Shadow of the Colossus

Me lo tengo que rejugar cuando lo jugué como con 12 años tampoco me mató

I did not care for this at all (excluding the visuals)

Muy bonito

This is an hauntingly beautiful game: it's clear what the developers want you to feel playing this game and everything from the music, the visuals, environment, and behavior of the colossi drive it home to the player. I was constantly feeling forlorn riding through the Forbidden Lands; at no point did killing a collosus feel "good"---which is exactly the point. Early on, I thought I was going to give this game a rare 10/10 but there were some persistent issues throughout that knocked it down from that potential. First, you can't control your horse to save your (girlfriend's) life; Agro is very aptly named. There were a few times where I just got off the horse and started running because it felt faster. Most of the collosus fights felt tough but fair on first pass, with the difficulty coming from the puzzles needed to defeat them. But, apart from waiting 10 minutes for the right attack pattern, these were mostly reasonable and enjoyable. But there were two collosi that I needed to look up guides for. Apparently, they frequently inspire guide seeking and rage quitting. This made me feel better about myself but, seeing as how it is a remake, you'd hope that would've gotten patched. Additionally, in aspiring to be cinematic, the player's control of the camera and visibility is some of the jankiest I've played in a third-person action game: and that says something! I can also quibble with the ways they made the collosus fights "difficult', but that almost seems like splitting hairs. In some respects it services the tone; these things aren't meant to be easy. On the other, I wish that staying attached was more technically challenging than "hold R2 and pray". All in all, a deserved 9/10 that was merely a few quirks away from perfection. There hasn't been a game like this since its release. I'm glad to have played it and recommend most people (especially fans of action, puzzles, and "classic" PS2 era games) play it as well. But, for me, it's definitely a game I'll only be playing once.