Ben-DutkaEveryone wanted HD productions of ICO and Shadow of the Colossus for the PlayStation 3. Well, they're very likely coming…but when and for how much?
Well, we may have part of the question answered. According to Eurogamer , the hotly anticipated – albeit unofficial – Collection featuring both PS2 classics will launch in "March or April next year and cost around £24.99." The Collection has been spotted and mentioned in numerous places, including on Wal-Mart's website over the weekend and in fact, it'll be available to pre-order in UK stores "in the next few days." Wal-Mart had it listed in this country with an April 2011 release and an accompanying price tag of $39.82. So for now, we'll assume the Team ICO Collection will be here in April for $40 but for more details, we should wait to see what Sony says at TGS this week. After the popularity that was the God of War Collection , and the supremely loyal following enjoyed by ICO and Shadow of the Colossus , such a remastering makes perfect sense.
We'll likely get the official unveiling in a few days time but for now, we're plenty excited. Two of the most artistic games in history, going all gorgeous in high-definition… 'drool' Remember, though, this isn't a remake with fully redone visuals; they're not overhauling the graphics like you'd expect from the FFVII remake that's coming.
Related Game(s): ICO, Shadow of the Colossus
I heard something about puzzles, I just need to know if they are puzzle heavy or not. If not I'll get em.
ICO is fairly puzzle-based (but of the more platformy sort), and the SOTC Colossus battles can feel like puzzles sometimes.
If by "puzzles" you mean shooting air sacs until he's low enough to grab a wing, then yeah, there's puzzles.
If by puzzles you mean a whole game dedicated to puzzles (Ico), then yeah, there's puzzles.
If you were to take the amount of puzzles in a Final Fantasy game and double (or maybe triple) it, then you'd have ICO and SotC. They're well done, range in complexity, and engaging enough to the point where you'll have to draw all your resources and knowledge in order to beat the whole thing.
SOTC is an almost entirely cerebral experience. No stylish or flashy combos (save for shooting arrows from behind while riding your horse then standing and jumping off to climb), same weapon and move set at the end as you have in the beginning. And finding every boss (by reflecting sunlight off of your sword and riding in said direction while maneuvering around the terrain), then finding their weakspots, then finding how to scale them to strike them (whichever comes first), is what you will be doing all the time. So while you'll always be solving a puzzle, they're all cleverly and elegantly designed without being too obscure. They all have an "aha"/eureka moment, that reveals itself after a certain degree of persistence and observation. And while this is everything to the gameplay, as Kowhoho said, this isn't everything there is to experience, and for that, you have to check out for yourself. The game is an utter masterpiece.
Last edited by Shams on 9/14/2010 8:28:49 AM
Well I won't believe this until Sony or Team Ico confirm it themselves.
Don't wanna end up real disappointed ya?
Loved them on the PS2 and I'll definitely get them for the PS3.
World you didn't play ICO/SOTC? WTF.
"they're not overhauling the graphics like you'd expect from the FFVII remake that's coming."
Excuse me?
Huge amount of false hope within that sentence.
Never played these games, but I know a few people have told me when these come out again to defently pick them up so day 1 preorder for me as well, I have seen a few trailers for the Last Guardian and man it looks amazing.
Have both games, truly 2 masterpieces here.
Finally people will get to play ICO. In my opinion ICO's better than SOTC, so it's good that some will finally get to play it.
Can't wait to see The Last Guardian at the Tokyo Game Show
IMO ICO has a better story while SOTC has better gameplay but I've always viewed them both as games that make the other even better (for obvious reasons if you've played both).
The ending to SOTC still leaves me numb.
that would be so cool im still yet to try these out.
add in proper HD, not that upscaled crap they did with the GOW collection honestly the games looked better running on my old 60GB ps3!
add in proper HD, move support, 3D, announce a release date for both this and the sly cooper collection and id be a TGS well spent!
nice to see sony are streaming it too, none of that crap they pulled at gamescom!
shame its only on their JP site though so it probably wont be translated.
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I already have SOTC, & I just found a used copy of ICO which I still need, at my local Gamestop.
But since it's one of those "highly sought after, but hard to find" titles, GS wants $39.99 for their used copy.
So unless GS has another B2-G1 free deal real soon(& it's still in the place where I hid it), I'll have to wait till the HD collection comes out in order to get a original ICO copy much cheaper for my collection.
BTW, I'll still be wanting that HD remake too