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User Rating: 9 | The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection PS3
Ico and Shadow of the Colossus are both games created by Team Ico who's current project is the Last Guardian and anybody who is eagerly awaiting that this should show what the company is capable of. I am gonna review them as 2 seperate games starting with Ico.

Ico

Ico is the story of a boy rescuing a princess locked away in a tower and stop the forces of evil from snatching her back. To do this he will have to guide her along a path full of tricky puzzles and dangerous monsters with not much equipment.

As the boy you have to use things to help the princess across certain areas whilist not letting the dark creatures suck her into a portal doing that will result in a Game Over. Certain areas like helping her climb,cross areas and opening doors. Whilist not for everyone it does have intresting ideas.

Ico looks lovely in HD and this is a game that came out in 2002 so it just shows that the graphics are remastered very well. Overall Ico is an a good game but it's not for everyone.

Shadow of the Colossus

Now onto Shadow of the Colossus which is a story about a boy who is trying to awaken a young girl from her slumber and the only way he can do this is to slay 16 giant colossus.

In Shadow of the Colossus it's all about taking down massive monsters but you only have a bow which can be used to get their attention and a sword which you slay into their weakspot. You mode of transport is a horse called Agro and to get to each colossus you must hold you sword up and it will in a beam of light tell you which way to go.

Now you'd think the colossus would be pretty boring actually that's the fun of the game. Each one has a certain different puzzle as to how you get onto them and strike them down. Some have more than one weakpoint it is like a white symbol that shines on them and it tells you where to stab them but they will try their hardest to throw you off so hold on tight.. Also there is plenty of variety in types of colossus like one in the sand,water,sky and so on. It keeps things interesting and rarely feels like your fighting the same type of beast.

The soundtrack alone for this game is magnificent some of the tunes really capture the essence of the battle and some range from anger,sadness,pain and so on. It has one of the best soundtracks in a single game. Also the graphics look in a word amazing.

Beating each colossus will take a certain length of time but there is plenty of trophies to go for as well as a harder mode where they have an extra weakpoint. Shadow of Colossus is an excellent game and well worth your time play it and love it.

Overall Opinion on both games

Ico is a good game but Shadow of the Colossus blows it away with it's excellent music,amazing boss battles and overall epic feel. Ico is still a good game but it feels slow when compared to Shadow of the Colossus but both have plenty of trophies to go for so it's best playing them both.

Overall Score 9.1