Shadow of the Colossus Remake

Roar · 28-01-2018 01:49PM #1

Just pulled the trigger on the pre order.

Cannot wait to get my hands on this.

A proper remake too, not just an upscale of the PS3 version.

So many memories of playing this on PS2 when it came out, was blown away by it. Was always heartbreaking watching one of the Colossi die

Anyone else going to pick this up?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqUphnk3xbU

Roll on Feb 6th.

Xenji · 28-01-2018 02:16PM

Looking forward to it, my favorite out of the 3 games, only £22 on Amazon as well.

ERG89 · 28-01-2018 03:55PM

Xenji wrote:

Looking forward to it, my favorite out of the 3 games, only £22 on Amazon as well.

24 & I've been getting the don't ship to Ireland message.

Xenji · 28-01-2018 03:59PM

ERG89 wrote: »

24 & I've been getting the don't ship to Ireland message.

Ah I get €2 off with Prime, saw that alright so need to Parcel Motel it.

Roar · 28-01-2018 05:18PM

I paid 40 on the PS store - have to buy games digitally nowadays as my toddler has a thing for taking discs out of cases

Batesy · 28-01-2018 05:23PM

Pre-ordered from the US PSN as I had some $ in my account. Exchange rate not bad too. Worked out @ €32.

It's up there with my favourite games of all time so can't wait to play through the re-make.

Kintarō Hattori · 28-01-2018 08:55PM

Wondering why they'd jump straight to a PS4 remake of this and not start with ICO. Any ideas? It'll be on my shopping list regardless.

Skerries · 29-01-2018 11:01AM

probably based on the sales of the remake on PS3

CiDeRmAn · 29-01-2018 12:45PM

The whole series is sublime.
Played and finished both Ico and SotC on the PS2, still have the original copies.
I have the HD remasters on the PS3 but never played them again.
The Last Guardian was sublime, though not without it's flaws, it's a testament to how good it was that those flaws, for me at least, were easy to overlook.
And now this, a must have in physical form for me, to go into the collection.
It's one of the very few transcendent franchises, and SotC is just full of jaw dropping moments and an amazing use of scale, transporting you from your comfy chair viewing a flat panel display to being there, running for the whippy tale of a flying behemoth to grab hold.
Also, the game has an amazing ability to make you feel sorrow for what you are doing, you are Dave turning HAL off, committing a heinous act for the greater good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2qRDMHbXaM

Cienciano · 29-01-2018 02:11PM

I never played it, had it on the PS3 and never got round to it. Definitely buying this and I rarely buy games on release.

Roar wrote: »

I paid 40 on the PS store - have to buy games digitally nowadays as my toddler has a thing for taking discs out of cases

I prefer getting them digitally, handier to browse between games

ERG89 · 30-01-2018 12:17AM

Seems to be a very good port remake; as a Pro owner I always appreciate the option of a performance mode if possible.

Xenji · 30-01-2018 01:12PM

It is getting rave reviews today, masterpiece is the most common word being used to describe it.

bigphil2 · 30-01-2018 01:20PM

I never played it as i hadnt a ps2 when it came out.pre-ordered it though as id always want to play it and it looks stunning..

CiDeRmAn · 01-02-2018 12:47AM

Xenji wrote: »

It is getting rave reviews today, masterpiece is the most common word being used to describe it.

That was the word to describe it on the PS2, despite the framerate drops.
Great use of scale in game, how small, vulnerable but ultimately powerful your character is once he is motivated by circumstance.

mcgooch · 02-02-2018 02:57PM

Xenji wrote: »

It is getting rave reviews today, masterpiece is the most common word being used to describe it.

SotC is one of the greatest video games ever made and deserves all the plaudits it's getting from players and the gaming press.

I'll be completing my 7th or 8th play-through when this remake is released and I can't wait to get started again.

Sephiroth_dude · 02-02-2018 06:24PM

Never played this, is just take on a titan and then move onto the next or is there more to it than that?

Potential-Monke · 02-02-2018 08:01PM

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Never played this, is just take on a titan and then move onto the next or is there more to it than that?

There's a story as to why you have to do this, but yeah, that's the general idea. But it's amazing in every way. The sense of scale, the fights, the look, the feel. It's just all nearly perfect!

04-02-2018 11:25PM

Was trying to work out why I'd missed this when it was originally released and I see it was 2006. So I'd long moved on to an Xbox 360.

Have to say I'm really looking forward to it after the praise I've seen for it over the years. I loved Ico.

Is The Last Guardian worth a look? I've got the impression it had a mixed reception.

johnny_ultimate · 04-02-2018 11:31PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Is The Last Guardian worth a look? I've got the impression it had a mixed reception.

It did get a mixed reception, and I’m sure you’ll hear a variety of responses. For my money: it’s one of the most extraordinarily beautiful, thoughtful and artful games in the history of the medium. It reminded me how much potential for artistic expression there is in the odd medium that is video games, and was thus worth every single one of those years of development hell

Roar · 05-02-2018 09:28AM

I struggled massively with the controls at the start, but really glad I stuck with The Last Guardian. A beautiful experience.

Atomic Pineapple · 05-02-2018 10:07AM

The Last Guardian was a defining moment in gaming for me, a reason to own a PS4. It's not for everyone though (Nothing really is!).

BelovedAunt · 05-02-2018 03:38PM

Lads do any shops tend to sell games before the official release date?

Roar · 05-02-2018 05:03PM

They’re just taunting me now

Apparently some places have broken the street date.

Retr0gamer · 05-02-2018 05:08PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Is The Last Guardian worth a look? I've got the impression it had a mixed reception.

I wanted to love it but on a standard PS4 the framerate was criminal and the character movement feels janky. Just wasn't having fun with it. Someday I'll to see it through but the first few hours just weren't fun for me.

For the price you can get it these days though its worth taking a chance on it. You might end up loving it.

BelovedAunt · 05-02-2018 05:58PM

Roar wrote: »

They’re just taunting me now

Apparently some places have broken the street date.

Any idea which shops?

RasTa · 05-02-2018 07:55PM

The Last Guardian is the greatest game made of this generation, better then Zelda.

Still have the last boss to complete in SoTC so will purchase this when I'm ready.

I still listen to this score once a week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aHknzoG8G0

Potential-Monke · 06-02-2018 11:58AM

Similar to Retr0, I couldn't get into TLG. I loved Ico and SotC, but there was something off about TLG for me. I'll pick it up again someday, as i'm thinking I just wasn't in the form for it at the time, as this has happened with a few games for me (Dishonored, Dragon Age: Origins, Deus Ex: HR).

CiDeRmAn · 06-02-2018 01:15PM

Some people struggled with the idea that you had to struggle with Trico, while the developers maintained it was intentional, this is a wild animal apparently, and it has it's parallel in Argo in SotC, but the ropey control of Trico often could be easily mistaken for plain bad coding.
I leaned towards the former rather than the latter, and loved the game with all my heart.
It was chock full of so many moments, nearly everything was forgivable.
The game has a strong PS2 whiff from it, in terms of character control and poor clipping, and this probably says more about the tortured development the title has had.
Perhaps, like SotC before it, TLG will take another gen before they really get it right, assuming there are enough people who care by then.

At present though, it seems that SotC is getting a bigger push than TLG ever did, which is interesting.

Want to play TLG all over again now....

Might play them in order this time, Ico->SotC->TLG.

06-02-2018 07:49PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I wanted to love it but on a standard PS4 the framerate was criminal and the character movement feels janky. Just wasn't having fun with it. Someday I'll to see it through but the first few hours just weren't fun for me.

For the price you can get it these days though its worth taking a chance on it. You might end up loving it.

Actually went to add it to my wish list earlier and noticed it was on sale for 14.99 until tomorrow and I had €15 in my wallet, I took it as a sign and bought it

Sparko · 06-02-2018 10:54PM

My Amazon copy dispatched this morning. Never played the original so I'm massively looking forward to it.

jenno86 · 07-02-2018 10:22AM

Amazon delivered mine into Parcel Motel this morning. Should have it tomorrow.

Shadow of the Colossus Remake

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