Is it a remaster or a remake? We’re still not entirely sure, but having watched the trailer about a dozen times now, we reckon Shadow of the Colossus probably falls into the latter camp. There’s been some confusion over these two terms of late, hasn’t there? Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is billed as a remaster, but in essence it’s a remake. And the same can be said of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered.
Looking at the video, very little of the PlayStation 2 presentation appears to have been maintained for the new Shadow of the Colossus – it looks, for all intents and purposes, to be a brand new game. We’ll have to wait to see whether the controls are identical, but given how dated the original can feel these days, we’re going to hope that they’ve been tweaked. Over on the PlayStation Blog, they’re saying that the game is being “rebuilt” for the PlayStation 4.
That’s good enough for us.
[source blog.us.playstation.com]
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I hope it is a remake as indeed the original can feel dated. I would definitely try it if they do. The Last Guardian shows how beautiful this can look if they use the PS4's power.
@get2sammyb
" We’re still not entirely, but having watched...", I am pretty sure you missed a word there, Sammy
That's good because...erm...I've never played it! I have it still installed on my PS3 but I'll wait for this even newer version.
Shadow of the Colossus is one of my favourite ever games but there's no denying the original feels really, really clumsy - especially by today's standards. Rebuilding it sounds like a good idea.
@sinalefa Whoops! Thank you, I've fixed that.
bluepoint have a good track record with remasters - the original uncharted game in the remastered collection benefitted from improved controls compared to the PS3 version. i wouldn't be surprised if SoTC feels less clunky.. though i didn't really have any problems with the PS3 version (never played the PS2).
Bring back the unused colossi. That's my prediction, and I was sooo right about all the E3 stuff (/s), so it must be true
It might be a mix of both. Porting the game into a new engine, remaking new assets etc and replacing/updating the bits they needed too to get it to look and run as people would expect. I didn't think MWr was completely rebuilt but they obviously replaced some animations and cut scenes, added in new textures and details to flesh it out more - this could be similar...
I would love to know what the purpose of this is, is it a long term thing with Bluepoint to get them to remake classic PS2 titles? As much as it's great to see SOTC again, after the remaster on PS3 by Bluepoint, is a remake necessary?
@adf86 food, water and air are the only necessitates my friend. SOTC rebuilt from the ground up is a luxury!
it seems a bit weird. i know it's critically acclaimed, and well revered, but it is still a niche appeal, and it's already been remastered for PS3, and might be available on PS now. i suppose there's always a chance it could turn out something like ratchet and clank remake, which basically brought the original to the PS4 era and improved it in every way.
i would have thought there were other more commercially viable properties, particularly on PS3, that were ripe for a remake/remaster job though.
Looking great. My backlog is already pretty hefty, so I might hold off on The Last Guardian and play this one first.
Sounds like the controls are being updated...
http://www.siliconera.com/2017/06/14/sony-boss-shuhei-yoshida-clarifies-shadow-colossus-ps4-remake-not-remaster/
So glad this is happening. I really wanted to love the original, but it ran horribly on the ps2, and the ps3 version highlighted how unwieldy the controls were. I'm definitely picking this up for the ps4.
Release the original as a PS2 classic while we wait, will you?
I read an interview on another website where they talked to Shuhei Yoshida-san and he mentioned that they redid all of the assets to make it look like a modern game (and they did a good job because I still think that grass looks amazing for a PS2 game).
They also mentioned that there were some tweaks to the controls to bring it closer to current games. I don't know if that means they remapped the controls or if they went ahead and adjusted how Wander moves and stuff. But either way, I'm super excited for this game. (^_^ )
Contender for best Ps4 game ever, just don't mess about with the controls too much, they are part of the games charm....
@sinalefa still never play this games before. May be i'll try this game on my ps4
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