Imagine, if you can bear to, a version of Shadow of the Colossus in which you interact with the colossi purely in quick time events. It’s one of the best games of all time, but it would be made worthless and insulting by such a change. And yet, from the way people talk about the game, you’d think that it wouldn’t make a difference. They bang on about the story, the music, the art direction, the way the colossi flail when you kill them. There’s no talk about the excellent gameplay and level design…
HD remakes — yay or nay? Depends on the game I say. I’ve made no secret of the fact that playing the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection has been one of my favourite gaming experiences of 2012 so far. Michael Hart has been playing through my second favourite HD collection, the ICO and Shadow of the Colossus HD Collection.
Team Ico’s two classics will be coming to the PS3′s digital storefront on January 17. For $US20 each, you’ll be able to download the games to your hard drive.
They’re some of the most memorably opponents/victims in all of gaming, but the Colossi in Shadow of the Colossus don’t actually have official names. All this time you’ve been calling them “sword guy” and “flying thing”, but those aren’t canon.
PlayStation 3 owners, just a small reminder that come next Thursday, you’ll be able to pick up both ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Classics HD and the God of War Collection — Volume Two from whichever store-shaped entity you frequent.
