Part 15: Pelagia, the Twelfth Colossus

Again!



Blip - With commentary (Polsy) | No commentary (Polsy)
Youtube - With commentary Part 1, Part 2

Pelagia's location on the map: G-2

Artwork/Pictures -
Pelagia Centerfold, left page (Artbook)
Pelagia Centerfold, right page (Artbook)
Pelagia (Artbook)
Pelagia (Artbook)
Pelagia (Concept art)

Dormin's Hint -
 "Thou cannot aim for its vitals as thou art now..." 

Notes -
- Pelagia is a  sea monster! He is 89 feet (27m) tall and 100 feet (30m) long. 

- His name, in Greek, loosely translates to  "open sea" .

- Pelagia is the only colossus that doesn't have eyes! Kinda eerie, ain't it? In spite of that,  his tusks change color between attack and passive modes, like eyes on normal colossi. Blue for passive, orange for attack 

- What is he? Well, it's pretty hard to decide.  The "sea monster" title, as abstract as it is, is the easiest to fit. His overall posture is like that of a gorilla (at least on some of the artbook concept sketches), but his mask has horns/tusks. His fore-legs/arms are also pretty freaky. Adding to that? He has no eyes. Oh yeah, he also has teeth on the top of his head  

- Note his frame and posture in the pictures.  He doesn't actually "swim" anywhere; he walks! 

- This guy is one of my least favorite colossi.  His approach is very gimmicky. How do you get on him? Hug his sides and out-maneuver his turning. Yawn. Lead him to a platform, wait for him to perch on it (at one point, he hovered around for a damn minute for NO GOOD REASON ), then hop on and stab him. The snags here? Well, first off, the camera is worthless. He situates himself so you can't really angle the camera well to gauge your depth. I removed two parts where I basically "whiffed" and missed him entirely. Adding to that, he drops back in to the water after a set amount of time (which is ridiculously short on hard mode. Enough time for three good stabs if you're quick), so you have to do it all over again. I did a bit of editing here so you wouldn't have to watch the same song-and-dance all the time. As it stands, there's only one other colossus who grates on me as much as this guy, but that's for different reasons entirely. 

-  Kind of on the same token as the previous note, but this just strikes me as a dull episode. This dude was just not that interesting to me. So, to those who think the same: it gets really awesome after this. Promise