The game is about a man named Wander, he entered the forbidden land hoping to revived a girl named Mono (actually I’m not sure if this is his girlfriend or sister). The gods collectively known as Dormin that resides in the forbidden land, said they’ll grant his wish but he must destroy the 16 idols found in the Shrine of Worship and in order to do that he must kill a colossus representing each idol. With his trusty horse Argo and equipped with a bow and arrow and a mysterious sword he brought from his village, he ventured in the forbidden land in his quest to revive Mono.
The game is considered to be a puzzle game where you have to figure out what is the colossus’ weakness and exploited to win, but that’s about it. I think the only two things that would test you in this game are quick response and patience. Life isn’t a problem in this game, you can easily restore life by touching idols stattered in the forbidden land, eating fruits and by simply resting. The only way you’ll die in this game is ignoring your life gauge and falling from a really really high place (falling from a colossus isn’t considered as a high place, I don’t know why but Wander survive every fall from a colossus), falling to water isn’t gonna help you either if you jump from a high place (believe me I checked and it was fun throwing him around ^_^). There weren’t any enemies besides the colossus, so throughout the game you’ll only fight 16 enemies and that’s it.
One thing I like in this game is the massive land. The land is separated by a mountain range on the north and a massive body of water in the south and east (oh I tried swimming out of that place and all I get is get washed back to shore). Though this land is so big and there are a lot of ruins, lakes and other land formation you’ll never experience a loading screen, you’ll only see this every time a colossus appear and that’s about it and it’s very brief. I actually don’t mind getting stuck in this place but I’ll definitely need a horse or ATV that doesn’t run out of gas and doesn’t break. Yeah I like that land...
The ending is alright, it was a little sad but it’s good.
I hear and read somewhere that this game could be made into a movie. I wonder how they’ll do it. Hearing that information makes me wonder how they’ll translate it into a movie. I bet there’s going to be a lot of green screens, it would be wonderful though if the production is like in Hell Boy movie but that would very expensive. Since the movie isn’t out for a really long time, watch this video it’s funny ^_^.
originally posted: May 6, 2009
