Why People Love Shadow of the Colossus so Much [Spoilers]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มี.ค. 2019
- !!!Spoiler warning!!! Game's got an ending that I'll be spoiling here!!
I still can't get over how good the music from this game is.
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The funny thing about Dormin is that it's not really being deceitful. It warns you that what you're about to do is against the law. It warns you that there will be a heavy price to pay. It keeps his word and restores Wander's love to life. And it doesn't even attack the priest and his forces until they attack it...or at all if you don't do anything. Is Dormin the villain? Is Wander? Are the other humans? Is anyone really good or bad in this story? That's one thing I love about this game. You can make a case for just about any angle you view it from, and it never really says one way or the other is right. It's up to you to take from it what you want to. Maybe everybody's the bad guy here except for the Colossi and your resurrected love.
Morally objective storytelling is a strength of the medium that almost no games take advantage of.
@@jmlkhan5153 Objective or subjective?
2:20 You can't go through a Super Bunnyhop Vid without an MGS scene now can ya?
Nor should you ever want to
We must never forget Konami's sins.
#FucKonami
he has to do something with all that footage on his hard drive
It's that or the noodles, pretty much.
I'm picturing an alternate reality where this video ends the exact same way with George's speech about art and the slideshow of different pieces of art, and the clip with the noodle machine is in there too
Y'know, I normally can't stand the "oh-ho, you're playing our game, are you? Well YOU'RE the baddy because you're doing these things, player! >:3" but I can respect it in Shadow of the Colossus. It feels less like an attempt at being deep and meaningful in a video game and more like the developers just... wanted to make a playable tragedy. It feels dignified, and unforced. It simply is.
the reason it works in SOTC is because the protagonist and dormin are very upfront about it since the beginning, "i know and i don't care about the price" there wasn't a plot twist about you being evil, is just a bargain betwen you and dormin.
8:10 - "Reach their glowy weak points for massive damage" E3 2006 PS3 press conference. Never forget.
GIANT ENEMY CRAB
Based on Japanese history.
FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE US DOLLARS
FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE US DOLLARS
FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE US DOLLARS
It's Ridge Racer... RRRIIIIDDDGGE RACCEEERRRR
We're not interested in gimmicks
The golden PS2 era, so many unique and great games
"Reverency"
"Defiancy"
Lot of Georgisms in this video
All words are made up LOL
Easy Steve. Nothing to prove here.
How on Earth does he go from saying 'reverency' to 'reverence' and back to 'reverency', all in the same sentence?
Where's the Japanese noodle display clip, George?!?
Imagine...
"That" - showing picture of a big cathedral
"Is" - showing picture of ancient cave-painting
"Art" - showing picture of animated ramen...video fade out
@@RaccoonGrrrl What a missed opportunity!
It's easy to understate how important the soundtrack is as a factor in how much people love this game, I think. I suppose I can only speak for myself but everything about the music is brilliant. The music is appropriately curious and soft when you're figuring out how to get onto the colossus, then foreboding and powerful when you're climbing atop, then triumphant and grand with 'The Opened Way' when you've unveiled its weak spot and finally, when the colossus is defeated, it's sombre and melancholic, establishing the guilt you feel in taking this innocent creature's life. Simple but executed brilliantly by Kow Otani and his orchestra.
I actually mellowed slightly on the game in my last play through, which was the remastered edition but still a mighty impressive and memorable gaming experience.
This and the soundtrack of Last Guardian are my favorite soundtracks of all time. SOTC music gives me chills
The channel "Writing on Games" has a great video on how much SotC's soundtrack adds to the experience. I highly recommend checking it out if you haven't already.
George I gotta say, the closing thesis of this video is some of the best video editing you have ever done. The last shot combined with the perfectly fitting game soundtrack gave me goosebumps
Agreed!
I couldn't agree more, it gave me the chills! I especially appreciate the choice of the last picture with one of the earliest forms (and manifestations) of art.
Yup. That direction is awesome George. The whole video I loved tho
"Art is the blueprint of progress".
That one sentence really just got engraved in my mind. Thank you so much, George.
You know, when you were letting the music speak for itself during the montage, I remembered how on my second playthrough I was able to correctly guess the score's composer: Koh Otani, because of the shrill horns that are used. Those same horns are used in his score for the Gamera movies from the 1990s. And I began to think of Gamera, a kaiju movie monster, you began to talk about the Kami and as I began to think of Kaiju movies as a whole you started showing clips of the original Godzilla.
The idea of these giant monsters being these manifestations of nature is not a new one for me, but bringing up the Kami in the same context reveals words that I didn't have before and has my mind racing. Especially now how American Kaiju movies are finally starting to grasp and reflect this concept, ala Godzilla (2014) and Kong: Skull Island, and how this might be connected to our own looming environmental crisis.
Agro falling from the collapsing bridge still gives me heavy feels to this day. Your only living companion in this vast and lonely world of epic creatures, throwing you from his saddle to safety, and then plunging into the river below, leaving the player shifting from being lonely, to being finally and fully alone, on the doorstep of the last living colossi in this world. And you're there to kill it. Such an incredible setup for the final battle.
Pleeeease make this a series. I'd love to see your kind of quality commentary and insight for other classic games.
Agreed- people need to understand why certain games captured the world's imagination. GTA3, Goldeneye, SimCity etc
Would also like to see one on Half Life 2
This
As someone who named his dog Agro, I knew most of this already but it was still a treat getting to hear one of my favorite game critics discuss one of my all-time favorite games.
Reycevik and a Bunny hop video all on the same day? I'm at peace
I like Bunnyhop more because I don't die of old age half way through the video
And Mandalore cameo
And raycevik had George making a cameo 😍
I see you're a man of culture as well
Exactly what I thought :D
This video is art!
What an amazing short film/documentary you have made. The vocabulary you use to explain things really adds to your work.
I really enjoyed this and I think many others will too.
Two Super Bunnyhop videos within a month? What?!
George used to upload much more regularly before he was making 5k a month on Patreon.
i dunno. George always puts out the stuff that isn't just slapped together over a weekend on a whim.
I have yet to find anyone else who does gaming journalism like George Weidman does.
Like almost every youtuber his content tanked the moment he got the Patreon money. Which doesn´t make sense because in theory fans are supporting him so he can create content full time.
I love George but him and many others are conning gamers for money the same way season passes do.
Well, even though the upload frequency has fallen over the last couple of years, it never bothered me. I can't criticize the whole Patreon practice as I personally never backed content creators on Patreon.
But, as Steven Van and Hentai Commander have pointed out, the content put out by George is still very thoughtful, fun and high quality. It certainly is still one of my favourite youtubers and I think it's well worth the wait.
I was just surprised and thankful for having two Super Bunnyhop videos two weeks apart lol
I think he totally deserves the Patreon money but I still do wish he tried to keep his previous schedule for the videos :/
Excellent video. Outlines what makes the game so special very well. Elegant simplicity. Intentional design. Glad I tuned in.
I've been going back and listening to a lot of your video essays as of late and I have to say the scripting is just incredible. Great stuff, dude, keep it up!
I gotta say that I really fucking appreciate how much you make this worth actually looking at. The way you visually demonstrated your examples was excellent, and I bet you did a lot of research or sourcing to put it together. Your efforts do not go unnoticed.
I usually don't comment on videos but I loved your work on this subject.
You always provide an interesting point of view when analysing games and you deserve all the praise you are receiving! I'm looking forward to your next video already.
"art is work that makes life more meaningful than the struggle for survival and procreation" I love it
A video about one of my favourite games, by one of my favourite TH-camrs! Excellent!
The closing statement was beautiful..thanks for your content
I gotta to you George this is one of your best video. When you published this around the same time i had sonething happen to i can't explain but it made me the man i am today so thank you so much for doing this video i won't forget it any time soon.
With running towards the camera I loved how the crash games had crash look behind him when ever a pit was coming up an animation not seen any other time.
12:16 - a truly definitive statement of art and I feel this absolutely.
Really good video. Did a playthrough series on this myself, you summed up in 13 minutes what it took me a series to say, and I didn’t say it as well. But that’s the beauty of the game, I truly don’t feel like their has been enough praise and critical looks at it, thanks for adding your two cents George, so glad to hear it.
Yo what the hell I was just watching Mathewmatosis' retrospective for the millionth time. A welcome surprise.
Do you watch Raycevick too? Or Whitelight?
Oh yeah, Mathewmatosis is okay. Very okay.
Capt. Burdock which one?
Is that the clown that dogged GOW 2018?
@@CatterCattington Were any of them from the AAA industry? Actually kind of half-sarcastic, I get the impression that he genuinely hates any game that came from a big publisher. I'm not an avid watcher though, so I wouldn't know.
Great video George. Love the Shinto kick you've been in lately.
Christ, this is a good video. One of my all time favorites. Definitely will watch this many times over.
This really is one of your best videos. Great job George!
One of my all time favorite games. Fumito Ueda's games have a unique feel that just captivates me. I enjoyed your take on this.
Thanks for making a very well-written video for my favourite vidya game. When i first played SotC, it really had a large impact on me. It made me seriously appreciate the value of games as an art form and a benefit to our culture.
Phenomenally edited, and a joy to watch!
Yet another great video. Guess I'll go on another binge of most of your videos again...
you've come a long way since your critical close ups of my favorite series =)
Your talk about art at the end was beautiful
As always, extraordinary work. Thank you
Oh hey that Godzilla cameo. Fun fact, Kow Otani, the composer of SotC also composed the soundtracks for the Gamera Heisei trilogy, and GMK. Needless to say, those soundtracks are absolutely brilliant as well.
Love your definition of art George, keep up the excellent work sir.
What a surprise video. I'm glad to have learned what this game meant at the time of it's released in the US. Framing the relevance of the game with that period of time is what I wanted out of someone like you covering it.
One of your best vids yet George. Well done.
Amazing video George, i just played the song Prayer on the piano, it's one of my favourites OSTs.
Every time i watch analysis of SOTC it gives me goosebumps, this was no exception.
I've only played on the emulator, but it blew my mind, and still does, maybe some day i'll buy a PS4
Thank you for this. I will never tire of gazing with others at this beautiful game. I feel its the first time I felt games could really be art.
Amazing video, as always !!!
Awesome video, its true that Shadow of the Colossus is one of the few games that can appeal to my imagination like this. Recently with the whole Nier Automata church thing I remembered when I was obsessed with finding that 17th colossi
This is probabaly one of your best videos yet. The inclusion of the Adam Sandler movie was spot on. I never watched it myself, but the games inclusion in the movie makes perfect sense.
George's videos and writing continue to get better and better. Impressive and inspiring.
The music, my friend, have all the power to make us hooked in this game! xD
This video is amazing. Thank you for this.
I'm really stoked to see another video from you so soon. You'll probably never see this, but I want you to know that I love hearing what you have to say George and the drought of videos lately has really made me think you were just "over" youtube.
I can't blame you, TH-cam is bending over backwards to appease the advertisers and literally nobody else, but I love you George. I hope you have the time and freedom/money to keep uploading regularly.
Its amazing to see these videos. Its like I was watching trash for weeks until you came and increased the quality of what I watch
Absolutely your best video yet!
See, this is the kind of content I subscribe for. Superbly done, George.
Always love your take on games. Thanks!
George published my spanish translation and I'm proud as hell. I really love your videos man! Would keep doing this forever if I got the time. Maybe I will...
I think this is one of your best videos, even if it's not true, I really really like it. I thought everyone should see it, but then I remembered most of my friends didn't understand english that well. That was a long but really well spent afternoon should I say, but it was so worth it. Keep the good work George!
The cameo in Reign Over Me actually was such an amazing idea. It's great how well it paralleled with Sandler's character.
Dude, Bunnyhop. Make more video please, you're so amazing at this.
The first time I saw a trailer for "Reign Over Me" I almost lost it when a quick 1 second clip of "Shadow Of The Colossus" was shown. I knew instantly what it was & I couldn't wait to see the movie. As it turns out colossus 1, 5, 13, 15, all make an appearance in the movie as does the World Map. Even some of Kow Otani's music for the game can be heard in one instance. S.O.T.C. has stood the test of time & will continue to do so. Now if only SONY will give us a director's cut with an expanded map, the missing 8 colossi, & access to the very top of the main temple.
Great editing!
Thanks for this video! Currently I am trying to justify my love for video games to certain members of my family (yet again) and it's such a relief to know even if they want to burn them to the ground, they will be preserved... somewhere! Very grateful! 👍
I could listen to you talk about this subject for hours. Well done. Too short.
I'm so happy someone talking about Shadow of the Colossus focused on its cameo appearance in Reign Over Me. I vividly remember learning about this game from watching that movie. I honestly didn't think it was real, it seemed so different than anything I'd ever seen from a game before. I just knew that I knew I had to play it at some point. It took me about a decade to finally stop procrastinating and get around to playing the game a few years ago. But it was completely worth the wait and immediately become one of my personal all-time favorites.
7:00 It's Dormin teamico.fandom.com/wiki/Dormin - but awesome video! I never knew about the movie Reign Over Me and your transitions and sections were a delight to watch. I adore Shadow of the Colossus - so much so that I bought the PS4 game without having a PS4 - then had the blessing that a coworker would lend me the console for a week to watch series and play the game. I want to play it again, over and over, unlock everything I can. It's truly beautiful, a spectacle, an experience, that has had a great impact on my life. When I heard of the remake I was ecstatic especially when it was confirmed the game would be nearly the same as it was (played the original PS2 version). The overhauled graphics were gorgeous. The scenes that were already amazing were made even more spectacular - water on shores, lush forests, endless dunes, textured shrines - all wonderful to behold. I even explored one side of the coast in the game and the spray, the audio everything culminated in a real immersive feeling... Ah I want to go back!
A video from my favorite youtuber in my favorite genre of youtube videos on my favorite videogame? Please and thank you
Damn, I might be biased because I love this game so much but this is easily one of your best essays. Great work man!
I also cannot get over how good the soundtrack is.
I love it, it makes me feel so many feelings, it's great. I love this game.
You mentioning how it's kind of an "original sin" is an interesting angle to come at this game, by the way.
That ending bit was fantastically good. The soundtrack there almost made me tear up.
Great work as per George! Keep it up!
Didn't see the spiel on art coming at the end of the video which is why I really appreciate your contribution and intelligence in the video game review community. Great job.
The song that plays during the avión fight lifted my spirits like nothing else. And the song that plays during the final colossus fight filled me with utter dread. This game was so good at playing with my emotions during its story.
That final statement gave me goosebumps. Bravo!!👏👏👏
This is an amazing work George.
What a dope video! I lobe content like this. Please keep it up
I was hoping you would talk about Ebert and his thoughts on the game, I think the ending was your response.
Awesome as always...
Yet another incredible video dude
Excellent work!
"Reluctance to polute"
[Cries in whale]
Great video as usual!
Also, jeez that remake looks so dark and hard to read.
Also also, speaking of SotC's influence. I feel like the first Assassins Creed was inspired by it as well. Same way Ubi looked to Ico for their Prince of Persia games. SotC happened and Ubi decides to do a game where you explore a huge world, and the whole game is preparation and build-up for nine big boss fights.
Excellent video again
You always deliver, but this was my favorite vid since the Nier Automata one!
I clicked on this faster than Telltale going Bankrupt
I did too
Savage
ouch
Yes
No mercy
This might be my favorite video you've ever done.
Couldn't have timed this better. I just finished Shadow of the Colossus for the first time last week and was pretty disappointed with the small number of videos discussing its deeper meaning and relevance. This video was great!
Say what you want about Reign Over Me - but it’s incorporation of the themes of a game into the themes of a film was pretty great for its time
It is a good movie.
@@Nimbereth Except it really isn't, it's a shitty movie that uses 9/11 as a basis for Mike Binder to complain about women having expectations from their spouses, (like where Sandler's character finally opens up enough to talk about his family and the first line talking specifically about his deceased wife is about how she "never nagged like some wives do" and Cheedle's character's whole reason to be buddies with Sandler's character was to get away from his "nagging" wife) while Adam Sandler just plays another one of his manchild characters, but under the veneer of a "serious" movie with the guy, the fact it's regarded as the "best" Adam Sandler film just says a lot more about how terrible he is as an actor than how good this movie is, honestly
@@RenegadeSparks, your hatred of Adam Sandler sort of taints your view of the movie. It was a good film about a grieving man, not the misogynistic, 9/11 cash-in you describe.
@@RoastedLocust respectfully, even removing Adam Sandler from the movie and replacing him with a good actor doesn't remove those lines I quoted, it just so happens Sandler is there and can't tell if he's supposed to be a dumb rainman (aka: one of two version of autism people who like Adam Sandler movies may recognize, the other being Sheldon) or just stay 100% in his manchild mode, and decided to stick with the latter after the first scene he was in. It still very much remains a "misogynistic 9/11 cash-in" in your words.
@@RenegadeSparks, it must be nice to be so enlightened that you don't realize that men and women both make critical statements about their spouses.
It's also a bit hypocritical to call out misogyny in Rein Over Me if you're a fan of Sheldon Cooper or The Big Bang Theory. The Big Bang Theory is far more sexist in the way the four guys view and treat women than anything Adam Sandler has worked on. They get away with it only because they're viewed as harmless nerds though.
This is a masterpiece. Thank you!
I love Shadow of the Colossus because it makes me feel emotions only that game can draw out of me. The music is not only one of, if not the best ost I've ever heard, but they way it is used, is so brilliant that it gives me goosebumps to this day just to think about it. It forced me to overcome my fear of water deep black water to progress in the game. It also made me think about stories in games, being a kid, it was not something I cared much about at the time. Right now, shadow of the colossus is my favourite game, it hasn't always been, and it might not always be, but it will always draw tears out of me and inspire me like few other things have done. I hope that it's legacy will be even greater in the future.
You start with a sword a bow and a friend, you end with a sword, a bow and a friend.
That alone is compelling because there are no artificial barriers preventing exploration or progression.
The rest was pure art, theme and gameplay
that was a lovely video...thank you
Another BANGER of a video from SBH
Great video!
You ENJOY all the MGS references! That's why!
This video is art. Thanks!!
I love the atmosphere, the music, the simplicity and the sheer epic scale
I love Shadow of the Colossus because it is a perfect combination of what makes up a game. Atmosphere, soundtrack, narrative, gameplay, visual art, uniqueness and nostalgia. I played it when I was a very small kid, so I was able to endorse myself emotionally into the Forbidden Lands in a way an adult couldn't.
Awesome video
How does this video get so many views within just a few hours?!?!?!? Great vid, by the way.
Of course George can't spell Colossus - after all he can't spell dilemma either ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @2:28
hahaahahhahhahaahahaha
damn oof
Don't forget rations
Great video as always, George. It's kind of funny that we just covered Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Ass'n in my Constitutional Law class and then I see you mention it in the intro to this video.
I played Shadow of the Colossus for the first time a few years ago and was absolutely blown away by it. It was a game I'd always wanted to play, but I never had a PS2 growing up. Few games are as successful at marrying thematic elements with gameplay. Btw, is there a reason you chose to use the PS4 version's footage instead of the original? I'm guessing you just had that file on hand but I'm curious if you have any thoughts on how it compares to the other versions.
The moment that roar happened at 6:36 was the moment this video got my full attention.