In an ancient time long past, a young man travels to the ends of the Earth, a place that is said to be forbidden to enter. He carries a young woman, who died from a terrible curse. He seeks the Dormin, a strange and God-like being that resides there. The Dormin is surprised that the man carries an ancient and magical sword, and speaks to the man. The man pleas for his help in bringing back the woman's cursed soul, however the being says it is the law of mortals that a dead soul cannot be brought back. He does say though, that if the man is willing to accept some heavy consequences, that there might be a way to revive her. But it will not be easy.

Our hero must embark on a quest to slay 16 colossi, giant creatures that tower hundreds of feet above the Earth. Using his ancient sword and his horse Agro, he must travel across the immense landscape seeking the colossi to save his love. Taking the form of various animals and other bipedal creatures, these colossi are tough and fierce. Their skin is tougher than leather, and the armor they wear is literally rock. However, by using his ancient sword, the man can penetrate the weak spot on them and destroy the towering beings and free his love's soul.

Shadow of the Colossus is set in the same universe as ICO, by the same development studio, and it is a prequel to the game.

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Alternate Titles

"汪达与巨像" -- Chinese title (simplified)
"ワンダと巨像" -- Japanese spelling
"Wangda yu Juxiang" -- Chinese title
"Wanda to kyozō" -- Japanese title
"SotC" -- Common abbreviation
"NICO" -- Working title

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User Reviews

Incredible, emotional, artistic, and brilliant. Just a few words that describe Shadow of the Colossus	Matt Neuteboom (941)
There is no other game like it	Unicorn B. Lynx (53164)
Big is not scary; small is scary	lasttoblame (392)
Touching story without words, and special gameplay!	Melody (119)
Beautiful.	SlapHappy (19)
Magnificence	D P (125)
What a dang waste...	Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari (12749)

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The Press Says

Game Vortex	2005	100 out of 100	100
Just Adventure	Jan 25, 2008	A	100
EL33TONLINE	Nov 13, 2006		100
1UP	Oct 14, 2005	9.5 out of 10	95
Worth Playing	Nov 19, 2005	9.4 out of 10	94
Daily Game	Dec 06, 2005	9 out of 10	90
GameSpy	Oct 17, 2005		90
Official UK Playstation 2 Magazine	Jan, 2006	9 out of 10	90
Game Informer Magazine	Oct, 2005	8.75 out of 10	88
GameSpot	Oct 17, 2005	8.7 out of 10	87

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This is amazing	13	St_Martyne (3557) Jul 31, 2007

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Trivia

The PAL release comes in a cardboard packaging containing four unique postcards with art work depicting moments from the game. It also includes camera interviews with artistic partners and creative directors Fumito Ueda and Kenjj Kaido to get a look behind the scenes, an image gallery with concept sketches and in-game stills, and the original game trailer to ICO.

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Terrence Bosky

(5239) on Nov 07, 2005.