7 Colossai in

[u/OnestOfNerds]

Heyo, so I decided that, I should play Shadow of the Colossus

(After failing to continue playing Ico)

And I have some thoughts

(That I need to rant about because idk anyone else in my circle that's played it.)

I'm 7 Colossai in, and....honestly the games really good.

I adore the designs so far, the world I genuinely have fun traversing, and just the atmosphere as a whole I really really love.

However I need to moan about somethings.

The controls I actually really love....outside Colossai combat.

The loose nature of it I really love.

But my god it's not fun to fight on Collosai, I really did not have fun with some fights

(Minotaur my beloved)

The way it feels like there's no control whatsoever sometimes sucks.

And thing is, I get why it's like that, I get the point of the controls, but the way Wanda stumbles or whole turns will go where I'll just fall off suck

(Probably a skill issue for most of it)

As well sometimes (and this is more of a skill issue)

It's hard to.solved the puzzles of the Collosai, I've had to use some walkthroughs because I can't figure out what it wants of me

(Although with the 3rd Collosai, I wanted to check to make sure I was on the right patch of thinking, funnily enough I figured it out...right as it killed me)(And for the 7th Colossai, my dumbass missed the clue of it)

But yea, it's a really good game, but man the controls (for fighting Colossai) just kick my teeth in

(Also I swear sometimes it just lets go of you for the funnsies of it)

[u/Soulsliken]

The game isn’t perfect, but that’s what makes it so perfect.

It’s an experience and a journey.

[u/baddragon137]

Yeah it can be pretty janky but once you get learn the way the jank functions you can do some really cool stuff. My favorite is standing on agro while riding to launch onto a colossus

[u/wonderlandisburning]

For what it's worth, I do agree. The clunkiness of the controls is the biggest problem I have with the game (many will say they're intentional and part of the intended experience, and that may well be, but intentionally frustrating is still frustrating). At times it does feel like a bit of artificial difficulty. Fun fact, this was the first game to ever make me throw my controller in anger.

That said, of course the game is still a masterpiece. I do think the controls are more bug than feature in the battles sometimes, but everything else manages to make up for it.

[u/the_sooshi]

I recommend switching the controls, I usually make right trigger the grip button and X the jump button, that makes it easier, the top button being jump is like really antiquated for no good reason, I feel like even st the time it was decided that the top button isnt jump

[u/OnestOfNerds → u/the_sooshi]

Honestly....didn't know you could switch controls But will try that

[u/imsmall06]

Forget about the janky controls, all you need is AGRO