Shadow of the Colossus: Waaay ahead of it's Time (56k)

Shadow of the colossus was a game way ahead of it's time, even with such a limited hardware

-Giant boss battles that will go on to influence many of the gigantic boss battles you see this gen

-custom motion blur; since ps2 lacked

-custom physics, grab & swing all animated by hand?

-custom HDR; since ps2 lacked

-volumetric smoke?

-vast open world game with zero loading times

-one of the few ps2 title at the time to support widescreen, progressive scan

^ this Game influenced all giant bosses belowand more.....

You deal with scarabs in halo2, which came out before this.

If it has no killstreaks then its not good...

Not as good as Call of Duty.Arach666

I highly doubt that SotC inspired the "big boss battle" theme of those games.

monster-hunt

That thing is a pain in the you know what. I still haven't beat the large one yet.

But I don't see how its ahead of its time, but I do see how it influenced future games.

Not as good as Call of Duty.Arach666

Call of Duty is the most revolutionary title ever.

Period.

I highly doubt that SotC inspired the "big boss battle" theme.

Legendaryscmt

Many shoot-em up/beat-em up had huge boss in the games, so no.

Yeah it was.

I need to see it on the PS3. It will be a lot better.

You deal with scarabs in halo2, which came out before this.

topgunmv

/topic. I guess?

The first game I remember playing with a giant boss, was Twinmold in majoras mask, so no shadow of the colossus did not inspire giant boss battles.

If we want to get techincal, one of the first games with massive bosses was Painkiller.

[QUOTE="topgunmv"]

You deal with scarabs in halo2, which came out before this.

TheEpicGoat

/topic. I guess?

Crysis is the only game that was way ahead of it's time.

It's my favorite game, but it didn't inspire giant bosses. Games have just always had big bosses. Some of the bosses in earlier Legend of Zelda titles were quite huge.

That said, I think all your other points are extremely valid and I don't know why people say the game ran like crap. I never had any trouble playing it.

Crysis is the only game that was way ahead of it's time.

Espada12

putting 1,000 trees on an island to make the game super hard to run. yea Crysis was way ahead of its time

If we want to get techincal, one of the first games with massive bosses was Painkiller.

Wasdie

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

If we want to get techincal, one of the first games with massive bosses was Painkiller.

tagyhag

Before those

Galaxian?

==== grrr remembered it wrong, the boss wasn't large ====

Phoneix it is.

[QUOTE="Arach666"]Not as good as Call of Duty.Vesica_Prime

Call of Duty is the most revolutionary title ever.

Period.

[QUOTE="Vesica_Prime"]

[QUOTE="Arach666"]Not as good as Call of Duty.TheAcountantMan

Call of Duty is the most revolutionary title ever.

Period.

[QUOTE="TheAcountantMan"][QUOTE="Vesica_Prime"]

Call of Duty is the most revolutionary title ever.

Period.

Arach666

I personally think everyone else is infuriated and jealous because their game doesn't have the ability to aim down the sights imo.

The first time I played this game I totally wrote it off has being boring but once I faced the first monster.....HOOKED

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[QUOTE="TheAcountantMan"] Lol i know you guys are being sarcastic, but that was pretty funny..(also true) :lol:Vesica_Prime

I personally think everyone else is infuriated and jealous because their game doesn't have the ability to aim down the sights imo.

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[QUOTE="Arach666"] I have no idea what you mean,me and Vesica are dead serious. We don´t deal in sarcasm.

Arach666

I personally think everyone else is infuriated and jealous because their game doesn't have the ability to aim down the sights imo.

Not to mention the fact that they have to climb all over the colossi to kill it while Call of Duty can just dual-wield Ultra Mega Rapid Firing Death Machine 9000 TM shotguns and point at anything they want dead.

[QUOTE="Arach666"][QUOTE="Vesica_Prime"]

I personally think everyone else is infuriated and jealous because their game doesn't have the ability to aim down the sights imo.

Vesica_Prime

Not to mention the fact that they have to climb all over the colossi to kill it while Call of Duty can just dual-wield Ultra Mega Rapid Firing Death Machine 9000 TM shotguns and point at anything they want dead.

If we want to get techincal, one of the first games with massive bosses was Painkiller.

Wasdie

the game had bad graphics and a bad framerate

if you emulate it tho, it does look quite nice

Never played it.

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[QUOTE="Arach666"] That and no kill streaks. They´re all just jelly haters.Arach666

Not to mention the fact that they have to climb all over the colossi to kill it while Call of Duty can just dual-wield Ultra Mega Rapid Firing Death Machine 9000 TM shotguns and point at anything they want dead.

It's not funny anymore, you can stop now. Actually, by saying it's not funny anymore, I'm implying that it was funny at some point. It wasn't.

[QUOTE="Espada12"]

Crysis is the only game that was way ahead of it's time.

monster-hunt

putting 1,000 trees on an island to make the game super hard to run. yea Crysis was way ahead of its time

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[QUOTE="Espada12"]

Crysis is the only game that was way ahead of it's time.

MrSelf-Destruct

putting 1,000 trees on an island to make the game super hard to run. yea Crysis was way ahead of its time

But you could if you wanted to. Not to mention almost everything was destructable/useable, the great A.I, the amazing physics and most importantly the amazing gameplay!

If we want to get techincal, one of the first games with massive bosses was Painkiller.

Wasdie

[QUOTE="monster-hunt"]

[QUOTE="Espada12"]

Crysis is the only game that was way ahead of it's time.

MrSelf-Destruct

putting 1,000 trees on an island to make the game super hard to run. yea Crysis was way ahead of its time