Shadow of the Colossus, a Finished Playthrough
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It’s really great watching a First Play-through of this masterpiece with a streamer who can read the “show don’t tell” aspects of gameplay and not be frustrated.
Godforbid a game tries to make you use _a little bit_ of your brain.
the man has Such good game literacy, he can pick up the intention SO well, it's why I followed in the first place
fr my friend doesnt even want to try games that “don’t have a story” like this one.
The fact that Argo continues to come back to the temple every time Wander gets yeeted by Dormin just proves that she is the BEST HORSE
*agro
I've adored this game for almost a decade now, and I actually noticed something I've never noticed before while watching this playthrough; in the final fight against Malus, the 16th colossus, you have to avoid the colossus' barrage of projectiles by hiding behind the barriers. I always assumed these were designed for the reason you're using them (getting close to the colossus safely), but if you look closely, the ramps up to the slits in the barricades where archers would fire arrows out of aren't on your side - they're on the opposite side facing you.
Those barricades aren't to prevent the colossus from hitting you, they're to prevent YOU from reaching IT by stationing people behind the walls to shoot anyone who tried to approach: which is likely what Emon and his men were intending to do had they not been too late.
That doesn’t make sense though, why would a very hostile colossus like Malus not attack Emon and his men, much less team up with them? He attacked Wander on sight, there’s no logical reason that would change for anyone else that crosses his line of sight.
@@Syntex366There's obviously a lot of room for speculation here since the game never tells you anything, but it stands to reason that Malus wouldn't have attacked you if not for the fact that he literally watched you kill all 15 of the colossi before him. Eric comments on this during the fight regarding how you can see all the pillars of light the colossi left behind from atop Malus's head; and with him being the only stationary colossus in the game, he had to just stand there as the lights lit up one by one, marking the death of his brethren.
Yeah, I'd be pretty pissed at that point too.
@@Syntex366 you literally have the sword that will kill him and free Dormin(the person he was created to seal a portion of). He is highly agressive TO YOU, because your the person he was created to kill.
This is a some basic logic dude. "no logical reason" no, you just didn't think.
@@Cole_McGill you’re being way too humanizing of what is a dullarded piece of a shadow demon. The colossi are all animalistic and not intelligent thinking.
@@Syntex366notice the colossi get more aggressive as you progress, that’s because they know you’re there to kill them.
At the end I was thinking it was a little cheap reusing music while playing as Dormin, but no big deal in the grand scheme of things. Once the death music played however, it hit me: the game is putting you in the exact same position as the 16 Colossi you killed, making you feel the same thing they felt in that moment. With that perspective in mind, the use of the music is utterly genius.
Also the original game was only like 4 gb? at most if using the entire PS2 hardware reading capabilities? So they had to cut resources where they could. The native ps2 version retains this level of beauty. It was made partly to prove that 'No there was no reason we needed to move to Ps3 just yet, here's one last real hurah to the PS2' by Sony.
followed up a couple years later by god of war 2
@@Daroga1
Also, to be fair to Dormin, he did exactly as he promised. He brought Mono back, would she have been destroyed in his taking over the world, probably, but he did do it. Most evil gods or demons would just lie, but he actually held up his end of the bargain even though he was sealed. He respected Wander and addressed him as warrior when possessing him. 10/10 would slay the colossi again.
You know, I never thought about this, but you’re right. Dormin may be a demon king of giants, but he’s not a liar.
Also the wording of, "borrowing the body of this warrior" makes me feel like it was never meant to be permanent. Like there was something that needed to be done with a physical body, and then Wander could have his life back if he so pleased
I find it very funny that throughout this whole playthrough, Eric just never grasped some very core things about the gameplay such as jump climbing, crouching to not get ragdolled, watching the colossi's eyes to see whether it's agro, colossus line of sight, and the difference between weakpoints and sigils
To be fair, there are several optional mechanics that the game goes out of its way to NEVER teach you. The game was designed to have additional depth for the people who decided of their own volition to explore everything the game has to offer, from controls to secrets. So the fact that he finished the game anyway with some control misunderstandings says a lot about how solid of an experience it is for people who just want to finish the game, too.
@@Dudeman23rd oh for sure! I can't wait till Eric comes back to this game and sees just how much he missed
Why would I need to look at the colossi's eyes to determine whether or not it's my horse? I feel like that's a pretty easy distinction to make.
(I know what you meant)
@@hyperspades Plot twist, Agro was the 17th colossus the whole time
@@hyperspades Ooo, wait, can you explain what they meant? I don't have the console to play this game, so I don't mind the spoiler!
I can't wait watching Eric play The Last Guardian since he get easily attached to a beast/animal in a game 😅
Dormin = Nimrod... The 'king of the giants', one of the Nephilim (offspring of fallen angels and human women). He was the wicked ruler of the very first kingdom (Babel) who was killed by a righteous man (supposedly Seth, one of Adam's children) and his body was cut into pieces and divided among the land. According to the Book of Enoch, the spirits of departed Nephilim are what we call 'demons'. The tower in the game is like the tower of babel, babel being Nimrod's kingdom, and the consciousness of the slain Nimrod resides there (Dormin). In order to resurrect, the demonic spirit of Dormin needs to be made whole by reuniting the pieces. It should also be noted that the Nephilim are essentially the origin of the Greek and Roman demigods who were worshiped using stone idols (like those in the game). So basically, this game is an interesting retelling of the Nimrod story and it's mythological variations.
I'm no expert, but isn't it likely that the Greek and Roman titans are the inspiration for the Nephilim? Enoch is written around 200-70 BC, while Israel is under Babylonian control. I assume they must be having some interactions with Greek/Roman culture because they're dominated by the Romans soon after. It's possible that this story of Nimrod is a way for them to reconcile their different histories, since I don't think there's any mentions of fallen angels or actual giants in Hebrew history before this point. The book of Enoch retroactively adds those elements which gives God an enemy to fight, among other things, like they would see in Babylon and Greece/Rome.
He is quite a nimrod, yes
I had a hunch that there was some Nephilim inspiration in this game. So cool!
6:14:00 It is confirmed that Ico, SOTC, and The Last Guardian share a universe however the chronological order of the games are unknown. Unfortunely, there is a lot of misinformation regarding the order of the games but the truth is we really don't know because the game devs never told us (it is unlikely they made a concrete answer themselves mainly cause it ruins the whole mystery aspects these games are known for)! It is ENTIRELY up to interpretation and for all we know all the games could be unrelated outside of sharing a universe.
For the last colossus (Malus), if you look at the silhouette in the lightning on top of its head, it looks like a woman in a dress… Meaning that the entire time of it trying to not get you near it could be interpreted as the maiden (Mono) trying to stop you from going through with it and that you killing it is killing her instead, AKA not going to revive her
1) The speedruns for this are super rad and you should check them out
2) I would *absolutely* watch you play through the Kingdom Hearts series. I would watch the *hell* out of that.
I forget how absolutely amazing this game is. Now I wanna go play it again lol
This live inspired me to go for the 79 steps to enlightenment again
I wanted him to see the sand worms jump attack where you can see its mouth open and the inside. Freaked the hell outta me when i first played
I didn't even know about that, when does he do it?
@@themintyllama35 once it chases you to the wall it will jump at you
@@themintyllama35The inside of his mouth is glowy which is even freakier
@@themintyllama35if you take too long shooting him he will eventually sink into the sand then leap into the air, fangs wide open, to try and swallow you.
I don't watch a lot of streaming, but you are by far my favorite streamer. Watching you finish one of my top 5 games of all time was such a great experience. Thank you for that!
There are very few games I've encountered that I consider "must-play" experiences for everyone, gamers and non-gamers alike. In all my years of playing games I've encountered a grand total of 2. Those 2 are Shadow of the Colossus and Outer Wilds. All this to say, you have amazing taste Pointcrow
I keep hearing chatter about Outer Wilds, but hearing it compared to SotC like that, one of my de facto hyperfixations, has skyrocketed my interest.
@@Dudeman23rdi recently discovered both games over the past month, all thanks to pointcrow playing them. Heard pointcrow speak so highly about Outer Wilds so I went and got it. I played Outer Wilds and it is my new fav game. Then he played this. Started watching live and WOAH it seemed awesome. I stopped watching and got it for myself. Just beat it yesterday and then came and watched his playthrough. He has great taste, and I vouch for everyone who has ever finished Outer Wilds that it truly is peak. Both are new hyper-fixations I have, music and lore and gameplay and everything is just amazing. I recommend you check it out, fellow stranger :)
@@Dudeman23rdIt’s the kind of game you want to play entirely blind, and never look up anything for. I think OW and SOTC are very much in the same vein in terms of “games as art”. It’s an experience. If you’re interested, play it!
If you want more, there are secrets left to find . Some very very powerful and interesting secrets .
Oh? I played the game but don't know what you mean? 😮
@@facilityhues let’s just say time attack is key for some, and something else waits below the castle for those who know what they need to find.
Trying to stay vague for pointcrow in case he doesn’t want spoilers but you can look it up online 😉.
there is a secret paraglider i think
@@facilityhuesYou get a new item from the Shrine of Worship every time you beat two colossi's times in time attack, and they vary a little between normal and hard mode. Masks that buff you, trick arrows, a couple unique items to help with exploration, stuff like that. For the PS4 remake, Bluepoint Games added 79 golden "coins" that are scattered aaaallllllllllll over the Forbidden Lands in out-of-the-way areas (Crow finds one just before the final boss). Finding them all unlocks a final secret to honor the players who spent 15 years scouring SotC for additional content.
I don't know if Eric will ever check these comments, but he NEEDs to do a New Game Plus, including the time attacks. You unlock so many things, and each New Game Plus carries your HP and Stamina upgrades. (The fastest way to max out is to redo the first 2 colossi then NG+ over and over.)
Back in the original game, the entire grip circle grew instead of getting a bar off the side of it. If you did a new game plus with hard mode, you kept your grip and health, so you could keep upgrading it. If you play decently well, by the end of trying out the different permutations of content the game has, the health bar goes off the end of the screen and the grip circle takes up about 1/4 of it. It was ridiculous.
58:09 Killing Colossi is just cardio. That's where the "power" comes from.
If I could ever experience any type of media again for the first time, there’s no competition, it’d be Shadow of the Colossus
Nice to see how much you enjoyed this masterpiece. I think Agro gets us all a little chocked up on our first playthrough. There's still plenty to do should you ever decide to revisit the Forbidden Lands. 79 gold coins to find (that's what you picked up at 5:00:30 in the video & yes you get a reward for finding them all), 154 gallery pics to unlock, Normal & Hard Time Attack items to collect, & just exploring the map & seeing all the areas you haven't been to yet.
"YES! Let's go. AWESOME!"
- Melancolic music kicks in -
"Noooooo. I'm sorry!!!"
Oh man thank you for Eric for letting me relive all the emotions and experiences of this game! I absolutely love your reactions to every bit of it. If I hadn’t played this game 18 years ago I don’t think I would’ve been this heavy into gaming as I am today. This truly was a pivotal moment for gaming and my experience with gaming. I’m so glad you love and appreciate it as much as the lot of us do. I hope for anyone who has watched his play through feels encouraged to experience this game yourself as well.
seeing your reaction to the whole game as its your first playthrough , brings back so many memoriessss
The Phalanx fight is by far the saddest to me. While the other colossi were just chilling and then you came fighting them, Phalanx is the only one that _never_ tries to attack you. It is completely passive. It does not fight you. It accepts you are there to kill it. Maybe it knows its fate. Utterly heartbreaking.
Which is phalanx sorry?
@@charlesroberts-moses6074 number 13, the air snake
@@hidden_animator522 ohhh right
it makes me so happy to see someone so in love with one of my favorite games of all time
Gosh darnit he specifically didnt climb the temple to not get spoiled on whats at the top and then he looked at chat for ao long that he didnt realize the ending is on top of the temple q.q
Ok but what is it?
@@squidmom3162 on top of the temple is a garden full of life, much like a garden of Eden. While the world around them is mostly void of life other then a few salamanders life survived on top of the temple meaning Momo and Reborn Wanderer have a very good chance to survive.
@@mysticashes9023 wild…..you should probably delete that now though just to be safe for people who don’t want spoilers
@@squidmom3162 That's an awfully mean comment to make considering this game is over 9 years old.
@@Alicechan3 I didn’t realize it was mean? I was genuinely just saying it because maybe some people haven’t played it or got to that part and don’t want it spoiled. I mean I didn’t know about it. That’s why I said it was wild.
There is still *so* much more to this game than you know, Eric. I hope you come back to this for a New Game Plus.
I'm not crying your crying... anyways, amazing stream, amazing game. That was probably the best playthrough of a game i have ever watched. Keep up the amazing work pointcrow!
I think the most frustrating part about this playthrough was that he actually had the right answer for some of the colossi but they just didn't do what they were supposed to 💀. So it ended up dragging things on because he kept doing the right thing but Colossus didn't do anything and then he tried something else that was wrong.
I'm always chasing my first time playing this game. It's always so good to see someone else experience it. Thank you for playing it. It's a favorite of mine
One of my favorite games and I never knew there was fruit that increased you health (I vaguely remember the lizards but idk if I knew they upped stamina.) Just adds to the beauty of older games not holding your hand i guess xD
There is SO MUCH hidden stuff in this game that it never tells you about. You can jump and grab on to the birds that fly by you if you're quick enough! There's a reason why people were convinced for YEARS that there was some giant hidden final secret in the original game that was just a sliver away from being discovered.
I loved this game glad i got to see you play it live
That ending was such a mix of emotions
What an amazing game and ending. Loved every bit of it.
And that comment that if something happened to the horse at the beginning of the playthrough. Gut punch.
I’ve been eagerly awaiting this all day! Can’t wait to see his reaction to the ending!
now we need a "can you beat shadow of the colossus without stamina?"
No. 😉
That would literally be impossible. You need to hold the climbing button in order to get past the tutorial, which automatically depletes your stamina . There’s literally no other path.
@@squidmom3162 thats the fun part :D
What an absolutely gorgeous game and a phenomenal experience
Such a great game. Beautiful graphics, great story, and amazing music. Not to even Menchen the Giraffes.
Menchen? You mean mention?
I love you going and playing all these big games
The big content videos are nice but I love watching people play big games like this and undertale
I'm glad I watched this I forgot how great this game is and the remake looks amazing
YIPPEEEEEEE one of my favorite youtubers playing one of my favorite games :D
This was such a beautiful playthrough to watch 🥹 would love to watch you play Okami!!
Thank you for playing my favorite game of all time
Thank you mods ❤❤❤
I've always pronounced it Dormin, but I guess they never say it out loud, so Dormin is just as valid a pronunciation.
That was a awesome stream
Just wait until he knows about the items and the infamous 79 treasure 😏
Been wanting to play this for a long time ngl recently downloaded it on my PS4 now that I'm back to it, then ended up playing switch sports instead and back down the rabbit hole of Nintendo games, thought I'd look up pointcrow tofay and then I see this video come up 😂
I have played this game god knows how many times and I have never seen Cenobia act like that.
That was a amazing game!
i will say, this game is really fun to come back to so i would love to see you try some speedrun attempts on it
One of my favorite games
cAN'T WAIT FOR the speedrun
You absolutely should play ICO at some point. At the very least for yourself. It may have come out first but is just as amazing in terms of puzzle and story, though it can easily be beaten sub 3hours with a casual play through. It was my first favorite game ever and one I still adore to this day all these years later. You will not be disappointed if you do play it.
Would love to watch you attempt some speed runs of this
During the 13th Colossus sometimes I actually jump on his back when he’s coming out of the ground 😂😂
THE LAST GUARDIAN
i loved watching this playthrough bit by bit over the past days!! im so curious how many people got banned for spoiling in chat during the entire thing lmao
360.. kinda listening and occasional glances at the majesty while I work
It's really interesting how different peoples' perspectives can be, especially on minute and irrelevant topics such as joke spoilers. I personally think a joke spoiler every now and then can be pretty funny. Actually, when you were giving an example and said "I can't wait until Sora comes out" I laughed pretty hard because I thought that was really funny. If I was in your shoes and someone in chat had said that, I would have laughed just the same. But like I said at the beginning, only every now and then. If the whole chat was just joke spoilers, yeah, that would be annoying and not funny, but a few sprinkled throughout is fine imo. So it's just interesting how different we humans are despite all of us being humans.
Pretty awesome that you figured out Dirge like a minute and a half after starting here. He's definitely one of the more obscure ones up until you randomly decide to start riding Agro directly away from him. Once you do that and his eyes show, it's super obvious imo.
"Regular size thing" lmao. Yeah, Celosia is a lil guy.
It was kinda funny seeing you take so much damage to Pelagia's thunder because you were just swimming, and only realizing right before the end that you can dive to avoid the damage.
Really interesting seeing your approach to Phalanx, choosing to let him raise his wings and then running along them rather than climbing them while he still has them down. Never seen anyone do that before, at least not more than once, but hey, it works.
I also only just realized that Celosia and Cenobia's idols are bigger than they actually are lol.
Someone in chat said they don't like Cenobia because of the AI and that it's broken, and they said something along the lines of "yeah the AI is kinda jank here, there you go" once you shot him to make him hit the first tower the second time. The whole time, I was sitting there saying "no, it's not broken, it's supposed to be that you shoot him to make him angry so he creates destruction" until I remembered that he can bug out on the third to last tower and just stand there until you drop to the ground and climb up again. That one part specifically can be a bit wonky for sure, but it in no way ruins the fight or makes the colossus bad, just a bit goofy. Especially since it only happens sometimes.
Someone else in chat said something to the effect of "moral of the story is devs need to remember to put checkpoints" and they said that right after you died to Cenobia for the first time. Just here to point out how absolutely wrong that is. No game is going to please everyone. For example, FromSoft games are meant to be difficult, so if they're too difficult for you, you can find other games that you will enjoy; those games don't need an easy mode. Just the same, a game like this doesn't need checkpoints because that's not what it was going for. If you don't like that it doesn't have checkpoints, you can find another game that you will like. That's simply how it is.
It was really funny seeing you climb on top of the decoration piece towards the end of Cenobia's fight, then shooting him and finally having him knock the platform down. You can do it from anywhere on that platform as long as you're near the edge (which you'd need to be in order to actually shoot him). I would guess the reason you thought otherwise is that one of your shots was SUPER close to hitting him, but it was just barely too high and hit the grass instead, meaning it didn't not work, you had simply just barely missed. That's just my guess anyway.
Someone else said Argus is also super buggy when you were trying to jump to his hand. Once again, no, you just have to be quick about it. It's completely intentional that he'll yank his hand away from you if you're not quick enough.
A lot of people say Argus is one of the worst and most annoying puzzles, and I'd just like to voice my stance on it. I completely disagree; I think it's one of the most satisfying puzzles to complete and it's also not one that will take an ungodly amount of time. So Argus is definitely a high A tier puzzle imo, maybe even S tier. (Colossus tier list when? 👀)
It's really hilarious to see that you only discovered the lizards and fruits at the endgame.
It's a terrible day for rain.
5:12:39 *_you got games on your phone?_*
Someone said "this sucks but the ending is worth it" while you were fighting Malus. I'd just like to say damn, it's really unfortunate that you don't like one of the fan favorite fights.
Whoa whoa whoa, no, absolutely not. Someone in chat said they love this game, but Malus is bad game design. That is simply wrong. No explanation needed. The most you can say is you don't like the colossus, but saying it's bad game design is crossing a line and so far beyond wrong that it can't properly be put into words.
It was truly a beautiful experience seeing you get so emotional over the ending. Really goes to show how much you invested in and dedicated yourself to this playthrough, which I and many others appreciate beyond words.
The Sunlit Earth, the track that plays while the kite (that's what the bird species is) is flying away during the credits, is my favorite track from the game. Full body chills every time I hear it and so many emotions. Truly a masterpiece, just like the game as a whole.
I'll end this off by saying what I said to start with on the first vod: It was really a treat watching someone who can truly appreciate this type of game play it. It's one thing to play the game and enjoy it; it's another thing entirely to truly experience it, and you did the latter to such an extent that it went beyond all expectations. So, truly, thank you Eric, for this stupendous experience. I look forward to when you come back to this game.
imagine jumping in to watch this stream at 34:15 lol
Agro is the best giraffe!
Once you know where the enemies are and how to kill them you can easily beat the game in under 2 hours.
There are many collectibles but it's a pain to get them all.
And there are some secrets hiden. Like references to other games. And some tags of goats for some reasons.
Really doesn't like to jump while climbing, does he :P great playthrough!
Gosh, hearing PointCrow talk about how much he loves Agro
"Hey, what's a man gotta do to get a challenge in a game, right? You want to come up with challenges if your brain isn't wrinkly. If it's smooth enough, the challenges present themselves to you." -PointCrow 2024
The Last Guardian is a game your going to Loveto Play ! Great Story ! Great Gameplay !
The Last Guardian is a game your going to Love to Play ! Great Story !
this friend call made me laugh so hard !
The Last Guardian is a game your going to Love to Play ! Great Story ! Great Gameplay !
Fun stream
Eric we need you to play the next game
fond memories
When he gets knocked down is he just waiting for Wander to get up, hands off the controller? Because he rolled out of it twice against Cenobia but then went back to just laying there and saying he's stunlocked.
I would love to see you try to hunt for some secrets
3:14:54 : Look at the tower model just slightly spinning ! Wth ?
Yeah that was really weird, it must have spawned in at the wrong angle and the bump from the colossus fixed it. All the pillars are designed to fall in a preset direction so there's only one correct way it should have been facing.
As someone who has hunted salamanders for literal hours as an experiment, I was VERY disappointed to find out that salamanders are only worth about 1/5 of the stamina gained from felling a colossus. After playing new game plus a couple times, I was able to get max stamina pretty quickly. Definitely, DEFINITELY do not collect all the lizards! Hours of human life have been wasted... about 5 were mine!
I do wish they would have shown the ending in the PS2 version we go in it's entirity in post credits.
What a fucking amazing game.
I’m hoping for more sotc in the future!
i truly wish i could watch a stream w/ chat on screen without compulsively reading the chat. The chat is very bad, I never want to read it but I can't help it! lmao. This was a great playthrough tho.
For anyone wondering if he ended up getting spoiled on THE PART, he did not! My heart rate was at a good 100+ BPM for about an hour from the anxiety reading chat's messages but I guess Pointcrow was right to trust chat :)
next he has to play The Last Guardian
Aaah now only to get all the lizards and fruit
+1 speedrun vote
He needs to play Ico now to continue the story.
4:30:00 u can do it if u beat the game 3 times in new game+
This feels somehow significant. 3+1 is 4. 4x4 is 16 Colossi. There are also 4 distinct groups in the game. The followers, wander’s allies, Dormin, and the Colossi.
444 is an angelic number.
Dormin, or rather Nimrod is a nephilim, which are the offspring of fallen ANGELS and human women.
Could just be me reaching, but it’s possible there’s a link.
Eric PLEASE play through Kingdom Hearts, it's so good
Yes sir
Eggno noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢😢😢😢R.I.P❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😭😭😭😭😭
This is the only game that can make pointcrow bipolar
Play The Last Guardian ! Awesome Game from the same creator of Shadow of the Collossus !
3:06:22. I’ve never seen that colossus rock someone’s sh harder 😂😂😂
2:58:13 did he just t-pose jump off the horse
Bros gotta play ico
When will he learn that stalaCtite has a C?
First JK this was so good and very long but extremely entertaining
1:42:11
Dianite
4th can’t believe that I was this early