as beautiful and atmospheric as a game can get, there is a reason Shadow of the Colossus comes up early in conversations about whether or not games are 'true art'. what it lacks in consistently-pleasant controls or longevity it more than makes up for in boundless beauty and scale. for a PS2 game it still manages to look timeless and great as ever, and the unforgettably-epic music has still yet to get old.
Definitivamente um dos melhores da minha vida. Já zerei e re-zerei um zilhão de vezes. Até hoje penso sobre a história e sobre o universo do game. Cada colosso era único e incrível, o cenário era estupidamente grande com apenas o personagem e o cavalo. O sentimento de solidão era proposital, e tornava a imersão ainda melhor.
Um dos melhores games já feito, sem sobra de dúvidas.
Um dos melhores games já feito, sem sobra de dúvidas.
Its a game that always make me nostalgic. Used an emulator to play it. It was the second time, the first time I was a child and it gave me the creeps but finished it anyway. Today, it was really nice to play it again. The world its in is magical and kinda sad. It has a nice difficulty, not too easy but not too hard, and beautiful scenes.
The outstanding camera work of games like SOTC or the Resident Evil Remake, in which every camera angle and every frame seemed meticulously designed with intent gave the experience unparalalled cinematic flair.
Then every game went full 3rd-person-over-the shoulder perspective for 15 years straight. Demonic.
Then every game went full 3rd-person-over-the shoulder perspective for 15 years straight. Demonic.
Fantastic. From a superficial manner a unique, engaging and epic journey with insane visuals, boss fights, soundtrack and so on. But if you want to go deep it has as many layers as you're willing to go, delving about relationship of the human and divine, morality, subversive hero's journey that makes you question your journey through the whole game. It's filled with symbolisms and inspired on hermeticism, biblical myths and so on to bring up an unique and interpretative story that will make you wonder about it for years and you'll always find new details or theories that makes you look at the game through a different lens, even years after beating it. Each can play the game and view it on a very different manner, has a harmonic ludonarrative that pushes it's themes and messages through it's mechanics, very meaningful ending... Masterpiece
One of my all-time favorites. Tells one of the best stories in video games with very little dialogue or cutscenes. The story is what your character does in the game. This simplicity extends to the gameplay and UI as well where mechanics and information are kept at a minimum for the player to be that much more absorbed into them. A must play game.