weird.. i mean why bias your character far screen left/right whilst roaming the world so you can stare at the floor?! game world feels really empty, character animations are dated, it's rinse and repeat game-play that doesn'tseverely overrated game, bought it to see what the fuss was about and quickly found frustration, controls are dated, horse controls are terrible, camera movement is weird.. i mean why bias your character far screen left/right whilst roaming the world so you can stare at the floor?! game world feels really empty, character animations are dated, it's rinse and repeat game-play that doesn't really change, honestly it's nothing really exciting... visuals however are pretty good for the remaster.
    Not sure why everyone is making a big deal out of this game....    … Expand
  25. eded9999
    Mar 11, 2020
    7
    As a game SotC is awfully short a simple boss rush, with rough controls and camera.
    But it's also a beautiful and original experience, with some moments of pure fantasy.
    The OST and story are good.
  26. SocialRainCloud
    Dec 20, 2018
    7
    This could have been a 8/10 or higher if the (camera) controls weren't so bad. It is so bad it makes the game almost unplayable and i notice i enjoy they game far less than i should because of this. Unfortunate, as this game could have been top notch.
  27. oraycool
    Mar 2, 2019
    7
    Everyone told me that this game would be incredible, but when I bought it it kinda dissapointed me. I never played the original on PS2 so this game holds no nostalgia for me. I do like the exploration (sometimes I got really lost and had to look for a guide but that besides) and the game also looks amazing, but the gameplay gets a bit repetitive and I think that the enviromental story is aEveryone told me that this game would be incredible, but when I bought it it kinda dissapointed me. I never played the original on PS2 so this game holds no nostalgia for me. I do like the exploration (sometimes I got really lost and had to look for a guide but that besides) and the game also looks amazing, but the gameplay gets a bit repetitive and I think that the enviromental story is a bit to vague. Its still worth picking up, but just not what I expected.… Expand
  28. MerlijnVE
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    Just terrible. The controls are complete **** the 'amazing graphics' look like a blurred brown grey mess and the bosses just feel repetetive.
  29. Cro1225
    Sep 10, 2018
    6
    Pros:
    + Graphics and attention to detail
    + Colossus fights
    + Beautiful soundtrack

    Cons:
    - Horrendous controls and camera angles
    - Exploring the world is boring and tedious
    - Poor attempt at a story

    Verdict: 6/10

    Very overrated game.
  30. 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
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Metascore
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Universal acclaim - based on 100 Critic Reviews

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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