Playing Shadow Of The Colossus for the first time

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noise you need a twitter account.

hahaha why?

[Bradtemple87]

I know you have to stab him so you can jump on his hand when he brings it over

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a few hours ago, I beat the game.

The final battle was "epic" as they say. And really difficult. And yet, I think when it was over I was kind of in disbelief that the whole thing was over. I'm not really sure how to get all my thoughts in order, so I won't bother trying.

Shadow Of The Colossus is officially way near the top of my list of best games ever. I'm really really glad I played through it all finally.

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The ending was brutal at first. The fact that I had helped evil... though I felt that around the time I killed that flying worm thing. And then not witnessing the girl awake. It was all a bit crazy.

One of the best parts of the ending was that you were given control over the Colossus that you became. But even as I knew I had control... I knew it was a hopeless battle. And there I felt a ton of empathy for the 16 creatures I had killed. It was all very Albatross-around-my-neck style.

I'm not sure I understood why I turned into a baby. I guess rebirth was the idea?

At any rate... this game will stick with me for a long time. My wife told me she was glad I was done with it, because just walking by the screen and seeing me kill those giants made her feel sad. She wasn't even playing it and she felt the melancholy. I think that was the best thing about this game. It often made me feel anxious, scared, and really really bad about what I was doing. How many games can pull that off? Not many that I've encountered so far anyway.

It's also awesome that a Hard Mode was unlocked. Normally I could give a fuck about such things, but this is a game I will totally want to play again. Why not have a new challenge. Maybe I'll give it a year or so and delve back in.

Oh and the score. The score is so beautiful. It's probably best that it was used sparingly. But I tell you that score will haunt me. I was in GameStop the other day and a commercial came on one of their monitors advertising the upcoming PS3 remake and as soon as I heard the music my ears perked up, and I felt heroic. I must find the soundtrack.

I know this is all so scatter-brained, but bottom-line: This game is a masterpiece. And I feel this from my own experience now. For which I am proud.

[Opa Opa]

It's also awesome that a Hard Mode was unlocked. Normally I could give a fuck about such things, but this is a game I will totally want to play again. Why not have a new challenge. Maybe I'll give it a year or so and delve back in.

Just so you know you can now unlock new items/weapons. Explosive arrows, throwing spears, capes of invisibility, et cetera.

You'll probably start playing again next week.

[SwooshBear]

Reading this (except the spoilers) has really motivated to finally play this game. I have way too many games to get to. But I vow to beat it this year

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how many hours did it take you to beat?

[Bradtemple87]

The HD remake cant get here soon enough, but sorry I'm playing through Ico again first

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how many hours did it take you to beat?

I logged an actual 14.5 hrs -- though there was a lot of time spent exploring or dying and then not saving, so I'd guess it was more like 20 hrs total. Plus I did get some help here and there obviously.

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just so you guys know, the real reason I started this thread was with the hope that you guys would keep talking about it with me which would push me to stick with it. I thought from the beginning that chronicling my initial impressions of each battle would make a great blog post. So naturally...

[Gamerforlife]

Glad you enjoyed it

Honestly, I feel like this game is in a whole other stratosphere compared to almost everything else on the market....aside from indie games anyway as I have little experience with them. There are few games I feel that way about. Viva Pinata is another that comes to mind....and Rez really becomes something more than a game in its final stage I think

Did you have a favorite battle? I love the flying desert one, which Castlevania: Lords of Shadow even ripped off. Have you played Lords of Shadow? You should, if for no other reason than to get your thoughts on how their Titan battles compare. I thought they were fun, but really only capture a fraction of what made the fights in SOTC so amazing. The dragon titan is absolutely pathetic compared to its inspiration in SOTC in my opinion

Do you get the impression that Team Ico doesn't really pay attention to what is going on in the game industry? I think that is why their products are so good. They represent a singular vision while other developers-whether they realize it or not-or just copying and trying to one up everyone else. Ico and SOTC are both games that I played and couldn't find much to compare them to. Sure I can see certain influences at work, but they are dwarved by the amount of originality in both games

Oh, and if you felt sad about what happened to the horse, don't watch the first episode of AMC's The Walking Dead. Poor horses, the crap entertainment puts them through