Guessed by @Runa216
Let's not make a big deal of this dropping one spot and into the lowest position it's ever been in.
Heh. I mean, yeah. Seventh place is not exactly low, and it doesn't mean I think any less of this game.
Shadow of the Colossus was possibly the first game to absolutely and completely blow me away. I think growing up, there were many games I played that felt incredible, but nothing blew my mind like seeing this on the PS2 for the first time. It blew me away immediately with the insane graphics and scope, the ambition of it all, and then it blew me away again when I played through it and witnessed an incredible story with deeply complex themes and feelings.
12-year-old me actually didn't like the ending at first, I was really confused by it to be fair, but I just needed some time to process it. This was the first game I played with such heavy storytelling, and honestly it might still be one of the heaviest. And it's the kind of story that could only work in a videogame - told in any uninteractive medium it'd lose a lot of its impact, but here, when you yourself are controlling Wander and making him do all the things he does, well... Yeah, it hits different.
Shadow of the Colossus was, for a few years back then, my favorite game of all-time. I don't know if teenage me would be disappointed in seeing it at #7, but in my defense, every game above it was something I played after it. Either way, I'll always cherish this experience.
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