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Shadow of the Colossus is an action game that squares a young boy against a group of towering colossi. You assume the role of a nameless hero trying to rid the world of giant creatures and find his lost love. With your trusty horse at your side, explore the spacious lands and unearth each Colossi. Armed with your wits, a sword, and a bow, use cunning and strategy to topple each behemoth.
PRODUCT DETAILS
UPC:711719747222
Condition:Used
Genre:Action & Adventure
Platform:Playstation 2
Region:NTSC (N. America)
ESRB:Teen
SKU:PS2_SHADOW_OF_THE_COLOSSUS
———This game is fully cleaned, tested & working. Includes the Disc/Cartridge Only. May have some minor scratches/scuffs.This description was last updated on October 28th, 2020.
Oliver Prevost –
These game are absolutely amazing. Ico is an emotion generating lesson in art and cinema all done with almost zero dialog. A beautiful and well thought out puzzle platformer that leaves a more then lasting impression. However, this is no simple puzzle platformer, the goal is not necessarily to get your character across the obstacle, but to lead an interesting NPC named Yorda. Yorda comes when shes called, follows where she is lead by the hand, is afraid of heights and is constantly in jeopardy of being stolen away by strange black creatures. The quality of the AI makes Yorda feel like she truly is alive, which only makes the thought of her getting carried off all the more threatening. And Shadow of the Colossus, A game idea that has not yet been pulled off so wonderfully and solidly since. Traveling through an immense, hand drawn, world full of jaw-dropping views and ancients structures, in order to find and slay 16 giant colossi . In order to find these colossi, as stated by a mysterious voice, one must “Raise thy sword by the light… and head to the place where the sword’s light gathers… There, thou shalt find the colossi thou art to defeat.”(Shadow of The Colossus) then slay them by finding a way to climb up to there vital points and stabbing them. What more could you want! Not only that but done in the same mystifying subtlety that makes Ico such an experience. The developers even put so much detail into these games that, on their original system the PS2, it wasn’t.
Crank –
Ico runs in 1080p native at 30 fps. It looks gorgeous and uses MLAA for jaggy reduction. Ico doesn’t need much explanation. It is one of the most wonderful videogames I have ever played and still holds up today. In fact, it looks gorgeous and plays well. Unforgettable.Shadow, though, is kind of dated. I put my PS3 into 720p mode only because the initial resolution they have uses an upscaled 1080p mode with rectangular pixels and does not play well with the MLAA post processing method they use here for anti-aliasing. It looks…. okay. LOD transitions are awful just like the original and textures are completely untouched and awful looking for the most part. The bloom is totally overdone and the lighting is a bit garish but the game does have some soul at least.It runs well in 720p mode and gets a little worse in its set 960x1080p mode. No idea why devs think that a little extra fill rate looks better than true squared pixels at 720p but it really does not matter. The colossi are awesome the horse riding is okay and the camera is ****ing awful. Good game but it honestly cannot touch Ico in my mind.A full win for putting a backwards cover with the true Ico artwork on it. AWESOME stuff marketing guys.
Ketfera –
If you like puzzle games mixed with intrigue and excitement, this collection is for you.Ico is a slower, more puzzle-based game. It can stress you out at times, but I think that is part of the fun! It is so rewarding when you figure out how to solve a puzzle. The concept of progressing through a crazy maze in the form of a castle is fantastic!Shadow of the Colossus, on the other hand, is a faster-paced game depending more on skill, but it still requires a lot of thought and planning. It is very challenging, but extremely rewarding.Both games are masterpieces, in my opinion. Interesting, Ico came out first, but chronologically it actually occurs after Shadow of the Colossus. I have found it very enjoyable to play both concurrently. If you pace yourself in Shadow of the Colossus and make sure that you finish it after finishing Ico, it is a great experience. Ico can get a little exhausting, so it is nice to play Shadow of the Colossus as a change of pace.I highly recommend this and eagerly await the third installment.
J. Salem –
As soon as I had found out that Shadow of the Colossus was done as an HD remake for PS3, I definitely had to get my hand on a copy. Though I’ve never actually played ICO previously, i am excited to play it now for the first time knowing that Shadow of the Colossus is considered a “spiritual sequel” to ICO.the graphics of the games go amazingly on a nice LCD HDTV. I’ve tested the 3D for Shadow of the Colossus and it was aboslutely amazing. The 3D element brings a whole new style to the game when climbing up 50 foot tall idols. For anyone who played it originally for PS2, I would highly recommend getting this update.
David McNealy –
This will not be the typical review you’re used to; i’m not going to discuss the plot, characters or controls. I’m writing this review in response to the negative reviews of this collection i’ve read here. I’m not going to bash people for genuinely not enjoying the game, because I understand that some people won’t. This review will let you know what to expect when you first put the disc in the console.It seems as though (even a decade later) that people are picking up Ico or SoTC expecting an experience ENTIRELY different than the one the developers intended to provide. These games aren’t necessarily about epic battles in amazing set pieces (although SoTC has plenty of them), or engrossing highly detailed plots, or even intricate fighting systems and controls. These games are about putting yourself in the situations the two main characters find themselves in, and without hesitation accepting that completely. You MUST suspend your comprehension of reality; do not think of it as playing a game, but as experiencing something new. Playing both games I often times found myself stopping for a second and saying “what am I doing?” or “what’s my goal?”. Sure, there are stories there; as in: “here’s some general back story about what’s going on… well off you go”, and the developers kick you in the rear end and say “alright, now get to it”. You don’t know what the outside world is like – you don’t know if it resembles anything you would recognize, or if it is just something completely.
Lorenzo Castoldi –
The games speak for themselves, and it’s great to have them both playable at HD resolutions. What makes this collection stand out, though, is a small but very appreciated feature: on the reverse side of the box art sheet, both original box arts are printed, without any logos, stickers, etc. (ICO on the front, SotC on the back). It even includes a spine label on this side, so you can keep it this way, and still know what game it is. It’s the little things.
Angieeelalas –
BEST GAME EVER CREATED! Oh my gosh, i have been waiting for YEARS to play this game again, and finally got a PS3 so i could. Thanks so much for making my life wonderful again. ICO has been hard to get into, and it was as a teenager too. Its fun, but i a definitely in it for Shadow of the Colossus. OHMYGOSH. Its the best ever. thanks (:
T. Miranda –
Absolutely worth the price. The high definition upgrades are absolutely worth it and the developer’s commentary is infinitely interesting. Ever since I played Shadow of the Colossus on PS2, I’ve wanted to play it again in better quality. Granted, the upgrades are not The Last Guardian level, but they’re definitely noticeable and worth it. The games themselves are classics and don’t need a review from me. You will cry every single time. They’re great games that explore interesting methods of story-telling and when one looks past the basic theme of "girl in trouble, boy saves girl." they’re quite deep games.
Kelsey –
Still one of the most influential open-world games of my childhood, only remastered.. The remaster has a few bugs and glitches though.. but aside from that, it’s all nostalgia appeal.This game is damn perfect, like.. you can’t even lightly critique it, anything else than controls.Little to no voice acting, no annoying, repetitive background music, no dumb character archetypes.. just the wind and cries of birds..The scenery is also something of beauty to admire. Just epic, ground-breaking battles and a rich underscore.This game is a solid 9/10, imo.Haven’t played ICO, I just bought this for SOC. But I’m sure it holds up just as well.
Vance R. –
I played this game on the ps2 and the ps3 was very nostalgic and fun. The graphics aren’t state of the art, but it still stands up well. Best of all the game is fun to play. The only thing that irritated me is that sometimes the game feels like it is a maze as you are running around trying to accomplish things. A map would have helped me from making repeated wrong turns. I love the game and my kids love it too. It was great to beat it again. I still haven’t played shadow of the colossus, but ico is awesome.