SPOILERS: The reappearance of Agro irritated me. The horse is dead. They’re just milking extra emotion out of him dragging his broken ass around during the credits. Pure cheese. END SPOILERS
(Isn’t this is about the time for this to turn into a post-release thread, with no spoiler tags?)
I was playing again today – the last colossus reminds me of a cross between the thing on the cover of Queen’s News of the World and Baron Karza. That’s great.
Agreed. if we can get a mod to change the thread title to Post-release/Spoilers, that’d be swell.
that said, until then…
SPOILER: Yeah, it was cheesy…and it pissed me off that the moment of pure sadness when he falls is kinda robbed by the ending…
still, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t unconsciously breathe a sigh of relief that he made it. Didn’t realize how much I’d gotten attached to him until then. It’s the same cool effect that hanging around Yorda in Ico gives you. It’s all fun and games until you realize you’ve been telling a few million polygons on the TV screen “Come on, honey…you can make it over…” for the better part of 3 minutesEND SPOILERS
And for the record, favorite collosi? The sand dragon. Requires some truly awesome stunts to win, especially when I ended up getting the last hit on him right as his fin closed on me.
Finally got a chance to really play for a bit. I had so much fun with the first guy I 've played through him 4 times today. Had no trouble with the second. I’m up to the third. This game is amazing. There’s something magical about it.
My sister’s fiance was over today and we were all baking and stuff. He was playing the game and I watched a bit on and off and he finished the first 5 over the course of a few hours. The fifth one was really cool. I can’t wait to play some more and catch up with you guys. Eventually…
well I bought it and took it to my friends house and played through to the 3rd boss..
Then I got home yesterday and had to replay the second boss.. Its great when you already know how to attack the guy. Still loads of fun.
I’m going to enjoy playing this all the way through.
I’m on the 4th boss and I must say, this game is incredible. I’m surprised no one has been talking about how good the score is, because I think it might be the best one in videogame history. Very dramatic, very fitting, and very beautiful.
When the score is out in Japan in December, I’m so on it. As is, I ripped the music from the game disc and have been working to that. It’s weird, since the tracks are meant to fade into one another, but it’s good enough for now.
Anyone know if there’s a “shortage” on this game? I need to get it at Toys R Us, and they sold out on the 12 copies that they initially got, and have yet to get any more. The guys there had no idea when they’d be getting another shipment…
The reason I need to get it at TRU is because I got God of War $49.99, Resident Evil 4 (PS2) $39.99, and SSX Whatever (the new one) $39.99 during their “buy 2, get 1 free” sale, which is now over. I was told that I could exchange the SSX game for SotC (exact same price) whenever they got it back in stock - assuming it was withing the 45 day return limit. Bastards had better get it in soon - I don’t want to get stuck with SSX…
Holy Crap I just beat SPOILER: all the time attacks in hard mode, and I got a freakin parachute! For when you fall off a colossus. Now to climb the temple and fight the 17th colossus.
Spoiler ended.
Um…there isn’t actually a 17th colossus. Based on the ‘official’ confirmations I’ve been given. It’s just the garden. And fruit.
damn really? Well I’m still gonna try and get up there.
Beat this last night, and man was it a great experience. Beat a couple of the normal time attacks and got the whistling arrow which, as far as I can tell, is pretty useless. I tried climbing the Shrine, but can’t seem to pull it off yet. I dunno if i’m climbing in the right place, or if i’m just not strong enough yet. I’ll try beating a few more colossi and then trying again. Also, Russ, any tips for ripping the score? I especially dig the intro and end credit pieces. Very cool stuff.
I finally climbed up to the secret garden, and theres nothing there as far as I can tell, it looks nice enough, but it sucks that theres nothing else. I soon left the garden and ran all the way across the bridge (it takes like 10 mins), and what did I find at the end? The giant gate you came through in the beginning is still cracked open, but a strong wind won’t let you go through.
This sucks.
Also the garden isn’t actually at the very top of the temple, so there may be a way to climb to the very top, I just don’t know how.
So for now I’m just beating the game for the 6th time, on hard mode again, and having fun throwing the spear at the colossi. I wish I could also use the exploding arrows in this mode.
I’ll probably trade the game in soon, I love the game, but I need the credit and I’ll probably pick it up again some day when it’s 20 bucks, and after I’ve taken a break from it.
Hey just beat the game again for the 6th time. Tried to start a new game while holding the circle button (this is supposed to give you a white horse), but nothing happened.
Any official word on the white horse Russ?
Off topic I started playing Battlefield Modern Combat on Xbox Live today and it was great, some really cool maps, and I got used to the sometimes laggy moments.
Un-fucking-real. This is next-gen, this is videogames as an art form, this is pure goddamned creative genius. This is a very special game, and I hope it is remembered as such.
I still can’t believe how good that ending was.
SPOILERS:
Regarding Agro…
I think he IS killed when he falls into the ravine before the 16th colossus. The spell that revives the girl also revives the horse, and apparently fixing broken legs wasn’t part of the bargain. At least, that was my thought when I watched the ending cutscene.
Anyway, I died enough times in that ravine to believe there’s no way anything could survive that fall.
END SPOILERS
My take was that (SPOILER):
The horse didn’t die at all, but simply survived somehow. Perhaps the ravine is deeper than it looked.
End Spoiler.
I beat this game last night and all I can say is that the last boss is one of the hardest bosses I have ever fought in a video game. It honestly took me 2 hours to “get” to the last boss and beat him.
As for the ending.. pure awesomeness.
My roommate borrowed this game and spent 15-20 minutes looking for the first Colossus. He then turend it off stating it was the dumbest and most boring game ever because he never found the colossus. Question, how hard is it to find the first bugger? He’s the type that gets frustrated with games so I was just wondering how hard it was.
The first Collossus is practically in your lap when you start the game.
There are valid complaints to be leveled at this game, though, especially the way that any small mistake can lead to your being thrown off the boss, finding yourself tediously re-tracing your steps (running, swimming, climbing, timing jumps, etc.), only to be thrown off again as soon as you make your way back.
It’s far from the perfect gaming nirvana some seem to be crediting it with. Don’t get me wrong, I love the hell outta this thing, but by no means is it a perfect 10 out of 10.
Just like no movie is a 10 out of 10, no game is a 10 out of 10.
…well, maybe Mario 3.