Speaking of Shadow of the Colossus, my pupils contracted comically when I encountered the first shot of staticky-sandstorm-particle-beam emitted by the eighth Colossus, a platypus-type monstrosity.
My encounter followed as such:
"Hey, you don't look so tough! ...Why are you shaking your head like that?"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
When I was first bowled over, I thought everything was fine, but NO, the staticky sandstorm lingered and left me with very little health by the time I ran out of it. That Colossus irritated me greatly until I beat Normal time trials. By the Hard time trials, it was a piece of cake.