| Unlimited Gamer » Shadow of the Colossus » Walkthrough |
| Author: Alex Eagleson | |||
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 Page 1  First Colossus Page 2 Second Colossus Page 3 Third Colossus Page 4 Fourth Colossus Page 5 Fifth Colossus Page 6 Sixth Colossus Page 7 Seventh Colossus Page 8 Eigth Colossus |
Page 9 Ninth Colossus Page 10 Tenth Colossus Page 11 Eleventh Colossus Page 12 Twelfth Colossus Page 13 Thirteenth Colossus Page 14 Fourteenth Colossus Page 15 Fifteenth Colossus Page 16 Sixteenth Colossus |
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Acquainting Yourself with the Game and Controls
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This is the story of a mysterious young man, and equally mysterious young
girl. In order to save this girl, you must journey through vast plains and
mountains in a quest to defeat the sixteen Colossi which inhabit the land.
Before we begin the quest why don't we take a moment to familiarize yourself with some of the controls. Obviously you can move around using the left analog stick. You can also use the right analog stick to move the camera around. An interesting tip here, you can use the right analog stick to move the camera during cutscene sequences as well. The triangle button is used for jumping as well as mounting your horse, we'll get to horse controls in a minute. You can switch between your two weapons (and unarmed) using left and right on the D-Pad. The square button is used to attack with whatever weapon you are currently wielding, hold it down with the bow to charge an arrow, and release to fire. The longer you hold it the more powerful the shot, keep an eye on the pink circle at the lower right, when the white light fills it, then the bow is at maximum charge, the same applies to the sword when you are holding onto something (like a perhaps a wall or one of the Colossi.) The R2 button zooms in the camera, useful when aiming the bow. The L1 button will face the camera to whatever direction the main character is facing. The real use of this button is during battles against the Colossi, hold the L1 button in order to aim the camera in the Colossus' direction. Now head outside just past the platform where the girl lies, but don't drop. With your sword equipped, hold the circle button to aim it in the air. While holding the circle button move the left analog stick, beams of light will spread and converge depending on where you move it. Whichever direction they converge in, that is the direction of the next Colossus that you have to fight. Now it's time to get on your horse, you can call the horse by pressing the X button. While fighting a Colossus when your horse isn't around, pressing the X button will make you whistle to get its attention. Press the triangle button while standing beside the horse to mount it. While on the horse you can hold square or circle with the sword to get your direction, and you can fire your bow while riding. Steer the horse with the left analog stick and get him to start moving by tapping X, the more you tap it the faster the horse goes. The horse will gradually slow down, so if you want maximum speed, you have to hit the X button on a regular basis. Two more things, first of all you can stop the horse by angling down on the left analog stick. Secondly, you can look at the map with the start button. Now that you're accustomed with the controls it's time to venture off toward the first Colossus. |
