Game Review: Shadow of the Colossus and Ico Collection
I'll give you the TL:DNR right up front: Let it never be said that video games can't be art. Finally, after months of waiting and not nearly as many dollars as I'd be willing to pay for it, the Shadow of the Colossus and Ico Collection has been released. And even as someone who has religiously played it before, I'm. Blown. Away. In case you don't know, the gist of Shadow of the Colossus is as follows: you are Wander. You bring the body of the (recently sacrificed) girl important to you to the forbidden land to try to resurrect her through the power of a long-banished god. (Girlfriend? Sister? The relationship is obviously deep, but vague.) This god tells you that he will do as you wish... if you help him/her by killing the 16 monsters through the land that lock away the god's stolen power- the power needed to do it. Kill the monster, save the princess, so stereotypical, I know. But it's not. These monsters are literal Colossi. They loom at always i...