The real challenge of the game is figuring out how to defeat the colossi, each of which is unique in its own way. Your sword and bow are indispensable tools in the appropriate situations, but your most important weapon against the great beasts is your wits, which you'll need to use in full to puzzle out the right way to defeat each colossus without being ground under one massive heel after another. In fact, Shadow of the Colossus feels almost as much like a puzzle game as it does an action game, or an adventure, since you'll frequently have to make creative use of both the environment and your weapons just to reach a monster's weak points, much less strike at these points effectively to bring it down.
The story of Shadow of the Colossus is a fairly simple one: You must bring down 16 giants so that you can revive the woman you love. The concept of the game is also simple. There are no lesser minions to battle through a... Read Full Review
I am gonna start off saying that after seeing this game at E3 got me amazingly excited. I was a tad worried if the game play would get boring after awhile doing what would have seemed the same thing 16 times and that it.... Read Full Review