Shadow of the Colossus

Shadow of the Colossus

Shadow of the Colossus is a 2005 action-adventure game developed and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It takes place in a fantasy setting and follows Wander, a young man who enters an isolated and abandoned region of the realm seeking the power to revive a girl named Mono. The player assumes the role of Wander as he embarks on a mission that might entail Mono's resurrection: to locate and destroy the colossi, sixteen massive beings spread across the forbidden land, which the protagonist traverses by horseback and on foot.

Shadow of the Colossus (2018 video game)

Shadow of the Colossus is a 2018 action-adventure game developed by Bluepoint Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. It is a remake of the original game developed by Team Ico and released in 2005 for the PlayStation 2. The remake's development was led by Bluepoint, who developed the earlier PlayStation 3 remaster, with assistance from Japan Studio. The developers remade the visuals from the ground up using ultra-high definition art assets, while retaining the same gameplay from the original title aside from the introduction of a new control scheme. The game received critical acclaim.

Shadow

A shadow is a dark area on a surface where light from a light source is blocked by an object. In contrast, shade occupies the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross-section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, or a reverse projection of the object blocking the light.

shadow

Noun

1. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
2. Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.

Adjective

1. Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
2. Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.

colossus

Noun

1. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
2. Any creature or thing of gigantic size.