Friday, October 28, 2005

Shadow of the Colossus


Just picked this game up today and played a little. Have to say it's quite cinematic and intuitive. Great game.
You play a young boy, who only has a mystical sword, a bow, and a horse. That's it. With these tools, you fight 16 larger-than-life colossi and find ways to bring them down, to fulfill your quest of saving your fallen love.
The scale of the colossi is immense. You feel diminutive. These guys are LARGE. It's a daunting task, but you kill them by finding weak spots on their bodies and exploiting that weakness. Inevitably, these spots are almost always up high on their bodies, requiring you to climb them somehow. In a sense, each colossus is a puzzle that needs to be solved. Each fight more frantic than the last, filled with nail-biting moments as you fight to keep your grip on each beast as you scale their sides, arms, or back to get to their weak spots.
Lots of fun. This will definitely take time away from my SOCOM.
Check it out, if you have the time.
Shadow of the Colossus

*UPDATE: I've been playing this with the help of my girlfriend and I've gotten 12 of the 16 colossi down. I have to say it's now the most annoying game of all time, clunky controls and extremely difficult colossi now. You have to find a way to get on the animal, and hang onto the animal as it tries and buck you off, and find its weak spot and stab it a couple of times. Many times, I've been so close to killing one only to be thrown off and have to start the whole process over again...
Annoying!!!
Colossus is a Giant Leap for Video Games

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