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Shadow of the Colossus on PS2

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Shadow of the Colossus is a Singleplayer,thirdperson game available on the PS2.

Shadow of the Colossus is a Singleplayer,thirdperson game. Adventure games are enjoyed for two reasons: they provide enemy encounters that require tactics and strategy to conquor, and they create a fantasy world in which to explore and adventure.

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Shadow of the Colossus returns in high definition as Team ICO gear up for the release on The Last Guardian.

Although you can still play Shadow of the Colossus (and its predecessor ICO) on the early PS3s that support emulation, or indeed an original PS2, the game is starting to look a little dated. Particularly on new high definition TVs it is obviously quite pixelated. Now there is a solution.
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Reviews

Returning Gamer review Wed, 19 Jan 2011

Shadow of the Colossus conjures emotion from a simple relationship between you, your horse, the landscape and the monsters. It's effective and compelling, in a way that games used to be before visuals alone could carry an experience.

Sometimes simplicity produces the best results. Case in point: Shadow of the Colossus. This finesses each element within the game, making it the best that it can be and producing a classic PS2 experience that stands on a par with the best games from any genre and any platform.
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Perpetual Gamer review Mon, 17 Nov 2008

Everyone has very different tastes, my particular poison is that of games with wide open spaces in which to live, explore and grow. Shadow of the Colossus has come highly recommended to me so I approached it with an open mind, finding an emotional connection with the game like I never have felt before. But on my terms, after the impressive initial experience the game fails to deliver the perpetual gaming world I long to see in all games.

So here I am plugging in a creaking PS2 and sticking in the disc that for some has delivered almost a life changing game experience. I obediently watch the pre-game cinematics which are nicely in-engine. They don't give much away in terms of a story but give me a warm feeling about how nice their environments are. And then there I stand in front of a sleeping woman on a stone table.
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Family Gamer review Tue, 11 Sep 2007

Such was the success of their first game (Ico) that it gave the development team a new identify. The rebadged Team Ico, returns with their distinct follow up Shadow of Colossus (SoTC).

Action adventure games are enjoyed for two reasons. They provide a variety of fast action encounters where you are fighting, fleeing or evading some enemy. They also provide a large world in which to explore and adventure. This exploration is usually driven by some particular plot-tension introduced early in the game that you must resolve.
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