I might get killed for saying this, but I honestly don't understand the fuss surrounding this game. I bought it a while ago and tried it last week. First it takes half an hour before anything happens and when the scenery is finally unfolded, it looked very ugly to me. The horse had nice animation but that's about it. I understand that the scale is quite big in this game, but when I put this against God of War 2, it's honestly no contest.
The environmental graphics were roughly in line with my expectations for what the PS2 was capable of.
But the colossi themselves just blew me away! Each one was such a masterpiece.
I didn't exactly love the way the game ended. But even still, when people ask me what my favorite games are, it will be one of the first names out of my mouth for probably a long time to come
A sequel would seem like a no brainier. And hopefully it is the project Team ICO is working on right now. The game has so much further potential with more variations of colossi. I'm sure there were so many other monsters they wanted to make but didn't have time for. And in HD it's gonna look so beautiful.
Artistically it looks good and the immersive gameplay may do quit a bit to. Technically not by a long shot but still good. In the top 5 PS2 games list perhaps?
this is very ignorant...
Generaly ,we should advertise for the sake of some basic education , that game technicalities goes a little beyond shinny bumpy normalmapping.
Art + graphical effects/rendering methods make up the visuals. Several PS2 games clearly stands above SotC and on the xbox there are games like Jade Empire...
As for the ignorant part, I can only say that I like to have both my feets on earth and walk with open eyes...
Are you serious?
Beautiful lighting/HDR effect, nice textures, huge environment, MASSIVE highly detailed colossi, realistic animation, water effects and physic.
Shadow of the Colossus is one of the, if not the most beautiful looking game last-gen!, agree?
A thanks to the OP for posting this. I am a PS3 owner that never owned a PS2. I have enjoyed catching up on some of the last gen stuff (GOW, GOW2, FFXII, RE4) while patiently waiting for the PS3 titles to come. I had heard mention of this title but never did any research until today. After seeing some videos and review of the game, I quickly decided this will be a must play. Called my local gamecrazy and they have one for 20 bucks. Once again, thanks...you just saved me from a potentially boring weekend.