Comments on: Shadow of the Shadow of the Colossus http://tleaves.com/2005/10/26/shadow-of-the-shadow-of-the-colossus/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Flaming Willberg http://tleaves.com/2005/10/26/shadow-of-the-shadow-of-the-colossus/comment-page-1/#comment-1960 Flaming Willberg Sat, 12 Nov 2005 08:26:07 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=492#comment-1960 Ralph Waldo Emerson, wasn't he the guy who dissed Jane Austen? How dare a quote by him appear in a post about a game that comes as close to art as anything else out there! Ralph Waldo Emerson, wasn’t he the guy who dissed Jane Austen?

How dare a quote by him appear in a post about a game that comes as close to art as anything else out there!

]]> By: Chris http://tleaves.com/2005/10/26/shadow-of-the-shadow-of-the-colossus/comment-page-1/#comment-1959 Chris Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:40:36 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=492#comment-1959 Damn your eyes you US gamers and your six to twelve to infinite month lead times over Europe! I must wait... :( Damn your eyes you US gamers and your six to twelve to infinite month lead times over Europe! I must wait… :(

]]> By: psu http://tleaves.com/2005/10/26/shadow-of-the-shadow-of-the-colossus/comment-page-1/#comment-1958 psu Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:49:15 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=492#comment-1958 I believe I have the angle that I'm going to take with this, but I wanted to finish the game first because my feelings about Ico were very different before and after I finished the game. I believe I have the angle that I’m going to take with this, but I wanted to finish the game first because my feelings about Ico were very different before and after I finished the game.

]]> By: Andrew Plotkin http://tleaves.com/2005/10/26/shadow-of-the-shadow-of-the-colossus/comment-page-1/#comment-1957 Andrew Plotkin Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:27:32 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=492#comment-1957 Oo, is your 'ittle pet theory feeling sore? I hate when that happens. You could always go play _Blood Will Tell_, a game with 48 boss battles, each of which is about as creative as _Colossus's_ save-game screen. I'm sure that would reconnect you with your sense of ranty injustice. General answer: should you buy _Colossus_? Yes. Is it the most beautiful thing ever? Well, yes, but it's also clearly aiming at 120% of what the PS2 hardware can handle. The flaws are easy to spot. There is texture pop-in; there is model pop-in. It doesn't feel stuttery to me, but that's because it tries to cover with fake motion blur when the frame rate drops. I don't care. It's got an 83% success rate at what other games aren't even trying to do. That's totally the right thing to do. (To return to the original topic: the gameplay is also fun. Peter(s), if you're still looking for a topic lead, try comparing the notion of "boss battle" in action games to the notion of "puzzle" in adventure games, and see which _Colossus_ is closer to.) Oo, is your ‘ittle pet theory feeling sore? I hate when that happens.

You could always go play _Blood Will Tell_, a game with 48 boss battles, each of which is about as creative as _Colossus’s_ save-game screen. I’m sure that would reconnect you with your sense of ranty injustice.

General answer: should you buy _Colossus_? Yes. Is it the most beautiful thing ever? Well, yes, but it’s also clearly aiming at 120% of what the PS2 hardware can handle. The flaws are easy to spot. There is texture pop-in; there is model pop-in. It doesn’t feel stuttery to me, but that’s because it tries to cover with fake motion blur when the frame rate drops.

I don’t care. It’s got an 83% success rate at what other games aren’t even trying to do. That’s totally the right thing to do.

(To return to the original topic: the gameplay is also fun. Peter(s), if you’re still looking for a topic lead, try comparing the notion of “boss battle” in action games to the notion of “puzzle” in adventure games, and see which _Colossus_ is closer to.)

]]> By: jeff http://tleaves.com/2005/10/26/shadow-of-the-shadow-of-the-colossus/comment-page-1/#comment-1956 jeff Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:55:16 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=492#comment-1956 Tell me one thing: should I buy this game? I hear on the one hand that it is a life-altering experience that will lay waste to my preconceptions of gaming, beauty and, indeed, life itself. I also hear that the graphics are stuttery and look more like "valiant attempt" than "accomplished work of genius." Tell me one thing: should I buy this game? I hear on the one hand that it is a life-altering experience that will lay waste to my preconceptions of gaming, beauty and, indeed, life itself. I also hear that the graphics are stuttery and look more like “valiant attempt” than “accomplished work of genius.”

]]> By: Stewart Clamen http://tleaves.com/2005/10/26/shadow-of-the-shadow-of-the-colossus/comment-page-1/#comment-1955 Stewart Clamen Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:21:00 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=492#comment-1955 "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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