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11/18/09
Can we get a Ico, Shadow of the Colossus collections...or maybe MGS, MGS2 and MGS3...Devil May Cry would be nice...FFX and FFXII
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Then again I figure I could just wait for the inevitable God of War trilogy box set.
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WHY? #godofwarcollection
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Sounds to me like you're just pissy.
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The constant 60FPS is nice though.
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How well would a remake of a game with niche appeal really sell? #godofwarcollection
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Ico and Shadow of the Colossus are fan favorites, so the Wii Okami is probably a good comparison, which had at least enough sales to justify a new DS game.
Add to that the additional advertisement for "The last Guardian", one of the titles Sony wants to push, that actually might make sense.
Not to mention that it would be another 'good release' for the PS3 to woo the hardcore from the XBox and they could release it at a traditional drought time. E.g. summer. #godofwarcollection
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I guess it would come down to how much time and money it'd take Sony to remake the game. #godofwarcollection
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@spiderweb1986:
"How well would a remake of a game with niche appeal really sell?"
Well, it has no less appeal to the common gamer than The Last Guardian itself, and besides making some cash with no real risk involved with a "Team Ico Collection", it'd surely help raise interest for The Last Guardian...Which is probably the main reason behind the GoW collection, too.
Besides, while especially Ico may have suffered harshly from lack of interest back in the day (and eBay was your only chance of grabbing a copy...), it's now fetching top dollar on eBay because it has developed to one of the most iconic and most referred-to games of the present.
And don't forget the momentum the upcoming release of TLG would give a remake of Ico and SotC...Think of the people who can't wait to play TLG and still want to catch up on the series, but can't because they either don't have a PS2/60GB PS3, or they can't afford a copy of both games (which would easily cost you a hundred bucks combined).
I don't see the problem at all. #godofwarcollection
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When I started working, I didn't buy PS2 because it was, well, quite old already. I am now waiting for PS3 and big-ass LCDs to knock their price down a notch and I will be happily jumping on PS3 wagon.
And yes, I would like to replay PS2 best games and yes, I would pay for them. #godofwarcollection
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The first God of War is still sitting in my pile of shame, so I'll probably pick this up and play it instead. #godofwarcollection
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Imagine those who have a Playstation 3 that is not backwards compatible and they have not played neither God of War game but have been meaning to for a long time. This is such a great opportunity for them to play it right now.
Not only that, you can also unlock the GoW3 demo, as well as trophies. Granted it's not much but it's a helluva lot better than just getting 2 PS2 games on a blu ray disc with no extra content.
So you may already have GoW for PS2. That's fine. But don't make it seem as if it's a complete waste of money when it's quite an awesome deal for others. #godofwarcollection
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Although after looking at the second paragraph I do see where I have misread the statement.
#speakup
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#tips
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What did you think 480i and 480p stood for?
(And, the Wii still runs at those resolutions, so...) #godofwarcollection
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480i = 640×480
480p = 720×480
So if yer going to troll about how bad you think the wii is.. at least get your facts right first. #godofwarcollection
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So, yeah, the Ps2 and the Wii have identical resolution capabilities. #godofwarcollection
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480p is 720x480 - which is much higher resolution.
Thus your point was wrong. #godofwarcollection
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What I did say was "What did you think 480i and 480p stood for?"
That was because I was talking about the general vertical resolution used.
Regardless of that, there's not a signifigcant difference between 640 x 480 (which actually shows up as a lower resolution on most screens), and 518 x 480, the resolution used.
And, it doesn't change the general fact that the Wii can only display at resolutions that the PS2 was capable of. #godofwarcollection
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That isn't exactly what I'd consider to be a monumental accomplishment. #godofwarcollection
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I fully expect the same exact thing for Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. I hope there are others, too. #godofwarcollection
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If that's all the time it took, I'm guessing that they already had higher-resolution materials available to them from the development process - I don't think anyone would be able to remake all of the art assets for two games in such a short time. Increasing texture resolution when you have access to the source isn't that big of a deal, and neither is rerendering the cutscenes.
The upgrade is definitely appreciated, but this doesn't seem as groundbreaking as some of you are making it out to be. #godofwarcollection
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The GoW collection is a test of the economic viability of these ports. If either the collection or GoW doesn't sell well, this is it. If the former does well, we will probably see a few more PS2 re-releases,
Just consider it an improved example to the Bionic Commando approach of creating buzz by re-releasing an update to the previous game.
BC showed how not to do that though - both releases were simply to far apart to actually create any hype on release of BC and they were not tied together in any way.
If this ends up as Sony's version to "include beta key of highly wanted game in ignored game", then it is a big win for gamers. #godofwarcollection
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I'd be fine with that. It's worked for Nintendo (the GameCube bonus discs) and Microsoft (Banjo-Kazooie), although neither have done it recently. It's just a shame that the only place we're still seeing that kind of promotion is Steam.
11/18/09
Four months is a short period of time, but they didn't need to do much work in the process. Porting some code and writing some filters, for a team of designers, isn't a very demanding project.
Like searanox said, I'm not seeing how this is the groundbreaking achievement the game's release materials and Sony's fanboys are trumpeting it as.
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11/17/09
You Got the Touch!
"Climbed the Spiked Column in Hades without taking damage"
How the heck am i suppose to do that you jerks ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ #godofwarcollection
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@Curse lily: That is why you fail. #godofwarcollection
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@Koztah: That's it, i'm joining the dark side of the Force....you old jelly bean. #godofwarcollection
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The Toys R Us employees here don't really care much for games unless it's Nintendo or a console sale. #godofwarcollection
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Is it 720p or 1080p or what? Why do they not give us the specific resolution? #godofwarcollection
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They also don't capitalize the "F". They just say it's running in "full HD", which linguistically just means it's never not running in HD.
I think all you can take from this is that it's running at least at 720p. It may even be doing 720p some of the time and 1080p at other times (like, say, for the cinemas).
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@DaveKap: After some digging I found that the collection itself supports a 1080 resoultion though it's half 1080 mode @ 960x1080.
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I'd only really played CoO, but it blew me away how a genre I basically lost interest in when it went 3D had become so fun and fluid. I think it's time to do some catching up! #godofwarcollection
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@fuchikoma: You played cobalt(II) oxide? :P
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[kotaku.com] #godofwarcollection
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