Every cave has a quest attached, every NPC a task. Skyrim offers a landscape as large as SOTC's, as well as a wintry beauty of its own, but the homeland of the Nords is utterly crammed with function and padded with lore. We're used to playing through spaces with purpose. It feels like a discovery, not least because Shadow Of The Colossus is coolly indifferent as to whether you find this stuff at all. On my way to visit Ozzymandias' skydiving spot I get lost, and end up stumbling upon a sparkling grotto sealed off by the mountains surrounding it. Everything feels like a secret in the Forbidden Lands, because the game utterly sells the idea that yours are the first human eyes to cast upon it for thousands of years. Crumbling ruins lead into bleak ash plains, empty cities and stunning, temple-ringed lakes. Playing through the game again, I'm startled by the sense of history that suffuses Team Ico's landscape. "What else is there?" he asked.Įven now, it's easy to understand why Shadow Of The Colossus kept so many people so enthralled. "Are there other places you can get to?" Ozzymandias wanted to know.
But it wasn't enough for Ozzymandias and his fellow fans. The Secret Garden, as it became known, is a final reward for the most dedicated of colossi-hunters: one last challenge and a glimpse of verdant green beauty in a starkly austere land. This is Shadow Of The Colossus' biggest Easter Egg, teased by the mossy growths, handholds and ledges that weave around the exterior of the structure, but not actually reachable until you've completed the game multiple times. The hidden garden at the top of the Shrine of Worship, glimpsed during Shadow of the Colossus' final cutscene, was accessible in-game. At first he was looking for canny ways to defeat colossi faster, but he soon discovered something far more mesmerising. So Ozzy turned to forums filled with likeminded, passionate devotees. "By the end, I was picking my jaw off the floor thinking they'd done it again, but it was mixed with this really intense sadness that after all this waiting and anticipation it was over." Ozzymandias is just one of the secret seekers, a group dedicated to unearthing Shadow of the Colussus' big secrets. "I'm pretty sure I just sat down and played the entire thing through front to back", explains Ozzy, who'd fallen in love with Ico and had patiently awaited the team's next game. Ozzymandias's journey to that cliff-face had started three years before, when Shadow Of The Colossus emerged. And he'd wait, watching the birds fly by.Īnd then Ozzymandias would jump into the sky. While Agro trotted away quietly Ozzy would carefully walk up to one of the many rocks overhanging the edge of the bluff. Time and time again he'd load the game, steer Agro towards this postcard-perfect view, and then dismount from the steed. Yet Michael - better known by his username Ozzymandias - was stood here all the same, and he was doing something rather strange. It's peaceful, certainly, but so are dozens of other beautiful, tucked away corners of Team Ico's evocative landscape. There's just a stunning ocean view, a thin grassy strip to walk upon, and a flock of seagulls quietly wheeling their way through the air below. The real question is why would you want to? There's no colossi to be found perched on this craggy jut at the southernmost tip of Shadow of the Colossus' Forbidden Lands. It's not hard to find, though you must trot through caves and gallop across a desolate grass plain to reach it. There's a rocky outcropping right at the edge of the world. Craig Owens' piece was first published back in 2013 (and if you wondered what Craig was up to himself, he's at Rocksteady working on whatever mystery the Arkham Knight developer is up to next).
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Editor's note: As if we'd let the PS4 outing for Shadow of the Colossus pass by without returning to this - an article that's been republished as many times as the game has been remastered, at least.
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