Shadow of the Colossus
Tales speak of an ancient land where creatures the size of mountains, roam the majestic landscape. Bound to the land, these creatures hold a key to a mystical power of revival - a power you must obtain to…
Shadow of the Colossus is an adventure developed by Bluepoint Games, released 6 February 2018 on PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 4.8 hrs to finish.
What Shadow of the Colossus is
Shadow of the Colossus is an adventure game developed by Bluepoint Games and released in 2018. It was published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4 only. It runs on Bluepoint Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story of Shadow of the Colossus begins as Wander enters the forbidden land, traveling across a long bridge on his horse, Agro. Unknown to the player, prior to entering, Wander had stolen an ancient sword, which is the only weapon capable of slaying the colossi. Led to the massive Shrine of Worship at the center of the region, Wander carries with him the body of a maiden named Mono. A moment later, several humanoid shadow creatures appear and approach Wander before he easily dismisses them with a wave of the ancient sword in his possession. After vanquishing the shadow creatures, the voice of the disembodied entity known as "Dormin" echoes from above, expressing surprise that Wander…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, drama, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Ico series
Shadow of the Colossus is the seventh of 8 entries we hold in the Ico series. It arrived 6 years after Ico. The next entry was Shadow of the Colossus: Special Edition in 2018. Its critic score of 93 is almost exactly the series average of 92. The highest-rated entry is The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection at 95.
How it was received
Shadow of the Colossus holds a critic score of 93 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 24 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 89, across 376 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4.8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 21.4 hrs, roughly 4.5 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Shadow of the Colossus launched on 6 February 2018, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Monster Hunter: World, Celeste and Shadow of the Colossus (2018). It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Monster Hunter: World, Celeste, Shadow of the Colossus (2018).
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Shadow of the Colossus yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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