15 Years On, The Lonely Legacy Of 'Shadow Of The Colossus'

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Fumito Ueda's moody video game, about a young hero wandering a landscape barren of everything except towering giants, originally came out in 2005 — but 15 years on, its loneliness speaks to gamers in 2020.

most players would have sat alone, hunched in front of bulky television sets, their eyes filled with the flickering artificial light of its beautiful naturalistic world. In the middle of the noughties, that was me, marvelling at the game on a Friday night when my more outgoing school friends were sitting in a park drinking beer. I, like millions of others, was probably more isolated than I knew, a condition likely exacerbated by this mostly solo hobby.

It's this aspect of the game that Robin Hunicke, professor of game design at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and producer for the wistful, Ueda-indebted 2012 adventure

 

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Triple A Artistic game. You can't get better than ShadowOfTheColossus. Sony has preserved this game to be played by every generation since the PS2.

Because that is what humanity needs more of - video games invoking loneliness and hopelessness.

Such a beautiful game

Such a great game

It is still an amazing game.

This is the content I crave

Hell yeahh NPR

My son loved that game when he was little.

Needs a PC port.

a game that transcends generations easily

I liked the horsey.

Oh it's just a video game, phew! Thought the picture was the new 2020 real life surprise

Played it as a teen when it first came out and then again when I turned 30... it’s absolute poetry that stays with you. Lingering in your mind in the best and most tragic of ways.

Easily one of the best video games I’ve ever played

im surprised npr isn't calling it sexist for a made up reason

It was an amazing experience.

This game is a timeless masterpiece

My second favorite game.

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