Great care has been placed into rebuilding the experience: the sense of scale so critical to the original has been maintained and expanded. We'd like to think that our love for the original game and the appreciation for this remarkable remake are reflected in the quality of this tech analysis video. With a new in-house art team at its disposal, Bluepoint's vision of Shadow of the Colossus combines fresh art assets with a powerful engine to create perhaps one of the most beautiful games of the generation. Most of its previous projects involved translating existing games to new platforms and while some received varying degrees of reworked artwork along the way, Shadow of the Colossus marks the first time the team has recreated everything from scratch. In reimagining the game for the PlayStation 4, Bluepoint had to push itself to the next level.
Whether we're talking about the original Uncharted trilogy, Gravity Rush, Metal Gear Solid 2 and its sequel - or indeed the PS3 remaster of Shadow of the Colossus itself - Bluepoint has delivered tremendous remasters of beloved classics, but with the release of Shadow of the Colossus for PlayStation 4, we're looking at something new, something even more ambitious - a full on ground-up remake of the original game. What it required was a team as passionate and caring about the game as the fans that love it so much, which is precisely why Sony undertook this task by employing the masters of the remaster: Bluepoint Games.
To revive such a classic in the modern age for today's console hardware is a potentially hazardous exercise, possibly even bordering on heresy - especially as the original developer was not involved in the work. In essence, it was the type of game that only comes along very rarely - an experience that actually strengthens one's love for the gaming medium. From a technical perspective, it pushed the PlayStation 2 hardware further than it had gone before, but it also delivered a special style and atmosphere that set it apart from anything else that had gone before. There's a reason why Team Ico's Shadow of the Colossus commands so much love and respect from the PlayStation audience.