The Let's Play Archive

Shadow of the Colossus

by Geop

Part 1: Introduction/Tutorial



Blip - Cropped/Fixed Introduction (Polsy) | Introduction/Tutorial (Polsy)
Youtube - Cropped/Fixed Introduction | Tutorial

Artwork/Pictures -
Wander (Artbook)
Agro (Artbook)
Mono (Artbook)

Notes -
- The language spoken in-game is some odd version of Japanese fused with Latin, in reverse. Kinda like The Sims, it is just a mixed up amalgam of moonspeak. I rather like it when games go this route; it means we don't up dealing with a lackluster dub job. Panzer Dragoon is another series that makes use of this (one of the earliest examples in video games).

- The word "Colossus" supposedly originated as a word for a giant statue. The American title may have been "Shadow of the Colossus" (which sounds pretty metal, I must say), but the Japanese version was basically "Wander and the Giant Statues".

- This was an earlier video, hence the yellow subtitle at the beginning (white being the norm from hereon out).

- Yeah, I know. I misspoke about Agro. The fella DOES have cruise control. Found out a couple new moves, too, that will appear later on (quick-stop, quick-start). Played through this game three times now, and I still didn't know these things. HOW?

- I went with an audio commentary here, once again, because it was earlier on. But looking back, I decided that it worked out decently, hence why I didn't re-do it. Something like this works out much better than a blitz of subtitles. Anyhow, I had planned on preceding every episode with audio, but axed that idea. I might use audio commentary on future videos, but those will be bonus or miscellaneous ones.