What makes Shadow of the Colossus so special?

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konnichiwa said:

I gave the game back in it's day an 8/10 while Resident Evil IV an 9.5 and Okami 9.5.

Got a lot of hate for it but it did not amaze me that much.

The music is the best part and I scored it a 10/10 but story a 7/10 and gameplay 8/10.

It is a game I maybe spend a little more than 10 hours to complete it and going from A to B wasn't really fun for me.

The fights are amazing to experience but they were fast finished (if only the fights time are counted you probably don't much go much higher than 5 hours).

I don't think I was harsh, if their was more of a story, dungeons with common enemies, villages it easily could have been a 9-9.5/10

So  you  docked points from the game because it didn't have things that you feel games like it should have?

If it had those things, then it wouldn't be the game it set out to be. And more of a story? I'm literally speechless........

Guy goes to an abandoned mystical land to kill 6 giant beasts o bring the woman he loves back to life. Can't say more cause spoilers. 

Mow while playing you should be asking yourself why is this place empty? Why isn't there a single other person anywhere? If you finish the game, all that will make sense to you.