Shadow of the Colossus 2005-2018 (PS2 vs PS3 vs PS4) Comparison 

They did change it. It sounds a bit different from the original.

@@brandoncooney9047 i think they just changed the sounds like Agro's steps,sword,shooting arrows etc but the soundtrack they don't changed It,its the same but with better quality

@@YaangZ_ there is a slight change if you where to compare the open way with the ps2 version to the ps4 version there a extra instrument you don't hear in the ps2,3 version of the song

*[Y]ang_ they did slightly changed the ost Its more subdued and not to mention it has a menacing vibe to it

Actually they did The soundtrack is very quiet in the remake, i had to lower the sound of everything else to even hear it properly

576i not 420p

The native resolution of the ps2 is 480p/i

480p 25fps was great for those days and now i unable to enjoy at 45 fps on my cyberpunk i miss those day agree bro

@@mohdmajidansari5637 It would dip quite below 25 at times though, that was its main flaw.

512x448 is the actual resolution on the ps2 version

It's way more detailed and busy

It's way more detailed and busy

It’s way more detailed and busy

Its way more detailed and busy

Its way more detailed and busy

Haha exactly!! Only after seeing the comparison you realize how it really was.. 🤣

it is tha TROOF!

@@dgkohn for the time it looked good But let's just say the ps4 version is the definitive version to play the game now

Sai q a zona é br

True bro 100000%

ilovelctr it's called the bloom effect

@@pOpCoRn0531 Didn't know that

20 fps seems more intriguing too

@@Lansolot bro is so mad for no reason. chill out homie

@@Lansolot boy the remake doesn't look like the original did, it has a realistic art style that doesn't match the original vision. this guy thinks it looks more like an impressionist painting, which i strongly agree. it's like taking a chinese painting full of empty space and filling it in, the remake adds what wasn't there - realism. the game is about fighting the flesh and blood incarnations of big idols, messing with the visual tone will lead to a very different experience. the remake has natural lighting, while the original was overexposed and harsh. that was the point. but ain't nobody saying which version is superior, just what is and isn't.

@@Lansolot his name was Robert Paulson.

@@Lansolot no wonder such salty replies come from a guy with a Fight Club pfp

Ps3 ver it's a remazter ps4 edition it's a remake

yeah i don't understand what the point of that was

I 100% agree. It seems to be a trend in remasters and remakes. Make it more realistic, more detailed, but less artistic? I don't get it. We want to see more of what the game has to offer, but that doesn't mean we want to lose the feeling we had before. The draw distance has been improved, but the lack of bloom effect makes the visual look simplistic. The sense of scale is better in the ps2 too somehow.

Same. It's why I wanted to check out comparison videos to see how much of an improvement there was because in my mind it always looked great. Seeing them side by side is a nice reminder of how far things have come. Just goes to show how incredible this game was for it's time. The style, the atmosphere, the music, the boss battles. Everything was incredible. The only thing it needed was a paint job and now we have it. It's nice to know the developers get to see their creation updated and looking just like how they much have imagined it.

Thanks!

See, I've seen people mention that in regards to the PS3 version: that the higher framerate causes an increase in the shaking of the Colossi, but I never experienced this. I recently played through all three versions of the game to see if I could notice any significant increase in the amount of flailing, and while it did occur slightly more often in the PS3 version, it was never enough of an issue, at least no more than it is in any other version. It occurs in the others as well, and there can be scenarios where Wander is thrown around continuously, trapping the player in a loop, but I believe this is due to complex collision meshes being weird, and it crops up on occasion regardless of version. Still, while it can be momentarily annoying, I never found it to be all that prevalent or detrimental to the game.

I find it extremely detrimental in the 15th colossus. He's broken in the PS3 version. Overall the game is still very playable but the 15th colossus shakes endlessly in the PS3 version and it's near impossible to get even a small stab off on him. I dread that battle every time I play the PS3 version. The 3rd colossus's stomach is also a pretty buggy area in the PS3 version for shaking and flailing. Most of the game is still fine, but I've played every version extensively and the PS3 is where I notice the most unnecessary shaking. The PS4 version doesn't have this at all.

Actually, that's a good point. While I didn't actually have that many issues with the 15th colossus during my recent playthrough of the PS3 version, I do remember loathing it in the past for being incredibly wily. I do respect the PS4 version for fixing that, but ultimately I think, in spite of it's occasional issues, that the PS3 version is probably the closest to the definitive version.

Precisely! You nailed it. The different hue, lighting, and gloom effects make the world seem less 'ungodly' and desolate.

Jake trick is too shoot his shoulder with an arrow and when he goes to grab it, gives you a slight chance to get on top of his head and stab him before he starts to flail his head.

Which is the best version in your opinion?

@@ag47447 I mean, the classic will always hold a special place in my heart, but seeing the PS4 remake breathe new life into an already amazing game really struck a chord for me so I think I'd have to say the remake.

@@JollyRancherBoy384 absolutely true I have the ps2 version but ps4 version still fascinates me

I mostly agree with you, although I think the ps3 version is the definitive version. It keeps the spiritual and ethereal look, but makes the visuals HD.

@Revenant Exactly the same thing I feel

exactly

Butchered the artstyle of the original. I don't know what it is about it but Last Guardian truly looks like what a team ico game should look like while the SOTC remake just looks like a very generic game in comparison. It's a shame because Bluepoint is probably the best of all time at making remasters to games but their remakes so far have been extremely underwhelming. Maybe they should stick to remaking american games because they can't help but westernize the highly stylized, more imaginative Japanese titles that they get. Actually I would love to see an Uncharted 1/2/3 remake made by them.

@@benvids I highly, highly disagree. Most remakes of video game look, sound and feel amazing, and in a good remake the same atmosphere and style of the original is kept (see resident evil 1 remake, link's awakening, black mesa and the list goes on) It's not impossible to take the original SOTC and just improve on it in every possible way, in fact two generations and more than a decade later it would be hard to fuck something like that up, and to be quite frank I think bluepoint fucked up with this remake.

Bluepoint are talented when it comes to the technical side of video games. Their artistic changes always seem to leave something to be desired. That mystical, wistful feeling you get from the original artstyle is mitigated in the PS4 version.

@@deathfrombelow1193 I agree. The greatest shame is that the remake overshadows the original in popularity. The creators of the original gave the game life with its visual art. It reeks vision and creativity. The remake devs were like “let’s just add basic bitch graphical features that can run on a Nvidia gpu and sell it to the new generation”. They preserved nothing of the artistic imagery from the original. The only thing they nailed were its animations. It’s very arrogant of the devs to think that they could top a masterpiece with their little inclusions (Some devs did something similar to left 4 dead 2 recently but not near the same extent). Now, the forbidden lands look rather less hostile and unknown but more gay by adding shit like green grass (saturated color schemes) and decorative rocks. Also, I don’t think the game was “westernized” but “consumerized”. Just another sad example of modernism ruining things in media.

25fps lock at 480 i too miss those days

Thanks!

I'm late but you must play to The Last Guardian too

@@shydreameress264 true

@@shydreameress264 I will said the same words!!!!!

Muchas gracias!

Way to copy a comment bud

Thanks!

Thanks!

Cheesy you stole that from jack

Anna banana jack?

Cheesy ah. I guess not lol. Jacksepticeye. I just watch one of his play throughs for this and he said the same thing

Anna banana that’s the fact not stealing opinion lol

Le Epic meme p

for me the brightness is the magic of this version graphics.

Silent Sycho The PS3 version was a remaster not a remake so obv it looks so much better on the PS4

The PS3 version doesn't look like it changes the graphics any just takes advantage of the more powerful hardware so you have higher resolution, longer draw distance, etc. but the textures and models look unchanged from the original.

Thanks a lot!

they did rebuild the ps4 version from the ground up.

Ico not the sequel that game was wack kid with a stick lol 😂

agree

the scarecrow remake, not remaster

you have a big problem with typology I see. If the game has nothing changed on it except the graphics is a remaster, so if this game has no new collosus for example or added more easter egss is not a remake just because it has better graphics and audio. looks trash? so with your logic ps1 graphics are the same with a ps4 but a ps2 with ps4 is a massive difference.

the scarecrow No. This game is a remake because it was made on completely new graphics engine. Remaster means better resolution and frame rate, nothing more.

I see, I thought it had to do with gameplay differences.But still saying that remaking or remastering a game from ps1 to ps4 is somehow trash compare to a ps2 to ps4 is redicioulous, in fact to my eyes this is the only game with a graphical difference from ps2 unlike resident evil 4 for example which looks more like a money grabbing to me when you compare the difference between the original and the ps4 version.

It's not a remaster. It's a remake '-'

Stfu I am a PC Gamer and no one plays on a damn ugly TV I hate Flatscreen TVs

David Beier try the "faded" filter.

I remember I never owned this game on the ps2 but I had the demo on the old jampak demo discs and I still fell in love with it even if all I had to base it on was the first colossus

N sei se é pelo fator fator nostalgico, mas eu acho a versão de ps2 a mais foda. Lindo d++. Cresci jogando shadow no ps2, zerei 17 vezes antes de completar 13 anos kkkkkkkkk

Essa névoa branca da versão original de ps2 me deixa mais imerso no jogo.

They just couldn't do better in ps2 and ps3 version. I don't see your problem, details are amazing

me too

Did you get the tattoo?