Monshroud said:I played it about two or so years ago (I am really behind on my gaming) and I didn't see what all the praise was about. Last night I had a conversation with some friends about it and they thought I was nuts for thinking the game was just somewhat average. They seem to think the game is this epic adventure and I am an idiot for not seeing it.
Saw the same explanation on a random 4chan thread, months ago. It pretty much blew my mind. Not much later, I just bought a second-hand PS2, bought SotC and played it through myself.Aby_Z said:The reason the story of Shadow of the Colossus is so amazing is in the fact that it has literally just above no story. It allows you to fill in most of the blanks with your own from the clues presented. The puzzles are great and gave this game some terrific replayability (and I HATE replaying games, re watching movies, and re reading books.)
Really, though, the only thing I have to say is one sentence.
This game nearly made me cry for a horse.
'Nuff said.
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I don't think I ever got that. I'm amazed... Thank you for you insight. That gives so much more meaning to the game all over again for me...Evilbunny said:You're supposed to fill in those blanks for yourself, but really it is unimportant to the game's overall message. The game is about learning to let go. All throughout the game, you are trained to find something on the colossus, and hold on to that R1 button for dear life, to not let go, no matter what happened. Wanderer can't let go you see, that's why he's there. He cannot move on from this girl's death, whoever she is. The end is supposed to be the resolution to that. You are desperately trying to reach mono, even with the winds pulling you back. You see some stairs there, and you do what the game has trained you to do since your adventure began, to find something to hold on to, and not let go. You hang on for a while, but then you realize something. There is no point. You can't hold on forever, and even if you could you can't advance from that point. You're just stopping yourself from moving on. So, in a moment of clarity, you, and wanderer too, learn to do something neither of you could do until that point. You let go. You let yourself fall, and are hence reborn as a new person.
Penny Arcade will answer this question.Monshroud said:-snip
Isn't that comic strip about God of War 2?AXLE_BULLITT_19 said:Penny Arcade will answer this question.Monshroud said:-snip
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/3/19/
The reason the world was so devoid of life because the damn Colossi took up to much space on the disc and lift very little room to put anything else in the game. Now remake that game for the PS3 and it will be livelier. The PS2 was what made that game mediocore. It could just bearly handle that game.
Ah no, They are calling God of War a joke in comparison to SOTC.Jonesy911 said:Isn't that comic strip about God of War 2?AXLE_BULLITT_19 said:Penny Arcade will answer this question.Monshroud said:-snip
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/3/19/
The reason the world was so devoid of life because the damn Colossi took up to much space on the disc and lift very little room to put anything else in the game. Now remake that game for the PS3 and it will be livelier. The PS2 was what made that game mediocore. It could just bearly handle that game.
Read the article that accompanies the comic: http://www.penny-arcade.com/2007/3/19/AXLE_BULLITT_19 said:Ah no, They are calling God of War a joke in comparison to SOTC.Jonesy911 said:Isn't that comic strip about God of War 2?AXLE_BULLITT_19 said:Penny Arcade will answer this question.Monshroud said:-snip
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/3/19/
The reason the world was so devoid of life because the damn Colossi took up to much space on the disc and lift very little room to put anything else in the game. Now remake that game for the PS3 and it will be livelier. The PS2 was what made that game mediocore. It could just bearly handle that game.
Yeah, apparently this is a widely held view. This guy [http://www.etc.cmu.edu/etcpress/node/278] had an even deeper take on it.Saphatorael said:Saw the same explanation on a random 4chan thread, months ago. It pretty much blew my mind. Not much later, I just bought a second-hand PS2, bought SotC and played it through myself.