#shadow of the colossus remaster

[banjo-be]

Rest, Wander

Feed, Wander

Traverse, Wander

Challenge, Wander

For We Beckon You, Wander

Shadow of the Colossus

[smolljester]

genuine question; could someone explain to me the almost unanimous hatred for Bluepoint's remasters of Demon's Souls and Shadow of the Colossus?

i've wanted to play SotC ever since i first saw it a long time ago, i haven't played Demon's Souls yet but it's on my list, so being able to play SotC on my fridge (PS5) feels great! long story short, i guess i just don't understand why people don't like the remasters.

[wander-bb]

Shadow of the colossus

Pelagia awakens part 2

[jigo-ku]

Shadow of the Colossus night

[adventuresofchip]

Souls that are once lost cannot be reclaimed. Is that not the law of mortals?

[robo-dino-puppies]

Shadow of the Colossus (2018) 1/?

[king0fcrows]

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[flowerkidlove]

waaaa I really wanna play Ico but it's only on older consoles I don't have

Isn't That Just Great???!!!!! wanna hear something even better??!!!! you can play ico on ps5 but only if you give them $130 for a years membership X3c (sarcasm)

i would recommend an emulator, but i don't know enough about emulators to do that, ps3 ico games are about 10-20 dollars and ps3's go for around $100-$200!!!!! so cool so cool so cool so cool so cool so cool :( (even better news! ps5's are backwards compatible, i think all consoles should be that, but greedy bitches don't see the point of that)

i would also recommend a walk through, doesn't matter which one! but of course you don't get the anxiety of Local Little Shithead Yorda (affectionate) following you while you're trying to get rid of the shadow creatures trying to grab her like a 1 pound dog getting grabbed by an american eagle 👍🏻

you also miss pressing the ZR button so you can hold her hand

[icology]

this or that, team ico games version!

yorda or mono? / exploring or following the story? / agro or trico? / original versions or the remasters? / ico, wander or the boy? / the castle, the forbidden lands, or the nest? / soundtracks or concept art? / video essays or fan theories? / ico, shadow of the colossus, or the last guardian? / the queen or dormin? / slaying colossi or solving puzzles? / the beach or the secret garden? / riding with agro or playing with trico? / time attack mode or looking for collectibles?

[miloscat]

[Review] Shadow of the Colossus (PS4)

A PS2 classic, but now it looks prettier.

I first played Shadow of the Colossus nine years ago... hey wait, this year is this blog's tenth anniversary! Wow! Anyway, I played the 2011 HD remaster on PS3 at that time, which was done by Bluepoint. Seven years later they had another crack, this time doing a full remake which goes further in modernising this classic without changing it too much.

Ever since I learned about all the cut content from the seminal PS2 game I hoped that maybe some new colossi would be added to this remake based on the concepts. Bluepoint's approach seems more concerned with faithfully recreating the gameplay, with their main addition being new hidden collectibles that recall old community secret-hunting. They seem to have taken to this project with a lot of care and respect, which I have to in turn respect myself, even if I personally wanted more of a shakeup.

Team Ico's 2005 game is a classic for a reason, and its stark world and cool ideas for fighting giants still hold up. The latter is untouched here, complete with the still-impressive scale, the often janky jumping and clambering, and the colossi whose fights vary from exhilarating to tedious (to paraphrase 2015 me). On balance there's more great moments than there are rough spots, but those moments of friction can be painful.

As for the world and the art design, this is the biggest change in this version. Recreating all the assets gave Bluepoint the opportunity to add a lot more detail to the environments, which depending on who you ask may detract from the atmosphere of the original. For my part I love the new vibrancy to the world, not to mention the elimination of fog, pop-in, and the excessive bloom lighting effects. This forbidden land retains its desolate beauty, only… I can see it better now. Performance Mode's smooth 60 fps framerate (on PS4 Pro or PS5) is the next-gen cherry on top; switching to Cinematic Mode was hard on the eyes in comparison.

I enjoyed revisiting this world, and the boss fights. Hunting for lizards in the open world is a nice breather (although changing the HUD to no longer have a giant grip circle is one minor nitpick I have with this remake). All the original's secrets and unlocks are back with a few new extras, but... while these bonus modes and things are great for people who really love the game, I merely "really like" it, and couldn't face spending 45 minutes on that final boss multiple more times for some bonuses that aren't even usable in Time Attack itself. I did two fights in this time-pressure mode but adding this limit only resulted in frustration for me, not fun.

The new 79 enlightenment coins are also a nice extra that motivate you to thoroughly explore the game world's nooks and crannies, but there's no in-game checklist and getting them all apparently requires hard mode Time Attack near-completion. It seemed daunting to the point of exhaustion for me and I decided my time with the game was once again at an end. I have more Team Ico and related games that are new to me that I'm keen to move on to!

[nativesnaper]

Hey, perhaps this is a random question:

Have you ever owned a PlayStation 2 and if yes, what were the games you enjoyed the most on the PlayStation 2

if no, which PlayStation 2 games seem the most fun from an outside perspective to you?

I have never owned a console until I got a Nintendo switch, (And a Wii I guess but all I had is Mario cart and Just Dance) so I don't have much experience with console games unfortunately.

I played the Shadow of the Colossus remaster on the PS4 at one point, and I absolutely LOVE that game. I've loved it for years ever since I first watched a playthrough of it from Pewdiepie, so by far that would be the most fun PS2 game for me. Other PS2 games that interest me would be Silent Hill, and Katamari Damacy (two VERY different games but I like the look of them both)

[banjo-be]

Are we all just prisoners of Fate?

Shadow of the Colossus

[morganiscoolaf]

Remastered Shadow of the Colossus sure does look a lot worse.

[wander-bb]

Shadow of the colossus

Phalanx takes flight part 2

[dekujin]

I got the remastered PS4 version of Shadow of the Colossus a while back and finally got to replaying this game after many years since playing the PS3 version.

What a beautiful game, even more so in this version. The atmosphere is so moody and the big well crafted empty world pushes that even further. Then there is the incredible sense of size and scale from the colossi made even more menacing with the upgrade graphically.

The physics suck ass though holy shit. It is hard to appreciate the game when the player character flops about like a fish at everything.

Still, good memories until later colossi, especially with having to be on the horse for some.

[zachsgamejournal]

COMPLETED: Shadow of the Colossus (PS4)

I've played Shadow of the Colossus on PlayStation 2, the HD Remaster on PlayStation 3, and now the Remake on PlayStation 4 (via the PlayStation 5). And if someone makes a PlayStation 1 Demake, I'll go back and play that too. Because this game is AWESOME! (mostly)

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