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author: Darius Matusiak

Shadow of the Colossus. Games to emotionally shatter you

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Genre: TPP action game

Developer: Sony Interactive Entertainment / Bluepoint Games

Release date: October 14, 2005 / February 6, 2018 (remake)

Everything seems fine throughout most of Shadow of the Colossus. We are the heroic prince saving his princess. The situation looks dramatic, because the princess seems dead, but it's enough to defeat the terrible giants, i.e. the title colossi, for the extremely powerful creature – Dormin – to resurrect her. So, we fight spectacular battles with opponents the size of a hill, in the name of a noble goal, just to eventually find out that...

the eponymous colossi are mostly innocent creatures, guardians of goodness and peace – whose mission is to make sure that the cruel demon Dormin remains dormant. We are merely puppets in his hands all the while, helping him to implement the sinister plan. In a single moment, we find out that we're not the hero of this story at all, but its vile antagonist, driven by absolutely selfish motives. In addition, we kill sixteen dignified, good, unique creatures. It's hard to feel good after something like that.

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Darius Matusiak

Darius Matusiak

Graduate of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Journalism. He started writing about games in 2013 on his blog on gameplay.pl, from where he quickly moved to the Reviews and Editorials department of Gamepressure. Sometimes he also writes about movies and technology. A gamer since the heyday of Amiga. Always a fan of races, realistic simulators and military shooters, as well as games with an engaging plot or exceptional artistic style. In his free time, he teaches how to fly in modern combat fighter simulators on his own page called Szkola Latania. A huge fan of arranging his workstation in the "minimal desk setup" style, hardware novelties and cats.

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