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    Shadow of the Colossus

    Game » consists of 9 releases. Released Oct 18, 2005

    Explore the Forbidden Land as Wander, a young warrior who must slay sixteen Colossi in order to restore the life of a sacrificed maiden.

    bilawal's Wander to Kyozou (PlayStation 2) review

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    Bosses

    Shadow of The Colossus comes from the makers of ICO. It's said to be the next ICO but people think that its dark story is different from ICO. You play a heartbroken warrior, who takes a princess to the temple. The warrior asks the gods to bring back the princess. They tell him that he can, only is he could defeat the 16 colossi that rule the land. With his loyal steed, the warrior goes off to a journey to bring back his love and defeat the 16 mystical beasts.

    The bosses in The Shadow of the Colossus are the biggest bosses ever in a video game. The only way to defeat them is to climb up onto their bodies and try to find their weak points. Usually people think that it would be a beat 'em up, surprisingly it isn’t! You have to climb onto the beast, it's like a puzzle. Once you've found their weak point, a few stabs and they're dead. The creators also said that some of the bosses may be mechanical or beast, but they want you to decide (They did this to stimulate your brain, In My Opinion that's kind of retarded).

    The creators wanted to create a beautiful and visual world so that the players would be happy while playing the game. The world is massive and makes the world graphically superb. Somehow they managed to create a large world with excellent graphics. However there's a twist! The world is so big that you can get lost easily and there are LAG problems because of the graphics. You have your horse to ride around the area and there aren't people in the game so it does get lonely. The gameplay is okay but it's different. They changed the controls around. They made it unfamiliar to people who play these types of games which was a wrong move. They've also decided to add a grip meter, so when you climbing a colossi you could fall off if the meter runs out, another annoying move. You have three weapons your fist, sword and arrow that you change with the right d-pad. The sound is amazing. Overall Shadow of the Colossi is an amazing and beautiful game which is accepted from the makers of Ico.

    Other reviews for Wander to Kyozou (PlayStation 2)

      Ah, Nostalgia 0

      Review/Rant: I feel a great sense of nostalgia whenever I think about this game. Few other game immersed me completely in their world as this game did. This an incredible feat considering that the main character only says one word over and over throughout the whole game (Agro). Other characters have very limited dialogue. The gameplay comprises of a series of boss fights, say HUUUGE boss fights, with a few platforming segments and horseback riding through vast environments to get to those boss f...

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      A True Masterpiece 0

      Shadow of the Colossus is a game unlike any other. You play a young man trying to save his one true love by defeating a number of enemies that hold the secret to bringing her back to life. Okay...so maybe the premise isn't exactly original, but that's where the unoriginality ends. The game comes to us from the same development team that brought us one of the best PS2 games ever made, ICO. Adored by critics yet ignored by buyers, ICO was an artistic adventure that will be long remembered by anyon...

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