Shadow of the Colossus, released in Japan as Wander and the Colossus , is an action-adventure video game published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the Playstation 2. Wander must travel across a vast expanse on horseback and defeat sixteen massive beings, known simply as colossi, in order to restore...
Shadow of the Colossus, released in Japan as Wander and the Colossus , is an action-adventure video game published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the Playstation 2. Wander must travel across a vast expanse on horseback and defeat sixteen massive beings, known simply as colossi, in order to restore the life of a girl named Mono. Today, the game is widely regarded as one of the greatest video games of all time. Beginning at a central point in an expansive landscape, the player seeks out and defeats a colossus, and is then returned to the central point to repeat the process. To find each colossus, Wander may raise his sword while in a sunlit area to reflect beams of light, which will converge when the sword is pointed in the right direction of the next encounter. The journey to a colossus is seldom a straightforward matter: stretches of varied terrain often require that a detour be taken along the way. Wander and the colossi have life bars to indicate their remaining health. While the colossi are the only enemies, there are natural animals in the environment.