I'm 3 Collosi in and hating Shadow of the Colossus - should I persist?

[Biggerboat1]

I've dedcided to persevere a little and see if the controls bed in a little. 

I'd be interested to know though, did any of the people who love this game (of which there seem to be many) play the remaster as their first experience of SOTC?

I have a feeling that most, if not all fans, fell in love with the original which is having a big influence on their opinion of last year's version...