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I'm not sure if it's because I am playing the PS3 version but I have been really irritated with the controls of Shadow of the Colossus. I kept running into situations where I was doing things like jumping over Agro instead of getting on them and the Wander's arms twitching and moving me slightly to the left when I try to jump to a higher ledge. The controls don't seem as smooth or as snappy as they should be considering it's the core element of the game. I feel like there are games that came out around the same time (Shadow of the Colossus came out in 2005/2006) that had better climbing/jumping mechanics.

I also had issues with the bull-type colossi that knock you down. By the time the Wander decided to get up and the animation finished the colossus was already about to attack again. Supposedly you can wiggle the left stick and button mash to speed this up but I really didn't notice a big enough difference. Rolling out of the way rarely seemed to help.

I don't know how much of this is me needing to "get good" but it really prevented me from enjoying the game. I feel like I'd probably recommend watching a boss battle compilation than actually playing the game.


Mostly venting here but what did you think of Shadow of the Colossus? Do the PS2 or PS4 versions feel better than the PS3 version?

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[–] ThomasLongBottom 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I gave up after trying to ride the horse out of the temple at the start of the game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah I had issues with Agro throughout my playthrough. I saw a few posts with people praising the horse AI and saying how good it is in the sand worm colossus (number 10) for example but I found I was regularly running into things, coming to sudden stops over small ledges, and slowing down randomly.

[–] ThomasLongBottom 2 points 10 months ago

I initially thought the idea of of a horse with a personality was interesting, but it killed my excitement immediately. I really want to play the game through but I'd rather use my limited playing time on something else