Jamin Smith writes: Fumito Ueda and Team Ico are masters of pulling the player into the worlds they've created. The tactics employed in doing this are simple: get rid of every non-diegetic device that reminds you that you're playing a game at all. There are subtitles for the rare snippets of conversation, but everything else you'd normally expect from has been banished. There's no health bar, no resource meters, no score - no HUD at all, in fact - no collectibles that disappear when you run over them, and no loading screens. It's just you and the world behind the screen.
YouTube’s ‘reznoire’ has shared three new videos, showing three PS3 exclusive games running on the best Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3. These three games are The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection, Heavenly Sword and Journey.
Technically Shadow of the Colossus is a PS2 remaster on PS3 but it is interesting seeing the progress made with emulation.
Endlessbacklog.com podcast on Shadow of the Colossus, Tokyo Mirage Sessions, and Uncharted 4.
Favourite video game boss fights for me are in The Shadow of the Colossus, very few other games have such good boss fight design.
Replies(1)I'd probably go with Terra's Armor from KH2 FM. The very assence of overpowered superboss, even Sephiroth can't put a finger on him... or rather it.
I thought the Storm King fight in Demon's Souls using the Storm Ruler Sword was effing awesome.
