Ico / Shadow of the Colossus

That guy should have people with bloodied limbs trying to escape from his basement in the background. Would definitely be better than SAW. Would rent.

this amazon is forever

Boy, that kid got debrowned in a hurry. Still, looks like I'm getting a PS3.

http://penny-arcade.com/images/2009/20090608.jpg

HILARIOUS!

talking to my pal travis.

Travis: i hope it's something like it has to leave to become a guardian and fulfill its noble bullshit destiny or something
Travis: so it's still depressing but at least it's not horrible
Will: it's called the last guardian, dude
Travis: i know
Travis: that's what i mean
Will: do you know what happened at the end of the last mohican?

he got a haircut?

from the neck up, yes.

So over the holidays I picked up something called a "Playstation 2" and spent the last month playing through Shadow of the Colossus. Just completed it.

So this game was pretty goddamn amazing. From the outset, I was drawn into its calm, foreboding world. Felt like I was undertaking Herculean labors - both sentimentally in theme and in frustration - but the whole experience was really inspiring. Easily one of the greatest of its generation. Definitely up there with Killer7 as a groundbreaking, emotional experience in the medium. Lots of love.

Ico is also v. v. good.

wtf? today i heard on this news thing that 15% of japans students are addicted to the internet/games. and i see this shitty looking game and im very confused how this is possible. no action just for wimpy men who have no.. how should i put this.. balls so to speak. games are supposed to be exhiliraing. like sex. now take the new alien vs predator. great graphics hopefully frightening and blood/gore. that is a game. not some child running around with this wierd ass homosexual bird thingy throwing stones at samurais in stone armor? seriously. what the fuck.

^^^
to be read out loud in a booming Austrian accent.

these are both coming to PS3 early 2011, apparently

in the BEAK

new castlevania game apparently has a few good SoTC ripoff bosses. i've only made it to the first one and i dig it. def hits the colossus buttons.

rest of the game is god of war ripoff for which ymmv.

Lost In Shadow is a puzzle platformer with an aesthetic thats heavily influenced by Ico/SotC. Really digging so far (out in EU already as A Shadows Tale)
preview here http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-lost-in-shadow/17-3378/

nice. kind of amazing that it's taken like 5 years for people to start biting that shit. or maybe the market can only bear a very light load of enormo-boss games.

So like... this is out, right? The HD refix?

I think I'm going to get this today

ps3 only, right? i would be so excited to play SotC again if it was being re-released for 360. never got a chance to play ico.

Now that is sad, why cause it's intertsing

yep, it's out last week. Best Buy actually had it for $25 - it's sold out online but the price might still be good in stores though. I hear it's kinda buggy though :(

:o

in what way?

most of the complaints I've seen have been from people trying to catch those lizards - apparently they can just suddenly disappear sometimes. there are also lots of folks bitching about the horse controls being all fucked up but I suspect that they may just be idiots.

yeah, that may be post-Red Dead standards raising...

(i don't remember the lizards!)

i thought the horse controls were pretty fucked up in the original but i haven't played the remake.

pretty sure i didn't catch any lizards.

i caught some lizards. just because i read a guide that said to look out for lizards. it was hard!

Started playing the HD versions. Played through the first colossus just to see how it looked, and then skipped to Ico which I'd only played a bit of. It's remarkable how much better these games look than many current gen games. Art design really matters.

Fuck, SotC looks incredible in 3D.

!!

just bought this; may not play anytime soon but just wanted to know i could

haha that is exactly my approach - I have arkhams asylum and city plus uncharted 3 to do first

I bever had a PS2, so was super excited to get a chance to play these.Bought it, tried both games, sold it. I would love to watch someone play it who didn't find the controls and/or camera absolutely shit. Loved the design of both, but I sure as hell didn't enjoy my time with either.

Bever? I never.

dunno about ico but i found the controls/camera of shadow amongst the best of any game i ever played?

In the colossus fights I din't have a problem, but between the horse controls and that camera wanting to be all cinematic and hanging off the side of the horse's rear-end I got way, way tired of it. Called it a day after colossus #2.

Some people don't like chocolate

I like eating it not making it. Far too much of a chore instead of something fun.

controls were the biggest issue i had with both games, really cut into my enjoyment

Hey forks - next time I'm in NYC can I watch you play these games? I'll bring beers.

Totally!

i remember the controls being a little clunky outside of the fight segments, but it didn't really matter because there was no rush in wandering around the countryside. it didn't affect my enjoyment of the game, and controls/feel is usually the most important thing for me.

Forks - I have no idea when I'l next be there (it was easier to get there from Maine than Texas) but I promise I'll be in touch. Time to expand my ILX "real life" meetings past Nate, Alex in NYC, call all destroyer and Scott.

i have a big couch and multiple systems and will be happy to hang out.

When the time comes you get to pick the beverage.

In SotC I had to go into the settings and invert the horizontal/vertical camera. Helped a lot.

no the horse stuff is a bunch of nothing, there's no reason to gloss that (especially compared to red dead) but it's just an intermission really, a moment to let your heart stop racing

making you ride the horse around w/o fast travel is one of those design decisions that seem stupid for a while but becomes genius near the end.

GAMES AS ART etc.