[PS2] Shadow of the Colossus

Here's a photo of mine - when gff was down, I picked up my copy on the 17th. They've also rereleased ICO for PAL, however it is without the 4 art cards and cardboard box. From what I can understand it's exactly the same game as before.

As for Shadow of the Colossus, I haven't passed the 6th colossi. It took me awhile to find the 5th(which was amazing; first flying colossi) and the sixth just straight out killed me. I don't want to rush this game as I know it's maintaining a high reputation. When the time is right, I'll pick it up and thoroughly get stuck into it.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by LivingDreams

Btw I hear people complain about the frame rate issue with it, I didn't notice anything wrong with it.

I read a review of SotC on Gamefaqs about that. That was their main concern, but I'm not too sure whether it's the framerate or the camera. Though it isn't too much of a problem, I have noticed it. Noticed it in Fable, too, come to think of it.

When thinking about it, the camera moves slowly when you turn around, but there's a considerably large amount of detail to cope with. It isn't at all surprising if there is, but I'd rather have a slightly smaller framerate than a lesser detailed enviroment.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Musharraf

Is it possible that the horse sometimes acts kinda stupid? But besides that and the sort of strange camera it seems to be an almost perfect game ^.^

It is, it's highly possible. Agro ran around frantically when I was fighting the second colossi(where you hat to shoot his feet, then climb on him) and it was really distracting. I was planning on leaving him a fair distance from the colossus and walking just so he doesn't do it again.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Qwarky

I think that was the only one where I actually shot a colossus in the eye =/

What happened?

Oh and, here's links to commercials and advertising for Shadow of the Colossus here, they're quite interesting:

http://paleoshilling.nl/
http://divethedeepscuba.com.au/
http://arkadysimkin.pl/
http://www.familysayre.net/
http://giantology.typepad.com/gianto...i_giant_c.html
http://www.stop-polarneft.com/

When I fund out that the colossus used in the commercials were actually not real, I was severly disappointed.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Qwarky

What do you mean what happened, I shot it in the eye and it crashed into a wall like it was supposed to.

Because I've shot a few of them in the eye a couple of times, and it hasn't done anything.

I'm probably doing something wrong.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by B4-Hunter

Here is how Wanda changes throu game:

Good find.

While I don't see much of a difference between the frames, that's still something I probably wouldn't of found elsewhere.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Or you could pay somebody to get one professionally installed..

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Qwarky

Why he won't use a PS2slim with swap magic if his current console breaks down, I don't know.

Probably because the slim ones have overheating problems/lack of fans/problems reading blue discs/modchips more expensive/etc. I'm not against the slim PS2's but I've heard(from 4chan, mostly) that the slimlines have countless amounts of problems.

I wish the PS2 had an option where you could save games to an internal harddrive after modding, like xbox. <3

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I scratched my fucking limited edition disc while cleaning it, god damn. Now a quarter side of the disc has light scratches from "in to out" even though the manual TELLS YOU DO CLEAN IT THAT WAY.

Anyway, beat/defeated the 6th colossus. Found the seventh but my hands are freezing cold, so I'll leave it for another day.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by B4-Hunter

Advice:

Spoiler:

Colossus Road = Wanderer Stop

Awesome, that... helps.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Speaking of..







It's beautiful. After downloading the entire thing, I really liked what I saw, and went ahead and purchased it. It's a shame art books are so expensive otherwise I'd definitely start collecting them as a dedicated hobby.

The pages are in full color, and there's concept art and descriptions of all 16 colossi as well as developer interviews and the tattoo designs. I'm really happy I went ahead and made the purchase of this. I do hope there's more art books that take my interest like this one has in the future.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.