8 Video Games You Shouldn't Play As An Adult

8. Shadow Of The Colossus

Put down your pitchforks, I’m not about to tell you that Shadow of the Colossus wasn’t good when you were younger and I’m not about to tell you that it isn’t good now. I am, however, going to tell you that you better not play 2005’s Shadow of the Colossus. I mean, you can, but don’t. I’ll tell you why.

Loads of people played Shadow of the Colossus on or around the year 2005 when it first came out. In a year where you found yourself going to the movies to see Revenge of the Sith, being glad you didn’t go to the movies to see Fantastic Four, and musing at the words ‘sexting’ and ‘glamping’ being added to the dictionary, perhaps you found yourself delving into this action-adventure masterwork by Japan Studio and Team Ico.

If you did check this out way back then or at any point up until 2018, really, then I have no qualm with you. If, however, you picked this bad boy up after 2018 then you done goofed.

That’s because in 2018 the absolutely phenomenal Bluepoint Games remake came out and it surpasses the original in every way. That is to say, it takes everything fantastic about the original and keeps all those elements central and sacred while elevating the graphics, tightening the controls, upscaling the resolution, and pocketing a decent handful of 10/10s from publications and players alike.

Basically I’m saying, you shouldn’t play Shadow of the Colossus as an adult but you should absolutely play Shadow of the Colossus. Make sense? Alright, cool.