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Shadow of the Colossus
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Team Ico · Sony Computer Entertainment

Shadow of the Colossus

● ReleasedPS2
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Action-adventure game where you track down and climb sixteen massive creatures to stab their weak points. You play as Wander, who's struck a deal with a disembodied entity: kill these colossi scattered across a forbidden land, and it'll revive a dead girl named Mono. Your tools are a magical sword that reveals each colossus's location, a bow, and your horse Agro for traversing empty plains and ruins between fights. Each colossus is a puzzle—you grip fur and stone while they thrash, searching for glowing sigils to strike. No towns, no NPCs, no side quests. Just you, the landscape, and these lumbering giants. The story unfolds through brief cutscenes showing Wander's body deteriorating after each kill, hinting that resurrection comes with a cost. It's methodical and lonely by design.

Developer
Team Ico
Publisher
Sony Computer Entertainment
Release
Oct 18, 2005
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Popularity
4/100
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1.3K ratings
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Critic Score
89/100
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Time to Beat
~9h
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Platforms
PS2
Franchise
Ico
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