From Japan Comes A Look At The HD Ports Of Ico And Shadow of the Colossus

Hm

Hmm

nice, cant wait for these :D

doesn't seem that different to me, i'm sure it will on a big hd tv though!

I was always into Ico (my first PS2 game) and SOTC but I never finished either, I guess this is my chance. I'm fucking stoked!!

No real interest in ICO, but will consider buying this for SOTC.

Frame rate seems pretty good on SOTC, that's all that matters to me.

This is going to be amazing.

Jesus... 7 years. I still remember people talking about those in college when these things came out. I feel old. I hope we get their awesome covers.

The differences don't seem that major. Are they just optimizing everything to 1080p or are they doing high-resolution textures too? Better particles? If all they're doing is widening the corridors and without adding more lanes, I wouldn't be interested in this.

 Damn I love me some SOTC. the animations for 2005 were awesome. cant wait to play again!

Im excited... hopefully ICO will be the PAL version since the NA version has content cut.

One of the two PS3 exclusives I'm looking foward to, the other being The Last Guardian. If I don't like them there's no point in getting a PlayStation for me anymore.

Hopefully the giant bomb crew will do a quick look of these when the come out.

I am very excited about these. Mainly SOTC - not so much ICO. I never had chance to play them first time around and I have been waiting for these to come out. The framerate increase does look quite slick.

I love SOTC, played ICO after I got my HD TV and it was soooo tough to play that when I could barely make anything out.  So I am super happy for this!

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Been waiting for an excuse to a) replay SOTC and b) buy it first-hand, since it's one of my favourite games ever. This is perfect.

Yep, that music is still awesome.

SoTC is my most favortie game of ALLL Time I can't wait!!!

Yorda, I missed you. Let's sit on benches again.

@MajorToms: But what if it came with this pendant keychain?

Dude, release date! Yessssss

Wow, cant wait for this!

I never thought the framerate in SotC was an issue at all considering how amazing that game was, any slight drops in FPS is completely excused. Can't wait to play this gem again in HD and I'm really looking forward to finally playing Ico.

Oh, some of the greatest games of all time are returning in HD? I think I'll bite!

Doesn't look that far improved, but seeing as how it's running at 24-30 FPS on the GB player, I'm going to go ahead and not make any judgements.

damn that music is good

OH I forgot this was PS3 exclusive. I'm thinkin of Kojima's Xbox HD re-releases.
 
gosh darnit, I got excited about that :[
Thinkin about all the giant empty smokey bleached-out temples in Shadow o the Collossus; that was a REALLY unique game. It was an empty world with no words at all, and I actually love it!

The Narrator alone sold me on this.

So how much are these going to cost? Seems like they will be packaged individually.

Never played them before, looking forward to it.

I hope they use the PAL box art for the US version. The US box art (2001) for Ico looks stupid.

@xaveri said:

So how much are these going to cost? Seems like they will be packaged individually.

Never played them before, looking forward to it.

Nope, both games in the same package. Japan they are selling them separately, but not in the states.

If they are both in at least 720p at 60FPS, that's enough for me. 

The Ico theme is still as epic as ever. It brings goosebumps only thinking about it.

boughtttttt~

Do want.

Aw hells yeah ima buy this and stick it in me veiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiins!!!

What is the theme in the trailer that starts around 1:05? Is it from Shadow of the Colossus? I seem to remember but I can't place it.

I got goosebumps.

What is the theme in the trailer that starts around 1:05? Is it from Shadow of the Colossus? I seem to remember but I can't place it.

Looking forward to playing these for my first time :)

I'll probably miss the shitty framerate of SotC a little bit.
Can't wait ^^

The differences don't seem that major. Are they just optimizing everything to 1080p or are they doing high-resolution textures too? Better particles? If all they're doing is widening the corridors and without adding more lanes, I wouldn't be interested in this.

Um... yes! I owned both but never beat either. Can't wait for the opportunity to earn back some gamer cred, in HD!

I get shivers every time I hear that music. God damnit I want this now!

Both of these games still look phenomenal. It just goes to show how far great art direction and animation can get you.

No jaggies means looking at the game won't bother my eyes.