Shadow of the Colossus

Shadow of the Colossus is an action-adventure game developed by Team ICO and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan for the PlayStation 2 and Playstation 3. It was first shown at DICE summit in 2003 as an early tech demo depicting a group of masked, horned boys riding horses while attacking and defeating a colossus. It was released from late 2005 to early 2006, exclusively on PS2.

Shadow of the Colossus was highly acclaimed by critics, so much that it was later released on the Playstation 3 along with ICO in The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection.

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Story

Your adventure begins with Wander (the main protagonist) entering the Forbidden Land, crossing an enormous bridge with his horse Agro, which leads to the massive Shrine of Worship at the center of the plain. Wander carries a wrapped body to the shrine and places it onto the altar. When he removes the cloak it is revealed that the body is a maiden by the name of Mono. Several shadow like humanoids then begin to attack Wander, but he dismisses them with a few swings of his ancient sword. After defeating the shadow like figures a voice from above known as Dormin contacts Wander and is surprised that Wander possesses the ancient sword. Wander request to Dormin that he brings back Mono’s soul, which he then states that it may be possible, but only if the sixteen idols lining the temples hall are destroyed. It explains that this can only be possible by killing sixteen colossi located throughout the Forbidden Land by using the ancient sword. Each Colossi contains a piece of Dormin’s essence.

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