What makes Shadow of the Colossus so special?

[Aeolus451]

RolStoppable said:

hunter_alien said:

So, considering that the peer pressure existed several years later, hence millions liked it, it was one of the most important releases of the decade? I mean you are kind-off saying it was one of the most important games of the decade yet you try to make it sound overrated in pretty much every discussion that this game appears in.

The game didn't sell millions. The peer pressure was coming from other gaming journalists, so sales of the game were pretty much irrelevant to their decision.

Shadow of the Colossus had neither the sales nor the influence on other games to label it as one of the most important games of the decade, that's why its standing in the gaming community (including gaming journalists) is greatly overrated.

 It sold well enough, people still talk about the game very favorably and it's getting a remaster. It's safe to say there's at least something to substantiate that it was one of most influential games of that decade while your opinion about it being overrated is based on your opinion of the game itself and gaming journalists. I don't like gaming journalism much but them talking favorably about a game doesn't mean that their claims about the game are incorrect or that game is bad by default.