Shadow of the Colossus

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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2739 Ratings

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  1. rcassar
    Feb 17, 2018
    6
    This could have been a great game but sadly the experience is partially ruined by the appalling controls which will make you swear, especially when riding that damn horse. The repetitiveness of the task at hand also also detracts from the enjoyment of the game. Although visually beautiful this game is still a 13 year old game with some nice cosmetics applied on top and alas it is showingThis could have been a great game but sadly the experience is partially ruined by the appalling controls which will make you swear, especially when riding that damn horse. The repetitiveness of the task at hand also also detracts from the enjoyment of the game. Although visually beautiful this game is still a 13 year old game with some nice cosmetics applied on top and alas it is showing its age, so be warned.… Expand
  2. cavalier
    Feb 14, 2018
    6
    Having never played the previous releases, I was really looking forward to find out what the fuzz is all about and, after 16 beaten colossi, I still don't understand it. I mean, the game is nice, but that's all, especially if we compare it to titles like Witcher 3, Horizon: Zero Dawn. After 4-5th colossus, it gets really boring and schematic with nothing really changing but the placementHaving never played the previous releases, I was really looking forward to find out what the fuzz is all about and, after 16 beaten colossi, I still don't understand it. I mean, the game is nice, but that's all, especially if we compare it to titles like Witcher 3, Horizon: Zero Dawn. After 4-5th colossus, it gets really boring and schematic with nothing really changing but the placement of the colossi weak spots.
    So, 6/10 is even a bit stretch...    … Expand
  3. worthywow1
    Mar 29, 2018
    7
    “Welcome to the Shadow of the Colossus Remastering Committee. The first item on the agenda is horse control. We had some feedback that because the horse runs in a zig zag it keeps falling off cliffs”
    “We can add logic to make it stop at cliffs”
    “What about rocks and trees ?” “Nah – just let it run into those” “Alternatively we could make it run in a straight line ?” “Don’t be silly –    “Welcome to the Shadow of the Colossus Remastering Committee. The first item on the agenda is horse control. We had some feedback that because the horse runs in a zig zag it keeps falling off cliffs”
    “We can add logic to make it stop at cliffs”
    “What about rocks and trees ?”
    “Nah – just let it run into those”
    “Alternatively we could make it run in a straight line ?”
    “Don’t be silly – next item is marketing. We want to market the game as open world so how can help with this ?”
    “We can add a map ?”
    “What will the map help with ?”
    “Nothing”
    “Won’t players see through that ?”
    “We can add a button to hide/show icons like on proper open world maps”
    “Perfect – next is camera control. Should we redesign this ?”
    “I think we should keep it as is since it is integral to the artistic vision of the game”
    “But the camera keeps banging into cliffs ?”
    “This symbolises the struggle of the player banging their head against the wall when trying to control the horse. Any way this would require two joysticks on the controller”
    “It’s had two joysticks since 1997”
    “Moving on … finally we had a request to redo the motion capture for the character running – we received comments it looked the run you do when desperate for the toilet and finally see a toilet in the distance”
    “It would be expensive – if people ask just say you would run like that with a sword in your trousers”
    “I now bring the meeting to an end. Does anyone need a lift home ? It’s by horse so will take twice as long as walking but at least you won’t fall off a cliff”    … Expand
  4. Zmetekk
    Mar 28, 2018
    6
    I was really really hyped for this game and when I finally start playing the hype was over. I tried to look at this game only as art. It helped to make me finish this game, but when I was trying to enjoy shadow of the colossus, it just felt forced. Did not have fun at all and not even breath taking visuals of environment and beautiful yet scary Colossus did not change the fact, that II was really really hyped for this game and when I finally start playing the hype was over. I tried to look at this game only as art. It helped to make me finish this game, but when I was trying to enjoy shadow of the colossus, it just felt forced. Did not have fun at all and not even breath taking visuals of environment and beautiful yet scary Colossus did not change the fact, that I could not see anything worth the word "masterpiece" or even fun.

    I give this 10 for art, and 2 for game, one of my biggest disappointment in video games, maybe I missed the whole point or I just cant enjoy game for its good looks and I need something that drives me to feel for the characters in its world. I give it 6 only because most critics love it and it makes me feel like I cant see what most of you can, something to be impressed about...what a shame.    … Expand
  5. braczkow
    Mar 14, 2018
    7
    It's the first game ever that I have preordered. I've played ICO back in PS2 times and like it very much. I missed SotC, so I wanted to catch up. I've read few reviews, metacritic score is amazing, so my expectations were quite high.

    7/10 is a good game for me. Not bad, not very good. Obvious things: this game is beautiful. Period. This game is different than most of the games on the    It's the first game ever that I have preordered. I've played ICO back in PS2 times and like it very much. I missed SotC, so I wanted to catch up. I've read few reviews, metacritic score is amazing, so my expectations were quite high.

    7/10 is a good game for me. Not bad, not very good.

    Obvious things: this game is beautiful. Period. This game is different than most of the games on the market. Open question: does 'different' mean 'good' by definition?

    Sadly, I've found this game quite boring. To reach the Colossi takes 10 minutes of very-nice-views-but-nothing-more. To beat the Colossi it's either directly-obvious-what-to-do or frustratingly-non-obvious. The difficulty level is uneven and I've found some middle-Colossi to be the most challenging.

    The story is virtually non-existent. For ~8h of play there is nothing. The ending is open, which is cool when you have observed character development for x hours, but with no background it makes it even more empty.

    Some reviews point to the "uncomfortable feeling when killing innocent Colossi". I kind of missed that as well.

    It's a nice game, but it's far from 9.0 score.

    If you are looking for "something completely different" but "with deep story" and possibly "for mature people" I highly recommend "Everybody's gone to the Rapture".    … Expand
  6. Angel_Sigh
    Oct 7, 2019
    7
    I'll get the positives out of the way first, mainly because I only wrote this review to highlight the stupidest, clumsiest part of the game: the controls. So first I'll concede that the game is bleakly beautiful, atmospheric, sad, mysterious, and all the other words reviewers have used in their ecstatic paeans to its apparently undeniable brilliance. It's all those things, yes. And theI'll get the positives out of the way first, mainly because I only wrote this review to highlight the stupidest, clumsiest part of the game: the controls. So first I'll concede that the game is bleakly beautiful, atmospheric, sad, mysterious, and all the other words reviewers have used in their ecstatic paeans to its apparently undeniable brilliance. It's all those things, yes. And the remaster is astonishing: it's now one of the best looking games on the PS4, not just artistically speaking(because it was always beautiful from an artistic standpoint, even back on PS2), but technically speaking too. The detail, the textures, the animation; it's all fantastically impressive, and frankly light-years ahead of anything Team Ico have ever done, including The Last Guardian. The fur on the Colossi is particularly lovely. Makes you want to grab a hunk of it and bury your face in it.
    It's a unique game, and it's been extremely influential too - this can be seen in the number of developers that have incorporated 'colossi' of their own into their games(even the great Nintendo paid homage with the four Beast-dungeons in Breath of the Wild.), or the reach of the tonal aesthetic of the game - the relentless use of SotC's muted palette in so many subsequent AAA releases, a kind of bleached, muddy, grey-brown look that arguably influenced the look of games as different as Gears Of War and Killzone.
    It's an atmospheric game, but in many ways it's not entirely enjoyable to play - there is a loneliness to it all, a sense of crushing solitude that remains unbroken throughout. The hills, the mountains and rivers, lakes and seas, have their own looming presence, like they're watching you from a distance. It's slightly spooky to wander a land in which almost all life, certainly all human life, is absent. A few scurrying lizards and the occasional bird are all you'll see, besides your horse and the colossi themselves. I personally think it requires a reasonably happy mindset to play it. I wouldn't want to play it at a low moment that's for sure.
    But like I said, after all the positives there is one issue that comes close to ruining the game, and it's not just a problem in SotC - all Team Ico's games suffer from it: The controls in this game are appalling. I've been playing The Last Guardian recently and the controls in that are probably slightly worse, but in tLG at least you're not tasked with anything too demanding or finicky. In SotC however, you are required to climb the colossi, and jump back and forth between parts of their body, all while hanging on to particular handholds, all while your stamina meter gradually dwindles away, at which point you drop to the ground. There are platforms located on the colossi at certain points, but the motion of their movements tosses you into the air and sends you flying around in unpredictable ways. Having fought the third colossus(MILD SPOILER), a huge figure who smashes his sword into the ground allowing you a moment to scamper up it and grab onto his lovely fur, I fell to the ground so often, and generally for no reason except the appalling controls. At one point, after I'd almost killed him, I was attempting to get back on, and the tremor from a single footstep knocked me to the ground. At this point, and for no apparent reason, it takes ten seconds for me to get to my feet, during which time the colossus has lifted his sword and smashed it down onto my tiny frame, killing me.
    The game is full of moments like this - inexplicable moments of frustration, a commingling of bad game design and bad controls, and it's gotten to the point where I can't just shrug it off and say 'that's Team Ico for you'. It shouldn't be like that - they've had so long to get the controls in their games right, and even after the insane delays to tLG it somehow handled worse than their previous games did. This remaster is brilliant in so many ways, but the most important thing that could have been dealt with has been left intact, and it suffers for it. I don't blame Bluepoint for not dealing with the controls - it would have required extensive reworking of the actual game's structure and even the environments and colossi themselves, because the controls are so integral. And the admittedly beautiful animation wouldn't be half as beautiful if the controls had been rejigged to make them responsive. In fact, I think that's the reason the controls are so bad - Team Ico are obsessive about animation, and the length of the animations in their games precludes responsive controls. In this sense they've put the beauty of the game ahead of controls, and there's only so long they can keep on doing it before people turn on them.
    It's no longer acceptable, and there's no reason you can't have a beautiful game that handles well. Uncharted manages it. SotC doesn't, and for that it deserves more criticism than it's received. It's wonderful, unique game, but no-one should go into it unaware of just how bad it handles.    … Expand
  7. eimisas
    Feb 10, 2018
    7
    Pros:
    + Wonderful soundtrack
    + Best looking game ever made for PS4 (my opinion) + Decent minimalistic story + Wonderful overall world feeling + Very nice concept. Cons: - Terrible camera and controls, especially when riding a horse. Few battles felt like fights with camera, not with colossus. - AI bugs. - Basically no replay value (each fight is always done the same way).    Pros:
    + Wonderful soundtrack
    + Best looking game ever made for PS4 (my opinion)
    + Decent minimalistic story
    + Wonderful overall world feeling
    + Very nice concept.

    Cons:
    - Terrible camera and controls, especially when riding a horse. Few battles felt like fights with camera, not with colossus.
    - AI bugs.
    - Basically no replay value (each fight is always done the same way).

    All in all - good, but a bit overrated game.    … Expand
  8. Kriss1988pl
    Feb 17, 2018
    7
    SoTC is a good game, but the core gameplay is pretty shallow if you ask me. You beat the game once and there is basically no reason to play it again since there is only one tactic per a boss. Still, I would recommend it because it's a decent game and it's pretty cheap.
  9. Emeralds
    Mar 18, 2018
    5
    Emperor's New Clothes. Wooden characters. Terrible controls for the the horse; your means of navigating a lifeless world, a barren expanse to flesh out the time between each boss fight. The camera is awful and can be nauseating on a large screen, especially when navigating large open spaces. Actually the whole thing is a bit depressing, maybe that's what makes this a Masterpiece for some?
  10. rafaaguilera
    Feb 20, 2018
    6
    Playing an old game with current visuals is great, but i don't think a new coat of paint is enough to wow an audience apart from the nostalgic people. For those who don't know what this is all about, basically you need to find 16 big creatures hidden in a big world, find a way to climb them and locate their weak points to take them down. It's still fun to fight those colossus, especiallyPlaying an old game with current visuals is great, but i don't think a new coat of paint is enough to wow an audience apart from the nostalgic people. For those who don't know what this is all about, basically you need to find 16 big creatures hidden in a big world, find a way to climb them and locate their weak points to take them down. It's still fun to fight those colossus, especially because i haven't play this since back in the day , but the segments between those battles are a bit tedious, there's not much to do or to interact with and the constant struggle with the camera and controls can get irritating.… Expand
  11. Sigfrid0s
    Apr 4, 2018
    7
    Porque un 7?
    Es un excelente juego que merece la pena jugar, pero... su cámara y controles son realmente malos... se entiende la idea del cansancio y se aprecia que el personaje pierde el balance, lo que esta mal implementado es la dirección en la que va el personaje dependiendo de la cámara, es tan mala que te encontraras en muchos momentos en dirección contraria a la que intentas ir,    Porque un 7?
    Es un excelente juego que merece la pena jugar, pero... su cámara y controles son realmente malos... se entiende la idea del cansancio y se aprecia que el personaje pierde el balance, lo que esta mal implementado es la dirección en la que va el personaje dependiendo de la cámara, es tan mala que te encontraras en muchos momentos en dirección contraria a la que intentas ir, agregando que la cámara no ayuda en nada sobre este problema. Excelentes gráficos, una historia simple, no esperen nada rebuscado y un compañero de aventura (el caballo) que es de lo mejor que he visto en un videojuego en cuanto a su mecánica de movimiento.    … Expand
  12. CharlePL
    Feb 9, 2018
    5
    Game has a great feeling, music is amazing. This could be such a great hit but the camera work ruins otherwise perfect experience.
  13. Nerso
    Feb 9, 2018
    6
    Muito bonito visualmente. Nada mais que isso.

    Um mundo aberto muito bem feito, mas totalmente vazio. Um lagarto aqui e ali... uma fruta e só. Muito repetitivo. Vá até um colosso, mate-o e acorda no ponto inicial... repita isso 16x. A trilha sonora é boa e os gráficos muito bonitos, mas isso não torna o jogo um 10/10 como muito estão avaliando. Passa longe disso! O que mais estraga o    Muito bonito visualmente. Nada mais que isso.

    Um mundo aberto muito bem feito, mas totalmente vazio. Um lagarto aqui e ali... uma fruta e só. Muito repetitivo. Vá até um colosso, mate-o e acorda no ponto inicial... repita isso 16x.
    A trilha sonora é boa e os gráficos muito bonitos, mas isso não torna o jogo um 10/10 como muito estão avaliando. Passa longe disso!
    O que mais estraga o jogo não é ele ser repetitivo, mas os controles e, principalmente, a câmera. A CÂMERA É HORRÍVEL!!! No começo vc até pensa que logo irá se acostumar.... esquece... é muito ruim!
    Estou sendo bem honesto em dar 6/10 no jogo. Pela câmera e controles o jogo mal mereceria 2/10.... mas é um jogo razoável. Caso tenha dúvida, compre, jogue e veja se é um 10/10 como muitos estão avaliando. Não é!

    Jogo muito superestimado.    … Expand
  14. x-cell
    Feb 8, 2018
    6
    All the reviewers seem have played the game before and have some sort of rose tinted retro glasses on or something.

    I have 30 years gaming under my belt and before someone tells me to git gud I don't mind hard games. I've finished Dark Soul 2 and 3 along with Getting Over it 5 colossi down, the best I can describe this so far is playable but tedious. Far from some masterpeace If    All the reviewers seem have played the game before and have some sort of rose tinted retro glasses on or something.

    I have 30 years gaming under my belt and before someone tells me to git gud I don't mind hard games. I've finished Dark Soul 2 and 3 along with Getting Over it

    5 colossi down, the best I can describe this so far is playable but tedious. Far from some masterpeace

    If you are going to remaster can't they have fixed the following gaming problems from the 00's which are just crappy not retro.

    - Bad camera
    - Clunking unresponsive controls because the character has to finish the animation it's doing before you do something else
    - Controllering your horse with tank like controls!
    - Waiting and waiting for the AI in boss battles to do what is meant to be doing for you to progress
    - Pretty but nearly empty open world.

    It's retro I get it, but scores like 9.7/10 on IGN ridiculous. If this came out from some unknown dev and wasn't a remake it just wouldn't get anything like that score.    … Expand
  15. Mandulum
    Feb 18, 2018
    7
    Five Word Review: Climb and destroy giant colossi.
    Favorite Thing: The colossi look fantastic. The bigger the better!
    Least Favorite Thing: Controlling that tank-turning, slow starting and stopping horse can be frustrating.

    Date Completed: 2018-02-18
    Playtime: 5h
    Enjoyment: 7/10
    Recommendation: Yes. Just don't expect much of a story.
  16. thecountsaruman
    Apr 12, 2018
    5
    este juego no era necesario realmente , estando con anterioridad en el sistema de la pasada generación playstation 3
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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.
  20. panosveto
    Mar 26, 2018
    2
    Very bad camera and but character control . They had to fix the camera the game is unplayble
  21. Uzemoz69
    Mar 21, 2018
    6
    buen juego solo que la camara es muy mala y la mecanica del control se siente como en ps2 ademas de ser un remake lo siento sobrevalorado
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. LiveWireGamer
    Mar 20, 2018
    5
    This game looks new but feels super old and out dated. If this game was $15 then it would be an 8 but since its $40 its a 5. Its ok but just too expensive for what they are offering. I would have given a penalty on the lack of any multiplayer automatically dropping it by 2 points if this title was $60. This is 2018 if games are $60 without MP there is a serious problem. Just saying -2 if no MP.
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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.
  30. 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
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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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