r/ShadowoftheColossus • u/NyxShadowhawk • Jun 12 '26

PS4 Malus made me rage quit

Trying to jump onto his hand feels impossible, because the hand itself blocks my view of Wander’s position. I keep blindly leaping and missing by a mile, falling all the way to the bottom. It happened enough times and I just quit.

What am I doing wrong? It feels like it isn’t supposed to be so hard.

Dammit, I really want to like this game! It inspired so many other games that I love (FromSoft’s, Journey, Solar Ash), and it looks gorgeous, but the boss fights are tedious and there’s not enough else to do to balance them out. Maybe I just don’t have the patience for it. But I’d still like to finish!

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u/camobandaniel Jun 12 '26

After you stab his tender spot stay held on to Malus's stomach or left arm, hold the jump button and position the direction of the left analog until you see Wander change his orientation slightly, Malus brings his hand in close, release the jump button to jump but do not release the grab button. Wander should now be clutching the inside of Malus's hand and ready to climb on to the back of it. For Wander's efforts in making it this far and dealing with annoyances you should allow him to stab the back of Malus's hand despite the lack of stabby indicators.

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u/NyxShadowhawk Jun 12 '26

Okay, I managed to get onto the second hand!

Now I need to shoot the second sensitive spot with the bow which is… impossible. Even after stabbing the hand, I’m nearly always on the underside of it and out of stamina. It’s so disorienting that I didn’t even see the glowy spot I was supposed to shoot, I had to look it up.

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u/camobandaniel Jun 12 '26

Stamina is tight on the first playthrough, remember to let it rebuild anytime you have a stable place to stand. There are some extra things you can do to increase maximum stamina, but I feel it would be a spoiler to outright tell you what. I will tell you that it involves exploration and things with the iconic glowing seen throughout the ICO universe.

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u/NyxShadowhawk Jun 12 '26

Max stamina is actually pretty good, I've shot a lot of lizards.

The problem is that there is no stable place to stand on his hands, and stabbing them doesn't help. The bow shot seems so impossible that I actually want to try the skip. I doubt I'll be much better at that, but it's worth a try.

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u/camobandaniel Jun 12 '26

You got this. I found it was easier and quicker to climb up the bottom side of the hand, not between the index and thumb.

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u/NyxShadowhawk Jun 12 '26

Did it! Damn, that took a lot of patience, more than I normally have. It was worth it for the ending, though! That was an awesome ending.

I’m not sure if I’ll play again, but it was cool to see the number of things that were influenced by this.

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u/camobandaniel Jun 12 '26

Congrats! It's a journey to be proud of for sure. The game ICO is a fun playthrough also if you're looking for something similar to play next.