Shadow of the Colossus: Special Edition
The Special Edition release includes the following bonus items: - Steelbook Collector’s Case with outer sleeve - Artist Postcards - Printed Manual - In-game Digital Extras -- Ancient Bow -- Cloak of Fate --…
Shadow of the Colossus: Special Edition is an adventure developed by Bluepoint Games, released 6 February 2018 on PlayStation 4.
What Shadow of the Colossus: Special Edition is
Shadow of the Colossus: Special Edition 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: Special Edition is the eighth of 8 entries we hold in the Ico series. It is the most recent released entry in the series.
What it launched against
Shadow of the Colossus: Special Edition launched on 6 February 2018, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Monster Hunter: World, Celeste and Shadow of the Colossus. 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.
Official trailer
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