Ico / Shadow of the Colossus

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Done. Ending was pretty sweet.

Are the outcomes of the, uh, controllable parts inevitable?

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 02:34 (twenty years ago)

I put this down for awhile and picked it up again today and went from 3 to 7 in an hour or so. The bird colossus experience is right up there with the greatest moments I've ever played in a video game.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 05:52 (twenty years ago)

9 hours for first fifteen.
Last three hours on final boss. Same goddamn place every time: can't jump on to the right hand. Thumb has cramped and I'm waiting till tomorrow. So ANGRY

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 January 2006 08:28 (twenty years ago)

Ha, so the next time I pick it up, of course I beat it on the first try.
Totally a great game, but I have no interest in the hard or time modes.
Still, one of the greats.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 29 January 2006 22:45 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

stolen from slashdot (who stole it from somewhere else) - an in-depth article about the lighting effects etc employed in SOTC. (i can read this kind of stuff all day).

http://www.dyingduck.com/sotc/making_of_sotc.html

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 9 March 2006 10:06 (twenty years ago)

So what happens if I finnish the game in hard mode and time mode?
A friend told me dude gets out of the "forbidden land" land, but I think he might be full of it.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 10 March 2006 17:15 (twenty years ago)

I'm halfway through and loving SOTC. What a beautiful, sad game.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Saturday, 11 March 2006 09:06 (twenty years ago)

It's pretty special... but that last boss! Oy!

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 11 March 2006 17:42 (twenty years ago)

just bought it, my brain isn't really adapting to the challenge that well so far, but I guess it will eventually. had a few goes at the first colossus and he proved difficult, I managed to climb his leg and stab him a few times but then he threw me off and splatted me.

the whole game is very ambiguous!

― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 11 March 2006 20:27 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, that's kinda what makes it so great.

I'm stuck on the sandworm colossus. Oy vey, what a beast.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Sunday, 12 March 2006 19:48 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, the sandworm freaked me out at first too.
Your hint is: arrows on horseback.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 12 March 2006 20:58 (twenty years ago)

whoa, just got seriously lost after killing colossus numero uno. some breathtaking scenery though. this game needs your own music in the background I think.

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 12 March 2006 21:08 (twenty years ago)

In non-Colossus-related news (I don't have the game yet, and have only played it once [but beat 8 of the Colossi!]), I picked up a cardboard Ico with all the art cards this morning for £4! It's a bit tatty, unfortunately, but.. four quid!!

― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Sunday, 12 March 2006 22:03 (twenty years ago)

I had this game, now i don't. it's a sad story.

― jeffrey (johnson), Monday, 13 March 2006 18:21 (twenty years ago)

finally played it last night. beat the first two with tips/running snide commentary from roommate.

― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 13 March 2006 18:27 (twenty years ago)

What an odd game to make snide remarks about!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:53 (twenty years ago)

Oh, she had already beaten the game, and was critiquing my playing style.

― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 13 March 2006 20:01 (twenty years ago)

I can't find the second colossus, I travelled a long way and managed to get onto the beach and then nothing!

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 12:34 (twenty years ago)

I just realised the sword thing.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 12:50 (twenty years ago)

So I've killed three colossi, each one more tedious and annoying than the last. Is this going to get any better?

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 09:34 (twenty years ago)

Eventually you'll die, and the world will be a better place.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 09:54 (twenty years ago)

Having that annoying orchestral loop endlessly repeat during the eons it takes me to kill each one winds me up something chronic. Also I started off feeling sorry for my horse but now I spur the fuck out of the bastard. I'M JUST NOT FEELING IT, MAN.

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 10:20 (twenty years ago)

I am enjoying it! It's funny, when you're climbing the colossi the music is all "Oh what a valiant hero you are" and then as soon as you kill one it changes to "FOR SHAME............."

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 11:28 (twenty years ago)

I finished it on hard mode and it was prolly easier than the 1st time around - esp since I had all those helpful toys I got from the time attacks. So I'm going to see what happens when I finnish it on the hard/time mode.
Doin' hard time!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:42 (twenty years ago)

I like the pipe organ/cathedral bits. I've beat two guys but I hope they use that more. It's like in SOTN; more pipe organ is needed in games.

― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:13 (twenty years ago)

Two more down, they weren't so bad - mainly because I realised I'd been completely ignoring the strength meter when hanging on for dear life. Idiot.

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 16 March 2006 09:34 (twenty years ago)

LOL at Ledge: dude, how did you ever beat ANY of them without noticing that gauge?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:48 (twenty years ago)

I didn't notice it until a couple of colossi in...you can kind of tell when your dude starts to get tired and scrabble for grip.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 16 March 2006 18:52 (twenty years ago)

I just kept on falling off and having to jump back on... hence my irritation. I was thinking "ten colossi, 30 mins per, that's five hours... not very long, but it may be the most irritating five hours of my life". Now I'm thinking "ten minutes for each one, what gives?" I guess it's just gonna get harder.

― ledge (ledge), Friday, 17 March 2006 10:03 (twenty years ago)

Oh, not MUCH harder... until you get to the last one.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:28 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, the first hour or so of falling off the final guy ruins the good time you think you're making.

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Friday, 17 March 2006 15:56 (twenty years ago)

I'm on the third one but I haven't got to where he is yet, after about 30 attempts to jump from one ledge to the other ending with me falling into the lake.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 17 March 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

If you hold the button down when you jump you jump farther.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 17 March 2006 22:56 (twenty years ago)

There is so much Miyazaki all over this game. All you need is a female adolescent protagonist instead of your usual 17-year-old bishounen, and there you go.

― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 17 March 2006 23:26 (twenty years ago)

sooooo OTM.

― melton mowbray's APOCALYPTO! (adr), Friday, 17 March 2006 23:27 (twenty years ago)

See, I thought the lead WAS a girl for most of the game. 'Till I saw his wang. That set me straight.
Not really.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 18 March 2006 00:36 (twenty years ago)

also, long panning shots of the wind blowing thru the fields & hills, coupled with wistful/mournful strings from the Studio Ghibli Orchestra

― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 18 March 2006 00:51 (twenty years ago)

Bah, the ninth colossus can fuck right off. I'm done with this tedious, repetitive and frustrating game.

― ledge (ledge), Sunday, 26 March 2006 11:57 (twenty years ago)

Which one is the ninth one again?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 26 March 2006 18:13 (twenty years ago)

The one with the geysers.

― Jordan (Jordan), Sunday, 26 March 2006 20:01 (twenty years ago)

God I hated that one. My 2nd-most hated colossus after the final one.

― A. Lingbert (A. Lingbert), Monday, 27 March 2006 00:10 (twenty years ago)

Huh. That one didn't bug me. Once you're on his back, it's gravy.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 27 March 2006 00:47 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, but getting it on its back was a motherfucker. Dodging its projectiles got really old.

― A. Lingbert (A. Lingbert), Monday, 27 March 2006 03:08 (twenty years ago)

Exactamundo. "Lure him onto the geysers" = "run around like a blue arsed fly while he just sits there firing undodgeable missiles at you".

― ledge (ledge), Monday, 27 March 2006 07:49 (twenty years ago)

They are easily dodgeable if you are on teh horse!

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 27 March 2006 15:57 (twenty years ago)

Exactly! And when he's close enough to a geyser you can linger close by so he can't shoot at you.
The worst one is the stupid Temor/underground worm one.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 06:11 (twenty years ago)

I didn't mind the worm one once I figured it out. Now I'm stuck on the giant fucking thing in the giant lake. I know how to beat it but it seems like such a pain in the ass that it's almost not worth it.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 07:29 (twenty years ago)

the sandworm and the big flying thing in the desert area were my 2 favorite.

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Thursday, 30 March 2006 21:38 (twenty years ago)

I didn't mind the worm either, but the pterodactyl thing in the lake was a bitch.

It took me fucking forever to notice the sticks on the ground in the hellhound level (my tv is small and dark), but that one was still cool.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 30 March 2006 21:46 (twenty years ago)

I can't believe I'm alone on the worm hate here! I had the hardest time nailing him with that arrow. Him and the giant turtle are imposible to pull off in the time attack!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 31 March 2006 04:04 (twenty years ago)

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