Shadow of the Colossus - All Colossus/Colossi Comparison - Classic HD vs Remake

that gloomy purple sky just hits different

The classic really shows their shadowy look, with mysterious glows to them. The remastered look gives incredible intricate, meticulous work and detail. It’s very hard to see one better than the other, with so much art and awe in both versions.

That purple sky is so fucking awesome, i cant believe they got rid of it for these boring grey clouds

"You're Just as Beautiful as the day i met ya"

They're both awesome! But there's definitely differences between the remaster vs the remake. The remaster has the same original things from the original PS2 version, the only difference is the fact that it's remastered in HD and a higher framerate. The remake is different from the remaster in terms of sound effects, architecture, symbolism, music ques, Dormin's voice (which pisses me off in the remake), Agro's sound effects and vocal noises, the weapons sound effects, Wander's/Wanda's sound effects (when running/walking), the HUD, the sound effects used when you equip a weapon, the arrows being fired sound effects, the sword swinging sound effects, the dark energy that comes out of the colossus after its been slain is also very different.. The way it looks and sounds... also, the stabbing of the ground and stabbing of a colossi sound effects, the parachute sound effects, the Time Attack Mode time limit, the sound that the lizards make, etc. I personally miss the classic sounds of the old game as well as the symbolism embedded into all the architecture around you, in the remake they took a lot of the cool details of the symbolism away from the architecture so it looks way more plain... I don't like Dormin's voice in the remake either... :/

Quality of aging at its finest

To be honest a lot of the older version look more mysterious and intriguing. Anytime I see Phalanx killed it always gets me 😭

06:45 You didn’t show Dirge’s eyes. :( I wanted to see if they looked different.

Bro imagine a movie basses on this,it would look pretty cool I think

El trabajo en las animaciones es demasiado bueno en PS2, hasta el punto de que en PS4 estas se siguen viendo tremendamente naturales. El animador de los colosos siento que no obtiene el credito que se merece.

In conclusion, the difference is in the quality of the image and the sharpness of the colors.

Buen video realmente fueron buenos graficos en su momento Shadow of the colossus para la PS2 aun me sorprendo, envejecio bien este gran juego

I wonder what exactly the developers changed at the colossi. Because mostly they look the same, but the small details are often different, specially the rock parts on them. Maybe they took all the old base models and changed only a few parts? It's obvious at Nr 12 though, where the horns had been completely changed. Also, the animations seem to have been completely recycled - nothing against that! Recycling is important, if you remake a game, because it saves time. But some should have been remaked too. Specially the animations of Agro and Wander, who don't run like normal living beings, but rather like aliens.

I love the details of the remake but they should’ve kept the ambience that the original had

Nostalgia is reeeaally playin with a lot of people’s feelings about the remakes of these games

The "remake" is Beautiful

shadow of the colossus remastered graphics

2:53 Wow! This game has been my favorite game since it came out on the PlayStation 2, and it is only now that I am realizing how uncreative and generic the name is for the bird colossus. Hahah. 😂 All of the other colossus names are really cool (I even named my Dark Souls 2 character “Phaedra” after the horse in SotC), but for the bird, the best the devs could come up with was “Avion?” That is just one letter off from “avian,” which is the biological descriptive term for birds. Lmfao. I know this because I have a pet parrot, and I have to take him to an avian vet. Too funny

malus wander respawn is float

2:28 why is this shot better in the original? Look at the fur and the lighting.