Games aren't art. And its good that they aren't. 
 
Seriously, you can make any video game ending sound profound if you use the correct wording.

There ARE, however, games with art IN them. Like wall mounted pictures. Somebody should make a new concept page.

windosil is artsy!

And interpretation of Shadow of the Colossus by unkown: If someone can please let know know where this game from originally, that would be uber swell. 
 
The whole game was about not letting go. She's dead,but you won't let it end that way. You can't let her go. These emotions from the story are reflected and emphasized by the actual gameplay elements. You have to hold on. The grip button is the crux of the game. R1,gripped tightly in your right hand.

Don't fall off!

Don't let go!

But how long can you hold on?


And then the ending. You've held on to the end. Your stubbornnesshas killed your only companion in this unyielding battle against the inevitable. You've become the monsters you've been fighting. And now, defeated, you are dragged from the one you wanted to save, to your apparent doom. Everything is falling away. The last thing you can grab are the stone steps leading up to the pool. And you grab them, following the instincts you learned by playing the game

Find a handhold!

Hold on to something!

Don't let go!

...

And you can hang on to those cold, stone steps forever...

But you gain nothing. The cutscene doesn't end. The vortex doesn't go away. You can't advance from there. Against all the mechanics of the game you grokked ages ago...

you have to let go...

In that single moment; gameplay, writing, theme, and the high art of ludemes perfectly mix.


You accept your fate; only then can you be redeemed