SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS
SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS is a PlayStation 4 action game released in 2018 developed by Bluepoint Games. It centers on aiming, shooting, and weapon use, area and route exploration, and collection and development goals, with controls and information arranged around the DualShock 4 twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, speaker, light bar, or motion input where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 9.1 / 10
About this game
SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS is a PlayStation 4 action game centered on aiming, shooting, and weapon use, area and route exploration, and collection and development goals. Stages build pressure through routes, enemy patterns, and changing objectives, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Animation, hits, camera behavior, and readable hazards determine whether feedback remains dependable, while HD output, HDR or PS4 Pro modes, HDD streaming, surround audio, and television-distance interfaces need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that camera behavior, collision rules, input mapping, and repeated ground after failure can raise the entry barrier. Platform conditions also include HDD installs and loading, patch version, storage space, DualShock 4 battery life, PS Camera or PS VR requirements, visual modes, frame rate, and network services affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Ico follows a horned boy and Yorda as they try to escape an ancient castle together. Climbing, environmental puzzles and the simple act of taking her hand make their growing trust part of the journey.
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Exceptional PlayStation 4 action experience
SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS centers on aiming, shooting, and weapon use, area and route exploration, and collection and development goals. Stages build pressure through routes, enemy patterns, and changing objectives, giving the release understandable goals and a recognizable play rhythm. It arranges controls and information around the DualShock 4 twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, speaker, light bar, or motion input where the game uses them. Animation, hits, camera behavior, and readable hazards determine whether feedback remains dependable, while the main genre limitation is that camera behavior, collision rules, input mapping, and repeated ground after failure can raise the entry barrier. The assessment also covers installs and loading, patches, storage, controller battery, PS VR, performance, and service status for this release. GameNavo judges four dimensions independently before applying fixed weights and excludes press aggregates, user ratings, sales, popularity, source length, media count, and title recognition. Platform merit is recorded only when a concrete hardware use or version implementation supports a small adjustment.
Strengths
- aiming, shooting, and weapon use, and area and route exploration provide a readable mechanical foundation.
- Progress is divided into understandable stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones.
- Visual, audio, and interface feedback support the principal rules and state changes.
Weaknesses
- Camera behavior, collision rules, input mapping, and repeated ground after failure can raise the entry barrier.
- HDD installs and loading, patch version, storage space, DualShock 4 battery life, PS Camera or PS VR requirements, visual modes, frame rate, and network services affect the current release.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy action games, accept PlayStation 4 control and information conventions, and want to judge this release on its own terms.
Play notes: This review covers the PlayStation 4 release without conveniences from emulators, remasters, or other platforms and does not represent a complete playthrough.
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| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Stages build pressure through routes, enemy patterns, and changing objectives. This dimension weighs new-goal frequency, the difficulty or progression curve, repetition, and recovery after failure. | Reviewed | 8.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS builds its main loop around aiming, shooting, and weapon use, area and route exploration, and collection and development goals. The score considers whether input feedback, decision space, and system depth continue to support its goals, while accounting for camera behavior, collision rules, input mapping, and repeated ground after failure can raise the entry barrier. | Reviewed | 9.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Animation, hits, camera behavior, and readable hazards determine whether feedback remains dependable, and this platform specifically asks whether HD output, HDR or PS4 Pro modes, HDD streaming, surround audio, and television-distance interfaces need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. Readability and stylistic consistency matter rather than resolution or hardware scale by itself. The recorded 0.1 platform-merit adjustment is tied to this concrete controller, peripheral, media, or version implementation. | Reviewed | 9.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Technical usability covers response, camera behavior, loading, saving, controllers, language, video standard, accessories, and service status for this release. HDD installs and loading, patch version, storage space, DualShock 4 battery life, PS Camera or PS VR requirements, visual modes, frame rate, and network services affect the current release; conveniences from emulators or later platforms receive no credit. The recorded 0.1 platform-merit adjustment is tied to this concrete controller, peripheral, media, or version implementation. | Reviewed | 8.6 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Bluepoint Games
- Publisher
- Sony Interactive
- Release date
- 2018
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genre
- Tags
- ShootingExplorationFast-pacedPlatforming3D GraphicsSolo-friendlyReal-time CombatCollection-richLinear LevelsReplayableThird PersonDodge
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- PlayStation 4Worldwide2018
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