While everything is drenched in 80s coloring, what really seals the deal is the radio. Its 80s packaging is just wrapping paper trying to keep discombobulated parts together. It felt like a river rolling down a mountain, streams perfectly placed to live out a preordained purpose. The hazy and saturated landscape bled into the hunt for the colossi which further bled into actual gameplay which finally bled into the story.
I’m not ready to write about it yet - it was eerily beautiful with an intertwined story, setting, and gameplay. Spending your time reliving your morning commute, tedious runs to the gun store (sounds more exciting than it is), and a physical world where an ant hill can send your car careening into the Atlantic?īefore Vice City, I played Shadow of the Colossus. High-waisted jeans and Lionel Richie can only get you so far.Ī gangster run-and-gun game set in a fictional 1980s Miami super-charged with cocaine, punk rock, and huge lapels?
