shadow of the colossus ps2 gameplay no comment

#Shadow of the colossus ps2 gameplay no comment skin

And the bosses do behave consistently from my experience completing them all on the Hard time trial.

I've never softlocked the game over several playthroughs. I don't care about graphics anyway, so we can cross that off. I don't really understand your complaints here. I had heard good things about this game, but I come away thinking that it’s one of the worst games I’ve ever played. And don’t even get me started on how awful climbing around on the bosses feels. I actually had to look up a guide on that boss, because I just couldn’t work it out. So I was standing next to the pillar and nothing was happening because I wasn’t standing next to the exact pillar you need to be next to. At one point, you need to goad a boss into hitting a pillar.

One boss requires you to pick up an object to fight him with, only the game doesn’t establish that this is a thing you can do, nor does it tell you button to pick the thing up.Įven if you work out what you need to do, unless you’re doing the exact thing the game wants you to do, you’re screwed. If you mess up and do the wrong thing you can soft lock the game, and you have to kill yourself because there’s no restarting from checkpoint. The bosses themselves have very inconsistent rules and if you can’t work out the exact thing the game wants you to do- you’re screwed. Terrible graphics when in performance mode.īoss 'fights' that aren’t fights in that you’re dealing and taking constant damage, you’re actually very rarely in danger of taking any damage, they’re more puzzles in which you have to figure out the very specific set of moves the game wants you to pull off to be able to mount the boss and stab their glowie weak spots a few times. The sword light that directs you when you lift it up is a decent idea but just very annoying in practice, as you’ll constantly go the wrong way and realise that actually you had to go around this cave or whatever. I died multiple times there through no fault of my own and had to continually traverse all the way across the map to have another go. If you die in the open world you get sent way back to the start area, which is a pain when you have that bridge that collapses that you need to cross before the final boss. Boring, empty, lifeless open world that is an absolute chore to navigate.

Genuinely awful clunky movement and controls.

#Shadow of the colossus ps2 gameplay no comment skin

Beyond his clothing becoming tattered, his skin grows pale and veiny while his eyes turn cloudy.Vague, non-existent story. After killing a fair amount of the Colossi, it becomes apparent that the shadowy powers have a deleterious effect on Wander. He passes out and wakes up at Mono's altar in the temple, one more of the idols exploding to rubble before he sets off again. Wander must actively murder these peacefully grazing goliaths, and while the gameplay is incredibly satisfying, it doesn't mitigate the sensation that the player has destroyed something special.įurther accentuating this point, each time Wander slays a Colossus, dark tendrils burst from his fallen quarry and fly into him. But each time he kills a Colossus, which are terrifying but beautiful creatures, it begins to feel increasingly wrong. At first, Wander faces aggressive, humanoid Colossi. This is the game's opening, which then sends players to slay their first Colossus.