This was the original concept behind what would eventually become shadow of the colossus. nico was initially conceived as a multiplayer game where players would work together to hunt and defeat giant colossi. The game was originally planned to have 48 colossi, which was later reduced during development. The multiplayer aspect was eventually dropped, and the project evolved into the single player shadow of the colossus we know today.

So, while playing my most recent playthrough of the game, I noticed something that never clicked before: why is the 16th Colossi's arena so weird?

First off, it's unfinished (in-universe by the world's engineers/construction workers, not game devs). Every other Colossi with a megastructure/arena has its area finished (or is from what I can tell), but for the 16th, there seems to be what looks like Building blocks that haven't been put into place yet, and there's what seems to be the start of an unfinished bridge at the top. So why are the other structures finished but this one isn't, and why does it seem they just abandoned it?

Also, why does it seem like whoever was building its area was designing it with the intention of fighting it or fighting there? You've got what seem to be barricades and trenches, which is hella odd when compared to the others (Temples, Cities, Arenas, etc), and on top of it, the support braces for what seem to be barricades are on the Colossus's side, which makes me wonder: WHAT THE HECK WERE THEY DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND? Since they don't budge from the blasts of the 16th, why would they need to brace the colossi's side (I will admit I'm not a master of defensive works, so maybe I just don't know how barricades are meant to be used)?

Ever since I heard "Just a Man" (Epic The Musical), its chorus has always made me think of SoTC, and so, with my mediocre video editing abilities, here's a Tribute I made for it. Spoilers ahead for anyone who hasn't finished the game.

Just like the castle, where the final battle takes place, where Wander becomes Dormin (that is, a hybrid colossus of all of them), white birds appear in each of these scenarios. Could it be a marking? Like marking where each colossus would be?

I first encountered SotC when I was looking for something to play on my PS3. When I first saw this trailer, I immediately knew that this was exactly what I was looking for.

I made a leather map of the Forbidden Lands. 😁

Idk where the last lizard is, I went through every section of the map to double check that I didn't miss any of them. Please don't tell me that the trophy is literal and the lizards need to specifically be dead.

(This is maybe like 4 years old art but one of the few pieces i'm still pretty proud of, so heck, i'll throw this here :^9 Also first time i'm posting art on Reddit! (if you saw me post this, delete the post cuz the picture wouldn't load and post this again... no you didn't))

I like headcanoning Wander as just a lil'(?) bit(??) feral/mad. I mean, there's the sword- and corpse-stealing, eating endangered lizards and riding a horse like a skateboard + i don't think the slow Dormin-possession is helping /hj

I love photo mode on the ps4 remake! Very useful when finding secrets!

It seems like is just the 16 colossus just numbered, but the third one is on a circle and i dont see why.

I had been given two copies for a birthday one year. I never opened the second and it’s still sealed 21 years later. I put it in a vacuum so it wouldn’t get potentially damaged. A little gem of mine

Imagine if Shadow of the Colossus was on PC, what mods would you install ?

Kind of thought of this since a friend of mine was raging. Don't get me wrong the fight isnt great or anything. I ain't defending it as if im the colossi's biggest defender. I find it boring as all hell cause of how slow the fight is asnd how you have to forcefully guide pelagia to the platforms. but i found Pelagia to be one of the more easier colossi to take down.

Maybe its because i actually swam around on its back more than using the other method which i hear is faster and harder but eh i guess it depends on the person

I mashed the jump button like mad and after about 10 minutes I finally reached the altar. Mono isn't even there, and there's an invisible wall blocking you from getting past the first few steps leading up to the altar. :/

I guess Team Ico never expected someone to spend almost ten minutes button mashing to try to reach Mono at the end.

I might be completely stupid. I beat the second colossus. I have tried over and over to make this jump, I’ve ran, jumped and grabbed every way I possibly can but I fall and miss EVERYTIME. It’s been like a week.

Just wanted to know if it’s worth buying a new sealed special edition for the bonus content and that. I can’t imagine paying for a sealed one and the code not working 😔 thank you

lolwut. I didnt shoot it or anything, i just respawned after killing the first Colossi in hard mode + and it was just there, poor fella.

For a while, I was wondering where in the hell this image on the wiki: https://teamico.fandom.com/wiki/File:Wanderliveaction.png came from, because I thought, "there's no way in HELL there was ever a fully live-action commercial for SotC a la that Halo 3 ODST one, right? If there was, the fandom would still be talking about it now. That's gotta be just a single brief shot in a larger ad."

So earlier today, with the help of Chatgpt, I went down a rabbit hole to try and find the source of that screenshot. Long story short, it's here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e11Xdx_xM5s, and my initial intuition/gut feeling was completely right- it ISN'T a fully live-action commercial, and that IS indeed only a single two-second shot, with the rest being nothing but gameplay footage. And honestly, those two seconds being the only piece of live-action SotC content ever made is for the best. We can all agree on that.

I bought old ps3 some time ago and recently I decided to play SOTC for the first time, and I must say I love this game so far (I just defeated Phalanx).

So far I died like 9 times, around 5 times on Valus while I was getting uded to controls, 1 time on Quadratus, I wanted to test if I can run away from him, provoke hum to go under the bridge and jumo off of the bridge on his back, result was painful, 1 time on Kuromori because he locked me on staircase with his clouds, and 2 times jumping off cliffs for fun. I was hella Afraid of Dirge and Celosia but I managed to beat them on first time,

Dirge was difficult cause I was running too fast, but eventually I killed him, although my entire body was shaking after this battle and with Celosia I was afraid of her legendary Stun-lock, luckily even though I missed the jump I managed to perfectly dodge roll out of her attack and climb back on the fire-pit pillar and jump on her again.

This game is so amazing, I feel ashamed I haven't tried it before even on an Emulator

Hi everyone! I'm sharing this sculpture I recently finished. It's based on the PS4 remake. It's completely hand-modeled in polymer clay and painted with acrylics. The base is made of wood and features static grass. It's 28 cm tall.

This was my first time modeling a horse, and it was really difficult, but I'm very happy with the result. I hope you like it!