I never played the original. I’ll probabky pick up this remake sometime relatively soonish.

Anyways, the remake looks pretty good, graphically. What do people here think?

It does look beautiful, but I’m honestly surprised by how absolutely terrible the grass pop in is. It’s distractingly bad, and that stuff generally doesn’t bother me.

Is anyone getting the remake for PS4?

I will at some point. have some other obligations at the moment, but it's on the list for sure...

I never owned a PS2, so I never beat it, but I played a decent amount of it many years ago.

I had the PS2 version on PS3, then got the HD version when that came out, since I loved it so much. Should tell you something that I'm getting it yet again. :P
I've wanted to make a post about it, though, especially when talking about Destiny bosses. As Kotaku put it, "Fumito Ueda’s ethos is “design by subtraction,” and this is the ultimate expression of it so far." The gameplay and tools at your disposal are inherently very simple, but the application of those tools gets more and more complex, especially as you learn how to apply them in new-but-familiar ways to progress. It's the ultimate example of "mastery", and while the bosses are always straightforward in their encounters, figuring out how to apply what you've learned is the true challenge. Even the first Colossus is only encountered after the game leads you to figure out how to climb and manage your grip, and by the end of the game, you know what you will need to do with every tool in your arsenal, even as the game throws everything at you at once.

Last night I watched some random guy play it on Twitch for a little while. He was at the first boss and he kept falling off and he almost started crying after the third time. It makes me laugh just thinking about it now.

I don't remember what got me to play the game originally. I think I had just heard great things, and it was one of the PS2's final games, so I got it on sale. I didn't know what to expect other than an article that pointed out that you only fought bosses, and nothing else, so I was curious.

Anyways, the remake looks pretty good, graphically. What do people here think?

I think it looks gorgeous, but really, I was worried that the graphical update would damage some of the wonder that the game always made me feel. On the PS2, the Colossi were a moving part of the scenery, often stomping through the haze and fog, their movements somewhat unnatural, but alive, with dust and debris slowly falling off them, as if their bodies weren't meant to move as much as they did.

Now, they look like large character models, moving smoothly, and the dust and such looks like an effect rather than a detail, since everything is at a high framerate. Just a tiny, pointless thing that nags at me, since I've still been super hyped about it.

Also, there's a Photo Mode. 'Nuff said.

Anyways, the remake looks pretty good, graphically. What do people here think?

Lol. I had the PS2 version, and I gave up before I got to a single colossus. I am willing to give it another go because it is apparently very good when you fight them, but I was completely bored before seeing one.

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I'm sure I will. It is one of my favorite games ever, but I still need to play last guardian, and ICO PS3, (and actually I never played the SotC PS3 I bought…)

I've been playing for a bit (beat the first two colossi), and it's neat. It's definitely gorgeous, so expect a collection of photos in the future.

The controls are . . . odd. I like the climbing and jumping. That stuff is cool and feels good. By why does the horse suck so much? And the camera swings way too wildly.

I can see why this game gets all the praise it does. In a hypothetical history where this version of the game was the first time anyone ever played it, it still feels like a game that would bet the same acclaim it did in the past (judging on a pretty short amount of time in the game, obviously). Nostalgia might not be as big a factor in all the good reviews of this remake as I thought--it really does seem like a fantastic game.