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The controls have been refined somewhat, but not enough to render Wander or his horse fully tamed. The grandeur and mystic terror is there, as is the feeling of profound struggle. The PlayStation 4 remake of Shadow of the Colossus, then, is another sort of retelling. For those of us who have loved Shadow of the Colossus for the past 12 years, that retelling has been a consistent part of our love. And yet, while replaying this old classic in a new package, I find myself instead considering how appropriate, even poetic, it is to be retelling this particular story.Īll good stories deserve to be retold.
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Like any remake of a popular title, this one is controversial, and the choices made by Bluepoint Games in the process of "modernizing" the game deserve close scrutiny. This week, more than a dozen years after the original, Shadow of the Colossus has been reintroduced, with all the bells and whistles of a modern remake-4K graphics, easter eggs, and optional 60 frames per second if it's running on PlayStation 4 Pro. There are 16 colossi roaming this land, says Dormin if the boy kills them, the girl will live. A boy, Wander, takes this girl he loves to the god Dormin, who promises to resurrect her for a price. In a forbidden wilderness, there is a divine being who can resurrect her. A girl has died, a victim of a terrible ritual. Like its predecessor, ICO, it carries a plain premise set in a scenic world, one that would be beautiful if it weren't so alien. Quiet and barren, the 2005 release offered a lesson in the importance of hidden dread and understated compassion. It is also, incontrovertibly, one of the most important videogames in the recent history of the medium.
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It's a messy story, about hubris, and mortality, and the desperate greed of love that can cause us to do things we know full well will end in disaster. Be sure to read up on the new Photo Mode for Shadow of the Colossus here and see just how the title measures up to its previous incarnations.Shadow of the Colossus is a simple story about a boy and his horse. Bluepoint recently admitted that the remake has given the studio a ‘ second chance‘ at the game following its 2012 remaster on PS3.
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Shadow of the Colossus for PS4 launches worldwide on February 6. ‘It was an honor to work on such a beloved game and we want to personally thank Ueda-san and the original Shadow of the Colossus team for all the great memories,’ said the team ( via PSLS), describing the feat as a ‘testament to the technical prowess of the original developers.’ Bluepoint highlighted this as one of the ‘key’ factors in maintaining ‘authenticity’ with Team ICO’s classic. Yep, not only has the developer managed to create what is unequivocally one of the prettiest games on PS4 to date, but it’s done so by only making ‘subtle improvements and bug fixes’ to the original code.
SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS REMAKE CODE
Bluepoint Games’ remake of Shadow of the Colossus is a stunning technical achievement, more so when you consider this tantalizing new tidbit: The game runs on the same code as the original PS2 game from 2005.