#SHADOW OF COLOSSUS PRO#
#SHADOW OF COLOSSUS PS3#

SOTC's HDR rendering method is not physically correct, but the effect works well and creates very impressive visual results. This is called the dynamic tone mapping, which is part of the HDR effect. When you emerge from the dark sanctuary interior to the outside, the outside scene is drawn almost completely white, which settles shortly to it's proper brightness balance. This is the trendy high dynamic range rendering (HDR - High Dynamic Range). It floods the external scenery which is seen from the interior to white, and light overflows through the opening of the columns which support the sanctuary. * The HDR rendering and dynamic exposure / tone mapping algorithmĪfter starting SOTC, the first impressive visuals you get are probably the view of the magnificent scenery seen outside from inside the sanctuary. 'You can spend far too much time making detailed adjustments on a case-by-case basis, just to get the exact right motion on each character.' 'Rather than the programmer saying how about like this, he keeps making the kind of environment which the designer can adjust to whatever their heart's desire.'

I'm not sure if I was able to achieve it, but it is hard to tell because it is not cartoony. 'I tried hard to make the appearance look natural to the eye. The work on SOTC accumulated little-by-little, so when it finally came together, it seemed completely natural.' 'I'm not sure where I could even start talking about it! Really! (laughing). So now, we have brought together the information from the development of Shadow Of The Colossus, because we had heard discussion on the technology we used and wished to present it. Shadow Of The Colossus is a good game in itself, but it is the technology which is operational within the machine, PS2-wise, that gives it the true 'next-gen impression'. You could probably say that this winter, where SOTC (Shadow Of The Colossus) appeared, represents such a maturing period for PS2. At this time, the world's attention tends to go to the next generation machine, but this is actually the time where all the technology achieved over the lifetime of the current machine bears fruit, and is the age where the masterpiece games appear.

#SHADOW OF COLOSSUS PS3#

It is frequently cited as an example of games as art, thanks to its desolate atmosphere, unique gameplay concepts, the personality exhibited by the massive colossi the player is tasked with slaying in order to revive Mono, and the emotional bond the player develops with Agro over the course of the game.With the PS3 being announced for spring 2006, you might think the PS2 is at the point where it's reached it's limit. The game puts players in control of a man called Wander, who must enter a forbidden land and defeat 16 massive colossi in order to revive a girl called Mono, with the assistance of his faithful companion, a horse called Agro. The original game was developed by Team Ico and published by Sony Computer Entertainment on the PlayStation 2 in 2005, while the PlayStation 4 remake is being developed by Bluepoint Games with assistance from JAPAN Studio and launches in February, 2018.

#SHADOW OF COLOSSUS PRO#

Shadow of the Colossus for PlayStation 4 is a remake of the PlayStation 2 cult classic title Shadow of the Colossus, re-built using ultra-high definition art assets and featuring improved performance, as well as optional improved controls and PlayStation 4 Pro enhancements.

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