There will never be another Shadow of the Colossus – Detail Diatribe

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We were excited to make this video – The time between figuring out the thesis, making the slides, and recording it was no more than 30 hours, tops.

Countless thanks to the live concert that inspired this video: "Game Over(ture)" performed by Symphony New Hampshire, conducted by Roger Kalia and special guest Austin Wintory. Live music is a joy, and this concert was an all-time delight.

*** This Detail Diatribe was (enthusiastically) recorded in-person on one microphone instead of our usual remote-setup. That means we don't have granular control over volume balancing and can't cut out stray sounds like normal. Please pardon the slight difference in volume quality, and if you didn't notice a difference in volume quality then go forth knowing we appreciate you.

SOURCES & Further Reading:
Videos by Mark Brown of Game Maker's Toolkit: "Ico and Design By Subtraction", "The Last Guardian and the Language of Games", and "How Nintendo Solved Zelda's Open World Problem" – https://youtu.be/AmSBIyT0ih0?si=PIlX3aX048Seeve4, https://youtu.be/Qot5_rMB8Jc?si=XYNvzSdpqPAQ7jQ9, https://youtu.be/CZzcVs8tNfE?si=I83B1ibN-q-6C2yY
Video by Jacob Geller: "The Decade-Long Quest For Shadow of the Colossus’ Last Secret" – https://youtu.be/jQNeYbBiCKw?si=E7rZUAyy9w847atN
And once you're done with those lovely videos GO PLAY SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS DO IT RIGHT NOW

MUSIC:
Shadow of the Colossus OST by Kow Otani: "Prologue", "Commandment", "Sign of the Colossus", "The End of Battles", "The Opened Way", "Counterattack" and "Demise of the Ritual"
Also a brief appearance by "Threshold" from Journey OST by Austin WIntory

Chapters:
0:00:00 – Intro
0:02:10 – Live Music Is Amazing, Go Figure
0:09:00 – What We Like About This Game (it's a lot of things)
0:14:18 – It's Good Music, Brent
0:21:38 – The Tone ZoneTM
0:28:52 – A Forbidden Open World
0:35:40 – THE COLOSSI BRO
0:44:00 – Design By Subtraction
0:48:49 – It's not my fault I lost, I'm playing on a USB steering wheel :(
0:54:29 – Maybe some of these Colossi deserved it...
0:58:52 – These lands sure feel forbidden
1:00:51 – The Twist (Return Of The Thesis)
1:08:01 – Zelda successfully screws with the SotC formula
1:23:44 – The Last Guardian is SotC to the max
1:27:49 – Other Games Inspired By SotC Speedrun AnyPercent
1:34:38 – So... will we ever get another Shadow of the Colossus?

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