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| krelyan:
--- Quote from: dreama1 on October 06, 2014, 12:08:48 pm ---What's the big deal with Shadow of the Colossus? Not really seeing the appeal you just climb gaint stone monsters right? and click flashing buttons until it dies or something. --- End quote --- It's not a flawless game and I don't think any of the games I consider the best of the best are such. Yes, that is more or less what you do, but SotC has some amazing strengths. The overall design of the game, from the characters to the Colossi, is fantastic. The fluidity in the character animation is still one of the best I've ever seen with the way your character sways and stumbles. The minimalist plot is also huge boon as I find nearly all video game writing mediocre at best. By only filling you in with the basics and letting you piece the story together in your head it ends up being a much more satisfying experience. The downside is that the gameplay is a quite a bit on the easy side and it isn't like something like Dark Souls or Devil May Cry or other character action games where boss battles are tests of reflexes and skills but are instead (fairly simple) puzzles. Once you figure out the puzzle (how to climb to the Colossus's weak point) the battle is pretty much over. But all the positives far outweigh the negatives. It's one of those games that's an "experience" which sounds like some pretentious cop-out but it truly is one of the most cinematic games I've played (also has a stellar soundtrack) and it deserves to be mentioned for it. It's still a satisfying game but yet a totally different experience than, for example, beating some really tough final boss or getting a perfect score. |
| dreama1:
--- Quote from: krelyan on October 06, 2014, 12:39:47 pm --- --- Quote from: dreama1 on October 06, 2014, 12:08:48 pm ---What's the big deal with Shadow of the Colossus? Not really seeing the appeal you just climb gaint stone monsters right? and click flashing buttons until it dies or something. --- End quote --- It's not a flawless game and I don't think any of the games I consider the best of the best are such. Yes, that is more or less what you do, but SotC has some amazing strengths. The overall design of the game, from the characters to the Colossi, is fantastic. The fluidity in the character animation is still one of the best I've ever seen with the way your character sways and stumbles. The minimalist plot is also huge boon as I find nearly all video game writing mediocre at best. By only filling you in with the basics and letting you piece the story together in your head it ends up being a much more satisfying experience. The downside is that the gameplay is a quite a bit on the easy side and it isn't like something like Dark Souls or Devil May Cry or other character action games where boss battles are tests of reflexes and skills but are instead (fairly simple) puzzles. Once you figure out the puzzle (how to climb to the Colossus's weak point) the battle is pretty much over. But all the positives far outweigh the negatives. It's one of those games that's an "experience" which sounds like some pretentious cop-out but it truly is one of the most cinematic games I've played (also has a stellar soundtrack) and it deserves to be mentioned for it. It's satisfying from a totally different experience than, for example, beating some really tough final boss or getting a perfect score. --- End quote --- Well what about ico? |
| krelyan:
--- Quote from: dreama1 on October 06, 2014, 12:43:22 pm ---Well what about ico? --- End quote --- I think a lot of that applies to Ico as well. Ico has better puzzles, but SotC trumps it in story, music and has better gameplay mechanics IMO. |
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