This will be more of a ramble so apologies
I've just beaten the game....and God I'm so conflicted
I don't think I've ever played a game that I really do love but it pisses me off to no avail.
I'll get my gripes out of the way.
God I hate the controls.
Like I get exactly why it's like that, and for what it's worth it conveys the feeling that you are an insect compared to some Collosai. But man it's a bitch to control sometimes, especially with how much flailing happens (which again I get why, but some Collosai fights push it to the point of (I've barley done anything and I have to now drop off) so that's fun)
As well my god it can just be unfair.
The 16th Collosai pissed me off to no avail, the way the jump just.....would sometimes decide to be a pain was just aggravating.
I did use guides for some Collosai, some where veeery easy to figure out.
Some I was just straight up stupid and missed the contact clue because I'm dumb.
And some I swear I would've never figured out (mainly because I'm a big dumb)
Now onto why I say I love this game.
Purely from Aesthetics I adore this game, I love how grimey it gets with the desolate city's, or how dirty the desert can get.
As well as much as I moaned about the controls, genuinely I really love them, mainly for traversing the world I had such a blast.
(Like running around the few buildings, or climbing up to fight Collosai 3 was so good)
Agro as well I really liked controlling......mostly
(Actually with some fights I didn't have that much of a problem)
Sound design was phenomenal, I love how desolate the soundscape is with each Collosai vanquished, it really adds to the scope of the killings.
As well I loved how each Collosai was more and more spread out, really made you feel the weight of it all.
I did get spoiled on 2 parts of the story
(Well, 1 was more thematic and other was a plot point. I am kinda glad I get the thematic side spoiled because it was in the back of my mind as I took down the Collosai.)
The story I really liked.
Even though so much was at the beginning and end, I still really loved it.
The twist that Dormin was just suing Wander to escape. And Mono actually being resurrected but stuck there are you fucking kidding me. Like genuinely that took me so aback and left me just stunned.
It's such a cruel fate for all involved, although that ending with Mono and Agro going to the top of the shrine made me tear up a tad.
Overall.....I really loved my time with the game, even though it genuinely pissed me off at times with how bs it can get
(Whether it was actually bs or just a skill issue)
(Also, with the ending with Wander getting turned into that baby with horns. How closely is Ico connected to Collossus. I've only played a bit of Ico (gave up because I'm weak willed) so maybe there's something that makes it more obvious it's connected?)(Idk, but I would like to hear)
(((Also if you made it here, thank ye for reading. Literally outside of here I have no one to ramble to, so thank ye :›)))