Shadow of the Colossus

Stripped adventure design to sixteen boss climbs, a lasting template for minimalist art games.

Released 2005 Developer Team Ico Publisher Sony Computer Entertainment Platform PlayStation 2 Genre Action-adventure Era Broadband & the console shooter

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Shadow of the Colossus inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Adaptive Dynamic Music ~~1991~~Environmental Storytelling ~~1994~~Analog Free-Roam 3D Movement ~~1996~~Contextual Lock-On Targeting ~~1998~~

Descends from

Ico ~~2001~~

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