8 Video Game Secrets That Were A Waste Of Time

8. The Forbidden Fruit - Shadow Of The Colossus

For the most part when it comes to video game secrets, most of these hidden unlocks and rewards are just that, rewards for persevering and exploring every nook and cranny of the game world, however, it seems that when it came to programming in some off the beaten path content for Shadow Of The Colossus that nobody on the dev team got the memo, as here this secret actively hurts you.

I think it goes without saying but the world of SOTC is something unlike anything else, with its huge sweeping vistas and incredibly detailed environments creating a true sense of wonder, but also a sense of abject isolation. It's beautiful but also seemingly quite sad, that once there lay a huge and clearly advanced civilization that is now nothing but ruins.

And in your exploration, you may have begun to wonder whether one can climb all the way up to the temple near the bridge into the Forbidden Lands, and should you spend time collecting lizard tails and beating the Colossi, you'll be able to upgrade your stamina bar enough to make the arduous ascent to the top.

And what is your reward for reaching the summit? A Secret Garden filled with fruit! Now that might not seem like much but remember Fruit is used to upgrade your health so you might think that this is a gold mine that will allow you to rinse the rest of the Colossi on your list, however, there's just one catch.

The fruit is poisoned, and will actively drain your health.

Oh, Fumito Ueda you cheeky whippet, you got us good.