And Dormin really did say that the cost would be large, so to be fair, that actually supports the "or not" with what you said since Wander completely ignored that, and was generally his fault since Dormin said every detail.
yeah but at the cost of 16 beautiful creatures lives well 15 as the the 16th colossus was kinda dickish as it would probaby attack anyone who came close to it even without murdering the prior 15 colossi
+MrBfg586 I know about that theory too but there´s something odd about it...while Dormin refers to "himself" as "we" Emon says "He´s been resurrected" and doesn´t try to seal away Mono at all. We see him chanting a prayer to Mono at 16:48 but I´m not sure if he´s just praying or placing a seal since she´s clearly glowing. The colossi are made of earth, dark and light magic and while Wander aborbs the dark magic (Dormin´s Soul) the light goes to the sky forming the light pillars. While Wander gets surrounded by shadows Mono gets surrounded by white doves and emits a white glow. Maybe the light magic was the one responsible for Mono´s resurrection. It is interesting that Dormin´s sword emits a black glow while the Queen´s sword produces light glow. Besides, Dormin did warn Wander that the price would be heavy and only refrained from explaining the price because Wander said it didn´t matter to him.
This whole final segment had me in tears, but man, when Agro came back limping, I started BAWLING. Never has a game made me cry this much. Such a beautiful game.
@@deathshot2432 are u serious. Controls were terrible. It's pretty hard to control the horse and the camera is just 😖. Excellent game but bad controls. I get tha blue point wanted to stay true to the original but they could've fixed some issues ya know 🤷
The saddest part is....idont think the girl knew who the players character even was...she doesn't react to the horse at all...if they were partners , she would have recognized her man's trusted war horse...assuming being dead for that long doesn't mess with memories. The players character seemed to have betrayed his tribe/ Templars, over a girl that was sacrificed, whom he had feelings for, but was never able to express, due to some circumstance.
@@coolguyc4sey Agreed. What I want to know honestly, is how Mono died and if there was a reason. I read somewhere (so I don't know if this is accurate), that Mono was chosen as a sacrifice for religious purposes. Wander, outraged, grabbed the sword, took her to the forbidden lands, and killed the colossi to revive her - all the while not realizing the colossi were there for a purpose.
@@brunopagnoncelli975 and they prolly will start a family even if wander don’t remember his past self still they will, prolly even make a whole community there lol
@@rickastley744 fr the land seems really good for planting, there are fruits everywhere too, not to mention the few creatures like lizard to hunt down and eat....they'll be fine, agro is there too....
@Punished ‘High’ Corey ico timeline was hundred years after sotc some fans said the queen of darkness was mono, wanders is lover but it was fans theory after all ueda never confirmed what timeline is sotc the last guardian and ico but he confirmed they in same universe (sorry i have bad english)
I love that dormin kept his promise and brought her back.. but does anyone else feel like he knew he’d end up as an infant and thus need someone to take care of him?
There's a theory that Dormin's feminine projection is in the girl (Mono) because after Dormin is revived, the female voice he had at the beginning (mixed with male) disappears Some think this means the girl became the Queen in Ico and Wander became the ancestor of the Horned Children.
@@shadysaar it's only a theory. At the end of Shadow of the Colossus, Wander has horns before he's executed by Lord Emon's men. The baby in the fountain that's found by Mono also has horns Ico wears similar garb to Wander, and also has horns. He was almost sacrificed because he had horns. The Queen's power also requires sacrifice, much like how the Colossi had to be sacrificed to revive Dormin.
@@MysticPaladin I thought that ico was the first part and shadow of colossus was the sequal of ico. Because mono had the same white dress. But what do u think happens to the baby FORM of the wander with horns?
@@JayDeeVA I just checked, and It is in the ps3 version but not in the ps2 version. The ps3 version was also made by bluepoint. Thats amazing I always thought it was in all versions too
Only thing that couldve made it better is an alternate ending where Dormin isn't (aren't) so slow and uncoordinated and you have a fighting chance to defeat the shaman and soldiers
@@user-uc8yx7if3i and what would that message be exactly? I'm sorry for the question, I think I have a clue of what it is but I want to be 100% sure since I love this game.
We dont know their relationship. It's never clearly stated whether she's his lover/mom/sister/a princess, and honestly that ambiguity just makes the ending so much sadder.
Shadow of the colossus : Defeating 16 colosus, you bacome a baby and the girl alive. The Last Guardian : You get back to your village and your giant flying dog alive at the end.
@@lccomics1499 they said want to make alternate ending in remake but unfortunately they thinking they want as a original no difference it so sad they don't make it in the end this games will be a forever masterpiece as exclusive game
I never saw or played Shadow Of The Colossus, i did not cry when the guy was stabbed or when the girl was revived. BUT I MADE MY ROOM INTO A POOL OF TEARS WHEN I SAW AGRO LIMPING
I mean. He is evil. He manipulated wander and only resurrected her to save his skin. He lives on in the infant. So I have the feeling he only brought her back cause he knew otherwise he was doomed
Dorman, to be fair, also warned Wander that the price would be heavy. So despite having an evil action tied to Wander killing all the colosi, it was a predictable result.
William Morales It’s more like, “You’re unsealing me, I’m going to revive this woman for you but I’m gonna’ need a body when you’re done killing the giants, so I’m gonna’ borrow yours.” He literally says borrow, honestly, Wanderer killed himself for Mono, he killed the colossus for Mono, it honestly doesn’t matter what Dorman did Wanderer wouldn’t have cared as long as Mono was safe...
Truly a master piece. There will never be another Shadow of Colossus or ICO. The attention to details is simply amazing and very hard to reproduce. Because of so much effort and care from a lot of people at the same time this game will never die.
I always thought there was a secret ending to this. Think about it, what do u think would happen if u keep aggroing the soldiers so that they would bring your hp down to zero? Plus the secret garden that reduces your hand grip to normal? Before fighting the last boss, make 2 save files. Your normal file and the challenge file. On the challenge file go to the secret garden and eat enough fruit to bring your hp and grip to almost normal. In case your not sure what the normal bar looks like, quickly start a new game to see where it begins. Reason for this is because you might need just enough hp and grip to kill the last boss. I did it as if eating one more fruit, would bring me back to full default. After that save the game before fighting the boss on the challenge file. Warning once you fight with him be ready to die in simple one shots with his blast attack. Rest alot in between claims and yes its possible to kill him like this. The whole struggle to this is once the scene starts as you fully corrupted, your health bar will stay in default and you must do all that you can to have the soldiers kill you by keeping the aggression on. Now I'm sure your asking if I did it to the very end to see if its true. Sadly after literally 80 tries I finally got to the part with the soldiers. I'm not lying but right when I needed 2 more hits to die, I lost aggro and I couldn't stop them from running away. If you fail this then you must try to kill the last boss again because of this games issue of checkpoints. I was so mad that I never tried it again. This is not a troll but simply a older player that cant spend the time anymore playing this game like how I use to. If any other player wanting to see if this is possible then please do try and contact me on this and record yourself because I would be so happy to see if I'm right or wrong. This always bothered me and I'm the generation that first played this game so it would be amazing to see this case closed once and for all.
😔 **sigh** it appears this case will never be closed. I remember way back, hearing all of what you've mentioned on the internet and some forums, and it was believed to be a secret ending. It'd be amazing if it were true. Though I seriously doubt it...
Technically, there's no secret ending. In both PS2 and PS4 versions, nothing happens if Emon's soldiers depletes your HP, you still continue alive (i could trap Emon and his guys enough time to them deplete my HP in the PS2 version)
It's pretty sad when you come to think most of these creatures are actually helpless against wander and that most of the times they attack out of pure fear. When you reach Malus' feet the background music makes so much sense, it's almost as if you're about to murder a helpless animal who's only defense is shaking their head in panic and fear of death :(
One of my favorite gaming experiences. I felt like a part of me died at least 18 times playing this masterpiece. Hail to the great team ICO... Thank you...
I respect Wander. Sure his devotion to Mono is questionable, but I admire his determination, courage, questioning of morality and ethics, and his smarts. If only there was a more clear cut happy ending for him.
He wasn't even a warrior to begin with and still manage to kill giants entirely by himself 16 times in a row with just a horse, a bow and a sword... The man certainly deserves some respect... Also we don't know many things about the lore for what was implied by Lord emon at the end wander could grow up and make up for his sins for a new adventure but that's just me, the door is open for that...
Finaaaaaally, I knew I'd heard the piece of music "swift horse" in this game somewhere, it was really bugging me. It plays during the unlocking bonus material screen, post-credits, and only ever after your first playthrough, after that you never hear it again.
Am I the only one that thinks it's odd that Malus was the only colossus to keep his shape after being slain instead of turning into a pile of dust and sand
I don't believe Dormin is actually evil. He kept his promise to revive the girl, warned Wander that the cost would be large, and even said it only "borrowed" Wander's body, not took it. The only other words coming out from him is "Thou severed our body into sixteen segments for an eternity in order to seal away our power". He might just be an ancient ruler or primordial spirit or something.
When I was a kid, I COULDNT READ! I was maybe 5 when I had mistaken Jak and Daxter and Shadow of the Colossus for a Zelda title. As much as I wanted a Zelda game I wasn't disappointed to say the least.
Well... Now monos revived... And completely stuck in forbidden land with a horse with a broken leg and a demon baby... Not how I'd want to spend my saturdays but you do you
Honestly, people saying “at least Dormin kept his word”, ah yes, she’s alive! In a hellscape with no food, nothing to hunt apart from newts, unsafe water, no way to escape unless she gets proficient with rock climbing and makes some sort of climbing hook, and all while trying to take care of a child. She’s going to die out here and she has no idea what happened.
I have a theory about Agro. Agro actually died when she fell. Domain just decided to revive her along with Wander's girlfriend. Just didn't have enough power to heal her leg.
i'm afraid of heights and there are moments in this game, especially this huge last boss that had my hands and feet cold and sweating unlike any other game i've played. And this is coming from someone who's favorite genre is horror and i enjoy playing any game like outlast or amnesia lights off by myself at night no problems. It's a shame that it gets kinda repetitive though and the world is kinda empty and boring otherwise. Also, some of the collosi are uninspired and lame. My fav one was the flying worm in the dessert where u had to jump off of Argo to get on it.
It’s kinda like Faustus. Deal with the devil and the price comes due. It’s a classic tale cautioning about how it’s evil to meddle with the order God has created, in this case to attempt to cheat death.
you guys are mourning for the horse. Y’all are forgetting about the character who wanted to bring a girl back to life but instead got tricked, used, saw his horse die and never got to see the horse actually alive, and killed/ sealed away somewhere else, all because he wanted to bring back 1 girl.
To be fair though he knew he was messing with evil. He had to know there was a cost to bringing back his girl yet he still chose to go along with it. The evil never really tricked him. It told him the truth at the beginning that their would be a cost to all this. And throughout the game he was getting possessed. He could have stopped in any time. Dormin even kept his promise and brought her back from the dead. Evil but an honest evil. But I get your point
Am I the only one feel very pity to Wander the most ? The reasons are that he acted very stupid in some way : he stole the sword , moved to forbidden lands , killed all colossi and unleashed the ancient evil . And after all he was used all that time , then he was turned in some kind of ,,Zombi,, and finally when he was very close to his goal , warriors just killed him ! But even after all of this he turned in an evil monster , and even the monster was killed . But the happy in one way and in another not happy - that Wander didn't die , but turned into a baby . Damn , this ending was the most emotional to me of all games I played.
I remember losing Agro and then being so pissed off and angry when I was a little kid playing this that when I got to that final Colossus I was pumped full of rage and vengeance!
Aww the horse knew where its master was and led the girl to the top of the shrine. At least Agro survived the fall, and Wanda just back to being a baby 👶 with horns. Dunno what happened to Dormin though.
He was properly sealed away in most likely another realm. Makes you question why they didn't do that instead of splitting him up into 16 different colossi
@@SifGreyfang maybe because Dormin wasn't evil at the end. Lord Emon's last words, if are pointed at Dormin shows he's sad at what happened. Maybe they punished Dormin and banished him into 16 pieces to teach him a lesson and they hoped that he could became good? But then with the bridge destroyed, he will be forever banished from the world.
Also the thunderstorm got changed into the very same night background they used in the intro. Not only does that change the whole tone of the last 10-15 seconds of the ending but it also feels kinda lazy. A really unnecessary change that didn't ruin the remake for me but sort of soured my feelings on it overall. This plus the eagle scream were like you said the cherry on top of this huge rollercoaster ride of emotions.
@@specknacken6507 Yea I thought something felt off with the ending. The thunderstorm was the one thing they should have left alone. Would have looked sooooo good in this remake. They need to patch that in.
This was the first ending to any story that I saw as a kid that didn’t have a happy ending, and it’s probably why this story will ALWAYS stick out. It really is bittersweet, everything in the end was in vain, and for no reason. Wander just wanted to revive his fallen crush and was willing to do anything no matter the consequences, even if his intent was good, he should’ve assumed interacting with cursed shit wouldn’t end well. It just goes to show that not every hero gets their happy ending
This is like: NOOOOO MY HORSE DIED Oh yay i beat the final boss No wait i am the final boss No wait i am dead No wait my horse is alive No wait i am alive
Wow everything we wanted to happen happened when we die I mean we killed every colossus for the girl yeah dormin kept his promise to revive the girl so I guess where ever our body is he is happy
Gotta do it for the booteh, oops, turned into a babeh. The real ending: horse died of injury, girl and baby died of malnutrition. Girl is in the middle of nowhere with a hungry baby and dying horse. Sad. Just joking. True ending: The girl is Freya, who made contract with the Dark God, the boy is the first transformed titan. Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan begins.
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evil or not, in the end Dormin kept his promise to revive the girl
And Dormin really did say that the cost would be large, so to be fair, that actually supports the "or not" with what you said since Wander completely ignored that, and was generally his fault since Dormin said every detail.
yeah but at the cost of 16 beautiful creatures lives well 15 as the the 16th colossus was kinda dickish as it would probaby attack anyone who came close to it even without murdering the prior 15 colossi
@@niteowlx5178 i can tell you didn't pay much attention to the story
Stop smoking that shit.
@timwins31 that's some upper class bullshit. See a doc, lol
i really do respect dormin for keeping his word of reviving the dead girl
I don't think that Dormin had anything to do with it. I'd rather believe that the death of Dormin lifted the curse on Mono.
I think dormin is a her
I agree, it was a fair deal and Dormin kept their end regardless of the outcome. I like to think that he's still in the baby main character.
Here is a theory I read. The female part of Dormin possessed Mono and then she later became corrupt and shes now that evil queen in ICO
+MrBfg586 I know about that theory too but there´s something odd about it...while Dormin refers to "himself" as "we" Emon says "He´s been resurrected" and doesn´t try to seal away Mono at all. We see him chanting a prayer to Mono at 16:48 but I´m not sure if he´s just praying or placing a seal since she´s clearly glowing. The colossi are made of earth, dark and light magic and while Wander aborbs the dark magic (Dormin´s Soul) the light goes to the sky forming the light pillars. While Wander gets surrounded by shadows Mono gets surrounded by white doves and emits a white glow. Maybe the light magic was the one responsible for Mono´s resurrection.
It is interesting that Dormin´s sword emits a black glow while the Queen´s sword produces light glow. Besides, Dormin did warn Wander that the price would be heavy and only refrained from explaining the price because Wander said it didn´t matter to him.
Absolutely
everyone the first time Agro falls.:
Imma end this last Colossus whole career.
Gianfranco Debonis literally what I thought when Agro fell for the first time, I grew anger towards the last colossus before even seeing his face
This was me lmao. I said I’ll destroy this colossus if it’s the last thing I do for Argo.
Gianfranco Debonis yess
The colossus was not to blame
I honestly thought the game was not as good as other people say. It's still a 7/10 game for me though.
This whole final segment had me in tears, but man, when Agro came back limping, I started BAWLING. Never has a game made me cry this much. Such a beautiful game.
Yes bro
4 years later and this man is still shaking and crying.
I bet your m0m still spoon feeds you at home
you played red dead 2 yet? that will make you cry
30:07 Best horse in existence. It tried to reach it’s master even though it was severely injured.
Agree
controls were terrible
@@Augready disagree
@@deathshot2432 are u serious. Controls were terrible. It's pretty hard to control the horse and the camera is just 😖.
Excellent game but bad controls. I get tha blue point wanted to stay true to the original but they could've fixed some issues ya know 🤷
@@noobmaster1368 beat this he at age 7 with no problem. Love the controls despite their age
The saddest part is....idont think the girl knew who the players character even was...she doesn't react to the horse at all...if they were partners , she would have recognized her man's trusted war horse...assuming being dead for that long doesn't mess with memories. The players character seemed to have betrayed his tribe/ Templars, over a girl that was sacrificed, whom he had feelings for, but was never able to express, due to some circumstance.
I'm pretty sure Agro coming back was only so she could know that Wander had risked himself for her
@@coolguyc4sey Agreed. What I want to know honestly, is how Mono died and if there was a reason. I read somewhere (so I don't know if this is accurate), that Mono was chosen as a sacrifice for religious purposes. Wander, outraged, grabbed the sword, took her to the forbidden lands, and killed the colossi to revive her - all the while not realizing the colossi were there for a purpose.
@@beckyweiss6072 Theres a rumour that he was the one that killed her
@@coolguyc4sey Unless he was forced to kill her, that makes no sense to me.
@@beckyweiss6072 Ye forced to kill her. I doubt he would do it willingly
The ending that gets sadder the more you watch it.
Im so mad wander turned into a fucking baby
@@emotionalhazard2444 a cursed baby
I was like "AHRIM" poor baby limped all the way back 😭
The ending isn't that sad imo
The reincarnated evil is sealed away, wander is resurrected, and agro and mono survive
@@chandlerdoeswhatifs9399 but at what cost? They can’t even leave the land.
I think one of the saddest parts is that, even if Mono is alive, the bridge was destroyed, so she’s stuck in the forbidden lands, Alone, forever…
Well she has agro and Wander will grow up
@@brunopagnoncelli975 and they prolly will start a family even if wander don’t remember his past self still they will, prolly even make a whole community there lol
@@rickastley744 fr the land seems really good for planting, there are fruits everywhere too, not to mention the few creatures like lizard to hunt down and eat....they'll be fine, agro is there too....
@@rickastley744 iirc you need around 720 starting members to make sure the colony you create are not devastated by incestuous defects
@@rickastley744They will have started a community there and hundreds if not thousands of years later the events of Ico take place.
I played this game over my final semester assignment 11 years ago. Now look at that gorgeous graphic in PS4. Wow.
have you seen the 17th statue?
@Yandere- Chan yes there is owo
All the efforts to save the girl, and in the end they can't be together. A painful ending
Vĩ Huỳnh Quang I think wander Is the infant in the end, but yeah they can’t be together romantically which is sad ☹️
@Punished ‘High’ Corey ico timeline was hundred years after sotc some fans said the queen of darkness was mono, wanders is lover but it was fans theory after all ueda never confirmed what timeline is sotc the last guardian and ico but he confirmed they in same universe (sorry i have bad english)
They came together but with different ages and body
@@shadysaar ultimate shotacon
That's why her name is "Mono" to symbolize that they could never be together.
this is taking the friend zone to an another entire level
they smash what are u talking about
Wander is the Lord of the simps
But mono is wander's sister.
At least she take care of his baby self
@@milk-el8vq what? where does it say that? lol
I love that dormin kept his promise and brought her back.. but does anyone else feel like he knew he’d end up as an infant and thus need someone to take care of him?
There's a theory that Dormin's feminine projection is in the girl (Mono) because after Dormin is revived, the female voice he had at the beginning (mixed with male) disappears
Some think this means the girl became the Queen in Ico and Wander became the ancestor of the Horned Children.
Uuuhh never thought about that tbh
@@MysticPaladin queen ico and horned children?? Where does that come from?
@@shadysaar it's only a theory.
At the end of Shadow of the Colossus, Wander has horns before he's executed by Lord Emon's men.
The baby in the fountain that's found by Mono also has horns
Ico wears similar garb to Wander, and also has horns. He was almost sacrificed because he had horns.
The Queen's power also requires sacrifice, much like how the Colossi had to be sacrificed to revive Dormin.
@@MysticPaladin I thought that ico was the first part and shadow of colossus was the sequal of ico. Because mono had the same white dress. But what do u think happens to the baby FORM of the wander with horns?
I never noticed this but in the remake they added and extra sad "Agro..." Yet another good thing this remake does right
MegaGamerAlexiel min?
MegaGamerAlexiel yea I noticed
@@JayDeeVA I just checked, and It is in the ps3 version but not in the ps2 version. The ps3 version was also made by bluepoint. Thats amazing I always thought it was in all versions too
19:34 this part hurt me so much
😞😞😖
Dammit
Babak kau
feels like being back stabbed by your own humanity.
Coronovirus
Only thing that couldve made it better is an alternate ending where Dormin isn't (aren't) so slow and uncoordinated and you have a fighting chance to defeat the shaman and soldiers
It was never meant to be friend, when I was 12 I didn’t understand what I had seen. He was messing with evil. Actions have consequences.
That also go against the message of the story
To be fair its very realistic when you look at how slow all the other large colossi are
@@SifGreyfang wander was also shot in the ankle so he was slower as dormin
@@user-uc8yx7if3i and what would that message be exactly? I'm sorry for the question, I think I have a clue of what it is but I want to be 100% sure since I love this game.
His lover became his mom
Twilight Zone episode...
Isn't that his sister tho?
We dont know their relationship. It's never clearly stated whether she's his lover/mom/sister/a princess, and honestly that ambiguity just makes the ending so much sadder.
Big Freud Vibes
@@TheGoodCrusader I love this comment, wtf does it mean ?
Shadow of the colossus : Defeating 16 colosus, you bacome a baby and the girl alive.
The Last Guardian : You get back to your village and your giant flying dog alive at the end.
Same author?
@@ryanmalik3378 yup
@@ryanmalik3378 same world too i think?
@@lccomics1499 they said want to make alternate ending in remake but unfortunately they thinking they want as a original no difference it so sad they don't make it in the end this games will be a forever masterpiece as exclusive game
@@thecoffeespace2362 Im sorry what?
So glad my boi agro didn't die
Agro is a girl...
+@Beeen Jewpiro Since the beginning. The creator's said so
Thank god it's a girl 😂😂😂
i'm glad agro is a girl,so the girl can't even thinking to fuck her,sorry.
@@lonelypedestrian9649 Oh my God haahahhahahaha
I never saw or played Shadow Of The Colossus, i did not cry when the guy was stabbed or when the girl was revived. BUT I MADE MY ROOM INTO A POOL OF TEARS WHEN I SAW AGRO LIMPING
Trico Animates SAME
The horse was stupid but I like her
I love Dormin's voice
Despite being apparently "evil", at least Dormin is a colossus of his word. He did revive her in the end ^-^
I mean. He is evil. He manipulated wander and only resurrected her to save his skin. He lives on in the infant. So I have the feeling he only brought her back cause he knew otherwise he was doomed
Dorman, to be fair, also warned Wander that the price would be heavy. So despite having an evil action tied to Wander killing all the colosi, it was a predictable result.
@@noway6633 a heavy price indeed
William Morales
It’s more like,
“You’re unsealing me, I’m going to revive this woman for you but I’m gonna’ need a body when you’re done killing the giants, so I’m gonna’ borrow yours.”
He literally says borrow, honestly, Wanderer killed himself for Mono, he killed the colossus for Mono, it honestly doesn’t matter what Dorman did Wanderer wouldn’t have cared as long as Mono was safe...
Truly a master piece. There will never be another Shadow of Colossus or ICO. The attention to details is simply amazing and very hard to reproduce. Because of so much effort and care from a lot of people at the same time this game will never die.
30:59 Nomad Colossus
soo nice of them paying respects to an youtuber that dedicated his time researching the original ga,e
I always thought there was a secret ending to this. Think about it, what do u think would happen if u keep aggroing the soldiers so that they would bring your hp down to zero? Plus the secret garden that reduces your hand grip to normal? Before fighting the last boss, make 2 save files. Your normal file and the challenge file. On the challenge file go to the secret garden and eat enough fruit to bring your hp and grip to almost normal. In case your not sure what the normal bar looks like, quickly start a new game to see where it begins. Reason for this is because you might need just enough hp and grip to kill the last boss.
I did it as if eating one more fruit, would bring me back to full default. After that save the game before fighting the boss on the challenge file. Warning once you fight with him be ready to die in simple one shots with his blast attack. Rest alot in between claims and yes its possible to kill him like this.
The whole struggle to this is once the scene starts as you fully corrupted, your health bar will stay in default and you must do all that you can to have the soldiers kill you by keeping the aggression on. Now I'm sure your asking if I did it to the very end to see if its true. Sadly after literally 80 tries I finally got to the part with the soldiers. I'm not lying but right when I needed 2 more hits to die, I lost aggro and I couldn't stop them from running away.
If you fail this then you must try to kill the last boss again because of this games issue of checkpoints. I was so mad that I never tried it again. This is not a troll but simply a older player that cant spend the time anymore playing this game like how I use to. If any other player wanting to see if this is possible then please do try and contact me on this and record yourself because I would be so happy to see if I'm right or wrong. This always bothered me and I'm the generation that first played this game so it would be amazing to see this case closed once and for all.
Snowblade I didn’t go to any garden and eat any fruit at any point in the game. What are you talking about ?
Reuben u cross a bridge when u have enough health
@@reuben8648 the garden is a secret place in the game, but you can be able to access it only if you have enough stamina
😔 **sigh** it appears this case will never be closed. I remember way back, hearing all of what you've mentioned on the internet and some forums, and it was believed to be a secret ending. It'd be amazing if it were true. Though I seriously doubt it...
Technically, there's no secret ending. In both PS2 and PS4 versions, nothing happens if Emon's soldiers depletes your HP, you still continue alive (i could trap Emon and his guys enough time to them deplete my HP in the PS2 version)
It's pretty sad when you come to think most of these creatures are actually helpless against wander and that most of the times they attack out of pure fear. When you reach Malus' feet the background music makes so much sense, it's almost as if you're about to murder a helpless animal who's only defense is shaking their head in panic and fear of death :(
but one hit from that shake could kill you
This is probably the greatest original Greek tragedy ever to be put to media
One of my favorite gaming experiences. I felt like a part of me died at least 18 times playing this masterpiece. Hail to the great team ICO... Thank you...
Gotta be honest here...
*Horse dying is sadder than anything else in the entire game*
WHAT THE FUCK YEAHHH :((
The horse never died
@@amauro1385 Shortly after the last scene they walk to the nearest glue factory. :'(
@Final Godzilla I hate you
The Doom Slayer
Damn that is sad
I love how they made this ps4 remaster to remember someone!
Its remake
35:17
Am I the only one who gets insane amounts of Studio Ghibli vibes from the piano and overall feel here?
I respect Wander. Sure his devotion to Mono is questionable, but I admire his determination, courage, questioning of morality and ethics, and his smarts. If only there was a more clear cut happy ending for him.
He wasn't even a warrior to begin with and still manage to kill giants entirely by himself 16 times in a row with just a horse, a bow and a sword...
The man certainly deserves some respect...
Also we don't know many things about the lore for what was implied by Lord emon at the end wander could grow up and make up for his sins for a new adventure but that's just me, the door is open for that...
Finaaaaaally, I knew I'd heard the piece of music "swift horse" in this game somewhere, it was really bugging me. It plays during the unlocking bonus material screen, post-credits, and only ever after your first playthrough, after that you never hear it again.
TheCrabShack I accidentally pressed dislike when pressing read more sorry
Still haven't deleted my ps2 save. Over 500+ times I've beatn' that game I believe
Am I the only one that thinks it's odd that Malus was the only colossus to keep his shape after being slain instead of turning into a pile of dust and sand
I just beat it and it was such a beautiful Game 10/10 even though some parts were frustrating lmao eazy clapz cUh
Ps plus ?
@@darkvenom2982 yeah
@@Juiceethekid
Just finished it really a masterpiece 😃
@@darkvenom2982 yeah im glad i got the chance to play it
@@darkvenom2982 oh dood you should try bloodborne
I nearly cried both when argo fell and of course the ending. Such a beautiful yet poignantly sad game :(
I don't believe Dormin is actually evil. He kept his promise to revive the girl, warned Wander that the cost would be large, and even said it only "borrowed" Wander's body, not took it. The only other words coming out from him is "Thou severed our body into sixteen segments for an eternity in order to seal away our power". He might just be an ancient ruler or primordial spirit or something.
in some theories dormin is the god of death that humans dealt with him to revive people but that some humans thought it was immoral and sealed him
One of the greatest Gaming experiences of my life! An absolute Masterpiece!
I bought it on PS2,I'm buying it again in PS4
Wait, what happened to the arrow in wander's leg before he pulled the sword out of him?
random dude it went to skyrim
29:42
Agro: "Hey did I miss anything?"
I'm not crying.. you are. 😭
This ending always make me cry everytime i see it.
What a badass ending...
When I was a kid, I COULDNT READ!
I was maybe 5 when I had mistaken Jak and Daxter and Shadow of the Colossus for a Zelda title.
As much as I wanted a Zelda game I wasn't disappointed to say the least.
Tiny me mistook Ridley for King. K. Rool.
And that's how I played Super Metroid
This game is f**king art, man....
no it is very good art
One day Hollywood will make a movie about this game for sure
Let’s not count on that😐. We all know Hollywood’s track record when it comes to adapting video games.
and it'll be terrible
god, no no no no NO, GOD no
Well the Sonic movie was good. But the game itself is basically a movie anyway.
Well... Now monos revived... And completely stuck in forbidden land with a horse with a broken leg and a demon baby... Not how I'd want to spend my saturdays but you do you
I wanna believe that he now lives in that eagle flying high and happy because he saved her loved woman
Marcelo Aravena its the same eagle from the intro
He lives as a baby. See the ending he turned I to a baby
thank you ps+ for allowing me to enjoy this masterpeice
Best ending videogame history ever had! Poetry
24:31 a god screaming 😮
No
This game is the greatest game of all time and shall forever it will be...
Well, we will see if beauty and the beast or whatever fumito's next game is called is incredible and beats shadow of the Colossus!
Malus is one hell of a scary colossi literally him not moving just standing there looking at the player is just creepy vibes
why does the game troll you at the end and make you think you can get away from the seal? (an alternate ending would have been kewl)
To make you feel helpless
Controllable Helplessness
Reminder of good old times... I completed this game in PS2 ....now I have PS4 but still it is the best game with all the emotions.
Honestly, people saying “at least Dormin kept his word”, ah yes, she’s alive! In a hellscape with no food, nothing to hunt apart from newts, unsafe water, no way to escape unless she gets proficient with rock climbing and makes some sort of climbing hook, and all while trying to take care of a child. She’s going to die out here and she has no idea what happened.
Theres plenty of food on that garden an clean water on the map
That's the point of it, isn't it? None of this would've happened if Wander just stopped.
She actually does survive, wander grows up and they have kids, leading to Ico, I think. Never played it.
I respect dormin because he keep his promise but im a bit dissapointed that that the boy didn't see the girl wake up even though he became a baby
I remember repeating the end many many times to see if there is an alternative ending to this😊
At 35:07 I always think Agro is thinking "...What the F...?!! Y'know what, fuck this, I'm out..."
yes that what i think to hahahah
I have a theory about Agro. Agro actually died when she fell. Domain just decided to revive her along with Wander's girlfriend. Just didn't have enough power to heal her leg.
23:14 You know you can walk and smash those guys? But what happens if you do get them? I tried but was never able to get them all
Least that damn horse Agro 🐴 survive the fall! Now I can sleep better tonight 😅!
My gosh this game was amazing. Also full respect to dormin for keeping his promise.
0:38 RIP Jet Black Horse
37:55 this game is a masterpiece
The amount of times I've replayed this scene is absurd. I always come back to it every now and then. beautiful ending
The ending is so in my opinion important because a this is the turning point for modern game storytelling
i'm afraid of heights and there are moments in this game, especially this huge last boss that had my hands and feet cold and sweating unlike any other game i've played. And this is coming from someone who's favorite genre is horror and i enjoy playing any game like outlast or amnesia lights off by myself at night no problems. It's a shame that it gets kinda repetitive though and the world is kinda empty and boring otherwise. Also, some of the collosi are uninspired and lame. My fav one was the flying worm in the dessert where u had to jump off of Argo to get on it.
20:46 this language is badass with that voice
A masterpiece story of deceit and desperate tragic selfishness
It’s kinda like Faustus. Deal with the devil and the price comes due. It’s a classic tale cautioning about how it’s evil to meddle with the order God has created, in this case to attempt to cheat death.
this game... it's so beautiful yet so sad. but i really love this and i really want to play it myself someday
I am glad that no one died in this game just some injuries on Argo and wander become a small cute baby😂😊😊👍😢😢
you guys are mourning for the horse.
Y’all are forgetting about the character who wanted to bring a girl back to life but instead got tricked, used, saw his horse die and never got to see the horse actually alive, and killed/ sealed away somewhere else, all because he wanted to bring back 1 girl.
To be fair though he knew he was messing with evil. He had to know there was a cost to bringing back his girl yet he still chose to go along with it. The evil never really tricked him. It told him the truth at the beginning that their would be a cost to all this. And throughout the game he was getting possessed. He could have stopped in any time. Dormin even kept his promise and brought her back from the dead. Evil but an honest evil.
But I get your point
Jonathan M true..
30:58 Nomad Colossus on the credits
OMG he still make videos about this game !! i can not get it how much this game magically !
🙂
Did you know that there were supposed to be 48 colossi in the game but the people who created this game removed some of the colossi into 16 colossi
Now im wondering if the baby at the end is half dormin half wander.
fue un gran videojuego siempre quise terminarlo 😢 será el juego que nunca olvidaré ❤️
He just wants the girl he loved her
15:27 All that line for a simple "No"
The title should be : *All this time it turns out my mom is my love*
Am I the only one feel very pity to Wander the most ? The reasons are that he acted very stupid in some way : he stole the sword , moved to forbidden lands , killed all colossi and unleashed the ancient evil . And after all he was used all that time , then he was turned in some kind of ,,Zombi,, and finally when he was very close to his goal , warriors just killed him ! But even after all of this he turned in an evil monster , and even the monster was killed . But the happy in one way and in another not happy - that Wander didn't die , but turned into a baby . Damn , this ending was the most emotional to me of all games I played.
I remember losing Agro and then being so pissed off and angry when I was a little kid playing this that when I got to that final Colossus I was pumped full of rage and vengeance!
Aww the horse knew where its master was and led the girl to the top of the shrine. At least Agro survived the fall, and Wanda just back to being a baby 👶 with horns. Dunno what happened to Dormin though.
He was properly sealed away in most likely another realm.
Makes you question why they didn't do that instead of splitting him up into 16 different colossi
@@SifGreyfang maybe because Dormin wasn't evil at the end.
Lord Emon's last words, if are pointed at Dormin shows he's sad at what happened.
Maybe they punished Dormin and banished him into 16 pieces to teach him a lesson and they hoped that he could became good? But then with the bridge destroyed, he will be forever banished from the world.
why they took off the eagle scream at the end?? that part was the cherry on the top oh this master piece ending
Also the thunderstorm got changed into the very same night background they used in the intro.
Not only does that change the whole tone of the last 10-15 seconds of the ending but it also feels kinda lazy.
A really unnecessary change that didn't ruin the remake for me but sort of soured my feelings on it overall.
This plus the eagle scream were like you said the cherry on top of this huge rollercoaster ride of emotions.
@@specknacken6507 Yea I thought something felt off with the ending. The thunderstorm was the one thing they should have left alone. Would have looked sooooo good in this remake. They need to patch that in.
This was the first ending to any story that I saw as a kid that didn’t have a happy ending, and it’s probably why this story will ALWAYS stick out. It really is bittersweet, everything in the end was in vain, and for no reason. Wander just wanted to revive his fallen crush and was willing to do anything no matter the consequences, even if his intent was good, he should’ve assumed interacting with cursed shit wouldn’t end well. It just goes to show that not every hero gets their happy ending
This is like:
NOOOOO MY HORSE DIED
Oh yay i beat the final boss
No wait i am the final boss
No wait i am dead
No wait my horse is alive
No wait i am alive
We want part 2 wander had a chance to defeat those bastards because he is alive😢😢
That is how he became the shadow of the colossus 🤔
I hate the ending it’s sooooooo sad whhhyyyy did it have to end like that I feel like ima cry 😭😭😭😭😭😭😢😢😢😢
good endings are good for the moment, sad endings remain with you forever
The ending is sad but also happy. They are all alive. The boy only has all the colossus in him
@@shadysaar you can say is a bittersweet ending
@@RoGameReview yeas u put it great into words 😢
This video made the Malus fight look fairly easy. It took me hours to defeat it... (Well, that was the first time, now I could do it faster I guess)
Wow everything we wanted to happen happened when we die I mean we killed every colossus for the girl yeah dormin kept his promise to revive the girl so I guess where ever our body is he is happy
he literally became a shadow of a colossus
wow very nice game i remeber when i was young in 2007 play this
Gotta do it for the booteh, oops, turned into a babeh. The real ending: horse died of injury, girl and baby died of malnutrition. Girl is in the middle of nowhere with a hungry baby and dying horse. Sad.
Just joking. True ending: The girl is Freya, who made contract with the Dark God, the boy is the first transformed titan. Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan begins.
Dammit eren
Kept you waiting, huh?
Mono wakes up and is like..."how did i get here???"
Wow Wonder looks cool AF.
The baby?
very good, thank you for the gameplay
Kill anyone but don't kill the DAMN HORSE!!
Played this on ps2 then ps3 and will more then likely buy it again for ps4. Loved this game so much and still do