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Topic	Leonhart Ranks 100 Games with Writeups!
LeonhartFour 01/31/20 11:34:38 AM #144:	#82. Shadow of the Colossus I was honestly a little surprised to see this game made the list! Dont get me wrong. I do really like it. I guess I just didnt realize how much I liked it, especially over some of the games it finished ahead of! Maybe I shouldnt be as surprised by its contest success since it seems that everyone (except Ulti) likes the game better than they think! I also chose one of the MGS3/SotC match pictures for this writeup because thats one of my favorite match pics ever! Anyway, Shadow of the Colossus is one of those games thats difficult to describe because it honestly doesnt sound like a winning idea on paper. I dont subscribe to the idea of video games being art, but its honestly one of those games you have to experience for yourself to understand what the hype is about. The basic premise is that youre a dude named Wander (Wanda in Japanese; in fact, the game is called Wanda and the Colossus in Japan, so that was a good name change on both fronts!) whose girlfriend is in a coma under the influence of some curse, so he makes the journey to a forbidden land in an attempt to save her. Theres very little dialogue. I think Dormin (the disembodied power that tells Wander where to go next) is the only character who speaks. His goal is to defeat all 16 colossi, and thats literally all there is to it. There are no sidequests, no random enemies, no NPCs to encounter, nothing. Its just Wander, his horse Agro, a big open world, and 16 colossi. Youre given a special sword that can help you locate (and subsequently defeat) each colossus, and you have to defeat them in order. Youre not allowed to sequence break. And its somehow a lot of fun! Shadow of the Colossus is basically David vs. Goliath 16 times. The game really makes you feel the scale of every fight, and so it feels like a monumental accomplishment when you manage to defeat them because they dont make Wander some superhuman dude. Hes pretty average! Each boss is unique, and its fun figuring out the strategy for how to defeat them (most of the time anyway; that turtle colossus can go rot). My favorites were the two flying ones and the two smallest ones. Both types offered really fun challenges. Trying to figure out how to actually get on top of the flying ones, and trying to turn the aggressiveness of the smaller ones against them (since most colossi dont actively try to attack you or if they do, they're very slow, but these do and they're quick) was very cool. This writeup is making me want to get the PS4 version so I can experience it all over again! --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/080/145/638.png https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq <cite>LeonhartFour posted [p:933734992] in Leonhart R... [t:78360286]...</cite> <quote>#82. Shadow of the Colossus I was honestly a little surprised to see this game made the list! Dont get me wrong. I do really like it. I guess I just didnt realize how much I liked it, especially over some of the games it finished ahead of! Maybe I shouldnt be as surprised by its contest success since it seems that everyone (except Ulti) likes the game better than they think! I also chose one of the MGS3/SotC match pictures for this writeup because thats one of my favorite match pics ever! Anyway, Shadow of the Colossus is one of those games thats difficult to describe because it honestly doesnt sound like a winning idea on paper. I dont subscribe to the idea of video games being art, but its honestly one of those games you have to experience for yourself to understand what the hype is about. The basic premise is that youre a dude named Wander (Wanda in Japanese; in fact, the game is called Wanda and the Colossus in Japan, so that was a good name change on both fronts!) whose girlfriend is in a coma under the influence of some curse, so he makes the journey to a forbidden land in an attempt to save her. Theres very little dialogue. I think Dormin (the disembodied power that tells Wander where to go next) is the only character who speaks. His goal is to defeat all 16 colossi, and thats literally all there is to it. There are no sidequests, no random enemies, no NPCs to encounter, nothing. Its just Wander, his horse Agro, a big open world, and 16 colossi. Youre given a special sword that can help you locate (and subsequently defeat) each colossus, and you have to defeat them in order. Youre not allowed to sequence break. And its somehow a lot of fun! Shadow of the Colossus is basically David vs. Goliath 16 times. The game really makes you feel the scale of every fight, and so it feels like a monumental accomplishment when you manage to defeat them because they dont make Wander some superhuman dude. Hes pretty average! Each boss is unique, and its fun figuring out the strategy for how to defeat them (most of the time anyway; that turtle colossus can go rot). My favorites were the two flying ones and the two smallest ones. Both types offered really fun challenges. Trying to figure out how to actually get on top of the flying ones, and trying to turn the aggressiveness of the smaller ones against them (since most colossi dont actively try to attack you or if they do, they're very slow, but these do and they're quick) was very cool. This writeup is making me want to get the PS4 version so I can experience it all over again! --- http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/080/145/638.png https://imgur.com/WqDcNNq</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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