Overlooked in 2018: Shadow Of The Colossus

<p>Team Ico has been one of my favorite developers for quite some time&period; I fell in love with them deep into the PlayStation 2 era with the original <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;playstation&period;com&sol;en-us&sol;games&sol;shadow-of-the-colossus-ps4&sol;">Shadow of the Colossus<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;em> And then swooned again during the PlayStation 3 era with the HD remaster of <em>Ico<&sol;em>&period; I will admit after hearing about the from the ground up remake of <em>Shadow of the Colossus<&sol;em> I was a bit nervous&period; <em>The Last Guardian<&sol;em> was not critically or financially acclaimed and I did not know too much about Bluepoint Games who was helming the remake&period; I was scared that the world Team Ico had created&comma; which was so unique and a joy to play around in&comma; had lost its luster&period; Thankfully Bluepoint Games understood and loved the original version and they poured every ounce of heart and care into this remake&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;bluepointgames&period;com&sol;">Bluepoint Games<&sol;a> really hit the nail on the head with this remake&period; The rebuilt world looks exactly as it should&comma; just in super high def with amazing graphics&excl; The cut-scenes are still as moving as the first time I saw them&period; Only now they are gorgeous and Oscar worthy&period; It was a trip riding my horse over that bridge again to save the love of my life by destroying beasts that could kill me in one fell swoop&period; Watching the opening cut-scene again on my giant television really was a sight to see&comma; I couldn&&num;8217&semi;t believe how well the developer had done&semi; and that was just the opening scene of the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;142970" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-142970" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-142970" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;12&sol;25010017&sol;Shadow-of-the-Colossus-PS4-7-1280x720&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-142970" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Shadow of the Colossus<&sol;em> &&num;8211&semi; Sony&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The controls&comma; in my opinion&comma; didn&&num;8217&semi;t change at all&period; I was riding Agro with Wander and I didn&&num;8217&semi;t stumble or stutter at all with the PS4 controller in my hands&comma; it felt natural and perfect&comma; just like I was in my twenties again&excl; In fact the controls were a bit more responsive and smoother as I slayed these giant beasts&period; I no longer ran Agro and myself off the narrow bridges like I use to&comma; nor did I mess up my arrow shots or boss fight stabbings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I took down the first 5 in a matter of an hour or so due to the fact that the controls were just that little bit better&period; So if you&&num;8217&semi;re an old hand at the game&comma; it may go by too quickly for you&period; However&comma; if you&&num;8217&semi;re new to Team Ico&&num;8217&semi;s world then it may take a bit longer as you gasp in awe at the magnificence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I&&num;8217&semi;m sure that many gamers are feeling tired of remakes and upgrades&comma; and I was beginning to agree&period; I mean&comma; how many times do I have to buy <em>Ratchet and Clank<&sol;em>&comma; but this version of <em>Shadow of the Colossus<&sol;em> sold me on their continuation&period; I was beginning to suffer from remake syndrome until my chubby little hands began to play as Wander again&period; This remake was not a quick cash grab&comma; this was a remake built with love and it makes me even more excited for the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;residentevil2&period;com&sol;"><em>Resident Evil 2 Remake<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;a> If remakes continued to be made with THIS much love and respect then there is no reason to remake some of our favorites&period; However if it is a quick cash grab like the PS3 collections from last generation&comma; then I&&num;8217&semi;d just rather not&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;143051" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-143051" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-143051" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;09224901&sol;Shadow&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-143051" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Shadow of the Colossus<&sol;em> &&num;8211&semi; Sony&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>For newer gamers who have never slayed a Colossus&comma; this is where you should start your journey as Wander&period; This is a slower game&comma; but it is basically sixteen different boss fights&period; No filler here&comma; just pure boss slaying&comma; which makes you feel like a badass&period; If you&&num;8217&semi;ve played this game on the PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation 3 those two versions were not as epic as this one&period; Seeing this land in epic ground up HD makes this the definitive version to play&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you want to see what came before <em>The Last Guardian<&sol;em>&comma; then you need to pick this game up&period; Keep in mind though the basis for this game came from a completely different era in gaming and you may have to get use to the pacing and controls&period; I will tell you it will be worth it&comma; true gamers need to beat this game at least once&comma; it is that important to the industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;