Shadow of the Colossus

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:03 pm

Anybody else played through it yet? I don't want to spoil anything, but oh man is it awesome. It took me a while to adapt to a grab button seperate of a jump buton ala Ico, but it works great, and pretty much everything about the game is amazing. The weapon changing is pretty much seamless, and what little status bars there are are minimal and detract nothing from the game or the breathtaking landscapes and colossi. In conclusion,

-Awesome
-Gorgeous
-Won't let down your expectations
-Killing colossi is great fun
-The story is great
-Go buy it, dammit. Now.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:29 pm

Maybe I'm being anal, but that title just pisses me off. What was wrong with the literal translation of "Wanda and the Colossus"? Other than the fact that "shadow" is an easier word to market?

Post by **G.Silver** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:34 pm

I liked it. Not the title I mean (it's ok). I liked the game.

Post by **Popcorn** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:49 pm

Green Gibbon! wrote:Maybe I'm being anal, but that title just pisses me off. What was wrong with the literal translation of "Wanda and the Colossus"? Other than the fact that "shadow" is an easier word to market?

The literal translation is 'Wander and the Colossus', which mostly just doesn't make sense. 'Wanderer' would've been cool, though.

I've played it and finished it. It's wonderful but, unlike Ico, not an experience without flaws. It's less focused and more repetitive, and the story, whilst similarily minamalistic and beautifully-staged, isn't quite so well-rounded, but it's still the best game I've played in ages and ages.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:07 pm

So there's no character actually called Wanda? Now I'm kind of disappointed, though I like "wanderer" even better. Either way, I do not like the decidedly trite "shadow".

I'll probably get the game next week, regardless of not being able to afford it.

Post by **Popcorn** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:19 pm

The main character goes unnamed throughout the story and is referred to in the credits only as 'Wander', which seems to me to be not a lot more than an ambiguous nickname. I'm told that a less literal translation of the title would imply that the protagonist wanders (he is The Wanderer) rather than 'Wander' being his actual name, so to speak.

The use of the word 'Shadow' in the Western title does have some vague thematic relevance in that the game involves Ico-style shadow creatures (that's not a spoiler, don't panic), but it's still fairly naff. Incidentally, the name 'Wanda' never had anything to do with the game and was instead a rather strange approximation of the Japanese title.

Post by **Esrever** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:24 pm

My copy should be arriving in the mail on Monday, so I will chime in after that. But if it doesn't even measure up to Ico, I seriously question how much I am going to enjoy it. Ico was definitely not what I would consider a "flawless" game.

Post by **Popcorn** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:40 pm

Esrever wrote:My copy should be arriving in the mail on Monday, so I will chime in after that. But if it doesn't even measure up to Ico, I seriously question how much I am going to enjoy it. Ico was definitely not what I would consider a "flawless" game.

Yeah, but you consider great big cocks to be a flawless game.

Post by **Esrever** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:45 pm

What can I say? I like games that I can win!

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:52 pm

Even the guy who made on the game didn't know who "Wanda" was for.

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/shadow-of- ... 133159.php

Post by **Squirrelknight** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:02 am

I at first assumed "Wanda" was the dead chick, but whether its "Wander" or "Wanda" doesn't really matter, cause this game kicks copious amounts of ass. I'm only on the third colossus, but so far I'm having a good time with it. I'd put it just a tier below Ico, but it's still better than most of the other new games I've played this season.

And that dead chick makes me want to get into necrophilia.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:06 pm

Do any Colossi have their weakspots on gigantic stone wangs or boobs?

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:15 pm

That alone would justify a purchase, but the only reason I don't already own it is that it sold out.

Post by **Esrever** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:46 pm

It's in my mailbox RIGHT NOW. And here I am, at work. Feh!

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:26 pm

That is what you get. That is what you get for working.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:57 pm

I don't think he's working very hard.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:58 pm

Squirrelknight wrote:I at first assumed "Wanda" was the dead chick, but whether its "Wander" or "Wanda" doesn't really matter, cause this game kicks copious amounts of ass.

See, there was me thinking it didn't matter because it's not the title of the game in the country in which you live.

Post by **Esrever** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:30 pm

So, this game is pretty good!

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:46 pm

QUIT SPOILING THE GAME

Post by **Esrever** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:33 pm

The colossi are pretty big, eh?

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:53 pm

I hear they are COLOSSUS.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:17 pm

That grammatical hiccup had me waking up screaming in the middle of the night for weeks. Weeks.

Omni Hunter · Post by **Omni Hunter** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:54 am

Collosus, collusi, collosuses? It's all rather mind boggling.

Post by **Esrever** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:03 pm

Colossi is the correct word. It's also the one they use in game, so I'm not sure what they're freaking out about up there.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 2:09 pm

The website proudly proclaimed that you'd go around fighting colossus, each colossi in its own unique area, or words to that effect. Spot the mistake!