Shadow of the Colossus
An open-world action/adventure game in which a young wanderer, along with a stolen magical sword and his steed companion, trespasses a cursed land, makes a deal with an ancient being to bring a sacrificial…
Shadow of the Colossus is an adventure developed by Team Ico, released 18 October 2005 on PlayStation 2. The main story takes about 9.1 hrs to finish.
What Shadow of the Colossus is
Shadow of the Colossus is an adventure game developed by Team Ico and released in 2005. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 2 only. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story of Shadow of the Colossus begins as Wander enters the forbidden land, traveling across the long bridge at its entrance on his horse, Agro. According to Lord Emon later in the game, prior to entering the forbidden land Wander had stolen an ancient sword, which is the only weapon capable of slaying the colossi of the forbidden land. 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 shadow-like creatures with humanoid forms appear and prepare to attack Wander, but he easily dismisses them with a wave of the ancient sword in his possession, which emits strong beams of light. After…
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 first of 8 entries we hold in the Ico series. The next entry was Shadow of the Colossus: Limited Edition in 2005. Its critic score of 89 is 3 points below 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 89 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 22 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 89, across 1,348 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9.1 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 19.5 hrs, roughly 2.1 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Shadow of the Colossus launched on 18 October 2005, within three weeks of Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005) and F.E.A.R.. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005), F.E.A.R..
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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