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[Afrikan]

This game is gonna make me CRY so fucking hard!

how....just how do they do this....

why does it seem that these console games...mainly PS3 games....look so different than PC/360 games.

Is there a PC game that looks similar to the second shot... I'm not talking about OMGz Graphix kings stuff.... I just mean they look so different than other games out there.

is it all Art....or does it also have something to do with how the PS3 is designed.

 

[jonnyp]

Now that's a painting come to life, Jaffe! Sorry, I had to!

GOWIII still looks awesome though

And poor Griffin.

 

[Snowden]

All I've seen is the box art lol :\

tell me it was this version and not the horrid CG US box

 

[Brobzoid]

No I actually saw RadioShack had SoTC black label one time for $30 bucks and I passed on it that one time and every time I was near a radioshack I checked again and cry a little because they no longer have it

I've actually never seen anything about ICO, I've read gaf's love for it but I havent seen screenshots, read any of the story bits, let alone know what the game is about. All I've seen is the box art lol :\

hit up Amazon.com right now and buy SotC for $20 or less. ICO is $30 or something on there I think, but you really should try to get the PAL version if your console can handle imports, if not run a ebay search or something. This is vital to you hype/e-peen/life.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

THIS.

Just downloaded the trailer, and when it got to this point my jaw just about hit the ground. Everything about that shot is just so damned incredible, if you had told me it was a CG special effect from some movie I would have believed you.

Breathtaking.

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

why does it seem that these console games...mainly PS3 games....look so different than PC/360 games.

Is there another game that looks like this? I think it's just the developer, dude.

 

[KTallguy]

It's interesting, because in the old trailer his eyes would flash red more, but in this one they don't. They have a green rim and a black center.

Also the feathers on the new one are larger and slightly more exaggerated.

The scene where he is perched and watching feels very very different because of the lighting and model differences. I prefer the lighting in the older one better, but it still looks nice.
There is a certain difference in the face, the ways the eyes slant gives a much sadder feeling (\ / versus / \ ) , the creature looks much more battered and less "lively". Also there was a white effect in the middle of his eyes before, this is largely gone in the new trailer.

The environment looks much much nicer in the new trailer.

Child's hair doesn't move at all, except the bangs.

I'm kind of torn because both are nice, but I think the creature looks too ... how can I say... sad in this new one.

 

[Tideas]

how....just how do they do this....

why does it seem that these console games...mainly PS3 games....look so different than PC/360 games.

Is there a PC game that looks similar to the second shot... I'm not talking about OMGz Graphix kings stuff.... I just mean they look so different than other games out there.

is it all Art....or does it also have something to do with how the PS3 is designed.

it's all art. Remember, a console is like colors. it's up to the artist to use that color.

 

[Femmeworth]

hit up Amazon.com right now and buy SotC for $20 or less. ICO is $30 or something on there I think, but you really should try to get the PAL version if your console can handle imports, if not run a ebay search or something. This is vital to you hype/e-peen/life.

I curse that boxart. It's thanks to that I never played it back in the day, however that is going to change as soon as I can get my hands on a copy.

 

[oneHeero]

tell me it was this version and not the horrid CG US box

I've seen both here on gaf. The one posted is the best

hit up Amazon.com right now and buy SotC for $20 or less. ICO is $30 or something on there I think, but you really should try to get the PAL version if your console can handle imports, if not run a ebay search or something. This is vital to you hype/e-peen/life.

Will definitely buy both games before this game is out, hopefully soon.

 

[Brobzoid]

I curse that boxart. It's thanks to that I never played it back in the day, however that is going to change as soon as I can get my hands on a copy.

Ain't just the box art though. PAL has goodies coming out the ass compared to the NTSC-US version. :\

 

[deejay8595]

I shed a tear while watching the video.

 

[Akira]

"The Last Guardian" -- Looks like Buckbeak is the last of his/her kind. I will be bawling at the end of this game, I'm sure.

 

[Jinfash]

The tear marks are just an over kill :'(

 

[~Kinggi~]

Game looks amazing as usual.

 

[Skittleguy]

Awww...I want one...

 

[sykoex]

it looks like the monster is basically a giant Yorda. We see the the monster locked up with a chain, then in every other scene we see spears and arrows stuck in it's body. I guess those soldier guys have been holding him captive and hurting him. It's pretty inspirational and sweet that this little kid is the hero the monster needs to help him escape.

 

[jax (old)]

The 2008 video leak kind of killed the impact of this new version. It was so similar but polished of course. So yeah, bit sad that SONY was a leaky house of cards this year.


That said... gotta say, same reaction possibly from everyone. OMFG ugly catdog. My reaction when it was first shown. but now its. ugly catdog lives....

:lol

still its so different and gorgeous that its gotta be...

Spoiler

DAY FUCKING ONE

 

[alr1ght]

cmon scea, give me a nice HD trailer on PSN (which has already updated with tons of vids, but no for TLG). GTHD is a joke.

 

[Femmeworth]

The tear marks are just an over kill :'(

I imagine it sitting in the dark alone and crying and it just breaks my heart. ;_;

 

[Totobeni]

SCE Japan Studio - Team ICO

 

[rexor0717]

Is it right to be angry at the bastards that shot it with arrows? Its looks so sad.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Look how sad he looks :'(

Why does he have to die! let the boy die for a change dammit!!!

Who knows, maybe they'll both die!



....




Oh, now I've gone and made myself sad.

 

[neoism]

Were the fuck is the Jesus HD video of this, SONY is retarded didn't even put up the trailers for the best games they showed :/
LOL nm i can't read!

 

[Jinfash]

Does this shot exist in hi res?

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

THIS.

Just downloaded the trailer, and when it got to this point my jaw just about hit the ground. Everything about that shot is just so damned incredible, if you had told me it was a CG special effect from some movie I would have believed you.

Breathtaking.

Yeah, that sequence looks incredible.

 

[Akala]

Gonna be fantastico.

 

[verio]

Ueda and crew are some of the rarest developers out there. They know how to make you care about what is happening in the game with so little story and dialogue. Never have I felt immersion like I did with Shadow of the Colossus. And The Last Guardian looks just as good...

Team ICO is really another level. So amazing.

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

I bet it'll get killed by a really big cat

 

[Galactic Fork]

Looks wonderful, can't wait! If the griffin didn't die in the game, he'd just end up having his head repeatedly stabbed by some lovesick guy with a magic sword...

If only they'd made a HD SOTC for PSN, then they could have some messed up promotion where the last guardian is a DLC colossus.

 

[rexor0717]

Looks wonderful, can't wait! If the griffin didn't die in the game, he'd just end up having his head repeatedly stabbed by some lovesick guy with a magic sword...

If only they'd made a HD SOTC for PSN, then they could have some messed up promotion where the last guardian is a DLC colossus.

I could never beat that game. It would be painful.

 

[Garcia]

I just shat my pants.

Holy fucking christ. This is beyond words. It's alive. ALIVE !!

 

[Kaako]

cmon scea, give me a nice HD trailer on PSN (which has already updated with tons of vids, but no for TLG). GTHD is a joke.

Seriously. I'll take a Gamersyde 720P version over GTHD as well, but Sony would be fucking retarded not to have an uncompressed HD version on PSN. Everyone needs to see this.
This project gives me hope as a gamer. It's refreshing to know that there are dev houses out there that take a chance and go after their vision w/out worrying about genre or if the game will sell.

:bow: Team ICO Olympics

 

[StuBurns]

:bow: Team ICO Olympics

We need to rename them, it'll be five years.

What happens every five years?

 

[jett]

SWEET JEBUS This looks so good in HD...well, GT's idea of "HD".

The silouette of the animal + the shadows remind me of a colossus. Am I the only one?

Does this shot exist in hi res?

Not yet.

And would you people shut it already with who's gonna die and whatnot? Damnit.

 

[Brobzoid]

We need to rename them, it'll be five years.

What happens every five years?

God is made manifest on a sony playstation entertainment system.

 

[jett]

SCE Japan Studio - Team ICO

Sony really needs to give Ueda's team their own label. They're too good to be lumped with the rest of "JapanSTUDIO".

 

[Ether_Snake]

how....just how do they do this....

why does it seem that these console games...mainly PS3 games....look so different than PC/360 games.

Is there a PC game that looks similar to the second shot... I'm not talking about OMGz Graphix kings stuff.... I just mean they look so different than other games out there.

is it all Art....or does it also have something to do with how the PS3 is designed.

art

EDIT: BTW, IMAGINE WHAT THEY WILL DO ON PS4!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[rollingstart]

The creature's eyes alone are the most emotional things in video games.

 

[Speevy]

Why can't any developers create games that are anywhere near this level of quality or at least of similar themes and environments?

I don't understand how a relatively small Sony team keeps embarrassing every other developer out there with better art, more focused tech., and all around more cinematic, epic gameplay packages.

It's like you'd think someone would take a few hints like Ubsoft did in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, but I've never been playing a game and thought "That reminds me of Shadow of the Colossus."

It's not only that Fumito Ueda and his team are this talented. It's that no other developer seems to believe this is in any way a fundamentally interesting and worthwhile way to create games. Few enemies, gorgeous and well-designed environments, open worlds, and epic, poetic, meaningful adventures. There are so many practical applications for what Team ICO does, yet executing hundreds of foes with the cleverest open world scenarios is what gets made, and what sells.

 

[Stillmatic]

Team ICO really have some of the best animators in the industry. They must put a lot of time and effort into the study of animals and how they move, even the subtlest of movements.

This .gif i just threw together so it might be a bit choppy, but notice the hesitation when the boy lifts up the barrel? The creature flinches as he's doing it like a real animal would.

Great stuff!

Some other examples already posted:

 

[StuBurns]

Why can't any developers create games that are anywhere near this level of quality or at least of similar themes and environments?

I think it's just the freedom they have compared to other developers. They're internal, and were specifically started to inject a strong artistic influence on the games industry.

Sony basically said, do whatever you want, take as long as you need, make it cool, don't worry about sales.

They are in a unique position I would imagine.

 

[Spotless Mind]

I'm gobsmacked by this game. Nothing comes close to the beauty on display here. Stunning.

 

[Ether_Snake]

Why can't any developers create games that are anywhere near this level of quality or at least of similar themes and environments?

I don't understand how a relatively small Sony team keeps embarrassing every other developer out there with better art, more focused tech., and all around more cinematic, epic gameplay packages.

It's like you'd think someone would take a few hints like Ubsoft did in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, but I've never been playing a game and thought "That reminds me of Shadow of the Colossus."

It's not only that Fumito Ueda and his team are this talented. It's that no other developer seems to believe this is in any way a fundamentally interesting and worthwhile way to create games. Few enemies, gorgeous and well-designed environments, open worlds, and epic, poetic, meaningful adventures. There are so many practical applications for what Team ICO does, yet executing hundreds of foes with the cleverest open world scenarios is what gets made, and what sells.

Because higher ups don't want to make these games, and they want the games done very quickly. Basically, they want us devs to rush the games out to sell a lot of copies.

That's why.

 

[Brobzoid]

People are OK with the general shit that's being made, so that's what marketing and focus testing gives us.

 

[vpance]

It looks perfect! I had a bit of doubt after seeing the leaked trailer but this just blows everything else out of the water.

 

[AFreak]

It truly is. It inspires awe.

Gracious god.

There is no God, Only Ueda.

 

[jett]

Why can't any developers create games that are anywhere near this level of quality or at least of similar themes and environments?

I don't understand how a relatively small Sony team keeps embarrassing every other developer out there with better art, more focused tech., and all around more cinematic, epic gameplay packages.

It's like you'd think someone would take a few hints like Ubsoft did in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, but I've never been playing a game and thought "That reminds me of Shadow of the Colossus."

It's not only that Fumito Ueda and his team are this talented. It's that no other developer seems to believe this is in any way a fundamentally interesting and worthwhile way to create games. Few enemies, gorgeous and well-designed environments, open worlds, and epic, poetic, meaningful adventures. There are so many practical applications for what Team ICO does, yet executing hundreds of foes with the cleverest open world scenarios is what gets made, and what sells.

The simple truth is that you can't copycat what Ueda is doing. The other simple fact is that nearly all publishers don't give a flying fuck about artistic beauty with no "hook" or "gimmick" to sell. That Sony is developing games like this and Flower is a minor miracle.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Why can't any developers create games that are anywhere near this level of quality or at least of similar themes and environments?

Sony pretty much gives Ueda money and lets him to go off and make whatever he wants. He has full control over his projects. Few developers have that type of luxury. Just look at Kojima, he openly admits that he feels pressured to make more Metal Gear games.

 

[Duderz]

Those aren't necessarily tear marks - I've seen animals, especially dogs, with dark marks like that along their eyes, but they aren't crying.